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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The City of Rockwall has greatly benefited from the |
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public service and leadership of Kevin Fowler, who is concluding |
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his tenure as mayor in May 2023; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Fowler was elected to his first of three terms |
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on the Rockwall City Council in 2015, and during his time as a |
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councilmember, he was twice named mayor pro tempore; he |
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successfully ran for the office of mayor in 2021; and |
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WHEREAS, Through the years, Mayor Fowler has held leadership |
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roles on a number of boards and commissions for the city, including |
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the Rockwall Economic Development Corporation, the Building Better |
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Roads Bond Committee, and the Rockwall Business and Education |
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Committee; he has also been active with the Rockwall Area Chamber of |
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Commerce, the Rockwall Rotary Club, Baylor Scott & White Medical |
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Center-Lake Pointe, the YMCA, the Boy Scouts of America, the |
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Rockwall Youth Fair, and CASA, and he is a member of First Baptist |
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Church of Rockwall; and |
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WHEREAS, Mayor Fowler has enjoyed a 30-year career in banking |
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and currently serves as the Rockwall regional president of Lakeside |
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Bank; he earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Louisiana State |
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University and graduated from Southern Methodist University's |
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Southwestern Graduate School of Banking; and |
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WHEREAS, Through his many civic contributions, Kevin Fowler |
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has helped to make Rockwall an even better place in which to live |
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and work, and he may indeed reflect with pride on all that he has |
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accomplished; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby commend Mayor Kevin Fowler on his service to |
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Rockwall and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mayor Fowler as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Holland |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1531 was adopted by the House on May |
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19, 2023, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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