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1 | | County Soil and Water Conservation, her work with the Solid |
2 | | Waste Agency of Northern Cook County, and her promotion of the |
3 | | Levee 37 project, which protected homes along the Des Plaines |
4 | | River which had previously been vulnerable to flooding; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, Irvana Wilks was an advocate for the poor and |
6 | | disabled, serving as vice-chair of the Northwest Housing |
7 | | Partnership and enabling the construction of Myers Place in |
8 | | Mount Prospect, a supportive-housing development for people |
9 | | with mental illness; and
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10 | | WHEREAS, Irvana Wilks has been an energetic, effective, and |
11 | | motivated leader of the Mount Prospect Village Board who has |
12 | | fostered an atmosphere of respect, consensus, and achievement, |
13 | | and has made herself and her office available to all segments |
14 | | of the community; therefore, be it
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15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
16 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
17 | | we are pleased to honor Mayor Irvana K. Wilks on her years of |
18 | | service to the citizens of Mount Prospect, and on all of her |
19 | | many accomplishments, and we wish her well in all of her future |
20 | | endeavors; and be it further
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21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
22 | | presented to Irvana Wilks as an expression of our esteem and |