Full Text of HR1356 95th General Assembly
HR1356 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to recognize and congratulate Mary | 4 |
| Morris as she steps down as City Clerk for Evanston after 11 | 5 |
| years of outstanding service; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Morris began her career at the City of | 7 |
| Evanston in 1985 working in Facilities Management; she was | 8 |
| appointed Deputy Clerk in 1989 and was elected City Clerk in | 9 |
| 1997; and
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| WHEREAS, As the City of Evanston's only full time elected | 11 |
| official, Mary Morris was charged with producing the official | 12 |
| minutes of all City sponsored meetings, processing all | 13 |
| ordinances and resolutions, keeping permanent records in the | 14 |
| municipal library, updating the municipal code, acting as the | 15 |
| custodian of books, records, and papers of both the City of | 16 |
| Evanston and Evanston Township, issuing notices of regular and | 17 |
| special meetings of the City Council and of Evanston Township, | 18 |
| and communicating all petitions and other communications | 19 |
| addressed to the City Council at Council meetings; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Morris recognized that as the City Clerk she | 21 |
| could provide the first point of access into local government | 22 |
| and act as a resource center for many Evanston residents; and
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| WHEREAS, Under Mary Morris' leadership, the City Clerk's | 2 |
| office went beyond the call of duty to provide notary services, | 3 |
| process Freedom of Information Act requests, and offer State | 4 |
| forms; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Morris managed to juggle all of her duties as | 6 |
| the City Clerk and yet still found time to be a leader in the | 7 |
| Evanston community by serving on the board of Lake Street | 8 |
| Church and the MacDowell Society of the North Shore; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Mary Morris is currently serving as President of | 10 |
| the Eagle Building Board of Directors, a self-managed | 11 |
| residential co-op in south Evanston; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 |
| extend our gratitude to Mary Morris for all her years of | 15 |
| service and wish her the best in the future as she continues to | 16 |
| be an invaluable member of the Evanston community; and be it | 17 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to Mary Morris as an expression of our esteem.
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