Full Text of HR1188 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives are | 3 | | pleased to honor Mary M. "Margie" Mitchell for 50 years in | 4 | | public service; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mary Mitchell first reported to work at the | 6 | | Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development
Commission on | 7 | | February 14, 1966, where she continues to work today; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The Greater Egypt Regional Planning and | 9 | | Development Commission is a unit of local
government formed | 10 | | under the authority of State of Illinois statute in 1961 to | 11 | | "provide a plan for the
general purpose of guiding and | 12 | | accomplishing a coordinated, adjusted, and harmonious | 13 | | development of
the Franklin, Jackson, Perry, and Williamson | 14 | | County region, and of public improvement and utilities
therein | 15 | | for the purpose of best promoting health, safety, morals, | 16 | | order, convenience, prosperity,
efficiency and economy in the | 17 | | process of development and the general welfare of said region." | 18 | | In 1967,
Jefferson County was added to the Greater Egypt | 19 | | Region, and the Commission was re-established as the
Greater | 20 | | Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission (Greater | 21 | | Egypt); and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Through her 50 years of service Mary Mitchell has |
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| 1 | | served in numerous capacities from Typist
to Program Director; | 2 | | each role has allowed her to participate in the betterment of | 3 | | the five
counties served by Greater Egypt, and over the course | 4 | | of five decades, her commitment to her role in the
development | 5 | | of the Greater Egypt Region has never faded; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mary Mitchell's service to the region has assisted | 7 | | in the completion of many important projects,
including | 8 | | comprehensive plans, water quality, and economic development | 9 | | plans, creation of industrial
parks, and the establishment and | 10 | | administration of Enterprise Zones; these projects have | 11 | | resulted in millions of dollars in investment and thousands of | 12 | | jobs being created and
retained; 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 | | honor Mary M. "Margie" Mitchell for her service to the five | 16 | | counties of
Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, and | 17 | | Williamson Counties, which comprise the Greater Egypt Regional
| 18 | | Planning and Development Commission's District; and be it | 19 | | further
| 20 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 | | presented to Mary Mitchell as an expression of our esteem and | 22 | | respect.
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