RESOLUTION NO. 469   

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF GRANITE SHOALS, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING THE JOHN REINHART MEMORIAL AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR THE CITY OF GRANITE SHOALS.

WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to honor the memory of John Rinehart, one of the most active volunteers our city has ever known, by establishing an award to be presented once a year to a citizen who displays a similar spirit of service;

            NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRANITE SHOALS, TEXAS, THAT:

The Council hereby establishes the “John Rinehart Memorial Award for Outstanding Community Service”. 

Section I

The Name of the Award will be the John Rinehart Memorial Award for Outstanding Community Service

Section II

Description of Award:   John Rinehart brought special qualities to his service to our community.  He was straight-forward, kind and always put forth an earnest effort in his volunteer service.  He never ‘sought the limelight’ and much of his volunteer service was done ‘behind the scenes’.  This award is recognition of an individual by a peer or peers in the community for outstanding service.  This award might be awarded to someone who served in the community in a program that the city did or did not sponsor.  This award is designed for recognizing service to our community that is notable because of the spirit of the service, in generosity of time, effort, benefit to the community, community pride and humility.

APPROVED: this 20^th day of January 2015.

Dennis A. Maier, Mayor