CONGRATULATIONS EXTENDED TO GLORIA MAJEWSKI ON RETIREMENT FROM THE METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT
WHEREAS, Gloria Majewski will retire on November 30, 2010, following 26 years of dedicated service to the Chicago Metropolitan Water Reclamation District; arid
WHEREAS, The Honorable Thomas R. Allen, Alderman of the 38lh Ward, has informed this august body of this momentous occasion; and
WHEREAS, Family, friends and colleagues will gather at Carmichaels on November 18th for a celebration party to pay tribute to Gloria Majewski's outstanding career; and
WHEREAS, After the death of her husband Chester, Gloria Majewski aided by the encouragement of her late mother Rose Durante Alitto, began her political career and with the help of her two young daughters, Joy and Kimberly, Gloria was off and running a countywide campaign to become a Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner; and
WHEREAS, Gloria Majewski was the first woman to be elected by fellow commissioners to be Chairman of Finance of the Water Reclamation District in its 100-year history and during her tenure was successful in securing and maintaining an AAA Bond rating, one of the few in the State of Illinois and also pioneered a 5% or less tax cap on Metropolitan Water Reclamation District's tax levy four years before it became law; and
WHEREAS, One of Gloria's proudest moments as Commissioner was finding a way to save the district over three- million a year in operational costs through the purchase of an efficient water ejecting machine and also with her recommendations and monitoring investments, has brought the market value of the District's pension fund from three-hundred million in 1986 to over one-billion in 2003; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, That the Mayor and members of the Chicago City Council, gathered here this third day of November, 2010, A.D. do hereby express our gratitude and our heartiest congratulations to Gloria Majewski as she retires from an outstanding career and w...
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