03-09-20 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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Recognition of the Retirement of Peggy Lee, Office Coordinator Peggy Lee began her career with the City of La Porte as a part-time clerk with the Parks and Recreation Department in March 1990. She performed numerous duties for several staff members before her promotion to a full-time position as Planning Department Secretary in June 1991. Peggy excelled in this position, where she coordinated department purchasing and personnel record keeping, department records management, and project contract administration, and maintained the CIP project budgets. In this role, she also served as secretary to the Planning and Zoning Commission, and transcribed detailed minutes for each meeting. In 1993, Peggy was recognized as Employee of the Quarter. Peggy was promoted to her current position as Office Coordinator for the Planning Department in February 2005, where she continued to distinguish herself and assume additional duties. Leading up to and since taking on this role, Peggy has maintained the Department’s daily administrative and budgetary activities through several transitions in Department leadership. Peggy became known for assisting and responding to citizen inquiries with aplomb. She became the lead coordinator for CIP project funding for major projects such as the HOME Grant Program, Fire Stations 2 & 3, Fire Station 2/EMS Remodel, and the Fire Training Room Facilities. Peggy was also instrumental in creating the Planning Department’s GIS Division. Based on her research and analysis, the Department was able to realign duties, eliminate vacant positions, and add two new employees to create the GIS Division, without any impact on the City’s budget. In 2005, Peggy was again recognized as Employee of the Quarter and also as the Employee of the Year. Peggy has been a constant in the Planning Department, and has devoted many long hours to serving the City to get the job done. Peggy is valued for her friendship, guidance, professionalism, attention to detail, dedication, and commitment. She will be missed. Peggy is wife to her high school sweetheart and travel buddy, Steve Lee. They have shared many adventures over the years and are excited to experience many more. Their shared hobby is tending to the Registered Texas Longhorns at their family farm. In their down time, they are blessed with the company of their twin daughters, Stephanie and Lacey; their sons-in-law, Max and Michael; and their three grandchildren, Ava, Landry, and Maddox. Peggy looks forward to changing her focus from serving the City of La Porte to enjoying more time with her friends and family. Peggy, we bid you a fond farewell, and thank you for your thirty years of dedicated service to the citizens of La Porte.