Full Text of HR0366 96th General Assembly
HR0366 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate John M. Zeunik on | 4 |
| the occasion of his retirement as County Administrator of | 5 |
| McLean County on May 22, 2009 after rendering outstanding | 6 |
| service to the citizens of McLean County since May 23, 1988; | 7 |
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Zeunik received his Bachelor of Science degree | 9 |
| in Political Science from Loyola University of Chicago in 1971 | 10 |
| and his Master of Arts degree in Public Administration and | 11 |
| Urban Studies from Loyola University of Chicago in 1978; he | 12 |
| graduated from the Program for Senior Executives in State and | 13 |
| Local Government at Harvard University in 2000; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Zeunik began his professional career as a | 15 |
| Social Studies Teacher at St. Ignatius College Prep High School | 16 |
| in Chicago in 1973; he also served as Chairman of the Social | 17 |
| Studies Department at St. Ignatius College Prep High School | 18 |
| from 1973 to 1977; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Zeunik began his distinguished career in | 20 |
| public service as an Assistant to the Chief Administrative | 21 |
| Officer for the Cook County Bureau of Administration in 1977; | 22 |
| as an Assistant, he provided valuable assistance to the Chief |
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| Administrative Officer, directed the Economic Development | 2 |
| Program, and administered the Single Family Mortgage Revenue | 3 |
| Bond Program until 1984; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Zeunik advanced in his public service career | 5 |
| to become an Associate Administrator for Operations at Cook | 6 |
| County Hospital in Chicago, serving as a member of the | 7 |
| hospital's Senior Management Team responsible for planning, | 8 |
| developing, and implementing hospital-wide programs and | 9 |
| policies, as well as exercising direct line management | 10 |
| responsibility for thirteen support service departments from | 11 |
| 1984 to 1986; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Zeunik further enhanced his background by | 13 |
| serving as Vice President of the Midwest Region Public Finance | 14 |
| Office of E.F. Hutton & Company, Inc. in Chicago, where he | 15 |
| provided public finance investment banking services to State | 16 |
| authorities and agencies, local municipal clients, | 17 |
| not-for-profit corporations, hospitals, and for-profit | 18 |
| corporations in a ten-state region from 1986 to 1988; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Zeunik has served as McLean County | 20 |
| Administrator since May of 1988, having led the financing and | 21 |
| construction of a $20 million addition to the Law & Justice | 22 |
| Center, a nationally recognized $4 million Juvenile Detention | 23 |
| Center, a $3.5 million acquisition and renovation of the |
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| Government Center, and a $9.5 million renovation of the Law & | 2 |
| Justice Center; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Zeunik has developed and managed the McLean | 4 |
| County Budget as it has grown to over $77 million per year; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Zeunik has served as a Visiting Guest Lecturer | 6 |
| at Illinois State University and Illinois Wesleyan University, | 7 |
| an Instructor for the University of Illinois Cooperative | 8 |
| Extension, and a Lecturer at Eureka College; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Zeunik has served his community in many | 10 |
| capacities; he has served as Chairman of the Metro McLean | 11 |
| County Centralized Communications Center Governing Board; he | 12 |
| is a member of the National Association of Counties | 13 |
| Environment, Energy, and Land Use Steering Committee and the | 14 |
| Illinois City-County Managers Association; he has served as | 15 |
| President of the Illinois Association of County | 16 |
| Administrators; he is a member of the United Way of McLean | 17 |
| County's Board of Directors; he is also Chairman and a member | 18 |
| of the Board of Directors of the McLean County American Red | 19 |
| Cross of the Heartland; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Zeunik has served his community and his | 21 |
| profession with intelligence, dedication, and the highest | 22 |
| integrity; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 3 |
| congratulate John M. Zeunik on the occasion of his retirement | 4 |
| and wish him many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it | 5 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to John Zeunik as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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