[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 13, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E59]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     IN RECOGNITION OF JIMMY CATES

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                        HON. MICHAEL C. BURGESS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 13, 2015

  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Jimmy Cates who 
is retiring as Public Works Manager of the City of North Richland Hills 
after a 30 year career with the City's Public Works Department. As 
Manager of Public Works, Mr. Cates was responsible for the operations 
of the city's streets, transportation, water distribution, and 
wastewater systems. These responsibilities include the duties assigned 
to the Divisions of Streets and Drainage, Transportation and Water/
Sewer Maintenance and Repair. Ultimately, Mr. Cates ensured that the 
citizens of North Richland Hills had an efficient, effective and safe 
transportation system, water supply, sewer and stormwater system which 
would meet the needs of current and future residents.
   A graduate of Indiana University, he is a member of the Institute of 
Transportation Engineers (ITE), American Public Works Association 
(APWA), International Municipal Signal Association (IMSA), Texas Water 
Utilities Association, and the American Water Works Association (AWWA).
   I am honored to represent Mr. Cates and the City of North Richland 
Hills in the U.S. House of Representatives, and I gladly join the City 
and the appreciative citizens of the 26th Congressional District, whom 
he has dutifully served throughout his career.

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