ADOPTED - JUNE 8, 2004
Agenda Item No. 16
Introduced by the Human Services Committee of the:
INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
RESOLUTION TO HONOR THE SERVICE OF F. ROBERT GODBOLD
RESOLUTION #04-175
WHEREAS, Francis Robert (Bob) Godbold has served as Deputy Director and Director of Environmental Health for Ingham County since April 1978; and
WHEREAS, Bob has exhibited outstanding leadership during his tenure, based on great vision and a broad sense of environment and its effect on human health; and
WHEREAS, Bob has been an effective program manager, as the leader of a professional staff and in his duties to develop and administer a budget; and
WHEREAS, Bob has exhibited innovation and creativity, taking advantage of opportunities to involve the Environmental Health Bureau in new areas of practice, such as solid waste planning, pollution prevention and by nurturing the Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) into a role that has prepared the community in the event of a public health emergency; and
WHEREAS, Bob has announced that he is retiring from Ingham County employment effective June 21, 2004.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners expresses its appreciation for the dedicated, imaginative and responsible leadership that F. Robert Godbold has exhibited for 26 years as Deputy Director and Director of Environmental Health.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board of Commissioners wishes F. Robert Godbold a long, happy and healthy retirement.
HUMAN SERVICES: Yeas: Hertel, Dedden, Schor, Nevin Nays: None
Absent: Weatherwax-Grant, Severino Approved 6/7/04