Bill Text: IL HR0152 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Commends Alderperson Roderick T. Sawyer for his work on the Chicago City Council. Thanks him for his years of dedicated service to the people of the 6th Ward and the City of Chicago.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-23 - Resolution Adopted [HR0152 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0152-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to commend Alderperson Roderick T. Sawyer | ||||||
4 | on his service to the 6th Ward as a member of the Chicago City | ||||||
5 | Council; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Ald. Sawyer was born and raised in Chicago's 6th | ||||||
7 | Ward, joined the 6th Ward Young Democrats as a child, and has | ||||||
8 | called the 6th Ward home his entire life; he is the youngest of | ||||||
9 | three children born to Celeste C. Taylor and the late | ||||||
10 | Honorable Eugene Sawyer, former Mayor of Chicago and 6th Ward | ||||||
11 | Alderperson; he attended the Howalton Day School before | ||||||
12 | graduating from St. Ignatius College Prep in 1981, earning his | ||||||
13 | Bachelor of Science in Finance from DePaul University four | ||||||
14 | years later; he received his Juris Doctor from IIT-Chicago | ||||||
15 | Kent College of Law in 1990 and was admitted to the Illinois | ||||||
16 | State Bar that same year; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Ald. Sawyer has practiced at the Law Office of | ||||||
18 | Roderick T. Sawyer since 1993, becoming an expert on licensing | ||||||
19 | issues and specializing in election, real estate, and | ||||||
20 | administrative law; his legal experience includes serving as | ||||||
21 | an Administrative Law Judge for the Illinois Commerce | ||||||
22 | Commission, a Special Assistant Attorney General for the | ||||||
23 | Illinois Department of Transportation, a prosecutor for the |
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1 | Illinois Secretary of State, and as Counsel to Odelson & | ||||||
2 | Sterk, Ltd.; he also volunteers as General Counsel for the eta | ||||||
3 | Creative Arts Foundation; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Ald. Sawyer was sworn in as Alderperson of the | ||||||
5 | 6th Ward in May 2011, representing the Chatham, Chesterfield, | ||||||
6 | Englewood, Greater Grand Crossing, Park Manor, and | ||||||
7 | Auburn-Gresham neighborhoods; he was reelected in 2015 and | ||||||
8 | 2019; he additionally became the Democratic Committeeman of | ||||||
9 | the 6th Ward in March 2012, and he was reelected to this | ||||||
10 | position in 2016 and 2020; he co-founded the Chicago City | ||||||
11 | Council's Progressive Reform Caucus in 2013, and he presided | ||||||
12 | as chairman of the Chicago City Council's Black Caucus from | ||||||
13 | 2015 to 2019; and
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14 | WHEREAS, During his tenure, Ald. Sawyer has walked picket | ||||||
15 | lines in support of those seeking a living wage, participated | ||||||
16 | in countless town halls and forums, and offered free space to | ||||||
17 | community organizations; in 2018, he banded together with Ald. | ||||||
18 | Harry Osterman and the Grassroots Alliance for Police | ||||||
19 | Accountability (GAPA) to introduce a proposal for a | ||||||
20 | controversial multilevel plan for civilian oversight of the | ||||||
21 | Chicago Police Department, leading to the eventual passage of | ||||||
22 | Ordinance SO2019-4132 in 2021, which created Chicago's | ||||||
23 | first-ever civilian-led commission empowered to set police | ||||||
24 | department policy; following the police murder of George Floyd |
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1 | in 2020, he led the charge on an ordinance to create a | ||||||
2 | city-backed commission to study possible reparations for Black | ||||||
3 | Chicagoans; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Ald. Sawyer has served as chairman of the Chicago | ||||||
5 | City Council's Committee on Health and Human Relations and | ||||||
6 | several joint committees; he has also served as a member of the | ||||||
7 | Committee on Budget and Government Operations, the Committee | ||||||
8 | on Committees and Rules, the Committee on Contracting | ||||||
9 | Oversight and Equity, the Committee on Economic, Capital and | ||||||
10 | Technology Development, the Committee on Finance, the | ||||||
11 | Committee on License and Consumer Protection, the Committee on | ||||||
12 | License and Consumer Protection, the Committee on Public | ||||||
13 | Safety, and several joint committees; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Ald. Sawyer remains an active participant in all | ||||||
15 | of the 6th Ward's community organizations, including the | ||||||
16 | Resident Association of Greater Englewood (R.A.G.E.), the Park | ||||||
17 | Manor Neighbors Community Council, the Chatham Avalon Park | ||||||
18 | Community Council, the Greater Chatham Alliance, the | ||||||
19 | Chesterfield Community Council, the West Chesterfield | ||||||
20 | Community Council, the Roseland Heights Community Council, and | ||||||
21 | the 7200 Prairie Block Club, where he serves as president; and
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22 | WHEREAS, Ald. Sawyer has served on the boards of the South | ||||||
23 | Shore Drill Team, the eta Creative Arts Foundation, the |
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1 | Meyering Park Advisory Council, and St. Mark A.M.E. Zion | ||||||
2 | Church; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Ald. Sawyer and his wife, Cheryll, have two | ||||||
4 | children, Sydni Celeste and Roderick T. Jr.; therefore, be it
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5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
6 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
7 | we commend Alderperson Roderick T. Sawyer for his work on the | ||||||
8 | Chicago City Council, and we thank him for his years of | ||||||
9 | dedicated service to the people of the 6th Ward and the City of | ||||||
10 | Chicago; and be it further
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11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
12 | presented to Ald. Sawyer as a symbol of our esteem and respect.
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