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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-03 Appreciation to City FinanceDirector-Judith Kilgore RESOLUTION 98 - 03 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND, FLORIDA, IN APPRE- CIATION TO THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE, JUDITH CHASE KILGORE, FOR HER CONTINUING ACHIEVEMENTS AND EXCELLENCE FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND WHEREAS, Judith Chase Kilgore has been the Director of Finance for the City of Parkland for over nine years, and WHEREAS, her dedication, perseverance, acumen, professionalism, and demeanor have significantly contributed to the growing enhancement of the reputation of the City and its Finance Department, and WHEREAS, She almost singlehandedly is responsible for the procedural modernization, automation, and creation of a true Finance Department from the most modest of beginnings, and WHEREAS, She has willingly served as the key financial advisor to the City Commission and the City Manager yielding fiscal stability, integrity, predictability, and achievement, and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PARKLAND, FLORIDA, THAT: Section 1. Judith Chase Kilgore is hereby publicly recognized and sincerely thanked for her excellence and application of the highest principled duties to the City of Parkland. Section 2. Judith Chase Kilgore is publicly acknowledged to have saved the City of Parkland thousands of dollars and considerable time and trauma through her participation in and presidency of the municipal risk management insurance pools so that the City of Parkland always plays a major role in the various pools in which we participate. Section 3. The world's most significant governmental financial organization has again recognized Judith Chase Kilgore, the Finance Department of the City of Parkland, and the City of Parkland for its Excellence in Financial Reporting with the Award of Certificate of Achievement for the seventh consecutive year. Section 4. The Mayor, City Commission, her management peers, and most certainly the City Manager come together to express our gratitude for her association with us and thank her for setting the high standards of excellence in ethics, and the model for professionalism in public finance. We fully acknowledge that our current financial condition could not and would not be so commendable without her nine years of daily concern for our long range stability. Section 5. We hereby proclaim the above to the general public who would share in our genuine affection, regard, and hopes for the future because of our association with Judith Chase Kilgore. PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 4th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1998. MA~ pt;l~ ~~ SUSAN ARMSTRONG,