Bill Text: IL HR0695 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Honors Tadas Kicielinski for his many achievements.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2013-12-03 - Resolution Adopted [HR0695 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HR0695-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives wish to honor Tadas Kicielinski for his many
achievements; and
WHEREAS, Tadas Kicielinski has been an ironworker for more
than 44 years; as a member of Local No. 392, he has supervised
many projects as a Foreman, General Foreman, and Project
Superintendent and has worked as an Apprentice Instructor for 3
years; he started out as an Executive Board Member before his
election to the position of Vice-President of the Local; in
1989, he was appointed to serve as a Business Manager, a
position he was later elected to; and
WHEREAS, Tadas Kicielinski left the position of Business
Manager to become the Executive Director of the Southwestern
Illinois Building and Construction Trades Council, where he
represented all of the trades and worked diligently to make
Project Labor Agreements an accepted practice throughout the
State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, Tadas Kicielinski has been the recipient of dozens
of achievement awards, including the Southern Illinois
University Distinguished Service Award for his efforts in
establishing apprenticeship programs in East St. Louis and his

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service award for serving on the Ironworkers Labor-Management
group IMPACT; and
WHEREAS, In 2001, Tadas Kicielinski was called to
Washington, D.C. by General President Joseph Hunt to serve as
the Executive Assistant to the General President and editor of
"The Ironworker" magazine; in 2007, General President Hunt
appointed him to serve as a General Vice President of the
International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental,
and Reinforcing Iron Workers and assigned him to the St. Louis
area, where he was elected to serve as President of the Iron
Workers District Council of St. Louis and Vicinity, whose
jurisdiction covers 11 locals in 7 states in the Midwest; and
WHEREAS, Over the years, Tadas Kicielinski has served on
numerous boards and commissions in Washington D.C., Missouri,
and Illinois, including the Metropolitan St. Louis Regional
Commerce and Growth Association, the Leadership Council of
Southwestern Illinois, the Illinois River Bend Growth
Association, the St. Clair County Workforce Development Board,
and many others; he currently serves as a Commissioner for
METRO and is a member of the Transportation for Illinois
Coalition and the Illinois AFL-CIO Executive Board; and
WHEREAS, Tadas Kicielinski and his wife of 47 years, Cindy,
live in Collinsville; the couple plans on spending many

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enjoyable winter months at their residence in Naples, Florida;
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we honor Tadas Kicielinski for his many achievements and wish
him continued success and happiness in the future; and be it
further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to Tadas Kicielinski as a symbol of our esteem and
respect.