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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois are pleased to congratulate Westville Mayor
4 Mike Weese on the occasion of his retirement; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Mayor Weese moved to Westville in 1973; his
6 service to the village began in November of that year, when he
7 joined the police department as a part-time officer; he spent
8 most weekends for the next 18 years patrolling the village
9 streets and watching the village's taverns; and
 
10     WHEREAS, During those 18 years, Mayor Weese was temporarily
11 promoted three times; he spent a year as a full-time night
12 captain for the village in 1981; he was named acting police
13 chief in 1986, when the regular chief was hospitalized; and he
14 returned to the post in 1990, while the board was looking for a
15 replacement for a chief who had resigned; and
 
16     WHEREAS, He was elected to the village board in 1991, then
17 successfully ran for mayor two years later; during his tenure
18 as mayor, he has overseen the replacement of some 1920s-era
19 water lines along Illinois Route 1 through the village, the
20 creation of a zoning ordinance and a zoning board of appeals,
21 the opening of the museum in the train depot south of the
22 village square, the moving of the police department into a
23 separate building east of the village hall, and the replacement
24 of some outdated village equipment and vehicles; therefore, be
25 it
 
26     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
27 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
28 we congratulate Mayor Mike Weese on the occasion of his
29 retirement, and we thank him for his many years of dedication
30 to public service; and be it further
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2 presented to Mayor Weese as an expression of our deepest
3 respect and esteem and with best wishes for a relaxing
4 retirement.