Logan County Clerk and Recorder
Sally Turner, Sheriff Steve Nichols, and board member Gloria Luster
recognized for service
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[November 26, 2018]
LINCOLN
At the Logan County Board Regular session held on Tuesday, November
20th, Logan County Clerk and Recorder Sally Turner, Sheriff Steve
Nichols, and board member Gloria Luster were honored for their
service. The elected position terms end November 30.
Logan County Clerk and Recorder Sally Turner honored for her
years of service
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Sally Turner has served as Logan County Clerk and Recorder since
December 1994.
Board member David Hepler said before being elected to this office,
Turner “had already distinguished herself in other offices.”
Hepler said in 24 years of service as the County Clerk and Recorder,
Turner “transformed the office into a model of efficiency.” In the
many elections Turner, her staff, and election judges oversaw she
“earned the full trust of the electorate regardless of the outcome.”
Hepler said though Turner “might hold strong convictions on public
issues, she never uttered a disagreeable word to anyone with whom
she served.”
Hepler said in Turner’s many years of public service, she parented
two children who are now successful adults.
Hepler said, “Be it therefore resolved that the Logan County Board
thanks Sally Turner for her many years of service to our community
and wishes her the very best in the next chapter of her life.”
Board Chairman Chuck Ruben said through the years, Turner’s office
was the one he turned to when he had a question, needed an answer,
or wondered what to do.” Ruben said Turner did not always know the
answer, but always found it out. Ruben said he appreciated all her
help.
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Turner said she had “a bittersweet feeling” about her time as clerk
ending. She said, “I have enjoyed working with all of you. You are
good people, and all do a good job and try to do the best for Logan
County every day.”
She said Theresa Moore, who will be the new county clerk, is a
“great person” for the job and is a “smart person” who will do a
“fantastic job” and will try to answer any questions the board has.
Logan County Sheriff Steve Nichols honored for many years of
service
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Hepler said in 2002, Logan County Sheriff Steve Nichols left a “very
successful career with the state regulatory agency to become the
Sheriff of Logan County.”
Entering the position, Hepler said that Nichols found a “department
staffed with great people otherwise lacking in the technologies of
modern law enforcement.”
He added that Nichols has had “a diverse jail population to
oversee.”
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Nichols had a sometimes “strained relationship” with other law
enforcement partners,” a problem that “could be solved with enough
money the county did not have.”
Hepler said Nichols was “not given to discouragement or excuses,
rather he surrounded himself with excellent deputies and
systematically addressed these issues.”
Hepler said as Nichols “transitions into a well-deserved retirement,
he leaves a safer courthouse, better equipped and trained deputies,
a financially sound department, trust within the local legal and law
enforcement community, and a jail that is slated for
contemporization.”
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He said, “Be it therefore resolved that the Logan County Board
thanks Steve Nichols for his many years of service to our community
and commends him on being a great family man and wishes him a long
and enjoyable retirement.”
Nichols thanked his family and said, “it has been my pleasure.”
Nichols said, “things started off on a downward trend,” but have
come back around.
Nichols said other than some cases, “I would not have changed
working with everyone here” and said “the board has been very
gracious to me. They have always listened to me” and “have always
had the ability to disagree, but be able to talk once we left the
hall.” He thanked everyone that has served.
Board member Gloria Luster honored for her service on the board
and several committees
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Gloria Luster had served on the board since May 2017. She was
appointed to fill Adam Schmidt’s seat on the board after he stepped
down in April 2017.
Hepler said during her time on the board, Luster “distinguished
herself in several committee assignments” with duties including
“transitioning the county to a new public transportation provider,
enlisting the services of a new insurance consultant, and especially
crafting zoning parameters for both zoning and wind.”
Hepler said Luster’s “years of full-time service with the Illinois
Department of Revenue became invaluable when the need arose to
appoint a new Supervisor of Assessments.”
Luster “consistently exhibited compassion and empathy for the county
employees championing efforts to secure fair wages, benefits, and
much needed time off when possible,” he said.
He said she “demonstrated that rare quality of being able to
disagree with fellow board members without ever experiencing a
disagreeable moment.”
He concluded, "Be it therefore resolved that the Logan County Board
thanks and commends Gloria Luster for her service to the board and
community and the example she set for those members remaining.”
Luster thanked the community and fellow board members and said, “I
enjoyed every minute of it.”
The board unanimously approved the resolutions honoring Turner,
Nichols, and Luster.
Ruben and Hepler presented Turner, Nichols, and Luster with plaques
in honor of their years of service.
[Angela Reiners] |