COMMENDATION: DEIRDRE A. HOUSTON

DUTCHESS COUNTY LEGISLATURE Commendation: Deirdre A. Houston The Dutchess County Legislature offers the following and moves its adoption: WHEREAS, the Dutchess County Legislature seeks to commend those individuals whose conduct and actions serve to enhance the quality of life in Dutchess County, and WHEREAS, Deirdre A. Houston was elected to represent District 25, Towns of Amenia, Washington, Pleasant Valley, and Village of Millbrook, and served as a County Legislator for eight years, and WHEREAS, Deirdre will be leaving her position as a Dutchess County Legislator on December 31,2025, and WHEREAS, Deirdre served the Legislature on the Family and Human Services Committee as Vice Chair, Public Works and Capital Projects Committee, Government Services & Administration Committee as Vice Chair and Chair, Public Safety Committee as Vice Chair, Cornell Cooperative Extension Board ex-officio, Dutchess Community College Board of Trustees as Liaison, Fish and Wildlife Management Board District 3 as an Alternate, Parks Master Plan Core Team, Veterans Affairs Committee, member of the Architect/Engineer/Construction Management Selection Committee, Member of the Housing Trust Fund Project Review Committee, Member of the Jury Board, Liaison to the Law Library, Member of the Soil and Water Conservation Board, Member of the Veterans Affairs Committee, Assistant Majority Leader for 2022 and 2023, and Majority Leader for 2024 and 2025, now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, that the Dutchess County Legislature, on behalf of all the people of Dutchess County, does hereby commend and congratulate Deirdre A. Houston on her service and dedication to Dutchess County and extends its deepest and sincere appreciation, and be it further RESOLVED, that the Dutchess County Legislature does hereby extend to Deirdre A. Houston its best wishes in all her future endeavors. Resolution No. 2025251 STATE OF NEW YORK SS: COUNTY OF DUTCHESS This is to certify that I, the undersigned Clerk of the Legislature of the County of Dutchess, have compared the foregoing resolution with the original resolution now on file in the office of said clerk, and which was adopted by said Legislature on the 17% day of December 2025, and that the same is a true and correct transcript of said original resolution and of the whole thereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said Legislatufe this 17% day of December 2025. guigh Wager