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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly wish | ||||||
3 | to congratulate McHenry County Clerk Katherine Schultz on the | ||||||
4 | occasion of her retirement after 55 years of dedicated service | ||||||
5 | to the McHenry County Clerk's Office; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Katherine Schultz went to work at the McHenry | ||||||
7 | County Clerk's Office on October 16, 1959, shortly after | ||||||
8 | graduating from Woodstock High School; her first job was as a | ||||||
9 | Deputy Clerk under former County Clerk Vernon Kays; and
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10 | WHEREAS, In those early years, Katherine Schultz worked on | ||||||
11 | automating voter registration records by using metal plates | ||||||
12 | with an addressograph machine; and
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13 | WHEREAS, In 1965, Katherine Schultz was put in charge of | ||||||
14 | voter registration; in 1969, she became involved with the | ||||||
15 | transition to a punch card system for voting; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Katherine Schultz began the tedious duty of | ||||||
17 | performing tax extensions by hand in 1972, which was before the | ||||||
18 | era of personal computers; in 1973, she became the Chief Tax | ||||||
19 | Extender; and | ||||||
20 | WHEREAS, In 1978, Katherine Schultz began serving as Chief |
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1 | Deputy Clerk for County Clerk Rosemary Azzaro; and
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2 | WHEREAS, On December 1, 1990, Katherine Schultz was elected | ||||||
3 | to serve as County Clerk of McHenry County; since her election | ||||||
4 | in 1990, she has served a total of 6 full terms; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Due to Katherine Schultz's leadership, McHenry | ||||||
6 | County became the first large county to implement optical scan | ||||||
7 | voting technology in 1999-2000; and
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8 | WHEREAS, In 2001, Katherine Schultz was recognized by the | ||||||
9 | Illinois House of Representatives through a resolution for her | ||||||
10 | research and implementation of the optical scanning voting | ||||||
11 | machines; and
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12 | WHEREAS, At the October 20, 2009 McHenry County Board | ||||||
13 | meeting, Katherine Schultz was honored with a special | ||||||
14 | proclamation in appreciation of her 50 years of service to | ||||||
15 | McHenry County; and | ||||||
16 | WHEREAS, On October 20, 2009 an oak tree was planted and | ||||||
17 | the road leading into the lot at the McHenry County | ||||||
18 | Administration Building was named the "Honorary Katherine C. | ||||||
19 | Schultz Way" in honor of Katherine Schultz's 50 years of | ||||||
20 | service; and
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1 | WHEREAS, In 2011, the Illinois Association of County Clerks | ||||||
2 | and Recorders named Katherine Schultz "County Clerk of the | ||||||
3 | Year" for being the best in her profession in the State and in | ||||||
4 | honor of her vast knowledge, experience, and helpfulness to | ||||||
5 | other county clerks; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The 2013 McHenry County Annual Financial Report | ||||||
7 | was dedicated to Katherine Schultz in recognition of her | ||||||
8 | outstanding service to the citizens of McHenry County and her | ||||||
9 | many contributions to the County Clerk's Office; and
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10 | WHEREAS, During her time in the Clerk's Office, Katherine | ||||||
11 | Schultz has been involved with voting in 13 presidential | ||||||
12 | elections; the county's population has grown tremendously | ||||||
13 | during her time in the Clerk's Office, from 47,137 voters in 58 | ||||||
14 | precincts in 1960 to 204,440 voters in 212 precincts today; and
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15 | WHEREAS, A reception will be held for Katherine Schultz on | ||||||
16 | December 3, 2014 in honor of her retirement and her many years | ||||||
17 | of dedicated service; and | ||||||
18 | WHEREAS, After 55 years in the McHenry County Clerk's | ||||||
19 | Office and 24 years as McHenry County Clerk, Katherine Schultz | ||||||
20 | has been responsible for many acts that have improved the | ||||||
21 | transparency, efficiency, and integrity of McHenry County | ||||||
22 | elections; therefore, be it
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1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
2 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
3 | we thank McHenry County Clerk Katherine Schultz for her many | ||||||
4 | years of service to the people of McHenry County, congratulate | ||||||
5 | her on the occasion of her retirement, and wish her all the | ||||||
6 | best in her future endeavors; and be it further
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7 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
8 | presented to Katherine Schultz as an expression of our | ||||||
9 | congratulations and appreciation for a job well done.
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