Office of the City Clerk - Record #: R2015-354

• Record #: R2015-354
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• Intro date: 5/6/2015
• Final action: 5/6/2015
• Title: Congratulations extended to Alderman Regner "Ray" Suarez for dedicated service to residents of 31st Ward
• Sponsors: Emanuel, Rahm

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
5/6/2015		City Council	Introduced (Agreed Calendar)
5/6/2015	109279	City Council	Adopted	Pass

OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
May 6, 2015










TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO


Ladies and Gentlemen:

I transmit herewith a congratulatory resolution regarding our departing colleague Alderman Ray Suarez.

Your favorable consideration of this resolution will be appreciated.
Mayor

Very truly yours,

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adopt** by ffye Gity Gouncil of Gity of Ghicago, Illinois


^presented by MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL >; on

vvwlBteClS' ^e Members of this Chamber are proud to congratulate our friend and colieagueTAIderman Regner "Ray" Sudrez, oh his twenty-four years of dedicated and outstanding service to the people of the 31 st Ward and the City of Chicago; and ...

WHEREAS, Born in Yauco, Puerto Rico, on October 26, 1946, Alderman Suarez courageously enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and proudly served his country during the Vietnam War; and

WHEREAS, Prior to joining the Chicago City Council, Alderman Suarez coordinated the City of Chicago's Comprehensive Employment and Training Act Program for the Department of Streets and Sanitation, where he helped unemployed, underemployed and disadvantaged individuals find jobs. Later, as ah administrative assistant in the Mayor's Office, Alderman Suarez worked to ensure that federal grants to stimulate economic activity in depressed urban areas were fairly distributed throughout the City. He subsequently served qs an Assistant Commissioner in the Department of Streets and Sanitation; and

WHEREAS, In 1989, Governor James R. Thompson appointed Alderman Suarez to the Illinois Job Training Coordinating Council, where he advised the Governor oh how best to spend State monies budgeted for employment and job training programs in Illinois; and

WHEREAS, First elected to the Chicago City Council in 1991, Alderman Sudrez strongly believed that the true measure of economic development is job retention and job creation, and he relentlessly marshaled public and private resources in sup...