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92_HR0879 LRB9216791RHrh 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION 2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 3 Representatives wish to recognize milestone events in the 4 lives of the citizens of the State of Illinois; and 5 WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Donald Gould 6 is retiring from his position as the Director of the Will 7 County Emergency Management Agency after 23 years of service; 8 and 9 WHEREAS, Mr. Gould began his career with the Will County 10 Emergency Management Agency as the Civil Defense Director 11 from 1969 to 1975; from 1985 to 2002 he served as the 12 Emergency Management Director; and 13 WHEREAS, During his career Mr. Gould conducted the first 14 exercise for the newly started Braidwood Nuclear Power 15 Station, formed the first Hazardous Materials Response Team 16 for Will County and was a speaker in 1986 at the National 17 Governors Association meeting in Washington D.C. on the 18 formations of Local Emergency Planning Committees; he worked 19 with the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the 20 Federal Government to utilize warm water from the Dresden 21 Cooling Pond to melt ice on the Kankakee River to prevent 22 springtime thaw flooding and implemented the first In-Door 23 Telephone Warning Notification System for Will County and 24 WillWarn Countywide Warning Network, which allows all 25 dispatch center and community emergency operations centers to 26 speak to one another during emergency and disaster 27 situations; and 28 WHEREAS, In addition, Mr. Gould, who has received 29 certification as a certified emergency manager from the 30 International Association of Emergency Planners, negotiated 31 with Commonwealth Edison to pay for the majority of the 32 Emergency Operations Center, which included a generator for -2- LRB9216791RHrh 1 the County Office Building; he is a member of the American 2 Society of Professional Emergency Planners, and implemented 3 an efficient Countywide 800 Trunked Radio System for Will 4 County; and 5 WHEREAS, Mr. Gould was the first Chairman of the Will 6 County 9-1-1 and has been a board member since 1990; he has 7 served as past president and treasurer of the Illinois 8 Emergency Services Management Association, he is a member of 9 the Chemical Industry Council of Illinois, and the Chairman 10 of the Will County Radio System Board; in addition, he formed 11 the Will County Local Emergency Planning Committee and serves 12 as Emergency Planning Coordinator/Vice Chairman; and 13 WHEREAS, Donald Gould will be honored by the Will County 14 Board of Directors on May 16, 2002 in recognition of his 23 15 years of dedicated service and commitment to the residents of 16 Will County; therefore, be it 17 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 18 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 19 we congratulate Donald Gould on his retirement after 23 years 20 of service as Director of the Will County Emergency 21 Management Agency and we wish him well in all of his future 22 endeavors; and be it further 23 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 24 presented to Donald Gould as an expression of our esteem.