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Council issues Labor Day proclamation and honors longtime Health Department director Stephen Williams on retirement

5682401 · August 26, 2025
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Houston City Council read proclamations recognizing Labor Day and marking the retirement of Stephen Williams after more than two decades leading the Houston Health Department. Speakers credited Williams for emergency responses, public-health accreditation and programs launched under his leadership.

At the start of the Aug. 27 evening meeting, the council presented a proclamation marking Labor Day and later read a second proclamation honoring Stephen Lawrence Williams on his retirement as director of the Houston Health Department.

Councilmember Kamen introduced a Labor Day proclamation recognizing Houston’s unions and apprenticeship programs and thanking organized labor for services during storms and other emergencies. Mayor John Whitmire joined city leaders in thanking union members who, council speakers said, support public services and local recovery efforts.

Hanny Khalil of the…

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