Full Text of HR0289 96th General Assembly
HR0289 96TH 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 Linda Gallien on | 4 |
| the occasion of her retirement as Village Clerk of the Village | 5 |
| of Bartlett; and
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| WHEREAS, Linda Gallien began her long and distinguished | 7 |
| career with the Village of Bartlett on September 27, 1978, when | 8 |
| she joined the staff as a part-time receptionist in the Village | 9 |
| Clerk's Office; a year later, she was hired on full time in the | 10 |
| Clerk's Office; and
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| WHEREAS, Linda Gallien was first appointed to serve as | 12 |
| Bartlett's Village Clerk in December of 1986 to fill the | 13 |
| unexpired term of the previous Village Clerk, Linda Harper; she | 14 |
| subsequently won the consensus of the voters in the next six | 15 |
| consecutive elections; she has served the Village of Bartlett | 16 |
| tirelessly, having missed only one meeting in her 22 years as | 17 |
| Village Clerk; and
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| WHEREAS, During her tenure with the Village of Bartlett, | 19 |
| Linda Gallien has seen the village grow from a population of | 20 |
| 11,004 to a modern community of nearly 42,000 residents; she | 21 |
| was the first person that many new Bartlett residents | 22 |
| encountered when they came to Village Hall when moving in, |
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| cheerfully welcoming them to their new community and sending | 2 |
| them home with arms full of useful municipal information and | 3 |
| recycling bins; and
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| WHEREAS, Linda Gallien was very active in the North and | 5 |
| Northwest Suburban Cook Municipal Clerks Association and | 6 |
| served in leadership positions for that organization as | 7 |
| Secretary, Vice President for Membership, and President; at the | 8 |
| State level, she also served as the District Two Director for | 9 |
| the Municipal Clerks of Illinois from 1998 to 2001; and
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| WHEREAS, Linda Gallien serves as a model of hard work, | 11 |
| integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 12 |
| Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 |
| congratulate Linda Gallien on the occasion of her retirement | 16 |
| and wish her many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it | 17 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to Linda Gallien as a symbol of our esteem and | 20 |
| respect.
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