Full Text of HR0377 94th General Assembly
HR0377 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, David E. Carter, Jr., retired in April 2005 after | 3 |
| four years of service as Mayor of the City of Mattoon; and
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| WHEREAS, During his tenure, Mayor Carter reversed the | 5 |
| City's deficit financial condition, played a key role in | 6 |
| recruiting Home Depot to the City, increased funding from the | 7 |
| City to the Council on Aging by 31.3 percent, secured voter | 8 |
| approval of sales tax increase for property tax relief and | 9 |
| infrastructure improvements which lowered the property tax | 10 |
| levy 16.67 percent from 2001 to 2005, and oversaw the | 11 |
| reconstruction of three railroad overpass bridges and the | 12 |
| construction of new athletic fields for Junior Football and | 13 |
| T-ball leagues; and
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| WHEREAS, He graduated from Mattoon High School in 1985, and | 15 |
| has worked in maintenance, construction, and appliance repair; | 16 |
| he received his emergency medical technician certification | 17 |
| from Lakeland College in 1993, a maintenance degree from Eli | 18 |
| Whitney in 1997, a management certification from Lakeland | 19 |
| College in 2003, and an appliance repair certification from | 20 |
| Whirlpool/Fisher Pikel in 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, He and his wife, Irene, have four children, Brad, | 22 |
| Alex, Levi, and Haley; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 24 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 25 |
| we thank David E. Carter, Jr., for his years of public service | 26 |
| and wish him all the best in his future endeavors; and be it | 27 |
| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 29 |
| presented to David E. Carter, Jr., as an expression of our | 30 |
| esteem.
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