Bill Text: IL HJR0099 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates James E. Mentesti on his retirement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-11-27 - Resolution Adopted [HJR0099 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HJR0099-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate James E. Mentesti on the | ||||||
4 | occasion of his retirement after 27 years of service to the | ||||||
5 | Great River Economic Development Foundation (GREDF); and
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6 | WHEREAS, James Mentesti has been helping business grow in | ||||||
7 | Quincy and Adams County since 1986; he serves as director of | ||||||
8 | the Rural Adams Development Corporation and is a member of the | ||||||
9 | 35-county Tri-State Development Steering Committee; and
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10 | WHEREAS, James Mentesti served as director of development | ||||||
11 | for 11 years at Quincy College (now Quincy University) and was | ||||||
12 | later administrative manager of Quintron Corporation in | ||||||
13 | Quincy; he graduated from Quincy College with a bachelor of | ||||||
14 | science degree in business management; and
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15 | WHEREAS, James Mentesti's major accomplishments as GREDF | ||||||
16 | president include: the retention of Knapheide Manufacturing | ||||||
17 | after the flood of 1993, the Teska Study for Downtown | ||||||
18 | Development, the East Broadway Corridor Study, creation of the | ||||||
19 | Tri-State Development Summit, several quality of life | ||||||
20 | initiatives, creation of the Rural Adams Development | ||||||
21 | Corporation, development of the Adams County GIS System, | ||||||
22 | procuring industries to locate in the Edward Schneidman |
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1 | Industrial Park, being named the Illinois Development Council | ||||||
2 | Developer of the Year in 1991, and serving as the Illinois | ||||||
3 | Development Council President from 1994-1995; and
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4 | WHEREAS, James Mentesti has worked tirelessly to recruit | ||||||
5 | businesses for his community, including Blue Cross-Blue | ||||||
6 | Shield, Wis-Pak Bottling Company, Jos. A. Bank, Cullinan | ||||||
7 | Properties, Home Depot, Prince Agri Products, and Fitzpatrick | ||||||
8 | Brothers; and
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9 | WHEREAS, James Mentesti has had many community leadership | ||||||
10 | roles, serving as charter director of the Community Foundation | ||||||
11 | of the Quincy area, Quincy University Trustee Emeritus, | ||||||
12 | president of the Quincy University Foundation, past president | ||||||
13 | of the Quincy Parks Foundation, board member of the Jackson | ||||||
14 | Lincoln Swimming Complex, past president of the First Tee of | ||||||
15 | Great River, past president of the Kiwanis Club of Quincy, past | ||||||
16 | president of Spring Lake Country Club, board member of the | ||||||
17 | Quincy area Chamber of Commerce, steering committee member of | ||||||
18 | the Salvation Army Kroc Center, and past board member of the | ||||||
19 | Workforce Investment Board of Western Illinois; therefore, be | ||||||
20 | it
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21 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
22 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
23 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we congratulate James Mentesti |
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1 | on his service as president to the Great River Economic | ||||||
2 | Development Foundation and his retirement after 27 years with | ||||||
3 | the foundation; and be it further
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4 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
5 | presented to James Mentesti as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
6 | respect.
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