[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 45 (Friday, April 2, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E520-E521]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 A TRIBUTE TO EMIL MARZULLO, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL 
                               DISTRICTS

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                            HON. JERRY LEWIS

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, April 2, 2004

  Mr. LEWIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I would like today to pay 
tribute to Emil Marzullo, who is retiring as Director of the Special 
Districts Department for the County of San Bernardino, California, 
after 25 years of dedicated service to the people of California's 
Inland Empire.
  The County of San Bernardino Special Districts Department manages 
dozens of local entities charged with providing a variety of vital 
public services ranging from fire protection and drinking water to 
parks and roadways. Mr. Marzullo took the helm of Special Districts in 
1994 during very difficult economic times, when funding for these 
important services were increasingly scarce. Under his expert 
leadership the Department took on the responsibility of the County 
Franchise Authority and the restructuring of all water and sanitation 
districts and operations. These visionary reforms would come to be Mr. 
Marzullo's greatest accomplishments.
  Mr. Marzullo was born in New Jersey and moved to California in 1965. 
He graduated from San Bernardino High School in 1971, received his B.A. 
in Geography and Environmental Studies from the University of 
California at Riverside in 1978, and a M.S. in Environmental Studies 
and Public Administration from California State University, Fullerton, 
in 1986. He began his county employment in January 1979 as an 
Environmental Specialist.
  As an employee and later deputy director of the County Office of 
Community Development, Mr. Marzullo participated in or led the creation 
of more than 200 capital projects such as senior and community centers, 
playgrounds and parks, as well as water systems and fire safety 
facilities.
  Serving as assistant director of special districts, he was 
instrumental in restructuring the Special Districts Department as well 
as the San Bernardino County Fire Department. In this capacity he 
trained the Board-governed commissions in the conduct of public 
meetings under the California Open Meetings Law and authored many of 
the related policies and board actions.

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  An esteemed member of the community, Mr. Marzullo served as a 
visiting professor at the Graduate School of Public Administration at 
California State University, San Bernardino, where he has lectured and 
led graduate seminars in Land Use Planning, Public Policy Analysis and 
Economic Development, and Local Development Finance. He also became a 
member of the Board of Directors and later the President of the Board 
for the Bethlehem House, a shelter and program for victims of domestic 
violence.
  Mr. Speaker, for more than two decades, Emil Marzullo has served the 
people of San Bernardino County well in a variety of important 
capacities, and the county will benefit from his accomplishments for 
many generations to come. Please join me in thanking him for his 
dedicated public service, and wishing him well as he takes a well-
deserved retirement.

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