RESOLUTION FOR BOARD MEETING OF JUNE 17, 2010
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RESOLUTION extending congratulations to Dennis J. Gannon on his service to the Chicago Federation of Labor AFL-CIO
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WHEREAS, Dennis J. Gannon currently serves as President of the Chicago Federation of Labor, (“CFL”) AFL-CIO, and
WHEREAS, Dennis has held the position of President since May of 2002; and
WHEREAS, prior to his election as CFL President, and re-election in 2006, Dennis served as CFL Secretary-Treasurer for six years and for one year as Assistant to CFL President; and
WHEREAS, Dennis J. Gannon is a member of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150, where he served as Business Agent from 1991 until joining the CFL in 1995; and
WHEREAS, before working for Local 150, Dennis worked for 17 years at the City of Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation as a hoisting engineer, foreman and general foreman; and
WHEREAS, Dennis J. Gannon has served on a number of boards and commissions for labor, government and community organizations throughout his career in organized labor; and
WHEREAS, from 1992 until 2004 Dennis served on the Illinois Capital Development Board and previously served on the Illinois Human Resource Investment Council; and
WHEREAS, Dennis currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Amalgamated Bank of Chicago, Blue Cross Blue Shield/HCSC, Citizen Action/Illinois, the Chicago Convention & Tourism Bureau, Chicago Jobs with Justice and United Way of Metropolitan Chicago; and
WHEREAS, Dennis J. Gannon is a member of the Board of Governors of the Metropolitan Planning Council, the Chicago Public Schools Blue Ribbon Advisory Committee, the Chicago Workforce Board, the Illinois Department of Labor Advisory Board, the St. Joseph College Seminary’s Rerum Novarum Committee, the University of Illinois at Chicago Labor Advisory Board, and the Welfare Reform Task Force; and
WHEREAS, Dennis is the President of the Michael Bruton Workplace Safety Foundation; and
WHEREAS, Dennis J. Gannon is a graduate of St. Laurence High School and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Indiana State University;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, on behalf of ourselves and
our staff, do hereby congratulate Dennis J. Gannon on his service to the Chicago Federation of Labor AFL-CIO and express our gratitude and appreciation for his work on behalf of the community and organized labor; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution be spread upon the permanent Record of Proceedings of the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, and that a copy of same, suitably engrossed, be presented to Dennis J. Gannon.
Dated: June 17, 2010
Approved: TERRENCE J. O’BRIEN, President; KATHLEEN THERESE MEANY, Vice-President; GLORIA ALITTO MAJEWSKI, Chairman, Committee on Finance; FRANK AVILA; PATRICIA HORTON; BARBARA J. MCGOWAN; CYNTHIA M. SANTOS; DEBRA SHORE; MARIYANA T. SPYROPOULOS, Commissioners of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Approved as to Form and Legality: Frederick M. Feldman, General Counsel