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File #: 251062    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Special Action Status: Passed
File created: 12/10/2025 In control: Council
On agenda: 12/11/2025 Final action: 12/11/2025
Title: Sponsor: Mayor Pro Tem Ryana Parks-Shaw RESOLUTION - Honoring Michaela Mays on her retirement after 32 years of dedication to the City of Kansas City.
Sponsors: Ryana Parks-Shaw, Andrea Bough, Melissa Robinson, Eric Bunch, Darrell Curls, Johnathan Duncan, Lindsay French, Quinton Lucas, Kevin O'Neill, Melissa Patterson Hazley, Crispin Rea, Wes Rogers, Nathan Willett

RESOLUTION NO. 251062

 

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Sponsor: Mayor Pro Tem Ryana Parks-Shaw

 

RESOLUTION - Honoring Michaela Mays on her retirement after 32 years of dedication to the City of Kansas City.

 

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WHEREAS, Ms. Mays began her career with the City of Kansas City, Missouri in 1993 - 1994 as an equipment operator in Wastewater and served as a Labor Leader Pipeline from 1994 - 1998; and

 

WHEREAS, she was promoted to General Supervisor Pipeline in 1998 - 2006; and

 

WHERAS, Ms. Mays was the Women’s First Award Winner as the first Black Woman General Supervisor in Water Services; and

 

WHEREAS, in the years 2006 - 2014, Ms. Mays was an Engineering Technician Lead III in Public Works; and

 

WHERAS, Ms. Mays moved to the Water Services Department to serve as the Customer Service Supervisor and Administrative Officer in the Dispatch Division for 15 years; and

 

WHERAS, Ms. Mays returned to Public Works as a Principal Engineering Technician to complete her final years of service; NOW, THEREFORE,

 

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

 

That the Mayor and Council hereby honor Michaela Mays on her retirement after 32 years of dedicated service to the City of Kansas City; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution be spread upon the Minutes of the Council in testimony thereof and that a copy hereof be presented to Michaela Mays in token of the Mayor and Council’s respect and high regard and their best wishes for a long and happy retirement which she so richly deserves.

 

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