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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

HONORING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DANIEL L. BEARDSLEY, JR., ON THE OCCASION

OF HIS RETIREMENT AFTER 42 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE WITH THE

RHODE ISLAND LEAGUE OF CITIES AND TOWNS

     Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, Craven, McEntee, Lima, and Kennedy

     Date Introduced: June 18, 2016

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, For the past twenty-seven years, Dan Beardsley has served as the Executive

Director of the Rhode Island League of Cities and Towns, tirelessly and effectively guiding and

advocating for the state's 39 municipalities with wisdom, foresight, and consummate skill; and

     WHEREAS, The League's fundamental role and primary mission is legislative advocacy

of the collective interests of its membership. Since joining the League's staff in 1974, Mr.

Beardsley has been the face and chief legislative lobbyist of the Rhode Island League of Cities

and Towns at the State House, juggling the interests of the state's diverse municipalities while

protecting the taxpayers of the state. He also serves as the League's advocate on some twenty-six

boards and commissions; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Beardsley attained his Bachelor's degree in Political Science, and his

Master's degree in Public Administration. Prior to joining the staff of the League, while still

attending graduate school, he was appointed to serve as deputy administrator of a federally-

funded program designed to improve personnel management for local governments. Within six

months, he was named Director, a position he held until joining the League; and

     WHEREAS, In 1990, while serving as Executive Director, Mr. Beardsley proposed the

creation of an intergovernmental risk-sharing pool to provide workers' compensation and

property/liability insurance to school departments and local governments. Currently, 82 percent

of Rhode Island's school districts and 89 percent of its political subdivisions utilize that program

in order to obtain their insurance coverage; and

     WHEREAS, The League's experience in the creation of this intergovernmental insurance

pool served as a blueprint for the eventual creation of the R.I. Energy Aggregation Program in

July of 1999; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to his responsibilities with the League, Mr. Beardsley has served

as an adjunct professor of collective bargaining and public sector labor relations at Bryant

University; and

     WHEREAS, Under Mr. Beardsley's diligent leadership, the Rhode Island League of

Cities and Towns has functioned as a guiding force for the economic well-being of our

communities, and he will most surely be missed and impossible to replace; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby honors and recognizes Daniel Beardsley on the occasion of his

retirement. We moreover acknowledge the enormous contributions he has made to improving the

vitality of Rhode Island's 39 municipalities and extend our collective thanks and wish him the

very best of health and continued success; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mr. Daniel L. Beardsley, Jr.

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