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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are honored to recognize milestone events in
4 the lives of the citizens of the State of Illinois; and
5 WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that James K.
6 Heffernan is retiring from his duties as Deputy Director of
7 Technical Services of Chicago's 9-1-1 Center; and
8 WHEREAS, Born on March 7, 1953 to Matthew A. Heffernan
9 and Kathleen D. Kenny, Mr. Heffernan graduated from St. John
10 Fisher School in 1967 and Mt. Carmel High School in 1971; he
11 graduated from St. Xavier University in 1982 with a bachelor
12 of arts degree in business administration; and
13 WHEREAS, Mr. Heffernan was initiated into Local #9
14 I.B.E.W as a Journeyman Lineman in June of 1975; he began his
15 service with the City of Chicago Department of Streets and
16 Sanitation in 1971, as a Cadet with the Chicago Police
17 Department in 1972, and as an Assistant Telegraph Repairman
18 with the Department of Streets and Sanitation, Fire Alarm
19 Section in 1975, where he was promoted to Telegraph Repairman
20 in 1976; and
21 WHEREAS, Mr. Heffernan served the Bureau of Electricity
22 Lineman from 1977 to 1985, where he was promoted to
23 Supervisor of Personnel Service; he served as Superintendent
24 of Police and Fire Communications from 1988 to 1993; and in
25 July of 1993, he was promoted to Deputy Commissioner of
26 Electricity until July of 2000; and
27 WHEREAS, Mr. Heffernan has served as Chairman of the
28 Chicago Emergency Telephone System Board since 1990, where he
29 oversees the design, construction, and financing of the 9-1-1
30 Center; and
31 WHEREAS, Jim Heffernan will retire as Director of
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1 Technical Services for Chicago's 9-1-1 Center in June 2003;
2 and
3 WHEREAS, Mr. Heffernan has served on the South Side Irish
4 Parade Committee for more than 20 years and is a member of
5 Mount Carmel's Executive Board and Lay Council, where he was
6 inducted into the Mount Carmel Hall of Fame; and
7 WHEREAS, James Heffernan married the former Kathy
8 McSweeney on August l4, 1976; they are the proud parents of
9 Patrick and Daniel; therefore, be it
10 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
11 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
12 we congratulate James K. Heffernan on his retirement from his
13 duties as Deputy Director of Technical Services of Chicago's
14 9-1-1 Center, and we wish him well in all of his future
15 endeavors; and be it further
16 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
17 presented to James K. Heffernan as an expression of our
18 esteem.