IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION congratulating Senator Timothy P. Green upon his selection as Labor's Representative of the Year for 2013.
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RESOLUTION NO. 18217, July 15, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Scott Burnett, Theresa Garza Ruiz, Crystal Williams, Fred Arbanas, James D. Tindall, Dennis Waits, and Dan Tarwater, County Legislators
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WHEREAS, Labor's Educational & Political Club Independent (LEPCI) has selected Senator Timothy P. Green of Spanish Lake, Missouri State Senator representing District 13 in North St. Louis County from 2004-2012, as Labor's Representative of the Year for 2013; and,
WHEREAS, Senator Green received a degree in Business Administration from the University of Missouri - St. Louis, graduated from the Electrical Industry Training Center (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW)-National Electrical Contractors Association) in 1987, and worked as a foreman and general foreman during his twenty-two years at Briner Electric Co. of St. Louis; and,
WHEREAS, Senator Green served in the Missouri House of Representatives from 1989-2002 before moving on to the Senate, where he tirelessly fought anti-labor legislation in a challenging political environment; and,
WHEREAS, while in the General Assembly, Senator Green successfully prevented deregulation of the electrical industry and increased funding for the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Relations' and Office of the Attorney General's initiatives to enforce the Prevailing Wage Law and other pro-labor legislation; and,
WHEREAS, Senator Green, a third-generation member of the IBEW with four electrician siblings, has served as Registrar for Local 1 for fifteen years and is a member of the Missouri State Labor Council (AFL-CIO), the Greater St. Louis Labor Council, the Flourissant Valley Chamber of Commerce, North County, Inc., the Regional Development Association, the National Conference of State Legislatures, and the National Labor Caucus of State Legislators; and,
WHEREAS, Senator Green will be honored at the LEPCI's awards banquet scheduled for Friday, July 19; and,
WHEREAS, Senator Green's wife, Lisa Ann, and children, Patrick Timothy and Megan Ann, join in the celebration of this distinguished award; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the Legislature hereby congratulates Senator Timothy P. Green upon his selection as Labor's Representative of the Year for 2013, and wishes him well in all 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:
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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution No. 18217 of July 15, 2013, was duly passed on July 15, 2013 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas ________8_______ Nays _______0_______
Abstaining ____0_____ Absent ______0______ Excused_______1_______
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature