Full Text of HR0695 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to honor Tadas Kicielinski for his many | 4 | | achievements; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Tadas Kicielinski has been an ironworker for more | 6 | | than 44 years; as a member of Local No. 392, he has supervised | 7 | | many projects as a Foreman, General Foreman, and Project | 8 | | Superintendent and has worked as an Apprentice Instructor for 3 | 9 | | years; he started out as an Executive Board Member before his | 10 | | election to the position of Vice-President of the Local; in | 11 | | 1989, he was appointed to serve as a Business Manager, a | 12 | | position he was later elected to; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Tadas Kicielinski left the position of Business | 14 | | Manager to become the Executive Director of the Southwestern | 15 | | Illinois Building and Construction Trades Council, where he | 16 | | represented all of the trades and worked diligently to make | 17 | | Project Labor Agreements an accepted practice throughout the | 18 | | State of Illinois; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Tadas Kicielinski has been the recipient of dozens | 20 | | of achievement awards, including the Southern Illinois | 21 | | University Distinguished Service Award for his efforts in | 22 | | establishing apprenticeship programs in East St. Louis and his |
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| 1 | | service award for serving on the Ironworkers Labor-Management | 2 | | group IMPACT; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, In 2001, Tadas Kicielinski was called to | 4 | | Washington, D.C. by General President Joseph Hunt to serve as | 5 | | the Executive Assistant to the General President and editor of | 6 | | "The Ironworker" magazine; in 2007, General President Hunt | 7 | | appointed him to serve as a General Vice President of the | 8 | | International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental, | 9 | | and Reinforcing Iron Workers and assigned him to the St. Louis | 10 | | area, where he was elected to serve as President of the Iron | 11 | | Workers District Council of St. Louis and Vicinity, whose | 12 | | jurisdiction covers 11 locals in 7 states in the Midwest; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Over the years, Tadas Kicielinski has served on | 14 | | numerous boards and commissions in Washington D.C., Missouri, | 15 | | and Illinois, including the Metropolitan St. Louis Regional | 16 | | Commerce and Growth Association, the Leadership Council of | 17 | | Southwestern Illinois, the Illinois River Bend Growth | 18 | | Association, the St. Clair County Workforce Development Board, | 19 | | and many others; he currently serves as a Commissioner for | 20 | | METRO and is a member of the Transportation for Illinois | 21 | | Coalition and the Illinois AFL-CIO Executive Board; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Tadas Kicielinski and his wife of 47 years, Cindy, | 23 | | live in Collinsville; the couple plans on spending many |
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| 1 | | enjoyable winter months at their residence in Naples, Florida; | 2 | | therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 5 | | we honor Tadas Kicielinski for his many achievements and wish | 6 | | him continued success and happiness in the future; and be it | 7 | | further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to Tadas Kicielinski as a symbol of our esteem and | 10 | | respect.
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