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The official copy considered by the City Council is the first reader copy.
Introductory*
City of Baltimore
Council Bill R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: President Mosby
A Resolution Entitled
A Council Resolution concerning
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Recognizing the Service of Nancy Ray
For the purpose of recognizing Nancy Ray on her 32 years of distinguished service to the City of Baltimore.
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Recitals
Nancy Ray began working for the Department of Legislative Reference in 1989 and recently retired after 32 years of service to the City of Baltimore. In those 32 years, Nancy distinguished herself as an indispensable public servant, drafting a variety of bills, including zoning measures, franchise bills, namings and re-namings, and the annual Ordinance of Estimates, for 6 different administrations and scores of councilmembers.
In addition to her bill drafting duties, Nancy also served as Journal Clerk to the Baltimore City Council, ensuring that the public and the entirety of City government had a detailed and accurate memorialization of City Council proceedings.
Indeed, because of her length of service and her myriad of duties, she served as part of the Council’s - and City government at large - institutional memory. She was able to tell anyone the history behind the successes and failures of certain important measures before the City Council, how and why certain Charter provisions came to pass, or who to talk to at various departments to “get things done.”
It will be difficult to replace her diligent work ethic and her storied institutional knowledge, but the Council, on behalf of the citizens of Baltimore, want to sincerely congrat...
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