ADOPTED - APRIL 13, 2004

Agenda Item No. 24

Introduced by the Human Services Committee of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION HONORING LINDA KEEFE

RESOLUTION #04-107

WHEREAS, Linda Keefe has been a member of the Clinton-Eaton-Ingham Community Mental Health Board of Directors since January of 1998; and

WHEREAS, in her role as a member of the Community Mental Health Board of Directors, Linda has been instrumental in helping them work through difficult financial times while keeping their focus on their calling - that of serving the residents of the tri-county community; and

WHEREAS, she continually kept Community Mental Health in touch with the impact of their actions and decisions on the most vulnerable citizens in our community; and

WHEREAS, her support for Community Mental Health employees and the difficult work that they do has been critical to keeping morale strong during difficult times; and

WHEREAS, her ability to see the commonality in the stances of management, labor, and consumers helped Community Mental Health fashion an approach to operating with reduced resources that fostered a stronger Community Mental Health and a stronger community; and

WHEREAS, Linda's calm, level-headed approach to difficult, complex, and potentially divisive issues has been critical to sound decision making by the Community Mental Health Board of Directors.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners hereby honors Linda Keefe for her years of service as a member of the Clinton-Eaton-Ingham Community Mental Health Board of Directors and for her contributions to the citizens of the tri-county area.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board wishes her continued success in all of her future endeavors.

HUMAN SERVICES: Yeas: Hertel, Dedden Weatherwax-Grant, Schor, Severino, Nevin

Nays: None Absent: None Approved 4/5/04