File #: 19584    Version: 0 Name: Csty resloution Robert C (Bob) Nichols, Jr. retirement
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 9/14/2017 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: 9/18/2017 Final action: 9/18/2017
Title: A RESOLUTION recognizing Robert C. (Bob) Nichols, Jr., for his service as the Democrat Director - Jackson County Board of Election Commissioners.
Sponsors: Theresa Cass Galvin, Garry J. Baker, Crystal Williams, Tony Miller, Scott Burnett, Alfred Jordan, Dennis Waits, Dan Tarwater III, Greg Grounds
Indexes: COURTESY 2017
Attachments: 1. 19584adopt.pdf

 

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

 

Title

A RESOLUTION recognizing Robert C. (Bob) Nichols, Jr., for his service as the Democrat Director - Jackson County Board of Election Commissioners.

 

 

Intro

RESOLUTION NO. 19584, September 18, 2017

 

INTRODUCED BY  Theresa Galvin, Garry J. Baker, Crystal Williams, Tony Miller, Scott

                                                               Burnett, Alfred Jordan, Dennis Waits, Dan Tarwater, III, and Greg

                                                               Grounds, County Legislators

 

 

Body

 WHEREAS, Robert C. (Bob) Nichols, Jr., has served as the Democrat Director - Jackson County Board of Election Commissioners for 31 years and will be retiring September 22, 2017; and,

 

WHEREAS, after graduating from high school, Bob entered the U.S. Army where he was a Specialist 4th Class serving in Vietnam from August 1967 until January 1969, receiving a Purple Heart and Bronze Star for his service; and,

 

WHEREAS, from 1969 to 1972, while recovering from his wounds from Vietnam, Bob assisted his father in his auto body repair shop and attended the University of Missouri - Kansas City; and,

 

WHEREAS, after completing his bachelor of arts degree, Bob began his career with the Jackson County Department of Corrections, where he worked from 1973 until 1979; and,

 

WHEREAS, Bob then became the Director of the Jackson County, Missouri Foster Grandparent Program, serving in that position from August 1976 through July 1983; and,

 

WHEREAS, in July 1983, Bob returned to his family business until June 1986, when he became the Democrat Director - Jackson County Board of Election Commissioners; and,

 

WHEREAS, Bob’s co-workers will miss his experience and knowledge and extend best wishes in his retirement; and,

 

WHEREAS, Bob’s wife, Jan, and their daughter and son-in-law Staci and Chalmer Parker, are justifiably proud of his accomplishments and look forward to spending more time with him in his retirement; and,

 

WHEREAS, Bob and Jan are planning to travel and take extended rides on their Harley-Davidson motorcycle; now therefore,

 

BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Legislature hereby recognizes Robert C. (Bob) Nichols, Jr., for his service as Democrat Director - Jackson County Board of Election Commissioners and extends best wishes for his future endeavors.

 

Enacted and Approved

Effective Date:  This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.

 

 

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

 

 

____________________________                                              ______________________________

Chief Deputy County Counselor                                                               County Counselor

 

 

Certificate of Passage

 

                     I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 19584 of September 18, 2017, was duly passed on September 20, 2017 by the Jackson County Legislature.  The votes thereon were as follows:

 

 

 

                     Yeas ______9_________                                                               Nays _______0_______

 

 

                     Abstaining ____0_____                                                               Absent _____0_______

 

                     

 

 

________________________                                                               ____________________________

Date                                                                                                                                                   Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature