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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Bill Bounds,
4 30-year President of Teamsters Local #26, for his hard work
5 and dedication to working men and women; and
6 WHEREAS, On December 31, 2000 Bill Bounds spent his last
7 official day in office; he has served as President of Local
8 26 since 1971; his office represented fourteen counties and
9 had offices in Bloomington, Champaign, Danville, and Rantoul;
10 and
11 WHEREAS, Bill Bounds served as the President of the
12 Illinois Conference of Teamsters and Joint Council 65 from
13 1975 to 1985; he was appointed first Co-chairman of the Labor
14 Committee formed by Governor Jim Thompson, serving for
15 fourteen years; and
16 WHEREAS, Before serving as President of Local #26, Bill
17 Bounds served as Business Representative and then as Union
18 Organizer from 1959 to 1969, where he worked directly for
19 Jimmy Hoffa, Sr.; and
20 WHEREAS, Bill Bounds is a member of ESDA, the I-74
21 Corridor Study Group, the Vermilion County Animal Foundation,
22 the Danville Economic Development Committee, and is a charter
23 member of the Labor Management Council, where he also serves
24 as co-chairman; he serves on the National Construction Policy
25 Committee, the National Freight Negotiation Committee, and
26 the Public Employees Policy Committee, various committees of
27 the International Brotherhood of Teamsters; and he has been
28 elected for the past three years to serve as the Chairman of
29 the Vermilion County Airport Authority, and presently serves
30 as Commissioner; therefore, be it
31 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
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1 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
2 we thank Bill Bounds for a job well done and wish him nothing
3 but the best in his future endeavors; and be it further
4 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5 presented to Bill Bounds, along with our sincere regards.