File #: 15-0774    Version: 1 Name: PAULA MATELA ON HER RETIREMENT
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 12/16/2014 In control: Secretary to the Board
On agenda: 12/17/2014 Final action: 12/17/2014
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION CONGRATULATIONS TO PAULA MATELA ON HER RETIREMENT WHEREAS, on December 31, 2014, Paula Matela will retire after 27 years of service with Cook County; and WHEREAS, Paula spent the last 20 years in the Office of the Secretary to the Cook County Board of Commissioners and was promoted to Deputy Secretary in 2011; and WHEREAS, Paula, the daughter of the late Armando and Carmina Popolla, was born Paola Popolla on June 6, 1963 in Amaseno, Italy, and is the youngest of five children; and WHEREAS, Paula has a brother, Franco, and sister, Lucia, who still live in Italy and two brothers, Robert and Enzo, who live in Chicago Heights; and WHEREAS, in 1972, Armando Popolla and Paula's brother, Robert, came to the United States and settled in Chicago Heights, Illinois; and WHEREAS, Paula came to the United States on August 23, 1973 with her mother, Carmina, and brother, Enzo, to join her father and brother in Chicago Heights and Paula eventually changed her...
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

CONGRATULATIONS TO PAULA MATELA ON HER RETIREMENT

WHEREAS, on December 31, 2014, Paula Matela will retire after 27 years of service with Cook County; and

WHEREAS, Paula spent the last 20 years in the Office of the Secretary to the Cook County Board of Commissioners and was promoted to Deputy Secretary in 2011; and

WHEREAS, Paula, the daughter of the late Armando and Carmina Popolla, was born Paola Popolla on June 6, 1963 in Amaseno, Italy, and is the youngest of five children; and

WHEREAS, Paula has a brother, Franco, and sister, Lucia, who still live in Italy and two brothers, Robert and Enzo, who live in Chicago Heights; and

WHEREAS, in 1972, Armando Popolla and Paula's brother, Robert, came to the United States and settled in Chicago Heights, Illinois; and

WHEREAS, Paula came to the United States on August 23, 1973 with her mother, Carmina, and brother, Enzo, to join her father and brother in Chicago Heights and Paula eventually changed her name from Paola to Paula; and

WHEREAS, at 10 years old, Paula's new life in the United States was difficult due to her not knowing any English; and

WHEREAS, Paula attended Garfield Elementary school, in Chicago Heights, where she had a difficult time because of the language barrier, as she once told her mother that if there was an airplane in front of their house, she would get on it and fly back to Italy; and

WHEREAS, Paula eventually learned English and developed her personality that earned her the nickname "52 pounds of rompin' stompin'" from her 4th grade teacher; and

WHEREAS, Paula continued her education at Bloom High School, graduating in 1981, and earning her Associates Degree in Secretarial Studies at Prairie State College in May of 1984; and

WHEREAS, on September 9, 1989, Paula married Nicholas Matela; and

WHEREAS, Paula and Nick have been married for 25 years and are the are the proud parents of Michael and Matthew Matela; and

WHEREAS, Paula be...

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