[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 187 (Friday, December 2, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1206]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 HONORING COUNTY COMMISSIONER OTIS RITTER FOR EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE AND 
                               LEADERSHIP

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                          HON. RICHARD HUDSON

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, December 2, 2022

  Mr. HUDSON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Otis Ritter for 
nearly 10 years of service as Moore County Commissioner and a lifetime 
of public service to our community.
  Prior to serving on the Moore County Board of Commission, 
Commissioner Ritter served in the Navy and worked as a volunteer 
fireman for the Robbins and High Falls rescue squads. He also served 20 
years as the chairman of the county's Emergency Services Advisory 
Committee. After being appointed to the Board of Commissioners to 
replace Commissioner Craig Kennedy in 2013, Commissioner Ritter was 
elected to hold the District Ill seat in 2014 and 2018. Given his 
experience as a first responder, he now serves as a member of the Fire 
Commission which recently replaced the Emergency Services Advisory 
Committee. He also currently serves as a member of Local Emergency 
Planning Committee, the Nursing and Adult Care Home Community Advisory 
Committee, and numerous other committees. Perhaps most impressively, 
Commissioner Ritter also previously served as vice chairman of the 
Board of Commissioners.
  Today, Commissioner Ritter is the longest serving member of the 
current Board of Commissioners. He will retire from his seat at the end 
of this year. Over the course of his career, he has extended the 
highest level of personal sacrifice in dedicating himself to the 
service of others. I know I speak for our entire community in thanking 
him for his hard work and wishing him well as he enters the next 
chapter of his life.
  Madam Speaker, please join me today in honoring Commissioner Otis 
Ritter for his career of exemplary servitude to his community.

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