ADOPTED - DECEMBER 14, 2010

                                                                                                                                                   Agenda Item No. 20

 

Introduced by the Human Services Committee of the:

 

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

 

RESOLUTION HONORING SUSAN O’SHEA, ADMINISTRATOR, INGHAM MEDICAL CARE FACILITY, ON THE EVENT OF HER RETIREMENT

 

RESOLUTION #10-395

 

WHEREAS, Susan O’Shea has served as the Administrator of the Ingham Medical Care Facility since 1998; and

 

WHEREAS, her leadership and compassion have helped shape an institution that is recognized as the region’s premier Medical Care Facility; and

 

WHEREAS, among Susan’s many accomplishments, a state-of-the-art therapy pool addition will open at the Medical Care Facility in the spring of  2011; a greenhouse for the Resident Horticulture Therapy Program was dedicated in the summer of 2010; and in 2006, with the opening of a specialty short-term rehabilitation center, she expanded the Facility from 204 to 236 beds; and

 

WHEREAS, under Susan’s direction the Foundation in Support of the Ingham County Medical Care Facility was established in 2002, and in partnership with the Lansing area community, the Foundation has raised funds for numerous vital resident programs and projects; and

 

WHEREAS, throughout her career she has dedicated herself to enhancing the quality of life for hundreds of residents and patients in our community; and

 

WHEREAS, Susan is retiring from her position effective December 17, 2010.

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners hereby honors Susan O’Shea for her many years of service to the County of Ingham and for the many contributions she has made to the citizens of Ingham County, particularly those that reside in the Ingham Medical Care Facility.

 

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

 

HUMAN SERVICES:  Yeas: McGrain, Tennis, Koenig, Vickers

     Nays:  None        Absent:  Davis, Nolan          Approved 12/6/10