Label
RIA: Karen Poore
Hartman & Members of Council
Title
Recognizing Karen Poore on the occasion of her retirement.
Summary
WHEREAS, Karen Poore has served the Toledo and Lucas County community as a public servant in various capacities for more than 31 years; and
WHEREAS, initially employed by the Lucas County Board of Elections, Ms. Poore's career in local government allowed her to become a respected public service veteran with key management and communications expertise having served as the Chief Deputy Treasurer for the Lucas County Treasurer's office managing complex tax accounting, treasury and delinquent collection systems; and
WHEREAS, Ms. Poore also previously worked for the Toledo City Council and over the last twenty-five years developed the rare ability of herding and steering elected officials, whenever needed, without quite allowing them to ever catch on that they were being managed; and
WHEREAS, Karen has risen through the ranks with hard work, commitment and loyalty, never forgetting her colleagues along the way, while remaining communicative, affable, and trustworthy; and
WHEREAS, in her unique positions of working with elected officials, Ms. Poore is retiring as a Co-Chief of Staff for the City of Toledo whereby she was directly responsible for overseeing the departments of Building and Code Compliance, Housing and Community Development, Economic Development and Public Safety; and
WHEREAS, in every role that she has served, Karen has remained a positive, stabilizing force with a calming presence.
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That this Council does hereby recognize Karen Poore on the occasion of her retirement; and
SECTION 2. That this Resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.
Adopted: March 25, 2025: yeas 11, nays 0.
Attest:
Julie A. Gibbons Carrie Hartman
Clerk of Council Presiden...
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