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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, David E. Carter, Jr., retired in April 2005 after
3 four years of service as Mayor of the City of Mattoon; and
 
4     WHEREAS, During his tenure, Mayor Carter reversed the
5 City's deficit financial condition, played a key role in
6 recruiting Home Depot to the City, increased funding from the
7 City to the Council on Aging by 31.3 percent, secured voter
8 approval of sales tax increase for property tax relief and
9 infrastructure improvements which lowered the property tax
10 levy 16.67 percent from 2001 to 2005, and oversaw the
11 reconstruction of three railroad overpass bridges and the
12 construction of new athletic fields for Junior Football and
13 T-ball leagues; and
 
14     WHEREAS, He graduated from Mattoon High School in 1985, and
15 has worked in maintenance, construction, and appliance repair;
16 he received his emergency medical technician certification
17 from Lakeland College in 1993, a maintenance degree from Eli
18 Whitney in 1997, a management certification from Lakeland
19 College in 2003, and an appliance repair certification from
20 Whirlpool/Fisher Pikel in 2004; and
 
21     WHEREAS, He and his wife, Irene, have four children, Brad,
22 Alex, Levi, and Haley; therefore, be it
 
23     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
24 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
25 we thank David E. Carter, Jr., for his years of public service
26 and wish him all the best in his future endeavors; and be it
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28     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
29 presented to David E. Carter, Jr., as an expression of our
30 esteem.