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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of this body are pleased to
3 recognize Illinois citizens who have distinguished themselves
4 in service to their community and this State; and
5 WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Sargei Hoteko
6 has announced his retirement as Chief Inspector for Chicago's
7 O'Hare International Airport; and
8 WHEREAS, Mr. Hoteko joined the U.S. Customs Service in
9 1975; he served in the U.S. Army and is a former police
10 officer for Lake Forest, Illinois; in 1982, he was promoted
11 to a first line supervisor and in 1983 was promoted to a
12 second line manager; in 1986, he was detailed to the North
13 Central Region to coordinate the 10th Pan American Games in
14 Indianapolis and the 15th Winter Olympic Games in Calgary,
15 Alberta, Canada; and
16 WHEREAS, Mr. Hoteko returned to the District office in
17 1988 as the chief inspector for the contraband enforcement
18 team and served in that capacity until 1990 when he was
19 appointed as the chief inspector for passenger processing at
20 O'Hare International Airport's new International Terminal
21 Five; he also served as coordinator, for all the federal
22 agencies during the formulation and construction of O'Hare's
23 new international arrivals building, terminal five that
24 opened in May, 1993; in 1995, when he was Chairman of the
25 Port Quality Improvement Committee, O'Hare International
26 Airport reduced passenger through time to under forty-five
27 minutes; in 1996, he was given the O'Hare International
28 Airport's Wings of Vision Award which was given for
29 outstanding leadership at O'Hare Airport; and
30 WHEREAS, Mr. Hoteko was appointed the passenger process
31 owner when U.S. Customs underwent a major restructuring in
32 1995 and served in that position until June, 1999; he was
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1 then placed in charge of the enforcement operations branch
2 that is comprised of the outbound unit, canine unit, and
3 anti-smuggling unit within the port of Chicago; and
4 WHEREAS, Mr. Hoteko has also served as an international
5 narcotics interdiction and anti-terrorism instructor all over
6 the world; he has completed multiple training assignments in
7 Pakistan, Indonesia, the USSR, Aruba, Mexico, Barbados,
8 Denmark, Bolivia, Saudi Arabia, India, Qatar, the
9 Philippines, Nigeria, China, The Russian Republic, and
10 Macedonia; he also served as a short-term advisor to
11 Pakistani Customs to establish a contraband enforcement team
12 at the Port of Karachi, Pakistan; and
13 WHEREAS, In 1991, he was elected the sole, service wide
14 "supervisor of the year" by assistant commissioner Charles
15 Winwood; in 1994, he had the honor and privilege to accompany
16 President Clinton on an official visit to Belgium, the Czech
17 Republic, Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, and Switzerland; he
18 received the commissioner's unit citation in 1998 for record
19 narcotic enforcement activity at O'Hare Airport that year;
20 and
21 WHEREAS, Mr. Hoteko has served his country in numerous
22 ways and has the respect and admiration of all those he has
23 served; therefore, be it
24 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
25 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
26 we thank Sargei Hoteko as he retires as Chief Inspector for
27 Anti-Smuggling of O'Hare International Airport and extend our
28 sincere best wishes to him for health and happiness in the
29 future; and be it further
30 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
31 presented to Sargei Hoteko as an expression of our respect
32 and esteem.