Full Text of HR1161 95th General Assembly
HR1161 95TH 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 William T. Lichter for his | 4 |
| 23 years of dedicated service as Village Manager of Lombard; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, William T. Lichter earned his bachelor's degree | 7 |
| from the University of Vermont and his master's degree in | 8 |
| public administration from American University; he is | 9 |
| currently completing his dissertation for his Ph.D in Political | 10 |
| Science from Northern Illinois University; and
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| WHEREAS, William T. Lichter began service for the Village | 12 |
| of Lombard on January 7, 1985, when he became the 9th Village | 13 |
| Manager for the village; prior to becoming Village Manager, he | 14 |
| served as the Assistant City Manager of Mentor, Ohio and as an | 15 |
| Administrative Assistant in Grand Rapids, Michigan; he | 16 |
| currently has more than 30 years of ICMA recognized service; | 17 |
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| WHEREAS, As Village Manager for the Village of Lombard, | 19 |
| William T. Lichter has brought several critical issues to | 20 |
| closure to secure the long-term financial health of the | 21 |
| community, including revenue enhancement, balancing the | 22 |
| budget, securing the long term vision of the community as a |
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| hospitality/restaurant destination, repositioning the retail | 2 |
| base and addressing downtown development; he introduced | 3 |
| multi-year financial forecasting as a tool to effectively guide | 4 |
| the Village Board and Finance Committee's discussions on the | 5 |
| availability of resources to fund new programs and services to | 6 |
| help guide the recent economic slowdown from 2000 through 2005; | 7 |
| despite many hard choices, he managed to bring the economic | 8 |
| slowdown under control through hiring freezes and tax hikes; | 9 |
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| WHEREAS, William T. Lichter was also responsible for the | 11 |
| massive growth in revenue for the Village of Lombard through | 12 |
| such ventures as the creation of a hotel/conference center | 13 |
| owned by the Village, an undertaking that required lobbying the | 14 |
| State legislature to change State law and garnering the support | 15 |
| of the Village Board for the project through cost and time | 16 |
| delays; thanks to the efforts of Mr. Lichter, the hotel project | 17 |
| remained ahead of schedule and under budget, with eventual | 18 |
| direct ownership by the Village of Lombard; Mr. Lichter's | 19 |
| persistence will see in excess of $50 million annually expended | 20 |
| in the local economy of Lombard in addition to funds | 21 |
| distributed to other governments as part of the annual hotel | 22 |
| surpluses; he was also responsible for the redevelopment of a | 23 |
| regional shopping mall which had a 240,000 big box anchor close | 24 |
| several years; due to Mr. Lichter's help, the redevelopment | 25 |
| efforts will now bring $2.7 million into the Village coffers |
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| annually, an impressive turnaround from a potentially | 2 |
| disastrous economic situation; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, William T. Lichter was instrumental in the growth | 4 |
| of the Village's technology base, which has expanded during his | 5 |
| tenure from a system of eight stand-alone personal computers | 6 |
| and mainframe system to an expansive system of local and wide | 7 |
| area networks of more than 200 personal computers and a | 8 |
| mid-range computer with an enterprise software system; he | 9 |
| supported the creation of a Technology Reserve Policy which | 10 |
| provides for funds to be allocated on an annual basis toward | 11 |
| the future replacement and enhancement of Village hardware and | 12 |
| software systems; he also outsourced the information | 13 |
| technology department so that it could provide the most | 14 |
| advanced skill sets to the Village of Lombard; and
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| WHEREAS, Under William T. Lichter's direction, the Village | 16 |
| of Lombard created a formal performance management system which | 17 |
| is used to guide supervisors in measuring individual | 18 |
| performance and the attainment of uniform goals and objectives; | 19 |
| he personally hosted a training session for newly elected | 20 |
| officials as part of the Illinois Municipal Conference to | 21 |
| familiarize them with various parts of Village government; he | 22 |
| also hosted two delegations of Chinese officials interested in | 23 |
| the operation of local government; and |
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| WHEREAS, Due to William T. Lichter's efforts, the Village | 2 |
| of Lombard has received the Government Finance Officers | 3 |
| Association of the United States and Canada Certificate of | 4 |
| Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for 20 | 5 |
| consecutive years and the Distinguished Budget Presentation | 6 |
| Award for 19 consecutive years; and
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| WHEREAS, William T. Lichter's superb performance as | 8 |
| Village Manager of Lombard is a model of good, honest, and | 9 |
| productive public service for the people of the State of | 10 |
| Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 13 |
| honor William T. Lichter for his 23 years of dedicated service | 14 |
| to the citizens of the Village of Lombard and wish him | 15 |
| continued success in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to William T. Lichter as a symbol of our esteem and | 18 |
| respect.
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