Bill Text: TX HR1115 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Candace Quarles for her service to the DeSoto City Council.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-19 - Reported enrolled [HR1115 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR1115-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1115 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Candice Quarles is concluding her service on the | ||
| DeSoto City Council in May 2021; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Ms. Quarles has represented Place 6 on the council | ||
| since her election in 2016; during her tenure, she has played a key | ||
| role in setting policies to provide paid parental leave for city | ||
| employees, and she has championed efforts to encourage minority | ||
| participation in city contracting and to implement hiring practices | ||
| that remove employment barriers for individuals with a criminal | ||
| record; she has also helped lead the community-focused job fair | ||
| DeSoto Works!; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The founder and managing principal of CQ Consulting, | ||
| Ms. Quarles earned a bachelor's degree from Missouri Western State | ||
| University and a master's degree from Webster University in | ||
| St. Louis; she obtained her Certified Municipal Official | ||
| designation from the Texas Municipal League in 2021, and she is a | ||
| 2022 executive MBA candidate at the Kellogg School of Management at | ||
| Northwestern University; among her many accolades, she has received | ||
| honors from the Dallas Business Journal, the Texas Coalition of | ||
| Black Democrats, the Young Elected Officials Network, National | ||
| Urban League Young Professionals, and the Tri-Cities NAACP Unit | ||
| No. 6277; moreover, she is a valued member of Delta Sigma Theta | ||
| Sorority, Inc., Friendship-West Baptist Church, and the Society for | ||
| Human Resource Management; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The effective operation of government depends on the | ||
| able and dedicated efforts of our public servants, and Candice | ||
| Quarles may take pride in her accomplishments in behalf of area | ||
| residents; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby commend Candice Quarles for her service to the | ||
| DeSoto City Council and extend to her sincere best wishes for the | ||
| future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Ms. Quarles as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Sherman, Sr. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1115 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 14, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
