Full Text of HR1213 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to honor Robert Kapusta on the occasion of | 4 | | his retirement from the Dolton Fire Department after 40 years | 5 | | of dedicated service as a professional firefighter; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Robert Kapusta was born in Chicago on May 27, | 7 | | 1951; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Robert Kapusta faithfully served his country as a | 9 | | member of the United States Army Reserve,
Company A, 863rd | 10 | | Engineers; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, Robert Kapusta became a resident of the Village of | 12 | | Dolton and joined
the Dolton Fire Department as a volunteer | 13 | | firefighter on March 21, 1974; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Robert Kapusta went through a rigorous testing | 15 | | process and was hired as a
professional firefighter for the | 16 | | Village of Dolton; he assumed the position of Fire
Engineer on | 17 | | October 27, 1975; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Robert Kapusta was appointed to the position of | 19 | | Deputy Fire Chief of the Dolton
Fire Department, the first | 20 | | person to hold that rank, in May of 1986; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Robert Kapusta was promoted to Chief of the Dolton | 2 | | Fire Department on May 1,
1992; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Robert Kapusta was instrumental in bringing about | 4 | | professional change to
transform the Third District Fire | 5 | | Association into the present day MABAS 24 and
serving as the | 6 | | Chairman of the Mutual Aid Committee; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Robert Kapusta returned to shift and re-assumed | 8 | | the position of Engineer with
the Dolton Fire Department on | 9 | | April 30, 1997; and | 10 | | WHEREAS Robert Kapusta is a member of the Dolton | 11 | | Professional Firefighters Association,
Illinois Association of | 12 | | Firefighters Local 3766; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Robert Kapusta is retiring from the Dolton Fire | 14 | | Department on May 31, 2016; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 | | honor Robert Kapusta for responding to a multitude of | 18 | | emergencies,
participating in saving lives, and protecting the | 19 | | lives and properties of the citizens of the Village
of Dolton; | 20 | | and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to Robert Kapusta as an expression of our esteem and | 3 | | respect.
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