Bill Text: IL HR0616 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Illinois State Police Chief Budget Officer Carol Rakers on her retirement after 31 years of service.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-30 - Resolution Adopted [HR0616 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0616-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 congratulate Illinois State Police | ||||||
| 4 | (ISP) Chief Budget Officer Carol Rakers on the occasion of her | ||||||
| 5 | retirement after 31 years of service; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Carol Rakers graduated from Bradley University in | ||||||
| 7 | 1982 with a degree in accounting; she joined the ISP on | ||||||
| 8 | September 4, 1984 as an Accounting and Fiscal Administration | ||||||
| 9 | Career Trainee; she was promoted to Accountant II on August 1, | ||||||
| 10 | 1985, serving through 1994 as a budget analyst; on November 18, | ||||||
| 11 | 1994, she was promoted to Public Service Administrator, serving | ||||||
| 12 | as an Assistant Budget Officer; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Carol Rakers was promoted to Senior Public Service | ||||||
| 14 | Administrator on September 1, 2002, assuming the duties of the | ||||||
| 15 | Chief Budget Officer; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Carol Rakers has served as ISP Chief Budget | ||||||
| 17 | Officer for over 12 years; she was responsible for directing | ||||||
| 18 | and coordinating the day to day operations related to the | ||||||
| 19 | budget; she served as a subject matter expert on budgetary and | ||||||
| 20 | fiscal matters to the Director, upper Command, and Illinois | ||||||
| 21 | General Assembly staff; she also provided testimony at several | ||||||
| 22 | legislative budget hearings; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Carol Rakers plans to enjoy her retirement by | ||||||
| 2 | spending time with her son, Jack; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, With Carol Rakers' retirement, goes a wealth of | ||||||
| 4 | institutional knowledge, history, experience, and continuity; | ||||||
| 5 | her retirement will be a loss to the Illinois State Police and | ||||||
| 6 | the citizens of the State of Illinois; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Carol Rakers' retirement will be official on June | ||||||
| 8 | 30, 2015; therefore, be it
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| 9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 10 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 11 | congratulate Illinois State Police Chief Budget Officer Carol | ||||||
| 12 | Rakers on her retirement after 31 years of service; and be it | ||||||
| 13 | further
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| 14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 15 | presented to Carol Rakers as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 16 | respect.
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