[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23636]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        RECOGNIZING MAYOR FRANK ORTIS OF PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA

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                     HON. DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 5, 2007

  Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Madam Speaker, public service is among the 
most noble and demanding of professions; and excellence in the delivery 
of public service helps to keep the City of Pembroke Pines, Florida 
strong and prosperous and a wonderful place in which to live and work.
  At the helm of this city is Mayor Frank Ortis, a man who has a long 
history of public service since moving to the community in 1977. He was 
elected to the Pembroke Pines City Commission in 1996, served as Vice 
Mayor in 1998 and 2002, and was elected Mayor in 2004.
  Mayor Ortis has also been elected President of the Broward League of 
Cities for the 2005-2006 term of office, appointed to the National 
League of Cities Information Technologies Steering Committee in 1999 
and, as of November 2005, serves as Chair on that committee. He was 
elected to serve on the United States Conference of Mayors Advisory 
Board in June 2006.
  Other community involvement includes his 2002 election to the Florida 
League of Cities Florida Municipal Insurance Trust Board, a 2003 
appointment to serve on the Florida League of Cities Resolutions 
Committee, and service on the Florida League of Cities Federal Action 
Strike Team (FAST). In 2006 he was elected First Vice President of the 
Florida League of Cities after serving as the League's Second Vice 
President in 2005. In August 2007 he was installed as President of the 
Florida League of Cities and served as Chair of the Florida League of 
Cities' Resolutions Committee at the 2007 FLC Annual Conference. He 
garnered recognition from the Florida League of Cities by receiving the 
Cities of Excellence Mayor of the Year Award in 2006.
  Other civic involvement includes his 1994, appointment by Governor 
Chiles to the Broward Community College Board of Trustees where he 
served as Chairman, his service as President of the Florida State 
Council of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, President of the Broward 
County AFL-CIO, Secretary/Treasurer on the Broward County Workforce One 
Development Board, service on the Executive Board of the Broward County 
Red Cross, the United Way of Broward County and the Executive Board for 
the Special Olympics of Broward.
  Clearly this is a man who is committed to a community, ensuring its 
residents have a high quality of life. With that said Madam Speaker, I 
am honored to pay tribute to mayor Frank Ortis, for his immeasurable 
dedication to the City of Pembroke Pines.

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