Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

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3	3	1 SENATE RESOLUTION
4	4	2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
5	5	3 congratulate Kevin Wallace on the occasion of his retirement
6	6	4 as Village President of the Village of Bartlett; and
7	7	5 WHEREAS, President Wallace has held his position across
8	8	6 three straight terms since 2013, allowing the Village of
9	9	7 Bartlett to reap the rewards of his dedicated service for the
10	10	8 past 12 years; his distinguished leadership and thoughtful
11	11	9 guidance have helped to successfully shape the village during
12	12	10 more than a decade of growth and change in all its sectors,
13	13	11 including public, residential, industrial, and commercial; and
14	14	12 WHEREAS, During President Wallace's tenure, the Village of
15	15	13 Bartlett completed a new state-of-the-art police station for
16	16	14 its Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies
17	17	15 (CALEA) certified police department, joined the DuPage Water
18	18	16 Commission to turn the valves on a much-anticipated transition
19	19	17 to Lake Michigan water, and put the finishing touches on a
20	20	18 multi-year, $35 million, American Public Works Association
21	21	19 (APWA) award-winning water reclamation facility improvements
22	22	20 project; and
23	23	21 WHEREAS, President Wallace, amidst the challenges of the
24	24	22 COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath, thoughtfully worked with
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33	33	1 the Village Board of Trustees and staff to balance the needs
34	34	2 and wants of a modern community while maintaining a balanced
35	35	3 budget, level taxes, a strong bond rating, and high levels of
36	36	4 service to keep the village safe and its infrastructure sound,
37	37	5 and most importantly, he helped preserve and celebrate
38	38	6 Bartlett's rich heritage and much treasured small town
39	39	7 atmosphere; and
40	40	8 WHEREAS, In 2023, President Wallace saw a reawakened vigor
41	41	9 in the Village of Bartlett's residential development sector
42	42	10 when the village welcomed The Grasslands, a new community of
43	43	11 traditional, single-family homes, three-story townhomes, and
44	44	12 ranch-style, single-family homes and duplexes, to its West
45	45	13 Bartlett Road and IL Route 59 site; and
46	46	14 WHEREAS, When President Wallace initially took the helm,
47	47	15 the Village of Bartlett did not have a multi-make car
48	48	16 dealership, a second grocery store, or a brewery; due in part
49	49	17 to his efforts, the village has welcomed in the last couple of
50	50	18 years the Bob Loquercio Auto Group on Lake Street, a brand-new
51	51	19 ALDI grocery store to the renovated, revitalized, and renamed
52	52	20 Streets of Bartlett shopping center, MORE Brewing to the
53	53	21 downtown area, and a bevy of new restaurants, enabling
54	54	22 Bartlett's first-ever Restaurant Week this past February; and
55	55	23 WHEREAS, Over the course of his leadership, President
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66	66	1 Wallace has become renowned for his mastery of Tax Increment
67	67	2 Financing (TIF) funding; during his time on the Village Board
68	68	3 of Trustees, the village successfully completed the Brewster
69	69	4 Creek Business Park, developed from a depleted gravel quarry
70	70	5 to notably one of the more successful TIF districts in the
71	71	6 State, which serves as a home for nearly 80 businesses, 7,000
72	72	7 employees, and a multitude of customers and vendors; he was
73	73	8 also influential in the Bluff City/Blue Heron area being
74	74	9 developed through TIF financing, and just last year, the
75	75	10 Village Board approved a new Lake Street TIF district; and
76	76	11 WHEREAS, President Wallace's hard work will continue to
77	77	12 benefit the residents of the Village of Bartlett for years to
78	78	13 come, and his many contributions will leave a lasting mark
79	79	14 upon Bartlett; therefore, be it
80	80	15 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL
81	81	16 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Kevin
82	82	17 Wallace on his retirement as Village President of the Village
83	83	18 of Bartlett, thank him for his dedication and service to his
84	84	19 community, and wish him all the best in his future endeavors;
85	85	20 and be it further
86	86	21 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
87	87	22 presented to President Wallace as a symbol of our esteem and
88	88	23 respect.
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