Full Text of HR0173 094th General Assembly
HR0173 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, After 24 years of dedicated service with the | 3 |
| Village of Northbrook, Lona N. Louis will retire on April 26, | 4 |
| 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Lona began her career with the Village in 1981, | 6 |
| serving as Administrative Secretary to the Assistant Village | 7 |
| Manager and support for the Director of Finance and Data | 8 |
| Processing Manager; over the years, she has served as | 9 |
| Administrative Assistant and Assistant to the Village Manager, | 10 |
| Benefits Coordinator, and Risk Manager; and
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| WHEREAS, On July 25, 1987, in addition to her other Village | 12 |
| responsibilities, Lona was appointed to fill the term of | 13 |
| then-retiring Village Clerk Sandra Kent; in 1989, she was | 14 |
| elected as Village Clerk for the first of four consecutive | 15 |
| four-year terms; in all, Lona has served as Village Clerk for | 16 |
| almost 19 years; she earned her Master's Degree from Roosevelt | 17 |
| University in 1996; in June 2003, she retired from her | 18 |
| full-time position, but continued her Village Clerk | 19 |
| responsibilities until the end of her elected term; and
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| WHEREAS, Lona is a very positive character with a great | 21 |
| attitude and work ethic; her long history of public service is | 22 |
| well-respected in the community and her variety of skills and | 23 |
| knowledge about the Village and municipal functions will be | 24 |
| greatly missed; and
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| WHEREAS, Her personnel file is full of thank-you notes, | 26 |
| certificates of appreciation, certificates of training, and | 27 |
| letters from Congressmen to Cub Scouts; she has touched the | 28 |
| lives of so many in the Northbrook community - from her | 29 |
| involvement with the schools, relating local government | 30 |
| responsibilities to students, to volunteering with the 4th of | 31 |
| July Association, the Northbrook Centennial, the Northbrook |
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| United Methodist Church, and teaching English as a second | 2 |
| language; her endless enthusiasm as an active resident and a | 3 |
| public servant inspired those who worked with her; therefore, | 4 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 7 |
| we congratulate Lona N. Louis on her exemplary 24-year career | 8 |
| as both an employee and an elected official of the Village of | 9 |
| Northbrook and wish her all the best in her retirement; and be | 10 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to Lona N. Louis as an expression of our esteem.
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