Full Text of HR0464 95th General Assembly
HR0464 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 congratulate Timothy E. Gillian | 4 |
| for his service as Commissioner of the Village of Forest Park; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Commissioner Timothy E. Gillian was first elected | 7 |
| Commissioner of the Village of Forest Park on April 4, 1995; on | 8 |
| April 24, 1995, he was appointed to the Department of Streets | 9 |
| and Public Improvements; and
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| WHEREAS, As the Commissioner of the Department of Streets | 11 |
| and Public Improvements, Commissioner Gillian was charged with | 12 |
| overseeing the erection, making, and reconstruction of all | 13 |
| street improvements, paving, curbing, sewers and public | 14 |
| improvements, underground utilities, and the collection and | 15 |
| disposal of garbage and rubbish; and
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| WHEREAS, On April 13, 1999, Commissioner Gillian was | 17 |
| reelected and appointed to the Department of Accounts and | 18 |
| Finance and as the Commissioner of Accounts and Finance; he was | 19 |
| the Vice President of the Village Council and charged with | 20 |
| overseeing the finances of the Village, as well as the | 21 |
| operations of the Fire Department and Village Clerk's Office; | 22 |
| he also took on the role as village liaison to the Forest Park |
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| Main Street Redevelopment Association; and
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| WHEREAS, On April 1, 2003, Commissioner Gillian was once | 3 |
| again elected and reappointed to the position of Accounts and | 4 |
| Finance; and
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| WHEREAS, During his 12 years as an elected official, | 6 |
| Commissioner Gillian was influential in the reconstruction, | 7 |
| design and streetscape of Madison Street in Forest Park's | 8 |
| Downtown District, bringing about a much needed revitalization | 9 |
| and creating facade and business improvement grants to attract | 10 |
| new businesses, all the while encouraging existing businesses | 11 |
| to make aesthetic improvements; and
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| WHEREAS, The reconstruction of Madison Street earned the | 13 |
| Village of Forest Park the coveted Governor's Home Town Award | 14 |
| and nine Illinois Main Street Awards; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, Commissioner Gillian staunchly supported the | 16 |
| creation of the positions of Village Administrator and Finance | 17 |
| Director/Comptroller, positions new to the Village that | 18 |
| require higher levels of education and professionalism; and
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| WHEREAS, Commissioner Gillian successfully negotiated an | 20 |
| agreement for the removal and disposal of garbage in which the | 21 |
| Village's residents received garbage "toters", thus improving |
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| the appearance of their alleys and providing for better waste | 2 |
| containment throughout the community; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, Commissioner Gillian supported a 10 million | 4 |
| dollar water infrastructure upgrade project which resulted in | 5 |
| better water flow throughout the community and increased water | 6 |
| pressure to village fire hydrants; and
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| WHEREAS, Commissioner Gillian supported a number of Tax | 8 |
| Increment Financing Districts and Business Improvement | 9 |
| Districts to encourage business growth and was influential in | 10 |
| the creation and adoption of number of Economic Incentive | 11 |
| Agreements to establish new businesses; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, Commissioner Gillian backed a local referendum | 13 |
| which allowed the Village to collect one half of one percent | 14 |
| from local sales taxes to support a 10 million dollar | 15 |
| infrastructure upgrade known as the Village Improvement | 16 |
| Program; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, During his 12 years of service to the residents of | 18 |
| the Village of Forest Park, Commissioner Tim Gillian has been a | 19 |
| dedicated and thoughtful public servant who has conducted | 20 |
| himself in a highly professional manner, earning the respect of | 21 |
| those he has served with and those he has been entrusted to | 22 |
| serve, contributing to the betterment of his Departments and |
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| the community as a whole; his professionalism and dedication to | 2 |
| his duties as an elected official in the Village of Forest Park | 3 |
| has been exemplary; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 6 |
| congratulate Timothy E. Gillian for his public service and wish | 7 |
| him continued success and happiness in the future; and be it | 8 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to Timothy E. Gillian as a symbol of our esteem and | 11 |
| respect.
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