Full Text of HR0960 95th General Assembly
HR0960 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 the citizens of the | 4 |
| Village of Vernon Hills on the occasion of the village's 50th | 5 |
| anniversary on July 16, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, The Village of Vernon Hills began as an outgrowth | 7 |
| of a small 125-house subdivision built by developers Quinn | 8 |
| Hogan and Barney Loeb; the village was formally incorporated on | 9 |
| July 16, 1958; and
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| WHEREAS, The Village of Vernon Hills grew from a few | 11 |
| hundred residents to 5,600 during its first two decades; by | 12 |
| 1980, the census reported a total of 9,827 people living in | 13 |
| Vernon Hills; today, Vernon Hills is home to 23,353 people; and
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| WHEREAS, During the Village of Vernon Hills' early years, | 15 |
| the village hall and police headquarters were located in the | 16 |
| lobby of a local motel; most official business was conducted in | 17 |
| the home of the village clerk until 1971, when village trustees | 18 |
| purchased two portable buildings, which were located on Oakwood | 19 |
| Road; the village's first administrator and police chief were | 20 |
| hired in 1973; in November of 1973, the Vernon Hills Park | 21 |
| District was formed; in 1979, a new combination police and | 22 |
| public works building was erected at 490 Greenleaf; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1965, the Vernon Hills Police Department | 2 |
| consisted of a group of village trustees serving as deputies; | 3 |
| by 1978, it had become a force of fifteen full-time officers; | 4 |
| today, the Vernon Hills Police Department consists of 72 men | 5 |
| and women in a state-of-the-art building completed in March of | 6 |
| 1992; and the Vernon Hills Police Department is the only | 7 |
| certified department wholly in Lake County; and
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| WHEREAS, The former Tally Ho Country Club clubhouse served | 9 |
| as the Vernon Hills village hall from 1980 until April of 2002, | 10 |
| when a new 35,000 square foot village hall was completed; the | 11 |
| new building houses the Managers' Office, the Human Resources, | 12 |
| Finance, Engineering, and Community Development Departments, | 13 |
| the Building Division, and the Clerk's Office, with the Vernon | 14 |
| Hills Seniors Organization and the Interim Evergreen Branch of | 15 |
| the Cook Memorial Library District sharing the lower level; the | 16 |
| building was dedicated in honor of the citizens of Vernon Hills | 17 |
| in August of 2002; the former village hall was then turned over | 18 |
| to the Vernon Hills Park District for use as a community | 19 |
| center, which was renamed "The Larry Laschen Community Center" | 20 |
| on December 17, 2002 to commemorate the achievements of Mr. | 21 |
| Larry Laschen, the former Police Chief, Village Manager, and | 22 |
| Director of Public Safety for Vernon Hills; and | 23 |
| WHEREAS, The nine-hole Vernon Hills Golf Course was donated |
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| to the village by the owners of the Tally Ho properties and was | 2 |
| opened to the public in August of 1979; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, The great prosperity and growth that the Village | 4 |
| of Vernon Hills has enjoyed is a direct result of the hard work | 5 |
| and dedication of its fine citizens; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 7 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 8 |
| congratulate the citizens of the Village of Vernon Hills on the | 9 |
| occasion of the village's 50th anniversary and wish them | 10 |
| continued success and happiness in the future; and be it | 11 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to Vernon Hills Village President Roger Byrne
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| symbol of our esteem and respect.
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