Bill Text: IL HR0735 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Jill Rodriguez on the occasion of her retirement as Director of the Bensenville Public Library.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-09-02 - Resolution Adopted [HR0735 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0735-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 Jill Rodriguez on the | ||||||
| 4 | occasion of her retirement as Director of the Bensenville | ||||||
| 5 | Public Library; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Jill Rodriguez began working at the Bensenville | ||||||
| 7 | Public Library in 1977 as a Public Services Librarian; she | ||||||
| 8 | transitioned to the position of Assistant Director in 1980, | ||||||
| 9 | Acting Director in 1981, and Director later in 1981; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Jill Rodriguez oversaw the Library's move to its | ||||||
| 11 | current location in 1978; she also supervised the Library's | ||||||
| 12 | early adoption of an electronic catalog, a community-wide | ||||||
| 13 | internet initiative, and free technology training; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Jill Rodriguez mentored countless employees, many | ||||||
| 15 | who have gone on to successful directorships at libraries all | ||||||
| 16 | over the United States; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Jill Rodriguez forged unique and valuable | ||||||
| 18 | partnerships throughout her community, including the 1999 | ||||||
| 19 | Lifelong Learning Center addition, which was a partnership | ||||||
| 20 | between the Library and Bensenville School District 2; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Jill Rodriguez has been an active participant in | ||||||
| 2 | the Bensenville Rotary Club, the Bensenville Community | ||||||
| 3 | Foundation, the Bensenville Youth Coalition, and the | ||||||
| 4 | Bensenville Intergovernmental Group; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Jill Rodriguez has always been environmentally | ||||||
| 6 | conscious and a leader of promoting green energy, as evident by | ||||||
| 7 | her fostering of the Library's Garden of Knowledge, which is | ||||||
| 8 | beautifully stocked with plants native to Illinois; she was | ||||||
| 9 | also instrumental in the Library's overhaul to all LED | ||||||
| 10 | lighting, and most recently, the Library's installation of | ||||||
| 11 | free-to-use electric vehicle charging stations; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Jill Rodriguez and her colleague, Bill Erbes, | ||||||
| 13 | directed the Libraries Remember event, a yearly community-wide | ||||||
| 14 | remembrance of the tragic events of September 11, 2001; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Jill Rodriguez worked tirelessly to find funding | ||||||
| 16 | for the Library's new early childhood room addition in 2015, | ||||||
| 17 | including the writing of a successfully funded $125,000 grant | ||||||
| 18 | through the Illinois State Library; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Jill Rodriguez is a native of New Jersey; she made | ||||||
| 20 | Bensenville a second home for herself and her 3 children, who | ||||||
| 21 | are all proud Fenton High School graduates; she quickly became | ||||||
| 22 | one of the community's most recognizable residents; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Jill Rodriguez will be retiring from the | ||||||
| 2 | Bensenville Public Library on October 1, 2015 after many years | ||||||
| 3 | of service to not only the patrons of the library, but all the | ||||||
| 4 | residents of the Village of Bensenville; therefore, be it
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| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 6 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 7 | congratulate Jill Rodriguez on the occasion of her retirement | ||||||
| 8 | and wish her continued success and happiness in the future; and | ||||||
| 9 | be it further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 11 | presented to Jill Rodriguez as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
| 12 | respect.
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