Full Text of HR0206 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to recognize William F. Murphy on | 4 | | the occasion of his retirement as mayor of the Village of | 5 | | Woodridge; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Murphy is the longest serving mayor in | 7 | | DuPage County; he was first elected to the Woodridge Village | 8 | | Board as a trustee in 1973 and served 8 years; in 1981, he was | 9 | | elected mayor and was re-elected 7 more times and will have | 10 | | served 32 years when he steps down on April 30, 2013; his 40 | 11 | | years in office have been years of transformation and progress | 12 | | for Woodridge; under his leadership, the population has grown | 13 | | by 46% and the square miles of village territory has doubled; | 14 | | Woodridge has evolved from a bedroom community to a diversified | 15 | | and stable community; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Murphy has been a leader in numerous areas | 17 | | during his time in office; he was instrumental in reginal water | 18 | | planning and in bringing Lake Michigan water to DuPage County, | 19 | | creating the DuPage Water Commission, the construction of the | 20 | | North-South Tollway, maintaining the Argonne National | 21 | | Laboratory as a strong national research facility, and | 22 | | ultimately winning the Advance Photon Source; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Murphy has been active in many organizations | 2 | | such as serving twice as president of the DuPage Mayors and | 3 | | Managers Conference, serving as president of the Illinois | 4 | | Municipal League, serving as vice-chair of the Illinois | 5 | | International Port District, serving on the National League of | 6 | | Cities Board of Directors and Advisory Council, and as a member | 7 | | of the U.S. Conference of Mayors; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Murphy's governing style incorporated input | 9 | | from the community at large; he introduced a community | 10 | | recognition program that every year recognized the most | 11 | | outstanding business, youth, citizen, association, advisory | 12 | | commission member, and public employee; he championed a | 13 | | strategic management process that seeked input from the | 14 | | community to identify goals and use them to create goals that | 15 | | are then carried out by staff; he organized an annual community | 16 | | needs survey and implemented a 5-year financial planning | 17 | | process to ensure both the stability of the Village and the | 18 | | ability to achieve the goals identified by the community; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Murphy helped to create many different ways | 20 | | for those who needed help to obtain it; he started the Pro | 21 | | Logis Fund which provides grants to high schoolers to assist | 22 | | with college costs, aided charitable programs such as Support | 23 | | our Troops, the Woodridge Golden Years program, the Woodridge | 24 | | Community Resource Center, and the Diversity Committee, and he |
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| 1 | | created the Quality Community Task Force to address | 2 | | neighborhood needs; he served as board member on the Community | 3 | | Pantry, sponsored the Robert Shields Memorial fundraiser, and | 4 | | has assisted St. Scholastic Catholic Church in a variety of | 5 | | capacities; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Murphy spent 34 years working for Woodridge | 7 | | School District 68; he previously served as principal within | 8 | | the district and retired in 2004 as the assistant | 9 | | superintendent of personnel; upon his retirement, the | 10 | | Woodridge School was renamed the William F. Murphy School to | 11 | | honor his service to the district and the community; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Murphy has received a number of awards | 13 | | throughout his career such as the Illinois State Board of | 14 | | Education's "Those Who Excel Award of Merit" 1993-94, the | 15 | | ISBE's Certificate of Commendation 1986, the DuPage County | 16 | | State's Attorney's Certificate of Merit 1989, the Woodridge | 17 | | School District Board of Education's Exemplar of Excellence | 18 | | Award 1991, the Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in | 19 | | Education, the National Catholic Educational Association | 20 | | Distinguished Graduate Award 1999, the DuPage Mayors and | 21 | | Managers Conference Intergovernmental Cooperation Award 2001 & | 22 | | 2002, and the Woodridge Chamber of Commerce Award of Excellence | 23 | | 2001; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Murphy will be honored at a retirement | 2 | | celebration on April 24, 2013; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 5 | | we congratulate Mayor William Murphy on his retirement, thank | 6 | | him for his service to his community, and wish him all the best | 7 | | in his future endeavours; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to Mayor Murphy as an expression of our esteem and | 10 | | respect.
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