13148 RESOLUTION NO. 13148
WHEREAS, HONORABLE GORDON T. BUTLER has announced his retirement
as the Executive Secretary of the Florida League of Municipalities in May,
1970 after nineteen years of continuous uninterrupted service to the cause
of all municipalities in the State of Florida, and to the Florida League
of Municipalities, and
WHEREAS, his retirement is endurable only for the reason that it
affords an opportunity and a vehicle to express, in some small measure, the
depth and extent of the profound sense of appreciation and indebtedness
which every municipality and every public officer and official connected
with each and every one of the municipalities in the State of Florida for
the service rendered them through the devotion and tireless energy expended
by the said HONORABLE GORDON T. BUTLER to their cause, and
WHEREAS, there is no one person to whom the Florida League of
Municipalities owes more for its creation, its being, and its accomplishments
than to the said HONORABLE GORDON T. BUTLER, and
WHEREAS, his skill , knowledge and experience was matched only by
his gracious and generous grant thereof to all who sought the same, and
WHEREAS, much legislation in the State of Florida beneficial to
the municipalities of the State was enacted with his active support and
encouragement, and
WHEREAS, no Bill or Act detrimental to the interests of the
municipalities of the State of Florida and their citizens escaped his relentless
extirpation thereof, and
WHEREAS, his commanding presence in the Rotunda of the State Capitol
evoked the respect and admiration of all who observed and held converse with
him, and
WHEREAS, his name and figure in Tallahassee was synonomous and
symbolic of the integrity of man and his word, and
WHEREAS, the CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, its Mayor and Councilmen, past and
especially those presently holding those offices, have first-hand evidence of
the devotion of the said GORDON T. BUTLER to his said cause of advancing the
best interests of the municipalities of the State of Florida, and
WHEREAS, the CITY OF MIAMI BEACH is particularly grateful and
appreciative, and
WHEREAS, the CITY OF MIAMI BEACH seeks not only to equal , but to
surpass the expression of all other municipalities in their acknowledgment of
their indebtedness, gratitude and appreciation to the said GORDON T. BUTLER,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND EACH AND EVERY
MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA that they do
hereby express their warm individual and their profound collective appreciation
to the said GORDON T. BUTLER for his limitless contributions to the welfare,
not only to all of the municipalities of the State of Florida, but to that of
the CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the above and foregoing Resolution be
spread on the official Minutes of the City Council of the City of Miami Beach,
and that a Certified copy of the same be personally delivered to the said
HONORABLE GORDON T. BUTLER, during the proceedings of the 1970 Convention of
the Florida League of Municipalities with their fervent hope that his retirement
marks the beginning, and not the end, of his service to all the people of the
great and sovereign State of Florida.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 4th day of November, 1970.
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