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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Cindy Barbera-Brelle on | ||||||
| 4 | the occasion of her retirement as Executive Director of the | ||||||
| 5 | Northwest Central Dispatch System (NWCDS); and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Cindy Barbera-Brelle joined the NWCDS in the 1970s | ||||||
| 7 | as a dispatcher; she then worked for the Village of Palatine as | ||||||
| 8 | Communications Supervisor, for Southwest Central Dispatch, | ||||||
| 9 | where she helped build a combined communications center, for | ||||||
| 10 | the Cook County Sheriff's Police Department as Director of | ||||||
| 11 | Emergency Communications, and for Motorola's Printrak CAD | ||||||
| 12 | system as a project manager; on October 1, 2001, she returned | ||||||
| 13 | to the NWCDS as the Assistant Executive Director; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Cindy Barbera-Brelle became Executive Director of | ||||||
| 15 | the NWCDS in 2005; under her leadership, she brought an already | ||||||
| 16 | well-respected center to the next level; she led the center's | ||||||
| 17 | expansion both structurally and operationally, and she | ||||||
| 18 | constantly demonstrates her vast knowledge as Executive | ||||||
| 19 | Director and her overall commitment to the field through | ||||||
| 20 | foresight, preparation, project management, and | ||||||
| 21 | administration; and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, Cindy Barbera-Brelle strives to keep the NWCDS on | ||||||
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| 1 | the cutting edge in both technology and operations; in 2010, | ||||||
| 2 | the NWCDS was the first center in Illinois and the 139th in the | ||||||
| 3 | world to earn the distinction of being awarded accreditation as | ||||||
| 4 | an Emergency Medical Dispatch Accredited Center of Excellence; | ||||||
| 5 | and | ||||||
| 6 | WHEREAS, In 2007, Cindy Barbera-Brelle was recognized by | ||||||
| 7 | the National Emergency Number Association for
outstanding | ||||||
| 8 | service; in 2012, she received the National Center for Missing & | ||||||
| 9 | Exploited Children's Missing Kids
Readiness Project Partner | ||||||
| 10 | Award; in 2013, she was the recipient of Illinois Public | ||||||
| 11 | Employer Labor Relations Association's James Baird Leadership | ||||||
| 12 | Award; in 2011, the NWCDS was awarded recognition as a National | ||||||
| 13 | Center for Missing & Exploited Children 9-1-1 Call Center | ||||||
| 14 | Partner; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Cindy Barbera-Brelle has a master's degree in | ||||||
| 16 | public administration and a Master of Business Administration; | ||||||
| 17 | she has multiple certificates, including GIS and FOIA; she is a | ||||||
| 18 | member of the State chapters of APCO, International and the | ||||||
| 19 | National Emergency Number Association; she serves as the | ||||||
| 20 | Illinois Telecommunicator Emergency
Response Team President | ||||||
| 21 | and the Illinois National Emergency Number Association Region | ||||||
| 22 | One
Vice-President; and | ||||||
| 23 | WHEREAS, Cindy Barbera-Brelle was nominated in August of | ||||||
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| 1 | 2015 for Communications Director of the Year; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Cindy Barbera-Brelle's retirement will be | ||||||
| 3 | official in January of 2016; therefore, be it
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| 4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 5 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 6 | congratulate Cindy Barbera-Brelle on her retirement as | ||||||
| 7 | Executive Director of the Northwest Central Dispatch System, | ||||||
| 8 | and we wish her the best in all her future endeavors; and be it | ||||||
| 9 | further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 11 | presented to Cindy Barbera-Brelle as an expression of our | ||||||
| 12 | esteem and respect.
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