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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Chief Jeff Waite has retired as Chief of the 
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Sullivan Fire Protection District; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In his position, Chief Waite has worked closely 
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with government officials to secure around $700,000 worth of 
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grants to upgrade and modernize the Sullivan Fire Protection 
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District; under his leadership the department was approved as a 
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training facility in 1991; in 1992, the department received a 
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TIF grant to computerize the department; the same year, he was 
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appointed vice-president of the Central Illinois Fire Chief's 
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Association; in 1995, he was elected to serve as an area 
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representative for the Illinois Fire Chief's Association, and 
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he was elected President of the Central Illinois Fire Chief's 
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Association in 1998, a position he held through 2004; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He also served as Director for the Illinois Fire 
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Chief's Association for one year, was appointed to the Illinois 
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State Fire Chief's Funeral Committee, and served on a committee 
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for the first Illinois Volunteer Fire Service Summit; he was 
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appointed to the Illinois Terrorism Task Force to study 
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Statewide Communications and was re-elected to serve as the 
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Illinois Fire Chief's Association Director; he also served on 
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the Illinois Terrorism IEMA Region 17 Task Force (Mass Casualty &
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 Haz Mat Decontamination), on the Moultrie County Kellogg Farm 
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Safety Project as a committee member, on the Lake Shelbyville 
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Safety Committee, and as a MABAS Division 26 Officer (State 
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Mutual Aid); and

 
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    WHEREAS, Throughout his entire career, he has received 
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several commendations including the Life Saving Award for a 
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Texas State Trooper from the Texas House of Representatives, 
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the Texas Department of Public Safety Region Commander's Award 
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in 1999, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Life Saving Award, the 
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George A. Sentel Lodge 764 Community Builder's Award, and he 
 


 






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was nominated for the Illinois Fire Chief's Association "Fire 
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Chief of the Year" Award in 2003; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Chief Waite is married to Linda and is the father 
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of Casey and the stepfather of Heather and Chad; therefore, be 
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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 congratulate Chief Jeff Waite on the occasion of his 
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retirement as Chief of the Sullivan Fire Protection District; 
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and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Chief Waite as an expression of our gratitude for 
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his role in the protection of the citizens of the State of 
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Illinois and with best wishes for a relaxing retirement.