Journal of the Proceedings of the City Council of the City of Chicago - February 10, 1993
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Source: Journal of the Proceedings of the City Council of the City of Chicago
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JOURNAL-CITY COUNCIL-CHICAGO
REPORTS A N D C O M M U N I C A T I O N S
CITY OFFICERS.
2/10/93
FROM
Rules Suspended-GRATrrVBE EXTENDED TO MISS
AMOURENA TSOKATOS FOR ASSISTANCE
IN APPREHENSION OF BURGLARY
SUSPECT.
Alderman Mell moved to Suspend the Rules Temporarily for the purpose of going out of the regular order of business for the immediate consideration of a proposed resolution. The motion Preuai/ed.
The following is said proposed resolution:
WHEREAS, Amourena Tsokatos is an eleven-year-old citizen of our Citys great 33rd Ward who has already shown a standard of caring citizenship and bravery far above the norm; and WHEREAS, On January 11,1993, Amourena Tsokatos was just returning from school when she witnessed a burglary in progress at the building where she lives. She recognized the offender as a former tenant and with no thought to her personal safety went up and spoke to him. After he returned her greeting, she immediately ran inside, where her parents phoned 911. A
swift response from Chicago Police Officers L. Ryan and L. Gruzas, plus the expert and lucid testimony of this alert eleven-year-old, brought the perpetrator to justice; and WHEREAS, In her intelligent and swift response to crisis, Amourena Tsokatos represents the highest standard of citizenship; now, therefore.
Be It Resolved, That we, the Mayor and members of the City Council of the City of Chicago, gathered here this tenth day of February, 1993, A.D., do hereby offer our gratitude and our congratulations to Amourena Tsokatos, in whom we feel a great deal of pride. We extend to this fine young citizen our best wishes for a happy, prosperous future; and Be It Further Resolved, That a suitable copy of this resolution be prepared and presented to Amourena Tsokatos.
On motion of Alderman Mell, the foregoing proposed resolution was Adopted by yeas and nays as follows:
