Full Text of HR0921 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Mayor Mark William Eckert | 4 | | on the occasion of his 60th birthday; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Eckert was born in the City of Belleville on | 6 | | January 18, 1956 to Robert
Henry and Shirley Ann "Ma" Eckert; | 7 | | he has a brother, Mike, who is married to Jean; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Eckert grew up in Belleville and attended | 9 | | Henry Raab School and Central Jr. High; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, On March 19, 1973, Mayor Eckert began working for | 11 | | Pete Gaerdner Funeral Home and Ambulance
Service and continued | 12 | | his employment there for a total of 15 years until 1988; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Eckert graduated from Belleville West High | 14 | | School in 1974, where he participated in many school | 15 | | activities,
was elected Class President, and became the first | 16 | | recipient of the Student of the Year Award; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Eckert is a graduate of the Southwestern | 18 | | Illinois Police Academy and studied at Belleville
Area College | 19 | | for Law Enforcement and Paramedic EMT Training; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Eckert married Rita nearly 30 years ago on | 2 | | April 5, 1986 and they have 4 children: Matt Joseph, who | 3 | | married Carly Miller on May 30, 2015; Kate Ann; Luke Joseph, | 4 | | who became
engaged to Erika Roche on October 30, 2015; and Lucy | 5 | | Ann; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Eckert co-founded the Franklin Neighborhood | 7 | | Community Association and served as its
Executive Director from | 8 | | 1992 until 1995; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Eckert was active in Boy Scouting throughout | 10 | | his life and served as Scoutmaster for 12 years,
where by his | 11 | | guidance, Matt and Luke achieved the rank of Eagle Scout along | 12 | | with almost 30 other scouts; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Eckert is a life-long member and past | 14 | | President of St. Paul United Church of Christ; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, From 1997 until 2004, Mayor Eckert served as | 16 | | Alderman for Ward 5 for the City of Belleville; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, On December 20, 2004, Mayor Eckert was appointed | 18 | | Mayor of the City of Belleville, and in April of 2005, he was | 19 | | elected to serve a 4-year term; he was elected to a third term | 20 | | in April of 2009 and a fourth term in April of 2013; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Eckert has earned many awards in his career | 2 | | and he continues to expand his service and
dedication to | 3 | | enhancing programs and services for the City of Belleville by | 4 | | serving on numerous boards and
committees, including as | 5 | | Vice-President for the Illinois Municipal League Board and as | 6 | | President for the
Southwestern Illinois Council of Mayors; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Eckert and his wife have owned and operated | 8 | | Eckert Florist for 16 years, since September 9, 1999; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Mayor Eckert is known for his unconditional love | 10 | | for his family, strong character, devout
leadership, | 11 | | commitment to his community, volunteerism spirit, and for | 12 | | promoting the vision and growth of
Belleville; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 15 | | congratulate Mayor Mark William Eckert on his 60th birthday and | 16 | | wish him many more wonderful years; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to Mayor Eckert as an expression of our esteem and | 19 | | respect.
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