Florida Senate - 2021                            (NP)    SR 2042
       
       
        
       By Senator Polsky
       
       
       
       
       
       29-03680-21                                           20212042__
    1                          Senate Resolution                        
    2         A resolution expressing appreciation for the dedicated
    3         service of Jared Moskowitz as director of the Florida
    4         Division of Emergency Management.
    5  
    6         WHEREAS, Jared Moskowitz was appointed as the director of
    7  the Florida Division of Emergency Management by Governor Ron
    8  DeSantis in January 2019, and
    9         WHEREAS, Jared Moskowitz has led the state’s response to
   10  the COVID-19 pandemic; hurricanes Dorian, Isaias, Laura, and
   11  Sally; and more than 10 other emergencies, including tropical
   12  storms and wildfires, and
   13         WHEREAS, under Jared Moskowitz’ leadership, state
   14  government has implemented policies to improve the process of
   15  providing hurricane recovery funding to cities and counties and
   16  has overseen the distribution of more than $3 billion in
   17  recovery funding, the most in the division’s history in so short
   18  a time, and
   19         WHEREAS, Jared Moskowitz’ record of public service began in
   20  2006, when he was elected at 25 years of age to the Parkland
   21  City Commission while still a law student at the Shepard Broad
   22  College of Law at Nova Southeastern University, and
   23         WHEREAS, from 2012 to 2019, Jared Moskowitz served as the
   24  State Representative for District 97, representing Coral
   25  Springs, Tamarac, Sunrise, and Plantation, and
   26         WHEREAS, Jared Moskowitz, who was raised in South Florida,
   27  is resigning his post effective April 30, 2021, to return home
   28  and begin the next chapter in his illustrious life, NOW,
   29  THEREFORE,
   30  
   31  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:
   32  
   33         That the dedicated service of Jared Moskowitz as director
   34  of the Florida Division of Emergency Management is recognized
   35  and appreciated.
   36         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution, with
   37  the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to Jared Moskowitz
   38  as a tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.