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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, David Miller has served the community and
3 residents of Palatine Township in many different ways and in
4 many elected positions; and
 
5     WHEREAS, David Miller was also elected to the position of
6 Palatine Township School Trustee from 1981 to 1997 and served
7 as Board President from 1983 to 1997; and
 
8     WHEREAS, David Miller currently serves the community of
9 Palatine Township as an elected official of the township; and
 
10     WHEREAS, David Miller was elected and served as Collector
11 of Palatine Township from 1985 to 1989; he served as President
12 of the Collector's Division of Township Officials of Cook
13 County from 1987 to 1988; and
 
14     WHEREAS, David Miller was first elected Trustee of Palatine
15 Township in 1989; he served as President of the Trustee's
16 Division of Township Officials of Cook County from 1991 to
17 1992; and
 
18     WHEREAS, The Township Officials of Illinois, which
19 represents all 1,433 Townships in the State of Illinois,
20 recognized David Miller as Trustee of the Year; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, The residents of Palatine Township, in their
2 infinite wisdom, have re-elected David Miller as a Township
3 Trustee for 5 consecutive elections; and
 
4     WHEREAS, One of the main responsibilities of township
5 government is to provide for those in need; and
 
6     WHEREAS, As Township Trustee, David Miller has chaired the
7 Senior Transportation Committee, the Northeast Task Group, and
8 the Human Needs Committee; and
 
9     WHEREAS, David Miller has chaired the Township Human Needs
10 Committee since 2001; and
 
11     WHEREAS, David Miller, as Chairman of the Township Human
12 Needs Committee, has epitomized the writings of Thomas
13 Jefferson who said, "The care of human life and happiness, and
14 not their destruction, is the first and only object of good
15 government"; and
 
16     WHEREAS, The Palatine Township Human Needs Committee has
17 helped to allocate hundreds of thousands of dollars to those in
18 need during David Miller's terms as Chairman; and
 
19     WHEREAS, The entire community of Palatine Township has

 

 

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1 benefited from the countless hours of community service
2 performed by David Miller, and is the better for having David
3 Miller as one of its most valuable residents; therefore, be it
 
4     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
5 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we wish to express our
6 sincere thanks and gratitude to David Miller for his many years
7 as an elected official of Palatine Township, and for making
8 Palatine Township a better place to live, work, and play and
9 further wishes David Miller success, joy, and happiness in any
10 and all future endeavors; and be it further
 
11     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12 presented to David Miller as a symbol of our esteem and
13 respect.