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From YouTube: Councilman Green Honors Janet Parrish 12-8-2016
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From the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held Thursday, December 8, 2016:
Councilman Derek Green (At Large) honors Janet Parrish upon her retirement as Executive Director of the Gas Commission.
A
B
Good
morning,
it
is
a
pleasure
to
present
this
resolution
to
someone
who
has
done
so
much
for
the
city
of
Qaddafi,
a
through
her
years
of
experience,
I
friend,
Janet
parish.
I
want
to
thank
her
for
all
the
work
she
has
done.
I've
learned
a
lot
about
PGW
and
the
gas
utility,
as
well
as
being
a
public
servant
from
ms
parish.
I'm
also
proud
to
be
here
with
someone
that
many
of
us
can
call
our
mentor
council
Marion
task.
D
During
that
same
period,
she
did
legal
research
and
writing
for
a
National
Resource
Center
for
bad
at
women
charged
with
crimes
did
not
did
not
evade
away
from
grant
writing
and
proposal
development
for
several
nonprofits
and
served
as
the
issues
director
for
Lenny
ackles
1992
campaign
for
the
United
States
Senate
and
well,
as
Janet
began
working
as
a
hearing
examiner
for
the
gas
Commission
in
1993
on
a
consulting
basis.
Before
joining
the
full-time
staff
in
1995,
she
became
responsible
for
adjudicating
PGW
rates
to
have
changes
and
customer
complaints
in
2001.
D
B
Whereas
Janet
returned
to
the
gas
commission
in
2003
and
to
serve
as
its
executive
director
position
should
retire
from
on
january
first
2017.
Her
responsibilities
have
included
presiding
over
Gas
Commission
hearings,
analyzing
PG,
w's
budgets,
working
on
gas
purchase
contracts
and
other
matters
requiring
city
approval,
ensuring
that
a
thorough
record
exists
for
the
benefit
of
the
commissioners
decision
making
process
and
representing
the
gas
commission
in
his
interactions
with
the
administration,
City,
Council,
PGW
and
other
organization
among
many
other
duties.
Large
and
small.
Now,
therefore
be
it
resolved
by
the
council.
B
The
city
philadelphia
that
counseled
us
here
by
recognizing
on
anjana,
perish
from
the
foot
off
the
gas
commission
on
occasion
of
her
retirement
for
decades
of
service
to
the
citizens,
citizens
in
city
of
philadelphia,
further
resolved
and
engrossed
copy.
This
resolution
be
presented
to
Janet
parish,
evidencing
the
sincere
admiration
and
respect
of
this
legislative
body.
E
I'm
also
joined
by
the
gas
Commission
staff,
and
maybe
they
can
raise
their
hands
for
a
moment
here.
But
we've
got
John
Coogan,
Sandra
fontanez
and
a
row
Aaron.
Why
and
our
senior
advisor
Tarleton
Williams
appreciate
that
they're
here,
because
you
know
it
takes
a
village,
and
this
is
some
of
my
village
here
with
me
today
and,
as
you
also
mentioned
stealing,
my
thunder
I
have
to
acknowledge
our
longtime
former
colleague
and
my
my
mentor,
my
boss,
my
friend,
and
maybe
once
in
a
while
my
partner
in
crime
Councilwoman
Marion
task.
Oh
thank
you!
E
E
So
you
know
at
a
time
like
this,
you
really
do
find
yourself
thinking
a
little
bit
about
the
then
and
the
now
and
in
my
thinking
of
about
that,
I
have
to
think
a
little
bit
about
some
of
the
memories
that
I
have
of
being
in
this
room,
because
I've
I've
spent
a
fair
amount
of
time
in
here
and
sat
in
many
places
and
stood
in
many
places.
Never
had
the
opportunity
to
take
this
particular
spot.
E
But
you
know
I
was
thinking
about
the
fact.
The
one,
the
one
memory
that
really
distinctly
stands
out
for
me
is
having
been
sat
Oh
some
35-plus
years
ago
in
that
desk
right
there,
your
desk,
councilman
Jones,
and
actually,
I
think,
if
I'm
not
mistaken
before
you,
that
was
Councilwoman
Tesco's
spot
service
and
at
the
time
I
was
an
attorney
for
Community,
Legal,
Services
and
representing
low-income
customers.
E
We
are
they're
dealing
with
some
some
issue
pertaining
to
PGW
rules
and
regulations
for
governing
the
rights
and
responsibilities
of
customers
and
PGW,
and
you
know
really
was
a
different
time.
The
the
balance
of
power
felt
very
different.
