Bill Text: IA SR120 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A resolution honoring John Pollak for his dedicated service to the Legislative Services Agency and the Iowa General Assembly.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-04-30 - Resolution adopted. S.J. 887. [SR120 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SR120-Introduced.html
Senate
Resolution
120
-
Introduced
SENATE
RESOLUTION
NO.
120
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
RULES
AND
ADMINISTRATION
A
Resolution
honoring
John
Pollak
for
his
dedicated
1
service
to
the
Legislative
Services
Agency
and
the
2
Iowa
General
Assembly.
3
WHEREAS,
for
almost
three
decades
John
Pollak
4
has
worked
unceasingly
to
keep
the
machineries
of
5
state
government
well-oiled
and
working
smoothly
as
a
6
legal
services
research
analyst,
drafter,
editor,
and
7
committee
services
administrator
in
the
nonpartisan,
8
drafting
and
staffing
division
of
the
Legislative
9
Services
Agency;
and
10
WHEREAS,
John,
dedicating
his
career
to
the
ideal
11
that
good
research,
good
counsel,
and
artful
and
12
ingenious
drafting
results
in
good
lawmaking,
became
13
an
expert
in
the
drafting
of
legislation
and
staffing
14
of
committees
in
the
areas
of
human
services,
child
15
welfare,
mental
health,
appropriations,
and
state
16
government;
and
17
WHEREAS,
John
continually
assumed
more
18
responsibility,
being
named
the
agency’s
first
19
Committee
Services
Administrator
in
1990,
coordinating
20
the
biennial
orientation
for
newly
elected
legislators,
21
and
most
often
becoming
the
face
of
the
agency
in
his
22
oversight
of
standing
committee
staffing
and
delivery
23
of
work
products
to
the
members
for
their
next
work
24
day;
and
25
WHEREAS,
with
his
abiding
interest
in
his
fellow
26
human
beings
and
hospitable
nature,
in
his
personal
27
life,
John,
along
with
his
wife
Nancy,
has
been
an
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active
organizer
of
and
participant
in
countless
1
bicycling,
canoeing,
and
other
outdoor
adventures,
2
host
to
and
entertainer
of
a
multitude
of
friends
3
and
acquaintances,
and
promoter
of
local
and
global
4
opportunities
to
spread
diplomacy
through
his
good
5
sense
of
humor
and
bad
jokes
of
the
day;
and
6
WHEREAS,
John
brought
these
skills
and
endeavors
to
7
good
task
as
a
well-suited
member
of
the
“team
humans”,
8
and
in
doing
so
expanding
the
legislative
lexicon
9
to
include
such
terms
as
“floopy”,
“draconian”,
and
10
“version
blur”
when
portraying
legislation;
and
11
WHEREAS,
John
has
been
an
exceptional
liaison
12
between
the
Legislative
Services
Agency
and
the
leaders
13
and
members
of
the
General
Assembly
and
their
caucus
14
and
personal
staffs,
continually
offering
good
cheer
15
and
maintaining
an
exuberance
for
legislative
staffing,
16
exercising
his
loyalty
to
the
General
Assembly
as
17
a
co-equal
branch
of
government,
and
pursuing
his
18
untiring
resolve
to
always
offer
his
sage
advice
19
and
prepare
the
highest
quality
work
products
in
20
the
shortest
time
frame
possible,
in
order
to
assist
21
the
General
Assembly
in
its
lawmaking
functions;
NOW
22
THEREFORE,
23
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
SENATE,
That
the
Senate
24
recognizes
John
for
his
extraordinary
and
long-term
25
public
service,
his
unsurpassed
devotion
to
the
26
legislature
as
the
state’s
lawmaking
institution,
and
27
his
inspiring
leadership
in
the
Legislative
Services
28
Agency’s
fulfillment
of
its
nonpartisan
drafting
and
29
staffing
missions,
and,
upon
his
retirement,
wishes
him
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