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| 2 | 2 | | By: Springer S.R. No. 60 |
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| 5 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, George Purefoy is retiring as the city manager of |
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| 7 | 7 | | Frisco on June 30, 2022, drawing to a close nearly three and a half |
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| 8 | 8 | | decades of outstanding service to the city; and |
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| 9 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Purefoy earned his bachelor's degree in |
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| 10 | 10 | | political science and business administration from The University |
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| 11 | 11 | | of Texas at Arlington and his master's degree in public |
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| 12 | 12 | | administration from Texas A&M University-Commerce; he began his |
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| 13 | 13 | | career in public service at Taylor Lake Village, where he was the |
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| 14 | 14 | | city administrator from July 1980 to January 1981, and he went on to |
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| 15 | 15 | | serve as city manager of Columbus from 1981 to 1987; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, In November 1987, Mr. Purefoy became the first city |
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| 17 | 17 | | manager of Frisco, and his exemplary 34-year tenure in the position |
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| 18 | 18 | | makes him the longest-serving city manager in Texas to have worked |
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| 19 | 19 | | for the same city; in addition to managing the municipality's |
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| 20 | 20 | | day-to-day operations, he helped to put the city on firmer |
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| 21 | 21 | | financial footing and to lay the foundation for Frisco's rapid |
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| 22 | 22 | | growth, from a population of 3,400 in 1980 to more than 215,000 |
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| 23 | 23 | | today; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, Under Mr. Purefoy's leadership, the city enhanced |
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| 25 | 25 | | its infrastructure to accommodate new development, devised funding |
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| 26 | 26 | | mechanisms to collect growth in property tax value, and established |
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| 27 | 27 | | the Stonebriar Centre shopping mall; he also helped bring the |
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| 28 | 28 | | Dallas Cowboys' world headquarters and training facility, The Star |
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| 29 | 29 | | in Frisco, to the city, as well as the PGA of America headquarters, |
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| 30 | 30 | | and he was instrumental in facilitating several projects with the |
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| 31 | 31 | | Frisco Independent School District, including the new $67 million |
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| 32 | 32 | | performing arts center; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | WHEREAS, George Purefoy's dedication, skill, and commitment |
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| 34 | 34 | | to excellence have greatly benefited the citizens of Frisco and |
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| 35 | 35 | | earned him the respect and admiration of his colleagues, and he may |
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| 36 | 36 | | indeed reflect with pride on a career well spent as he embarks on |
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| 37 | 37 | | the next exciting chapter of his life; now, therefore, be it |
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| 38 | 38 | | RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature |
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| 39 | 39 | | hereby congratulate George Purefoy on his retirement as city |
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| 40 | 40 | | manager of Frisco and extend to him sincere best wishes for the |
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| 41 | 41 | | future; and, be it further |
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| 42 | 42 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 43 | 43 | | prepared for Mr. Purefoy as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 44 | 44 | | Texas Senate. |
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