88R27678 BK-D By: Holland H.R. No. 1531 R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, The City of Rockwall has greatly benefited from the public service and leadership of Kevin Fowler, who is concluding his tenure as mayor in May 2023; and WHEREAS, Mr. Fowler was elected to his first of three terms on the Rockwall City Council in 2015, and during his time as a councilmember, he was twice named mayor pro tempore; he successfully ran for the office of mayor in 2021; and WHEREAS, Through the years, Mayor Fowler has held leadership roles on a number of boards and commissions for the city, including the Rockwall Economic Development Corporation, the Building Better Roads Bond Committee, and the Rockwall Business and Education Committee; he has also been active with the Rockwall Area Chamber of Commerce, the Rockwall Rotary Club, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Lake Pointe, the YMCA, the Boy Scouts of America, the Rockwall Youth Fair, and CASA, and he is a member of First Baptist Church of Rockwall; and WHEREAS, Mayor Fowler has enjoyed a 30-year career in banking and currently serves as the Rockwall regional president of Lakeside Bank; he earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Louisiana State University and graduated from Southern Methodist University's Southwestern Graduate School of Banking; and WHEREAS, Through his many civic contributions, Kevin Fowler has helped to make Rockwall an even better place in which to live and work, and he may indeed reflect with pride on all that he has accomplished; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas Legislature hereby commend Mayor Kevin Fowler on his service to Rockwall and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Mayor Fowler as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.