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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are pleased to honor Addison Mayor Larry 
4Hartwig as he retires from public office; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Mayor Larry Hartwig has served as mayor of Addison 
6since April 17, 1995, and will officially step-down on May 2, 
72013; he has served in public office for Addison for 26 years, 
8serving as village trustee from 1987 until being appointed 
9interim mayor in 1995; he was later reelected in 1997, 2001, 
102005, and 2009; he and his wife, Sandy, have been residents of 
11Addison since 1972; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Mayor Larry Hartwig was a member of the DuPage 
13Water Commission from 2002 to 2010, for which  he chaired the 
14commission's Administrative Committee from 2004 to 2008; he 
15also served as president of the DuPage Mayors and Managers 
16Conference from 2004 to 2006, at which he chaired the 
17conference's Legislative Committee; he also represented DuPage 
18County on the executive board of the Metropolitan Mayors 
19Caucus; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, Mayor Larry Hartwig has worked on many development 
21initiatives in Addison including the opening of the Elmhurst 
22Memorial Addison Health Center in 2012, the redeveloped retail 
 
 
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1sites on Addison's west side, and the completion of the 
2Friendship Plaza campus as a home to the Village of Addison, 
3the Addison Police Department, the Addison Public Library, and 
4the offices of DuPage High School District 88; and
  
 
  
5    WHEREAS, Mayor Larry Hartwig will be honored at a 
6retirement dinner on April 21, 2013, at Medinah Shriners 
7Banquets in Addison; therefore, be it
  
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
9NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
10we congratulate Mayor Larry Hartwig on his retirement from 
11public office, thank him for his dedication to the community of 
12Addison, and wish him well in all his future endeavours; and be 
13it further
  
 
14    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
15presented to Mayor Larry Hartwig as an expression of our esteem 
16and respect.