Full Text of HR0690 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to recognize Donna Kay Belknap's 36 years | 4 | | and 10 months of service with the Illinois Legislative Staff, | 5 | | the Illinois Economic and Fiscal Commission, and the Commission | 6 | | on Government Forecasting and Accountability, and congratulate | 7 | | her on her planned retirement in December 2017; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Donna Belknap began her career on the Senate | 9 | | Republican Appropriation Staff as a temporary secretary on | 10 | | March 1, 1981; the position became permanent and full time, and | 11 | | she worked there for over six years under the leadership of | 12 | | Carter Hendren, Roger Sweet, and John Kunzeman; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Donna Belknap transferred to the bi-partisan | 14 | | Illinois Economic and Fiscal Commission on January 1, 1988; she | 15 | | started as the Receptionist and Office Assistant, a position | 16 | | she held for six years, and was then promoted to Executive | 17 | | Secretary; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, At the Commission, Donna has provided exceptional | 19 | | service as Executive Secretary to Executive Directors Paul | 20 | | Vallas, Bill Hall, Dan Long, and Clayton Klenke; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Donna Belknap's services at the Illinois Economic |
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| 1 | | and Fiscal Commission and the Commission on Government | 2 | | Forecasting and Accountability have spanned times of | 3 | | significant change for the Commissions, including when the | 4 | | Pension Section was removed to become the Pension Laws | 5 | | Commission and then merged back with the Commission in February | 6 | | 2004; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Donna Belknap was at the Illinois Economic and | 8 | | Fiscal Commission when the Commission's duties were expanded, | 9 | | and it was renamed the Commission on Government Forecasting and | 10 | | Accountability in January 2005; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Donna Belknap, the longest-serving Commission | 12 | | staff member, has always been a steady and welcoming presence, | 13 | | creating the Commission's reputation as a cooperative and | 14 | | responsive resource for the General Assembly; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Donna Belknap's commitment is shown through her | 16 | | actions; she is often the first one in the office and the last | 17 | | one to leave; she has been an accomplished, hard-working, and | 18 | | creative member of the legislative and commission staff; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Donna Belknap is smart and capable; she has | 20 | | adapted with the times over her long career of service, | 21 | | including transitioning from the use of carbon paper and | 22 | | typewriters to mastering the ever-changing computer technology |
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| 1 | | and software necessary to accomplish her duties; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Donna Belknap's kindness, generosity, and sense | 3 | | of humor have been offered freely to everyone she has worked | 4 | | with, a testament of which is shown by the multitude of | 5 | | colleagues throughout the State and Legislature who have | 6 | | remained her friends over the years; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 8 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 9 | | recognize Donna Kay Belknap's service to the Illinois General | 10 | | Assembly, as a member of the legislative staff and as Executive | 11 | | Secretary of the Commission on Government Forecasting and | 12 | | Accountability, and congratulate her on her planned retirement | 13 | | in December 2017; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to Donna Kay Belknap, Executive Secretary of the | 16 | | Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability, as an | 17 | | expression of our deep respect for her public service.
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