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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives wish to congratulate Village Manager Paul |
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| McCarthy of Glenview on his retirement in July of 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. McCarthy earned a Master of Arts in Public |
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| Administration from Penn State University; and
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| WHEREAS, He served as Assistant Village Manager for |
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| Naperville and served as Village Manager for Springfield, |
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| Vermont, and Ocean City, New Jersey; he has spent 33 years in |
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| public service, with 22 of those years as Village Manager of |
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| Glenview; and
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| WHEREAS, During his tenure at Glenview, he achieved Moody's |
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| highest bond rating, AAA, the highest possible rating given to |
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| governments, which means saving millions of dollars by paying |
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| low interest rates on borrowed bonds to fund capital projects; |
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| other notable achievements during his tenure include, |
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| overseeing the redevelopment of The Glen as it moved from being |
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| a Naval Air Station to a mixed-use development, the purchase of |
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| two privately-owned water companies, the elimination of double |
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| taxation, and the construction of several municipal buildings |
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| and two affordable senior housing developments; therefore, be |
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| it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| congratulate Paul McCarthy on his retirement after many |
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| dedicated years of public service to the Glenview community; |
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| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to Paul McCarthy as a token of our respect and |
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| esteem.
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