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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to congratulate Robert D. Franz on 
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the occasion of his retirement as Deerfield Village Manager; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Robert D. Franz was born on September 24, 1946; he 
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is married and has five children; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Robert D. Franz  graduated from Loras College in 
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Dubuque, Iowa in 1968 and received his Masters Degree in Public 
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Administration from Northern Illinois University in 1973; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Robert D. Franz was an Administrative Intern in 
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the Department of Urban Renewal for the City of Chicago in 
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1968; he served in the U.S. Army with the Military Police from 
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1968 to 1970; he was an Intern/Administrative 
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Assistant/Assistant Manager in Elk Grove Village from 1970 to 
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1975; he was Manager in Hazel Crest from 1975 to 1979; he has 
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served as Deerfield's Village Manager from  1979 until his 
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retirement; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Robert D. Franz received the Manager of the Year 
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Award in 1996 and 2007 from the Illinois Association of 
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Municipal Management Assistants; he also was named Man of the 
 


 






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Year by the Deerfield Bannockburn Riverwoods Chamber of 
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Commerce in 2006; and
 

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    WHEREAS, Robert D. Franz has been involved with the 
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American Society of Public Administration and the

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International City/County Management Association; he was  the 
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President of the Illinois City Management Association from 1996 
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to 1997 and President of the  Metro Managers Association from 
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1984 to 1985; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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congratulate Robert D. Franz on his retirement, thank him for 
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his many years of public service, and wish him continued 
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success and happiness in the future; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Robert D. Franz as a symbol of our esteem and 
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respect.