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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of
3 the State of Illinois wish to congratulate Barbara LaPiana on
4 the occasion of her retirement as mayor of Lincolnshire; and
5 WHEREAS, Ms. LaPiana has served the Lincolnshire
6 community for the past twelve years as mayor; during her
7 tenure as mayor there have been many accomplishments
8 including building and occupying a new Village Hall, annexing
9 Stevenson High School and the Vernon Area Public Library, the
10 renovation of all town parks and development of new parks,
11 street improvements, building the first section of the
12 downtown North Village Green, the development of many areas,
13 and welcoming many new businesses to town; and
14 WHEREAS, During the past 12 years, Lincolnshire has had
15 no real estate tax increase to residents and the population
16 has grown from 4,931 in 1991 to 6,300 in 2003; the town has
17 attained an optimum ratio of residential (61%) to business
18 (39%) that assures a very favorable tax base; and
19 WHEREAS, Mayor LaPiana has previously served in several
20 capacities in the community including 12 years on the School
21 Board for District 103, where she was President for six
22 years, six years on the School Board for District 125, past
23 President and Secretary of the Greater Lincolnshire Chamber
24 of Commerce, the United Way of Lake County, where she served
25 as a Board Member for six years, the YMCA of Lake County
26 Board, the Special Education District of Lake County, where
27 she was a past Executive Board Member and Foundation Member,
28 and the Moraine Girl Scout Council, where she is an Executive
29 Board Member and was a past Finance Chair; and
30 WHEREAS, Mayor LaPiana served as an executive board
31 member for the Northwest Municipal Conference, the Lake
32 County Municipal League, and Metropolis 2020, and she was a
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1 board member of the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus; and
2 WHEREAS, Mayor LaPiana is the Director of Medical Staff
3 Development at the University of Illinois Chicago Weiss
4 Hospital; she worked previously in recruitment at Grant
5 Hospital in Chicago and as the Physician Personnel
6 Manager/Director of Managed Care at Medical Management, Inc.
7 in Lincolnshire; she has attended City Colleges of Chicago
8 and Wright College in Chicago as well as the College of Lake
9 County; and
10 WHEREAS, She is the mother of six children and the
11 grandmother of 12 with one on the way; in her retirement, she
12 plans on spending more time with her family and working with
13 charity organizations; therefore, be it
14 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
15 NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
16 we congratulate Lincolnshire Mayor Barbara LaPiana on the
17 occasion of her retirement and thank her for her dedication
18 to the citizens of Lincolnshire; and be it further
19 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
20 presented to Barbara LaPiana as a token of our respect and
21 esteem and with best wishes for a peaceful and relaxing
22 retirement.
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