Full Text of HR0176 95th General Assembly
HR0176 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 Donald Storino and his | 4 |
| work with the West Central Municipal Conference and the West | 5 |
| Cook County Solid Waste Agency; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Storino has been active in local and State | 7 |
| government for over 10 years; he served as the Executive | 8 |
| Director of both the West Central Municipal Conference (WCMC) | 9 |
| and the West Cook County Solid Waste Agency; these two | 10 |
| organizations cover 200 square miles, have a population of over | 11 |
| 565,000 residents, and include 36 municipalities, several | 12 |
| townships in Western Cook County, Brookfield Zoo, and Triton | 13 |
| College; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Storino represented all 36 municipalities and | 15 |
| mayors on a myriad of local government issues, including | 16 |
| legislative advocacy, transportation, and land use planning, | 17 |
| zoning, solid waste management, recycling coordination, group | 18 |
| purchasing, regional coalition building, and Brownfield and | 19 |
| economic development; he formulated, supervised, and was | 20 |
| responsible for achieving the legislative agenda of each | 21 |
| organization; he managed a combined budget of almost $5 | 22 |
| million, and would interface daily with mayors, village | 23 |
| managers, professional staff, business leaders, and outside |
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| consultants to achieve the goals of the organizations; and
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| WHEREAS, Prior to joining the WCMC, Mr. Storino was a | 3 |
| member of Storino, Ramello & Durkin, in Rosemont, where he | 4 |
| engaged in a diverse litigation practice focusing on land use | 5 |
| and zoning, and municipal law; he served as village prosecutor | 6 |
| for the Villages of Elmwood Park, Rosemont, and Glendale | 7 |
| Heights and served as assistant village counsel for 10 other | 8 |
| suburban municipalities; he also appeared regularly before the | 9 |
| Cook County Board of Review representing clients on real estate | 10 |
| tax issues and the Cook County Electoral Board on election | 11 |
| issues; in 2001 he was appointed Special Counsel to the | 12 |
| Illinois Racing Board; and
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| WHEREAS,
Mr. Storino served as legal counsel to the | 14 |
| Illinois Department of Public Health, where he represented the | 15 |
| Department in administrative hearings regarding nursing homes, | 16 |
| and all issues dealing with the health care industry; after | 17 |
| graduation from law school he began working for Clifford Law | 18 |
| Offices where he handled personal injury litigation throughout | 19 |
| the region;
Mr. Storino received his bachelor's degree from the | 20 |
| University of Notre Dame in 1995, and received his law degree | 21 |
| from DePaul College of Law in 1998; and
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| WHEREAS, In addition to his professional experience, Mr. | 23 |
| Storino has also held and continues to hold positions |
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| influential in law and politics; in 2005, the Cook County Board | 2 |
| appointed him to the Cook County Sheriff's Merit Board; in | 3 |
| 2002, Mr. Storino served on Governor Rod R. Blagojevich's legal | 4 |
| transition team, which advised the Governor and his staff on a | 5 |
| wide range of legal issues; he served on the Metropolitan | 6 |
| Mayors Caucus Steering Committee, which represents 272 | 7 |
| municipalities in Northeast Illinois; during the 1996 | 8 |
| Democratic National Convention, Mr. Storino served as an aid to | 9 |
| the Chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois; Mr. Storino | 10 |
| currently serves as the 3rd Vice President of the Justinian | 11 |
| Society of Lawyers, as a Director of the Italian American | 12 |
| Political Coalition, as well as a director of the Triton | 13 |
| College Foundation Board;
Mr. Storino, his wife Lacy, and their | 14 |
| daughter Bianca live in Chicago; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 |
| honor Donald Storino and his work with the West Central | 18 |
| Municipal Conference and the West Cook County Solid Waste | 19 |
| Agency; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to Donald Storino as a symbol of our esteem.
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