It
felt
very
much
like
a
David,
David
and
Goliath
kind
of
situation
where
we
had
very
you
know,
shoestring
kind
of
resources.
At
that
time
there
was
no
public
advocate
contract
with
CLS
to
actually
serve
to
represent
customers
in
front
of
the
gas
commission,
and
the
team
is
sitting
at
those
desks
right
there.
E
In
addition
to
myself,
there
was
a
a
paralegal
who
worked
with
me
by
the
name
of
Valerio
block
valvo
lock.
Some
of
you
no
happens
to
be
an
african-american
woman,
she's,
currently
a
manager
at
Pico
of
some
low-income
programs
and
also
another
paralegal
by
the
name
of
Tom
Burke
since
deceased,
and
he
was
he
was
blind
and
I,
don't
think
I've
ever
forgotten
the
the
image
of
sitting
there
at
that
moment
in
time.
You
know,
thinking
to
myself.
E
Look
at
the
team,
you
know
he's
got
a
white
girl,
a
black
girl
and
a
blind
man,
and-
and
we
are
trying
to
do
this
work
and
what
I
can
tell
you
is
that
you
know
the
folks
from
PGW
were
arrayed
at
those
desks
there,
and
you
know
they
didn't
look
like
we
did.
But
of
course,
that
too
has
changed.
You
know
we
see
a
situation
at
PGW
today,
where
there's
far
more
diversity
in
the
company
and
in
the
management,
and
you
know
the
other
thing
that
I
think
has
changed.
E
Is
the
gas
commission
itself,
because
there
was
a
time
when
it
was
really
nothing
more
than
a
rubber
stamp
for
PGW
and
I?
Don't
think
anyone
will
accuse
us
of
that
anymore
at
this
point
and
it's
not
that
the
Commission
is
not
supportive
of
PGW
or
does
not
agree
with
many
of
the
proposals
that
it
brings
forward.
But
it's
that
those
decisions
now
are
made
based
on
solid
information
and
a
process
that
it
really
engages
the
public
input.
E
So
let
me
just
say
that
you
know
when
I
graduated
law
school
some
40
years
ago,
I
always
I
knew
that
my
career
would
be
in
public
service
and
I
knew
it
would
start
by
being
an
attorney
with
legal
services
being
an
advocate
for
low-income
people
and
what
I?
What
I
didn't
know
was
that
I
would
find
a
working
for
a
change
and
working
towards
pump
the
public
good
from
inside
the
government
to
be
as
satisfying
as
it
is.
E
It's
really
been
a
privilege
to
serve
in
all
those
roles
and
to
have
an
impact
on
people's
lives
to
help
to
shape
public
policy
and
decisions
that
are
made.
The
two
excuse
me
to
shape
how
the
gas
commission
approaches
its
responsibilities
and
to
do
that
together
with
some
very
fine
people,
some
of
whom
were
in
the
room
here
today.
E
A
A
F
Not
only
was
she
a
employee
of
the
gas
commission
and
there
were
five
of
us
gas
commissioners
who
had
to
rely
on
her
reading
interpretation
and
her
legal
analysis
of
what
was
before
the
Commission,
and
I
will
say
that
Janice
was
janet,
was
and
is
one
individual.
We
work
with
who
you
could
trust.
She
never
played
any
game.
She
believed
in
what
she
was
doing
and
for
those
of
you
who
don't
know
what
the
gas
Commission
does.
The
gas
commission
protects
you
most
of
you
in
this
room
who
are
gas
users?
F
Your
homeowners
are
people
who
use
gas.
We
regulate
the
gas
of
rules
in
this
city
and
work
with
PGW
to
make
sure
that
the
prices
are
fair
and
that
what's
up
just
the
whole
operation,
is
they
air
and
open
to
the
citizens,
as
well
as
the
information
that
they
need
to
make
honest
decisions
about
what
may
come
before
the
city
about
who
GW,
she's,
honest
and
I
could
just
sort
of
like
leave
everything
to
Janet
to
do
only
one
time
in
our
our
relationship?
F
Did
she
disagree
with
me
on
something,
but
it
wasn't
anything
that
was
very
important,
but
we
are
pleased
that
janet
is
going
to
stay
around
a
little
bit
and
work
with
us,
because
we
need
her
history.
We
need
her
intelligence,
and
certainly
she
has
worked
very,
very
hard
to
protect
to
protect
the
ratepayers
in
this
city,
and
we
wanted
that
to
continue
and
as
we
look
forward
to
new
leadership
over
there.
Thank
you
all
for
coming
out
and
I
know
you're
here
for
some
in
very
important
legislation,
so
I'll
shut
up.
Thank
you.