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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Ronald A. Oppedisano on | ||||||
4 | the occasion of his retirement after many years of service to | ||||||
5 | the people of Norridge; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Ronald A. Oppedisano moved to Norridge in 1961 and | ||||||
7 | graduated from Divine Savior School with the class of 1969; and | ||||||
8 | WHEREAS, In 1975, at the age of 19, Ronald Oppedisano | ||||||
9 | became the youngest person ever to be licensed by the State of | ||||||
10 | Illinois for real estate sales; and
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11 | WHEREAS, In 1991, Ronald Oppedisano was appointed by Mayor | ||||||
12 | Joseph Sieb to serve as a member of the Zoning Board of Appeals | ||||||
13 | for the Village of Norridge; and
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14 | WHEREAS, In 1998, Ronald Oppedisano was appointed Chairman | ||||||
15 | of the Zoning Board of Appeals for the Village of Norridge; | ||||||
16 | that same year, he was appointed to Village Trustee, a position | ||||||
17 | which he was elected to in 1999, 2003, and 2007; and
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18 | WHEREAS, As Village Trustee, Ronald Oppedisano served as | ||||||
19 | the Chairman of the Streets, Sidewalks, Alleys, and Information | ||||||
20 | Technology Committees; he also served as a member of the Law |
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1 | and Ordinance and Village Properties/Economic Development | ||||||
2 | Committees; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Ronald Oppedisano led the way for the formulation | ||||||
4 | of a Master Plan for Norridge and served as a member of the | ||||||
5 | Emergency Telephone System Board; and | ||||||
6 | WHEREAS, In 2009, Ronald Oppedisano was elected as Norridge | ||||||
7 | Village President following the death of his friend and Village | ||||||
8 | President, Earl J. Field; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Ronald Oppedisano has volunteered countless hours | ||||||
10 | as a coach in various Norridge Youth Activities sports programs | ||||||
11 | and with the Ridgewood High School Parents club; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Ronald Oppedisano is the owner of a real estate | ||||||
13 | appraisal and consulting firm, having been awarded the MAI, | ||||||
14 | CAE, and CIAO professional appraisal designations; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Ronald Oppedisano and his wife, Linda, have raised | ||||||
16 | 3 children, Tina, Lisa, and Vince, in the Village of Norridge; | ||||||
17 | all of them have been model citizens and pillars of the | ||||||
18 | community; therefore, be it
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19 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
20 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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1 | we congratulate Ronald A. Oppedisano on the occasion of his | ||||||
2 | retirement, thank him for his many years of honorable and | ||||||
3 | dedicated service to the Village of Norridge and to the State | ||||||
4 | of Illinois, and wish him success in all of his future | ||||||
5 | endeavors; and be it further
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6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
7 | presented to Ronald Oppedisano as an expression of our esteem | ||||||
8 | and respect.
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