Full Text of HR1364 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Vicki Kirkpatrick on the | 4 | | occasion of her retirement as Coles County Circuit Clerk; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Vicki Kirkpatrick began serving as the Coles | 6 | | County Circuit Clerk on December 1, 1992; she was subsequently | 7 | | reelected to the position in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008 and | 8 | | remained in the position until her retirement on November 30, | 9 | | 2012; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, During her tenure as Circuit Clerk, Vicki | 11 | | Kirkpatrick was instrumental in the creation of numerous | 12 | | improvements to the Circuit Clerk's office, including | 13 | | increasing public access to court records, making court records | 14 | | available to the public online, implementing the electronic | 15 | | payments of fines, implementing a program that allows citizens | 16 | | to enter a guilty plea on a traffic citation online and pay | 17 | | online, and establishing a records imaging system that allows | 18 | | judges to immediately access electronic court files; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Prior to her service as Circuit Clerk, Vicki | 20 | | Kirkpatrick served as a Deputy County Clerk for Coles County | 21 | | from 1975 to 1985 and as an administrative assistant to | 22 | | Appellate Justice Joseph R. Spitz in Springfield from 1986 to |
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| 1 | | 1991; she was also elected to serve as Morgan Township Clerk in | 2 | | Coles County in April of 1989 and served until her election as | 3 | | Circuit Clerk in 1992; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Vicki Kirkpatrick has been a member of the | 5 | | Illinois Association of Court Clerks and the Coles County | 6 | | Republicans and Republican Women; she was also appointed by | 7 | | Justice Rita Garman to serve on a committee to interview and | 8 | | make a recommendation for filling a vacancy for Circuit Judge | 9 | | in Coles County and was a past board member of an adult | 10 | | literacy committee; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Vicki Kirkpatrick plans to spend her retirement | 12 | | with her husband, Len, and keep busy with her various pursuits; | 13 | | therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 16 | | we congratulate Vicki Kirkpatrick on the occasion of her | 17 | | retirement and wish her continued success and happiness in the | 18 | | future; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to Vicki Kirkpatrick as a symbol of our esteem and | 21 | | respect.
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