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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are pleased to honor Frank Meredith, President |
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| of the Village of Sherman, as he retires; and
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| WHEREAS, Frank Meredith was born in Pana on July 31, 1941 |
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| and raised in Tower Hill; he graduated from Tower Hill |
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| Community High School in 1959 where he was a varsity starter in |
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| baseball and basketball for 4 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Frank Meredith joined the United States Navy in |
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| July 1959; ; he served in Europe, Cuba, and two tours in |
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| Vietnam, as well as in the Amphibious Fleet as a Personnelman |
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| and Personnel Officer; he was selected Shore Sailor of the Year |
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| for the Navy in 1973; in
1975 he was selected as the number one |
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| qualified candidate for promotion to Chief Personnelman from |
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| the entire United States
Navy; he retired in February of 1978; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Frank Meredith was hired in March 1978 as an |
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| investigator with the Fair Employment Practice Commission, |
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| which was renamed the Department of Human Rights in 1980; in |
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| 1982 he was promoted to Manager of the Central/Downstate |
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| Division of the Department, the position he held when he |
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| retired from the State of Illinois on October 31, 2002; and
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| WHEREAS, Frank Meredith was elected as a Sherman Village |
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| Trustee in 1985 and on April 1, 1987, he was elected President |
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| of the Village of Sherman; during his 20 years as President of |
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| Sherman he was appointed by the County Chairman to the original |
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| E-911 Board, by the Governor to the State Board of Facilities |
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| for the Aging, and served on the Sangamon County Planning |
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| Commission; and
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| WHEREAS, He was elected to the Board of Directors of the |
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| Illinois Municipal League (the statewide association of all |
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| elected local officials) in 1992; he was elected as Sergeant at |
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| Arms for the League, serving 3 terms; in 1999 he was elected |
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| 1st Vice President and in 2000, the 99th President of the |
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| Illinois Municipal League; and
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| WHEREAS, As the President of the Village of Sherman, he |
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| provided the leadership that saw Sherman grow from a Village of |
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| 1,000 residents to the current population of approximately |
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| 3,600; he oversaw the construction of the Village sanitary |
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| system and secured the funding to build hard surface streets in |
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| original Sherman and Lyndale Subdivision; the Village approved |
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| the home rule form of government, and he introduced several new |
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| programs to the Village such as a Village Recycling Program; he |
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| worked with several county, State, federal, and railroad |
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| officials to secure the funding for the new east/west |
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| underpass, perhaps the most significant improvement to the |
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| Village in it's history; after 20 years as President of the |
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| Village Board, he is the longest serving President in Sherman's |
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| history; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| congratulate Frank Meredith on his retirement as President of |
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| the Village of Sherman and wish him the best in his future |
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| endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to Frank Meredith as a symbol of our respect.
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