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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, After 24 years of dedicated service with the 
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Village of Northbrook, Lona N. Louis will retire on April 26, 
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2005; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Lona began her career with the Village in 1981, 
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serving as Administrative Secretary to the Assistant Village 
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Manager and support for the Director of Finance and Data 
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Processing Manager; over the years, she has served as 
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Administrative Assistant and Assistant to the Village Manager, 
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Benefits Coordinator, and Risk Manager; and

 
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    WHEREAS, On July 25, 1987, in addition to her other Village 
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responsibilities, Lona was appointed to fill the term of 
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then-retiring Village Clerk Sandra Kent; in 1989, she was 
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elected as Village Clerk for the first of four consecutive 
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four-year terms; in all, Lona has served as Village Clerk for 
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almost 19 years; she earned her Master's Degree from Roosevelt 
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University in 1996; in June 2003, she retired from her 
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full-time position, but continued her Village Clerk 
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responsibilities until the end of her elected term; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Lona is a very positive character with a great 
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attitude and work ethic; her long history of public service is 
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well-respected in the community and her variety of skills and 
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knowledge about the Village and municipal functions will be 
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greatly missed; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Her personnel file is full of thank-you notes, 
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certificates of appreciation, certificates of training, and 
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letters from Congressmen to Cub Scouts; she has touched the 
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lives of so many in the Northbrook community - from her 
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involvement with the schools, relating local government 
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responsibilities to students, to volunteering with the 4th of 
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July Association, the Northbrook Centennial, the Northbrook 
 


 






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United Methodist Church, and teaching English as a second 
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language; her endless enthusiasm as an active resident and a 
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public servant inspired those who worked with her; therefore, 
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be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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we congratulate Lona N. Louis on her exemplary 24-year career 
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as both an employee and an elected official of the Village of 
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Northbrook and wish her all the best in her retirement; and be 
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it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Lona N. Louis as an expression of our esteem.