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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

CONGRATULATING THE HONORABLE RAYMOND L. VOTTO, JR., CRANSTON

PUBLIC SCHOOLS CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, ON HIS RETIREMENT AFTER

FIFTEEN YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED AND MERITORIOUS SERVICE

     Introduced By: Representatives Mattiello, Shekarchi, Lima, Jacquard, and Handy

     Date Introduced: June 19, 2019

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, The Honorable Raymond L. Votto, Jr., was born and raised in the City of

Cranston. He graduated from Cranston High School West in 1971, Bowdoin College with a

Bachelor’s degree in Government and Legal Studies in 1975, and the University of Delaware

with a Master’s degree in Banking and Administration in 1990; and

     WHEREAS, After graduating in 1975, Mr. Votto embarked on a successful banking

career, working for sixteen years with Pawtucket Savings and Trust, and People’s Bank, where he

served in myriad capacities. He then served for two years as the Director of Administration for

Northeast Healthcare, and for eleven years as the Assistant Director of Patient Financial Services

with Women and Infants Hospital; and

     WHEREAS, Since June of 2004, Mr. Votto has served the citizens of Cranston with

integrity and tireless devotion as the Executive Director of Human Resources & Public Relations,

and later as the Chief Operating Officer of the Cranston Public Schools. In his latter position, Mr.

Votto worked diligently to ensure that all Cranston School Department funds provided by the

taxpayers were accounted for and spent wisely; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Votto devoted much of his life in service to the citizens of Cranston. He

served with honor and integrity as a member of the Cranston City Council from 1980 to 1984, as

a Cranston School Committee Chairperson, as a member of the Cranston Financial Review

Board, and as a member of the Cranston Parks and Recreation Advisory Board. He has also

served as a member of the Coastal Resources Management Council, the Cranston YMCA Board

and the Cranston Rotary Board, and served as the United Way of Central Massachusetts

Associated Chairperson; now, therefore be it

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

Providence Plantations hereby congratulates the Honorable Raymond L. Votto, Jr., on his

retirement from the City of Cranston. We thank him for his many years of distinguished public

service and wish him continued success in all his future endeavors; 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 the Honorable Raymond L. Votto, Jr.

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