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Commending and Recognizing Kay Hellenbrand Rutledge, PE, Assistant Parks Superintendent with the City of Madison Parks Division, upon her retirement after 11 years of dedicated service.
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WHEREAS, on June 1, 2009, Kay began work for Madison Parks as Planning and Development Manager after years of quality service in both the public and private sectors as a Professional Engineer; and,
WHEREAS, in 2014 Kay took on additional responsibilities as the Interim Assistant Parks Superintendent during a particularly challenging transition for Madison Parks; and,
WHEREAS, in April 2015, Kay was recognized for her professional accomplishments and leadership by promotion to Assistant Parks Superintendent responsible for Planning and Development, Finance and Administration and Public Information; and,
WHEREAS, for the past 11 years, Kay has provided outstanding service to Madison Parks, the Board of Park Commissioners and the City of Madison; and,
WHEREAS, over those years, Kay was a detail-oriented, hard-working, creative, and conscientious leader of Madison Parks who took great pride in her professional work; and,
WHEREAS, during her career Kay worked quietly behind the scenes to leave Madison Parks in a better place than she found it, through developing a robust Capital Improvement Program, hiring many talented staff members, two significant updates to the Park and Open Space Plan, and leading significant improvements to the Park Impact Fee regulations that ensured dozens of new parks are added to the system to meet future demands; and,
WHEREAS, Kay worked tirelessly on many land purchase acquisitions to provide additional public parkland to be enjoyed by generations to come including expansions to Penn Park, Hill Creek Park, O.B. Sherry Park, McPike Park, Merrill Springs Park, Esther Beach Park, Apple Ridge Park; and,
WHEREAS, these land acquisitions included multiple once in a generation type acquisitions, such as the Wisconsin Med...
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