Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 6–Assemblymen Anderson, Andonov, Angle, Arberry, Atkinson, Beers, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Chowning, Christensen, Claborn, Collins, Conklin, Geddes, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goicoechea, Goldwater, Grady, Griffin, Gustavson, Hardy, Hettrick, Horne, Knecht, Koivisto, Leslie, Mabey, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, McCleary, Mortenson, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Perkins, Pierce, Sherer, Weber and Williams

 

March 6, 2003

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Joint Sponsors: Senators Raggio, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Cegavske, Coffin, Hardy, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, Nolan, O’Connell, Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Tiffany, Titus, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

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Read and Adopted

 

SUMMARY—Memorializes longtime public servant, Henry “Hank” Etchemendy. (BDR R‑391)

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

Assembly Concurrent RESOLUTION—Memorializing longtime public servant, Henry “Hank” Etchemendy.

 

1-1  Whereas, On December 18, 2001, the residents of Nevada

1-2  experienced the loss of fellow Nevadan, Henry “Hank”

1-3  Etchemendy, whose decades of public service working in various

1-4  positions of influence throughout Nevada evidenced his love for his

1-5  home state and its people; and

1-6  Whereas, The son of Basque parents, Henry Etchemendy was

1-7  born October 6, 1923, in Elko, graduated from Elko High School

1-8  and attended Colorado College at Colorado Springs for 2 years

1-9  where he majored in civil engineering; and

2-1  Whereas, Henry Etchemendy served in the United States

2-2  Marine Corps at Guadalcanal during World War II and returned to

2-3  the Corps as an artillery instructor and aerial photography interpreter

2-4  during the Korean War; and

2-5  Whereas, While starting as a building inspector in Elko in

2-6  1952, Hank Etchemendy became the first City Manager of Elko in

2-7  1955, a position he held for 11 years before moving to Carson City

2-8  in 1966; and

2-9  Whereas, As the first City Manager of Carson City and the

2-10  last County Manager of Ormsby County, Hank Etchemendy

2-11  successfully guided those two governments to consolidation in 1969

2-12  and continued his work in the Capital City until 1978 when he left

2-13  to become Reno’s City Manager; and

2-14      Whereas, Known as a financial and budgetary expert, his

2-15  expertise was put to good use as a member of the committee that

2-16  developed the Local Government Budget Act and also as a member

2-17  of advisory committees to both the Nevada Tax Commission and the

2-18  Department of Taxation; and

2-19      Whereas, These same talents were apparent when, as an active

2-20  member of the Nevada League of Cities, Hank helped develop a

2-21  format to measure the financial health of cities and counties; and

2-22      Whereas, As Executive Director of the Nevada Association of

2-23  School Boards for 15 years, Hank worked tirelessly on behalf of

2-24  Nevada’s local school districts and his many achievements are

2-25  reflected in the commonly held sentiment that “the school children

2-26  of Nevada, now and into the future, are better off because of Hank

2-27  Etchemendy”; and

2-28      Whereas, Hank made similarly valuable contributions during

2-29  his longtime service as a consultant to the Board of the Nevada

2-30  Parent Teachers’ Association on legislative issues; and

2-31      Whereas, Hank Etchemendy is survived by his wife, Peggy,

2-32  sons, Larry, Arnold and Bill, several grandchildren, and his sister

2-33  Mary Guccini; now, therefore, be it

2-34      Resolved by the Assembly of the State of Nevada, the

2-35  Senate Concurring, That the members of the 72nd Nevada

2-36  Legislature express their deep sense of loss and extend their sincere

2-37  condolences to the family and many friends of Henry “Hank”

2-38  Etchemendy; and be it further

2-39      Resolved, That the kindness, fairness, honesty and

2-40  commitment of Hank Etchemendy will be remembered by all whose

2-41  lives have been touched by his public service to the cities and

2-42  schools of Nevada; and be it further

 

 

 

3-1  Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly prepare and

3-2  transmit a copy of this resolution to Peggy Etchemendy, Hank’s

3-3  loving wife of 53 years.

 

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