Full Text of HR0374 95th General Assembly
HR0374 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 Frank Meredith, President | 4 |
| of the Village of Sherman, as he retires; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Frank Meredith was born in Pana on July 31, 1941 | 6 |
| and raised in Tower Hill; he graduated from Tower Hill | 7 |
| Community High School in 1959 where he was a varsity starter in | 8 |
| baseball and basketball for 4 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Frank Meredith joined the United States Navy in | 10 |
| July 1959; ; he served in Europe, Cuba, and two tours in | 11 |
| Vietnam, as well as in the Amphibious Fleet as a Personnelman | 12 |
| and Personnel Officer; he was selected Shore Sailor of the Year | 13 |
| for the Navy in 1973; in
1975 he was selected as the number one | 14 |
| qualified candidate for promotion to Chief Personnelman from | 15 |
| the entire United States
Navy; he retired in February of 1978; | 16 |
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| WHEREAS, Frank Meredith was hired in March 1978 as an | 18 |
| investigator with the Fair Employment Practice Commission, | 19 |
| which was renamed the Department of Human Rights in 1980; in | 20 |
| 1982 he was promoted to Manager of the Central/Downstate | 21 |
| Division of the Department, the position he held when he | 22 |
| retired from the State of Illinois on October 31, 2002; and
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| WHEREAS, Frank Meredith was elected as a Sherman Village | 2 |
| Trustee in 1985 and on April 1, 1987, he was elected President | 3 |
| of the Village of Sherman; during his 20 years as President of | 4 |
| Sherman he was appointed by the County Chairman to the original | 5 |
| E-911 Board, by the Governor to the State Board of Facilities | 6 |
| for the Aging, and served on the Sangamon County Planning | 7 |
| Commission; and
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| WHEREAS, He was elected to the Board of Directors of the | 9 |
| Illinois Municipal League (the statewide association of all | 10 |
| elected local officials) in 1992; he was elected as Sergeant at | 11 |
| Arms for the League, serving 3 terms; in 1999 he was elected | 12 |
| 1st Vice President and in 2000, the 99th President of the | 13 |
| Illinois Municipal League; and
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| WHEREAS, As the President of the Village of Sherman, he | 15 |
| provided the leadership that saw Sherman grow from a Village of | 16 |
| 1,000 residents to the current population of approximately | 17 |
| 3,600; he oversaw the construction of the Village sanitary | 18 |
| system and secured the funding to build hard surface streets in | 19 |
| original Sherman and Lyndale Subdivision; the Village approved | 20 |
| the home rule form of government, and he introduced several new | 21 |
| programs to the Village such as a Village Recycling Program; he | 22 |
| worked with several county, State, federal, and railroad | 23 |
| officials to secure the funding for the new east/west |
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| underpass, perhaps the most significant improvement to the | 2 |
| Village in it's history; after 20 years as President of the | 3 |
| Village Board, he is the longest serving President in Sherman's | 4 |
| history; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 7 |
| congratulate Frank Meredith on his retirement as President of | 8 |
| the Village of Sherman and wish him the best in his future | 9 |
| endeavors; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to Frank Meredith as a symbol of our respect.
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