Full Text of SR0679 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Cook County Commissioner Robert Steele, | 4 | | who passed away on June 19, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Commissioner Steele was born on June 29, 1961; he | 6 | | graduated from Morgan State University with a Bachelor of
| 7 | | Science in Business Administration and
Information Systems and | 8 | | as a Fellow of Leadership
Greater Chicago; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Commissioner Steele was a life-long Chicagoan, a
| 10 | | North Lawndale resident, and a community
activist; he strived | 11 | | to provide better solutions in the
face of adversity; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Commissioner Steele took office as Cook County
| 13 | | Commissioner - 2nd District in December of 2006; he was elected | 14 | | President Pro-Tempore of the
Cook County Board of Commissioners | 15 | | in
December of 2010; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Commissioner Steele served on the Contract | 17 | | Compliance Committees for the
Cook County Board and the Forest | 18 | | Preserve
District of Cook County; he also served as
Vice-Chair | 19 | | of the Cook County Health and
Hospitals and on the | 20 | | Environmental Control and Forest
Preserve District Finance | 21 | | Committees; he sponsored the Cook
County Contract Management |
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| 1 | | Ordinance,
the Unlawful Filing of Fraudulent Lien Ordinance,
| 2 | | and the Electronic Compiled Data Ordinance; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Commissioner Steele served on several local and | 4 | | national boards; he
was a member of the Mt. Sinai Hospital | 5 | | Board of
Directors, the Government Technology Foundation
| 6 | | Advisory Board, the Gift of Hope Board of Directors,
and | 7 | | President of the Board of Trustees of Frazier
Preparatory | 8 | | Academy; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Commissioner Steele was a member of the board of | 10 | | the National
Association of Counties Officials (NACo);
he | 11 | | served as President
of the National Association of Black County
| 12 | | Officials (NABCO) from 2008-2010, most recently on its Board of | 13 | | Directors; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Commissioner Steele was a member
of Lawndale | 15 | | Christian Church and Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Commissioner Steele was a family man and a proud,
| 17 | | dedicated father of three children; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 20 | | Cook County Commissioner Robert Steele, and extend our sincere | 21 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved |
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| 1 | | him; and be it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of Commissioner Steele as an expression | 4 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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