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18104935D
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 60
Offered February 7, 2018
Commending Judy F. Wiggins.
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Patron-- Helsel
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WHEREAS, Judy F. Wiggins, who has ably served the City of Poquoson for 37 years, retired as assistant city manager and city clerk in 2017; and

WHEREAS, Judy Wiggins was hired by the City of Poquoson as a city clerk in 1980 and brought with her 15 years of experience as a secretary, a clerk, and a stenographer; she became assistant to the city manager in 1984 and served in dual roles for most of her career; and

WHEREAS, beginning in 1996, Judy Wiggins served as assistant city manager and city clerk, and she was named as acting city manager twice in 1996 and 2009; and

WHEREAS, respected among her peers, Judy Wiggins is a member of the Virginia Municipal Clerks Association and the Virginia Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators, and she has served as a longtime board member of York Poquoson Social Services, including a term as chair in 1996; and

WHEREAS, Judy Wiggins has received clerk certifications from Old Dominion University, the University of Michigan, and Christopher Newport College; she was only the fourth Certified Municipal Clerk in Virginia to earn the Master Municipal Clerk designation from the International Institute of Municipal Clerks; and

WHEREAS, Judy Wiggins has received many awards and accolades for her work in local government, including the Municipal Clerk of the Year award from the Virginia Municipal Clerks Association in 1995 and the Freemasons’ Community Builders Award in 2012; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, That Judy F. Wiggins hereby be commended on the occasion of her retirement as assistant city manager and city clerk of the City of Poquoson; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Judy F. Wiggins as an expression of the House of Delegates’ admiration for her decades of contributions to the Poquoson community.