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| Dawn Monk with five current and former MSC General Counsel Left to right: Tom Clement, Mike Gadola, Dawn Monk, Cami Pendell, Janet Welch, and Joe Bauman |
Resolution
Honoring
and Thanking Dawn Monk
for
Thirty-Five Years of Dedicated Service
to
the Courts and to the People of Michigan
Whereas, the
Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court, through the State Court Administrative
Office, are responsible to provide administrative direction and guidance to all
of our state’s diverse trial courts; and
Whereas, for 35 years,
Dawn Monk has been a mainstay in SCAO, from her initial post as a budget
analyst, to later becoming manager of budget policy and planning,
administrative services director, and ultimately, the first woman to be deputy
state court administrator and chief operating officer; and
Whereas, Dawn
Monk has proven, time and time again, to be an invaluable and trusted adviser to
12 Chief Justices of our Court and all of the Justices, as well as to hundreds
of judges statewide who relied upon her positive, uplifting, and thoughtful
guidance; and
Whereas,
Dawn Monk has been a dear friend and colleague to eight State Court Administrators
and to hundreds of SCAO employees who looked to her for steady leadership,
honest answers, and encouragement to be their best in serving the people; and
Whereas,
Dawn Monk played a critical role in a wide range of judicial achievements yet
never took credit, including the development of problem-solving courts,
Michigan Legal Help, Community Dispute Resolution Centers, the Court Equity
Fund, juror reimbursement, trial court performance measures, and countless more
examples of her hard work; and,
Whereas, Dawn Monk’s prudent and careful management of our budget helped to build the Court’s reputation as a good steward of public resources and the branch of government that never asked for unnecessary things, but only for those things that were needed to make people’s lives better; and,
Whereas, Dawn
Monk stepped up to shoulder the burden of budget battles, through furloughs and
cuts that tested her unflagging spirit, but never got her down and always kept
the judiciary moving forward; and now therefore be it,
Resolved, that we, the Justices of the Michigan Supreme Court, in grateful recognition of Dawn Monk’s service to the courts and to the people, present this resolution highlighting just a fraction of her achievements and offer best wishes upon her retirement. We have affixed the seal of the Michigan Supreme Court on this day of December 19, Anno Domini MMXIX, and of the Independence of the United States of America, the two hundred and forty-second year.