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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, After 24 years of dedicated service with the
3 Village of Northbrook, Lona N. Louis will retire on April 26,
4 2005; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Lona began her career with the Village in 1981,
6 serving as Administrative Secretary to the Assistant Village
7 Manager and support for the Director of Finance and Data
8 Processing Manager; over the years, she has served as
9 Administrative Assistant and Assistant to the Village Manager,
10 Benefits Coordinator, and Risk Manager; and
 
11     WHEREAS, On July 25, 1987, in addition to her other Village
12 responsibilities, Lona was appointed to fill the term of
13 then-retiring Village Clerk Sandra Kent; in 1989, she was
14 elected as Village Clerk for the first of four consecutive
15 four-year terms; in all, Lona has served as Village Clerk for
16 almost 19 years; she earned her Master's Degree from Roosevelt
17 University in 1996; in June 2003, she retired from her
18 full-time position, but continued her Village Clerk
19 responsibilities until the end of her elected term; and
 
20     WHEREAS, Lona is a very positive character with a great
21 attitude and work ethic; her long history of public service is
22 well-respected in the community and her variety of skills and
23 knowledge about the Village and municipal functions will be
24 greatly missed; and
 
25     WHEREAS, Her personnel file is full of thank-you notes,
26 certificates of appreciation, certificates of training, and
27 letters from Congressmen to Cub Scouts; she has touched the
28 lives of so many in the Northbrook community - from her
29 involvement with the schools, relating local government
30 responsibilities to students, to volunteering with the 4th of
31 July Association, the Northbrook Centennial, the Northbrook

 

 

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1 United Methodist Church, and teaching English as a second
2 language; her endless enthusiasm as an active resident and a
3 public servant inspired those who worked with her; therefore,
4 be it
 
5     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
6 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
7 we congratulate Lona N. Louis on her exemplary 24-year career
8 as both an employee and an elected official of the Village of
9 Northbrook and wish her all the best in her retirement; and be
10 it further
 
11     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12 presented to Lona N. Louis as an expression of our esteem.