Full Text of HR0439 96th General Assembly
HR0439 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 honor former Decatur City | 4 |
| Council members Mayor Michael Carrigan, Councilman Shad | 5 |
| Edwards, Councilwoman Betsy Stockard, and Councilman Dan | 6 |
| Caulkins for their service to the people of Decatur; and
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| WHEREAS, Former Mayor of Decatur Michael Carrigan was first | 8 |
| elected to the Decatur City Council in 1995; during his fourth | 9 |
| term on the City Council he was appointed as Mayor to fill an | 10 |
| unexpired term; he has served on the Decatur-Macon County | 11 |
| Economic Development Foundation, the Decatur Celebration | 12 |
| Board, the Macon County Merit Committee, the Decatur-Macon | 13 |
| County United Way Executive Board, and is a former trustee of | 14 |
| the NECA-IBEW Health and Welfare Trust Fund and the NECA-IBEW | 15 |
| Pension Trust Fund; and
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| WHEREAS, Former Councilman Shad Edwards is a community | 17 |
| policing Sergeant with the Illinois State Police; he began | 18 |
| serving on the Decatur City Council in 2005 and served until | 19 |
| 2009; he was a past President of the Coalition of Neighborhood | 20 |
| Organizations; he is a member of Keep Decatur/Macon County | 21 |
| Beautiful, Operation Sparkle and Shine, the Decatur Snow Ski | 22 |
| Club, the Decatur Chamber of Commerce, the Adopt-A-Street | 23 |
| Program, the Turning Point Environmental Committee, and many |
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| other organizations; and
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| WHEREAS, Former Councilwoman Betsy Stockard served on the | 3 |
| City Council beginning in 1997; she initiated the "Stop the | 4 |
| Violence" marches in Decatur in April of 1994, which continued | 5 |
| until April of 1995; she also began the Central Illinois | 6 |
| violence-gang prevention agency, "The Youth Empowerment | 7 |
| Agency"; she is a board member of the Women in Municipal | 8 |
| Government and a member of the Crime and Public Safety | 9 |
| Committee for National League of Cities; and
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| WHEREAS, Former Councilman Dan Caulkins served his term on | 11 |
| the Decatur City Council from May of 2005 to April of 2009; he | 12 |
| is involved with United Cerebral Palsy, the Decatur Area Arts | 13 |
| Council, Pathways to Independence, Prairieland ABATE, American | 14 |
| Legion Post 105, the Illinois Raptor Center, and the Macon | 15 |
| County Historical Society; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 18 |
| honor former Decatur City Council members Mayor Michael | 19 |
| Carrigan, Councilman Shad Edwards, Councilwoman Betsy | 20 |
| Stockard, and Councilman Dan Caulkins and wish them well in | 21 |
| their future endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
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| presented to former Mayor Michael Carrigan, Councilman Shad | 2 |
| Edwards, Councilwoman Betsy Stockard, and Councilman Dan | 3 |
| Caulkins as symbols of our respect.
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