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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the 
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State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Bill Balling on 
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the occasion of his retirement; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Balling has over 30 years of professional 
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management experience in Illinois municipal government; he has 
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served as Buffalo Grove's Village Manager for the past 28 years 
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and throughout that period has guided growth in the Village to 
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three times its original size; he has served in policy 
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executive leadership capacities as Chairman of the Northwest 
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Water Commission, serving 250,000 customers, as Director and 
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past Chairman for Northwest Central Dispatch, serving 400,000 
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customers with emergency telecommunications, and as Chairman 
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of the Executive Committee for the Solid Waste Agency of 
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Northern Cook County, serving 700,000 customers with refuse 
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disposal; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Throughout his municipal career, Mr. Balling has 
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been the recipient of recognitions and awards including the 
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Illinois City Management Leadership Award in Regional 
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Government (1999) and the Illinois Association of Municipal 
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Management Assistants' Outstanding Manager's Award 
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(2002-2003); in 2002, he received Special Service Recognition 
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from the Illinois Senate, the Illinois House of 
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Representatives, and the Chairmen of the Boards for Cook County 
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and Lake County government; he has also been recognized twice 
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as Rotarian of the Year, and in 2000, he was named Rotarian of 
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the Decade, also receiving the Outstanding Citizen Award in 
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2002; he is a multiple Paul Harris Fellow in Rotary 
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International; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Balling received a Liberal Arts degree from 
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Elmhurst College with an emphasis in Political Science and 
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Economics in 1969, and a Masters degree in Public 
 


 






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Administration from Northern Illinois University specializing 
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in Urban Management in 1974; in 2002-2003, he attended the 
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prestigious Kellogg Graduate School of Management at 
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Northwestern University and was certified in the Kellogg 
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Management Institute; he is also a Credentialed City Manager 
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through the International City & County Management Association 
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(2002-2006); and
 
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    WHEREAS,

Mr. Balling is married to a photographic artist 
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and has two adult children; his son graduated from the 
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University of Southern California and lives in Los Angeles 
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working as a jazz piano artist; his daughter graduated from 
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Yale in 2004 as an Epidemiologist and joined the staff of the 
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Centers For Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia in July, 2004;


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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 congratulate Bill Balling on the occasion of his retirement 
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as Buffalo Grove's Village Manager; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Bill Balling as an expression of our respect and 
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esteem and with best wishes for a relaxing retirement.