Full Text of HR0592 94th General Assembly
HR0592 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Deborah M. Preston is retiring from her position | 3 |
| as as Moultrie County Circuit Clerk after 16 years in the | 4 |
| Clerk's office; and
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| WHEREAS, She has been a resident of Moultrie County for 50 | 6 |
| years; she attended Sullivan Schools and graduated from | 7 |
| Sullivan High School and Lake Land College; she is married to | 8 |
| Larry Preston, who works as the Vice President of | 9 |
| Operations/Assistant Treasurer at Staley Credit Union; she has | 10 |
| one son, Andrew Preston, who is a graduate of the University of | 11 |
| Illinois; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, She started her career in the Circuit Clerk's | 13 |
| office as a Deputy Clerk in 1989; in 1991, she was promoted to | 14 |
| Chief Deputy and in 1993, she was appointed Circuit Clerk by | 15 |
| the Judges of the Sixth Judicial Circuit; in 1994, she was | 16 |
| elected Circuit Clerk, and she won re-election in 1996, 2000, | 17 |
| and 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, During her tenure in the office of the Circuit | 19 |
| Clerk, she has worked on several notable projects, including | 20 |
| converting a manual bookkeeping system to computer accounting; | 21 |
| supervising the upgrade of all data processing equipment; | 22 |
| developing and maintaining a multi-user computer network and a | 23 |
| functional web page; maintaining a secure multi-user Internet | 24 |
| access network; and integrating computer systems of the State | 25 |
| Disbursement Unit, Illinois Department of Public Aid, and the | 26 |
| Illinois Attorney General with the Circuit Clerk's computer | 27 |
| system; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Preston was instrumental in developing a | 29 |
| successful system for collecting fines and fees due to Moultrie | 30 |
| County; she participated in the first Child Support Enforcement | 31 |
| program in Moultrie County, implemented and managed a Traffic |
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| Safety Program, and increased the efficiency, accuracy, and the | 2 |
| speed of providing information to participants in the court | 3 |
| system; she has often worked with students at the high school | 4 |
| and college level; and
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| WHEREAS, Without the use of tax dollars, she developed Jury | 6 |
| Management software, designed and supervised the installation | 7 |
| of a modern archive room for long storage of documents, and | 8 |
| created a more efficient work environment by converting office | 9 |
| furnishings to modern modular units; and
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| WHEREAS, Ms. Preston is a member of the Illinois | 11 |
| Association of County Officials and the Illinois Association of | 12 |
| Circuit Clerks; she is a past president of the Democratic Women | 13 |
| of Moultrie County and was appointed Court Disabilities | 14 |
| Coordinator; she is a charter member of the Sullivan Optimist | 15 |
| Club and served on the Board of Directors, a past member of the | 16 |
| Parents Advisory Committee of the Gifted/Talented Enrichment | 17 |
| Program of Sullivan Schools, and a past Board Member of the | 18 |
| Moultrie County Mental Health Board; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, In her free time, she enjoys quilting, playing | 20 |
| piano, writing poetry, reading, traveling, floral arranging, | 21 |
| and collecting famous quotations; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 23 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 24 |
| we congratulate Deborah M. Preston on the occasion of her | 25 |
| retirement as Moultrie County Circuit Clerk; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 27 |
| presented to her as an expression of our respect and esteem and | 28 |
| with best wishes for a relaxing retirement.
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