Full Text of HR1445 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Donald Gould, Jr. on the | 4 | | occasion of his retirement as chief of the Prospect Heights | 5 | | Fire Protection District; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Donald Gould, Jr. has served the Prospect Heights | 7 | | Fire Protection District since beginning as a volunteer in | 8 | | 1969; he was promoted to assistant chief in 1981, appointed | 9 | | chief in 1988, and became the district's first full-time chief | 10 | | in 2000; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Donald Gould, Jr. is the fourth fire chief in the | 12 | | history of the Prospect Heights Fire Protection District; his | 13 | | predecessors include his late father, Donald Gould, Sr.; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Donald Gould, Jr. has spent his career championing | 15 | | firefighting education by graduating from the School of Fire | 16 | | Protection at Oklahoma State University, becoming one of the | 17 | | first certified chief officers in the State of Illinois, and | 18 | | developing a firefighter certification training program; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Donald Gould, Jr. promoted safety and well-being | 20 | | in the communities served by the district and worked to bring | 21 | | paramedic services to Prospect Heights; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Donald Gould, Jr. secured public trust and | 2 | | authority through a referendum to issue $1.1 million in bonds | 3 | | to expand the fire station and modernize the fleet; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, During the 28 years of Donald Gould, Jr.'s | 5 | | leadership, the Prospect Heights Fire Protection District has | 6 | | expanded from 30 paid-on-call firefighters responding to 600 | 7 | | calls a year from a single station to 50-plus part-time and | 8 | | full-time firefighters responding to about 2,000 calls a year | 9 | | from two stations; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 | | congratulate Donald Gould, Jr. on the occasion of his | 13 | | retirement and wish him continued success and happiness in the | 14 | | future; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to Donald Gould, Jr. as a symbol of our esteem and | 17 | | respect.
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