[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 1533]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        HONORING STELL MANFREDI

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                         HON. GEORGE RADANOVICH

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Monday, February 22, 2010

  Mr. RADANOVICH. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Stell 
Manfredi upon his retirement as the Madera County Administrative 
Officer. Mr. Manfredi was honored by the Madera County Board of 
Supervisors on Saturday, January 30, 2010.
  Mr. Stell Manfredi was born in 1945 in Madera, California. He 
attended St. Joachim's Catholic Grammar School and graduated from 
Madera High School in 1963. Upon his high school graduation, he 
attended Fresno City College and California State University, Fresno, 
where he earned his Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with a 
minor in Economics. In 1969, Mr. Manfredi joined the United States 
Naval Reserve and served in DaNang, Vietnam.
  After returning to Madera in 1971, Mr. Manfredi began working for the 
Madera County Administrative Office. The first three years he served as 
an Administrative Analyst I and was promoted to Administrative Analyst 
II. In 1980, he became the Assistant County Administrative Officer, and 
in 1991 he was named the County Administrative Officer.
  In the thirty-eight years of working for the County Administrative 
Office, Mr. Manfredi has worked on many county projects; including the 
jail construction, juvenile boot camp, Madera Ranchos water system, 
juvenile hall, Oakhurst sewer system, the Madera County Government 
Center and parking facility, the Oakhurst fire and sheriff facility and 
the central garage facility. The county has grown in population, 
employees and budget. In 1971, when Mr. Manfredi began with the county, 
there were 42,600 residents, 375 employees and a sixteen million dollar 
budget. Today, there are over 151,000 residents, 1,700 employees and a 
two hundred million dollar budget. Mr. Manfredi has participated in 
almost two thousand Board of Supervisor meetings, worked under the 
direction of twenty-one members of the Board of Supervisors and has 
worked with over one hundred and thirty appointed and elected county 
department heads. He is currently the second longest serving County 
Administrative Officer in the State of California, he is the third 
County Administrative Officer for Madera county. Mr. Manfredi also 
acted as the Executive Officer of the Local Agency Formation Commission 
from 1971 until 2000.
  Madam Speaker, I rise today to commend and congratulate Stell 
Manfredi upon his retirement from Madera County. I invite my colleagues 
to join me in wishing Mr. Manfredi many years of continued success.

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