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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Mayor Dan Cougill of the City of Charleston has 
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retired after 12 years in office; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Cougill returned to his Charleston hometown in 
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June 1992 with his wife, Sallie, after retiring as an Air Force 
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brigadier general; his Air Force service included assignments 
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in Vietnam and Operation Desert Storm, where he was director of 
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command and control communications for all U.S. and allied 
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coalition forces; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He served three consecutive terms, with his tenure 
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as mayor beginning in April 1993; on the campaign trail, he 
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said the city needed a long-term plan for infrastructure 
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improvements and economic development; his later efforts 
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helped produce strategic and comprehensive plans for growth, 
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followed by updates to the city's 34-year-old zoning ordinances 
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and development regulations; he also moved Charleston into the 
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city manager form of government, a change voters approved 3,808 
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to 2,287 in 1996; and

 
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    WHEREAS,  He recognized the value in extending water and 
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sewer lines to the Coles Business Park, building a new water 
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tower and replacing the water treatment plant, opening the 
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Woodyard Conservation Area along Illinois Route 130, expanding 
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the Eastern Illinois University's Fine Arts Center, and 
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developing the Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum and the Kiwanis 
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Park amphitheater, which he helped to construct; the 
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amphitheater is home to the Charleston Community Band, in which 
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he plays the tuba; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He brought an organized, detailed approach to 
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government that he combined with a great work ethic; he was a 
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particularly good planner and provided the city with 
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considerable professionalism; his presence will be felt for 
 


 






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many years through the wide-ranging actions that the city has 
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taken during his tenure; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mayor Cougill's accomplishments have earned him 
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respect and admiration, and the citizens of Charleston are very 
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appreciative of his service to the community; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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we commend Mayor Dan Cougill for his many years of outstanding 
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service and dedication to the
City of Charleston;
and be it 
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further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Mayor Dan Cougill as an expression of our esteem.