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