File #: 23-2473    Version: 1 Name: SAM L. LISSNER RETIREMENT, ELK GROVE VILLAGE TRUSTEE
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 4/17/2023 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 4/27/2023 Final action: 4/27/2023
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION SAM L. LISSNER RETIREMENT, ELK GROVE VILLAGE TRUSTEE WHEREAS,?Sam L. Lissner has been an Elk Grove Village Trustee for 28 years; and WHEREAS,?Sam entered in public service as a Trustee on the William Rainey Harper College Board in 1986; and WHEREAS, he additionally served on the Community Consolidated School District 59 Board of Education from 1987 until 1995, being elected Board President in 1992; and WHEREAS, he was elected as Village Trustee in 1995 and went on to serve seven consecutive terms; and WHEREAS,?Sam served on nearly every possible Board committee during his tenure as Trustee, including serving as Chair of the Judiciary, Planning & Zoning Committee, and Co-Chair of the Industrial Commercial Revitalization Committee; and WHEREAS, he currently serves as Deputy Mayor, Chair of the Cable Television Committee, and member of the Capital Improvements and Information Committees; and WHEREAS, as chair of the Information Committee, Sam led initiat...
Sponsors: KEVIN B. MORRISON

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

 

SAM L. LISSNER RETIREMENT, ELK GROVE VILLAGE TRUSTEE

 

WHEREAS, Sam L. Lissner has been an Elk Grove Village Trustee for 28 years; and

 

WHEREAS, Sam entered in public service as a Trustee on the William Rainey Harper College Board in 1986; and

 

WHEREAS, he additionally served on the Community Consolidated School District 59 Board of Education from 1987 until 1995, being elected Board President in 1992; and 

 

WHEREAS, he was elected as Village Trustee in 1995 and went on to serve seven consecutive terms; and

 

WHEREAS, Sam served on nearly every possible Board committee during his tenure as Trustee, including serving as Chair of the Judiciary, Planning & Zoning Committee, and Co-Chair of the Industrial Commercial Revitalization Committee; and

 

WHEREAS, he currently serves as Deputy Mayor, Chair of the Cable Television Committee, and member of the Capital Improvements and Information Committees; and

 

WHEREAS, as chair of the Information Committee, Sam led initiatives to re-design and modernize the Village website and the monthly Villager newsletter; and

 

WHEREAS, as Co-Chair of the Industrial Commercial Revitalization Committee, now the Business Leaders Forum, Sam acted as an “ambassador” with the Village’s economic development team, striving to become better acquainted with the needs of local manufacturers, distributors, and high-tech companies; and

 

WHEREAS, Sam’s dedication and service to Elk Grove Village had statewide impacts, including his work on the 2006 ban on indoor smoking at public places which inspired the Illinois General Assembly to pass a statewide indoor smoking ban shortly thereafter; and

 

WHEREAS, Village Trustee Lissner served with 2 mayors, 10 village trustees, 3 village managers, attended 550 Village Board meetings, and voted on 1,360 Village Ordinances and 1,659 Village Resolutions; and

 

WHEREAS, Sam will now be retired and able to spend more time with his wife, Dolores; and

 

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Commissioners of Cook County that the Board does hereby offer its congratulations to Sam L. Lissner on his retirement from the position of Elk Grove Village Trustee; and

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this text be spread upon the official proceedings of this Honorable Body, and suitable copies be tendered to Sam Lissner as he enjoys every day of his retirement.

 

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