Full Text of HR0769 93rd General Assembly
HR0769 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Dan Black on | 4 |
| being named Small Business Person of the Year by the Jefferson | 5 |
| County Chamber of Commerce; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Black is entering his 30th year in the | 7 |
| commercial contracting industry; after graduating from the | 8 |
| University of Missouri at Rolla, he spent the first 14 years of | 9 |
| his career in Alaska working on various phases of the famous | 10 |
| Alaska Pipeline; he returned to Illinois after many years to | 11 |
| run the family business, Ray Black and Sons Construction; he is | 12 |
| the Chairman and Chief Executive Office of the company; and
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| WHEREAS, In his role at Ray Black and Sons Construction, | 14 |
| Mr. Black manages all parts of the company, including | 15 |
| construction management of projects, development and leasing | 16 |
| commercial properties, project estimating, subcontracting | 17 |
| administration, jobsite supervision, cost and scheduling, | 18 |
| advertising, banking, and insurance and bonding; the company | 19 |
| was founded by Mr. Black's father in 1987; it employs | 20 |
| approximately 50 individuals and has diversified by moving into | 21 |
| real estate development; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Black was Founding President of the Alaska | 23 |
| North Slope Contractors Association, Past President of the | 24 |
| Alaska Support Industry Alliance, Optimist International | 25 |
| Chaplain in Mt. Vernon, International Rotary Member, a 2-term | 26 |
| Past President of the Jefferson County Camber of Commerce, Vice | 27 |
| President of the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Small | 28 |
| Business Council, Vice President of the Governmental Affairs | 29 |
| Council of the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce, Fifth | 30 |
| Third Bank Regional Board Member, Ex-Officio Member of the Mt. | 31 |
| Vernon Economic Development Board, a member of the Mt. Vernon | 32 |
| Tourism Board, and the Mt. Vernon Sweet Corn Watermelon Board, |
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| Past President and Charter Board Member of the Mt. Vernon | 2 |
| Prayer Breakfast, District Chairman - Boy Scouts - Black/Gold | 3 |
| District, Boy Scouts Okaw Valley Council, and Key Three Member | 4 |
| and Trustee - Second Baptist Church; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 |
| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 7 |
| congratulate Dan Black on being named Small Business Person of | 8 |
| the Year by the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce; and be it | 9 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to Mr. Black as an expression of our respect and | 12 |
| esteem.
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