Full Text of HR1352 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly wish | 3 | | to congratulate McHenry County Clerk Katherine Schultz on the | 4 | | occasion of her retirement after 55 years of dedicated service | 5 | | to the McHenry County Clerk's Office; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Katherine Schultz went to work at the McHenry | 7 | | County Clerk's Office on October 16, 1959, shortly after | 8 | | graduating from Woodstock High School; her first job was as a | 9 | | Deputy Clerk under former County Clerk Vernon Kays; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, In those early years, Katherine Schultz worked on | 11 | | automating voter registration records by using metal plates | 12 | | with an addressograph machine; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In 1965, Katherine Schultz was put in charge of | 14 | | voter registration; in 1969, she became involved with the | 15 | | transition to a punch card system for voting; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Katherine Schultz began the tedious duty of | 17 | | performing tax extensions by hand in 1972, which was before the | 18 | | era of personal computers; in 1973, she became the Chief Tax | 19 | | Extender; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, In 1978, Katherine Schultz began serving as Chief |
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| 1 | | Deputy Clerk for County Clerk Rosemary Azzaro; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, On December 1, 1990, Katherine Schultz was elected | 3 | | to serve as County Clerk of McHenry County; since her election | 4 | | in 1990, she has served a total of 6 full terms; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Due to Katherine Schultz's leadership, McHenry | 6 | | County became the first large county to implement optical scan | 7 | | voting technology in 1999-2000; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, In 2001, Katherine Schultz was recognized by the | 9 | | Illinois House of Representatives through a resolution for her | 10 | | research and implementation of the optical scanning voting | 11 | | machines; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, At the October 20, 2009 McHenry County Board | 13 | | meeting, Katherine Schultz was honored with a special | 14 | | proclamation in appreciation of her 50 years of service to | 15 | | McHenry County; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, On October 20, 2009 an oak tree was planted and | 17 | | the road leading into the lot at the McHenry County | 18 | | Administration Building was named the "Honorary Katherine C. | 19 | | Schultz Way" in honor of Katherine Schultz's 50 years of | 20 | | service; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, In 2011, the Illinois Association of County Clerks | 2 | | and Recorders named Katherine Schultz "County Clerk of the | 3 | | Year" for being the best in her profession in the State and in | 4 | | honor of her vast knowledge, experience, and helpfulness to | 5 | | other county clerks; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The 2013 McHenry County Annual Financial Report | 7 | | was dedicated to Katherine Schultz in recognition of her | 8 | | outstanding service to the citizens of McHenry County and her | 9 | | many contributions to the County Clerk's Office; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, During her time in the Clerk's Office, Katherine | 11 | | Schultz has been involved with voting in 13 presidential | 12 | | elections; the county's population has grown tremendously | 13 | | during her time in the Clerk's Office, from 47,137 voters in 58 | 14 | | precincts in 1960 to 204,440 voters in 212 precincts today; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, A reception will be held for Katherine Schultz on | 16 | | December 3, 2014 in honor of her retirement and her many years | 17 | | of dedicated service; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, After 55 years in the McHenry County Clerk's | 19 | | Office and 24 years as McHenry County Clerk, Katherine Schultz | 20 | | has been responsible for many acts that have improved the | 21 | | transparency, efficiency, and integrity of McHenry County | 22 | | elections; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we thank McHenry County Clerk Katherine Schultz for her many | 4 | | years of service to the people of McHenry County, congratulate | 5 | | her on the occasion of her retirement, and wish her all the | 6 | | best in her future endeavors; and be it further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to Katherine Schultz as an expression of our | 9 | | congratulations and appreciation for a job well done.
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