RESOLUTION NO. 070544

Honoring Pat Gallagher and extending to her the appreciation, gratitude and respect for her work on behalf of Mayor Barnes and the City of Kansas City, Missouri.

WHEREAS, Pat Gallagher began her work in the Mayors office on April 10, 1999. after working on Kay Barnes mayoral campaign; and

WHEREAS, in her capacity in the Mayors office, Pat Gallagher wrote thousands of proclamations and resolutions, as well as letters for the Mayor, and she also served on the United Negro College Fund Advisory Board, the board of YouthNet, the Governor's Council on Disability, the Education Policy Advisor Network, the Child Abuse Round Table, and the President's Advisory Committee for MCC-Penn Valley whereupon she received the President's Award from Metropolitan Community College (2005-06); and

WHEREAS, Pat Gallagher raised over $10,000.00 in 2006 so the Operation Breakthrough children could go to Disneyland, the Aquarium of the Pacific and the ocean when they went to Anaheim for the All America City competition, and she also worked to persuade the editors of area newspapers to stop carrying classified ads for automatic weapons and weapons from unlicensed dealers; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

That the Mayor and Council do hereby honor Pat Gallagher and extend to her their appreciation, gratitude and respect for her work on behalf of Mayor Barnes and the City of Kansas City, Missouri; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution be spread upon the Minutes of the Council in testimony thereof and that a copy hereof be presented to Pat Gallagher with appropriate recognition and appreciation.

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