RESOLUTION
WHEREAS- Honorable James Sexton retired as Mayor in April 2021 after 40 years of dedicated and distinguished pubhVseryice to The Village of Evergreen Park; and
WHEREAS, the Chicago Ci ty Council has been informed of his retirement from The Village of Evergreen Park by Alderman Edward M. Burke; and
WHEREAS, James is-married to his wife Karen, has a son, Jim, two daughters, Kelly and Josie, has five grandchildren, Nolan, Daniel, Colin, Madison and Olivia; and
WHEREAS, James earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Loyola University; and
WHEREAS, James was elected as Mayor to The Village of Evergreen Park in April 2001; and
WHEREAS, Prior to becoming Mayor, James started out with the Youth commission, Police and Fire commission, and was elected as Village Trustee from 1987 - 1995, then elected as Village Clerk from 1995 to 2001; and
WHEREAS, His accomplishments included upgrading the streetscape along Evergreen Park's main thoroughfare of 95th Street in 2002; and
WHEREAS, James brought in new development on Kedzie Ave. at 87th and 95th Streets; and
WHEREAS, He redeveloped Yukich Field into several sports fields, with a walking path and an ice skating rink; and
WHEREAS, \n 2017, James was the recipient of The Citizen of the Year Award by the Evergreen Park Chamber of Commerce for making The Village of Evergreen Park economically stronger; now, therefore
BE FT RESOLVED, that we, the Mayor and the members ofthe Chicago City Council assembled this* Fourteenth day of September, 2021, do hereby congratulate the Honorable James Sexton for his forty years of public service and leadership to The Village of Evergreen Park, and wish him the very, best as he begins the next phase of his life; and
BEIT FURTHERRESOLVED, mat a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the Honorable James Sexton.
