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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Mayor Rick Chapman has served with dedication and
3commitment to the Shorewood Village Board, demonstrating
4public service and love of community; and
 
5    WHEREAS, With 45 years of calling Shorewood home, Mayor
6Chapman earned his Associate in Fire Science and Personnel
7Management from Joliet Junior College; he put his knowledge to
8work at Mobil Oil and as a lieutenant for the Troy Fire
9Department; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Mayor Chapman continued his public service by
11courageously serving as a naval helicopter crewman on the
12U.S.S. Princeton in the U.S. Navy; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Mayor Chapman began his service as a trustee in
14Shorewood in 1993; he chaired the Planning & Zoning Commission
15and served on the Citizen Advisory, Finance, and Cable TV
16committees; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Mayor Chapman was elected in 2001, and he oversaw
18the construction of the new Shorewood Village Hall; and
 
19    WHEREAS, As a veteran himself, Mayor Chapman has
20demonstrated an active relationship with veterans of Shorewood

 

 

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2    WHEREAS, With nearly 20 years of service as the mayor of
3Shorewood and nearly 28 years of service on the Shorewood
4Village Board, Mayor Chapman has lived a life committed to
5public service and to improving the lives of those around him;
6therefore, be it
 
7    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
8HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
9we commend Shorewood Mayor Rick Chapman on his decades of
10public service and wish him the best in his future endeavors;
11and be it further
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13presented to Mayor Chapman and his family as an expression of
14our appreciation for his years of hard work in his community.