LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION congratulating the 2009 Business of the Year
Award finalists to be celebrated March 12, 2009

WHEREAS, It is the sense of this Legislative Body to honor those illus-
trious individuals and institutions of the State of New York whose
purposeful endeavors serve to enhance the quality of life in their
communities; and
WHEREAS, Attendant to such concern, and in full accord with its long-
standing traditions, it is the sense of this Legislative Body to
congratulate the 2009 Business of the Year Award finalists to be recog-
nized at a dinner on Thursday, March 12, 2009, in the Nicholas J. Pirro
Convention Center at Oncenter; and
WHEREAS, This year's Business of the Year Award finalists in the Under
Fifty Employees category are Natur-Tyme, Inc. and C.R. Fletcher Associ-
ates, Inc.; the Fifty and Over Employees category includes SRCTec, Inc.
and Sensis Corporation; the Community Involvement finalists are
SRC/SRCTec and Franciscan Management; and the Non-Profit Business of the
Year finalists include ARC of Onondaga and Meals-on-Wheels of Syracuse;
and
WHEREAS, Businesses and individuals such as this year's finalists
exert a strong, positive influence on the communities they serve and are
crucial elements in the economy of New York State; and
WHEREAS, It is with great pleasure that this Legislative Body acknowl-
edges the success of the businesses, recognizes their contributions to
the local and State economies, and extends its highest commendation to
their employees, fully confident that, in their future, they will enjoy
the same success which has so characterized their past; now, therefore,
be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
congratulate the 2009 Business of the Year Award finalists to be honored
on March 12, 2009; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to the aforementioned finalists.