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1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
3 | | Representatives wish to honor Tadas Kicielinski for his many |
4 | | achievements; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Tadas Kicielinski has been an ironworker for more |
6 | | than 44 years; as a member of Local No. 392, he has supervised |
7 | | many projects as a Foreman, General Foreman, and Project |
8 | | Superintendent and has worked as an Apprentice Instructor for 3 |
9 | | years; he started out as an Executive Board Member before his |
10 | | election to the position of Vice-President of the Local; in |
11 | | 1989, he was appointed to serve as a Business Manager, a |
12 | | position he was later elected to; and
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13 | | WHEREAS, Tadas Kicielinski left the position of Business |
14 | | Manager to become the Executive Director of the Southwestern |
15 | | Illinois Building and Construction Trades Council, where he |
16 | | represented all of the trades and worked diligently to make |
17 | | Project Labor Agreements an accepted practice throughout the |
18 | | State of Illinois; and
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19 | | WHEREAS, Tadas Kicielinski has been the recipient of dozens |
20 | | of achievement awards, including the Southern Illinois |
21 | | University Distinguished Service Award for his efforts in |
22 | | establishing apprenticeship programs in East St. Louis and his |
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1 | | service award for serving on the Ironworkers Labor-Management |
2 | | group IMPACT; and
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3 | | WHEREAS, In 2001, Tadas Kicielinski was called to |
4 | | Washington, D.C. by General President Joseph Hunt to serve as |
5 | | the Executive Assistant to the General President and editor of |
6 | | "The Ironworker" magazine; in 2007, General President Hunt |
7 | | appointed him to serve as a General Vice President of the |
8 | | International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental, |
9 | | and Reinforcing Iron Workers and assigned him to the St. Louis |
10 | | area, where he was elected to serve as President of the Iron |
11 | | Workers District Council of St. Louis and Vicinity, whose |
12 | | jurisdiction covers 11 locals in 7 states in the Midwest; and |
13 | | WHEREAS, Over the years, Tadas Kicielinski has served on |
14 | | numerous boards and commissions in Washington D.C., Missouri, |
15 | | and Illinois, including the Metropolitan St. Louis Regional |
16 | | Commerce and Growth Association, the Leadership Council of |
17 | | Southwestern Illinois, the Illinois River Bend Growth |
18 | | Association, the St. Clair County Workforce Development Board, |
19 | | and many others; he currently serves as a Commissioner for |
20 | | METRO and is a member of the Transportation for Illinois |
21 | | Coalition and the Illinois AFL-CIO Executive Board; and
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22 | | WHEREAS, Tadas Kicielinski and his wife of 47 years, Cindy, |
23 | | live in Collinsville; the couple plans on spending many |
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1 | | enjoyable winter months at their residence in Naples, Florida; |
2 | | therefore, be it
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3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
4 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
5 | | we honor Tadas Kicielinski for his many achievements and wish |
6 | | him continued success and happiness in the future; and be it |
7 | | further
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8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
9 | | presented to Tadas Kicielinski as a symbol of our esteem and |
10 | | respect.
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