Bill Text: IL HR1445 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Donald Gould, Jr. on the occasion of his retirement as chief of the Prospect Heights Fire Protection District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-11-15 - Resolution Adopted [HR1445 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR1445-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 Donald Gould, Jr. on the | ||||||
4 | occasion of his retirement as chief of the Prospect Heights | ||||||
5 | Fire Protection District; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Donald Gould, Jr. has served the Prospect Heights | ||||||
7 | Fire Protection District since beginning as a volunteer in | ||||||
8 | 1969; he was promoted to assistant chief in 1981, appointed | ||||||
9 | chief in 1988, and became the district's first full-time chief | ||||||
10 | in 2000; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Donald Gould, Jr. is the fourth fire chief in the | ||||||
12 | history of the Prospect Heights Fire Protection District; his | ||||||
13 | predecessors include his late father, Donald Gould, Sr.; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Donald Gould, Jr. has spent his career championing | ||||||
15 | firefighting education by graduating from the School of Fire | ||||||
16 | Protection at Oklahoma State University, becoming one of the | ||||||
17 | first certified chief officers in the State of Illinois, and | ||||||
18 | developing a firefighter certification training program; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Donald Gould, Jr. promoted safety and well-being | ||||||
20 | in the communities served by the district and worked to bring | ||||||
21 | paramedic services to Prospect Heights; and
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1 | WHEREAS, Donald Gould, Jr. secured public trust and | ||||||
2 | authority through a referendum to issue $1.1 million in bonds | ||||||
3 | to expand the fire station and modernize the fleet; and
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4 | WHEREAS, During the 28 years of Donald Gould, Jr.'s | ||||||
5 | leadership, the Prospect Heights Fire Protection District has | ||||||
6 | expanded from 30 paid-on-call firefighters responding to 600 | ||||||
7 | calls a year from a single station to 50-plus part-time and | ||||||
8 | full-time firefighters responding to about 2,000 calls a year | ||||||
9 | from two stations; therefore, be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
11 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
12 | congratulate Donald Gould, Jr. on the occasion of his | ||||||
13 | retirement and wish him continued success and happiness in the | ||||||
14 | future; and be it further
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15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
16 | presented to Donald Gould, Jr. as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
17 | respect.
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