Full Text of HR0735 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Jill Rodriguez on the | 4 | | occasion of her retirement as Director of the Bensenville | 5 | | Public Library; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Jill Rodriguez began working at the Bensenville | 7 | | Public Library in 1977 as a Public Services Librarian; she | 8 | | transitioned to the position of Assistant Director in 1980, | 9 | | Acting Director in 1981, and Director later in 1981; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Jill Rodriguez oversaw the Library's move to its | 11 | | current location in 1978; she also supervised the Library's | 12 | | early adoption of an electronic catalog, a community-wide | 13 | | internet initiative, and free technology training; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Jill Rodriguez mentored countless employees, many | 15 | | who have gone on to successful directorships at libraries all | 16 | | over the United States; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Jill Rodriguez forged unique and valuable | 18 | | partnerships throughout her community, including the 1999 | 19 | | Lifelong Learning Center addition, which was a partnership | 20 | | between the Library and Bensenville School District 2; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Jill Rodriguez has been an active participant in | 2 | | the Bensenville Rotary Club, the Bensenville Community | 3 | | Foundation, the Bensenville Youth Coalition, and the | 4 | | Bensenville Intergovernmental Group; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jill Rodriguez has always been environmentally | 6 | | conscious and a leader of promoting green energy, as evident by | 7 | | her fostering of the Library's Garden of Knowledge, which is | 8 | | beautifully stocked with plants native to Illinois; she was | 9 | | also instrumental in the Library's overhaul to all LED | 10 | | lighting, and most recently, the Library's installation of | 11 | | free-to-use electric vehicle charging stations; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Jill Rodriguez and her colleague, Bill Erbes, | 13 | | directed the Libraries Remember event, a yearly community-wide | 14 | | remembrance of the tragic events of September 11, 2001; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Jill Rodriguez worked tirelessly to find funding | 16 | | for the Library's new early childhood room addition in 2015, | 17 | | including the writing of a successfully funded $125,000 grant | 18 | | through the Illinois State Library; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Jill Rodriguez is a native of New Jersey; she made | 20 | | Bensenville a second home for herself and her 3 children, who | 21 | | are all proud Fenton High School graduates; she quickly became | 22 | | one of the community's most recognizable residents; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Jill Rodriguez will be retiring from the | 2 | | Bensenville Public Library on October 1, 2015 after many years | 3 | | of service to not only the patrons of the library, but all the | 4 | | residents of the Village of Bensenville; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 7 | | congratulate Jill Rodriguez on the occasion of her retirement | 8 | | and wish her continued success and happiness in the future; and | 9 | | be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to Jill Rodriguez as a symbol of our esteem and | 12 | | respect.
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