Full Text of HR0922 96th General Assembly
HR0922 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to honor Shirley J. Green for her | 4 |
| many years of dedicated service to her community; and
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| WHEREAS, Shirley Green was born on December 23, 1925, in | 6 |
| Belleville; she attended schools in the Belleville area and was | 7 |
| a member of several civic and service organizations; in 1961, | 8 |
| she and her family moved to Matteson; and
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| WHEREAS, Shirley Green served as Rich Township Assessor | 10 |
| from 1974 to 1994; she holds the Certified Illinois Assessing | 11 |
| Officer (CIAO) designation; she served as a liaison between the | 12 |
| Cook County Assessor and the Township Assessors offices for 15 | 13 |
| years; and
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| WHEREAS, After her retirement, Shirley Green served as a | 15 |
| consultant and assessment analyst for Cook County Assessor | 16 |
| Thomas Hynes and later for Assessor James Houlihan; and
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| WHEREAS, Shirley Green presented seminars on real property | 18 |
| assessment for area high schools, Prairie State College, Kent | 19 |
| Law School, Governors State University, and Harper College; she | 20 |
| also hosted a radio show on WCGO called "Rich Township Serves" | 21 |
| during her tenure as Assessor; and
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| WHEREAS, Shirley Green served on the Matteson Village Board | 2 |
| for 6 years and served on the Board's Plan Commission and | 3 |
| Economic Development Commission; she also served on the | 4 |
| Illinois Tax Advisory Commission, the Illinois Department of | 5 |
| Revenue Advisory Commission for Recodification of the Property | 6 |
| Tax Act, and the Cook County Committee to Review the Equity of | 7 |
| the Assessment Process in Cook County; and
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| WHEREAS, Shirley Green was the first female president of | 9 |
| the Cook County Township Assessors Association; she was a | 10 |
| member of the Township Officials of Cook County, the Illinois | 11 |
| Assessment Institute, the Township Officials of Illinois, and | 12 |
| the Township Officials of Illinois Risk Management | 13 |
| Association; she served as President of the Matteson Station | 14 |
| Townhome Owners Association; she is a charter member of the | 15 |
| Matteson Library Association; she is also a life member of the | 16 |
| Matteson PTA and a member of the Board of Directors of the | 17 |
| Chicago Heights Symphony, the American Cancer Society, the | 18 |
| South Suburban Focus Council, and the Chicago Southland | 19 |
| Alliance; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1993, Rich Township's Senior Center was named | 21 |
| the Shirley J. Green Senior Center in honor of her work in her | 22 |
| community; she was the recipient of an award from the Illinois | 23 |
| Township Assessors Association, as well as the Marshall Thoreau |
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| Award and a Life Membership from the Township Officials of | 2 |
| Illinois; she also received the Paul Harris Award from the | 3 |
| Matteson Rotary Club, the Athena Award from the Matteson Area | 4 |
| Chamber of Commerce, the Outstanding Citizen Award from the | 5 |
| Chamber of Commerce of the South Suburbs, and a First Person | 6 |
| Profile Tribute from the Chicago Tribune; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Shirley Green was married to the late Kenneth H. | 8 |
| Green; she is the mother of 2 sons, Michael and Steven (Robin), | 9 |
| and the grandmother of 5 grandchildren, Kevin, Dana, Matthew, | 10 |
| Amy, and Laura Green; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 13 |
| honor Shirley J. Green for her many years of dedicated service | 14 |
| to her community and wish her continued success and happiness | 15 |
| in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to Shirley Green as a symbol of our esteem and | 18 |
| respect.
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