https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=8059248&GUID=2BACD5FE-699A-4346-AE09-B4BB103258C9Legistar15https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=8059248&GUID=2BACD5FE-699A-4346-AE09-B4BB103258C92BACD5FE-699A-4346-AE09-B4BB103258C9-2026-06-09-15-44-41Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE AN ORDINANCE providing for the issuance of General Obligation Refunding Bonds of The County of Cook, Illinois. WHEREAS, Section 6(a) of Article VII of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois provides that “[a] County which has a chief executive officer elected by the electors of the county ... (is) a home rule unit” and The County of Cook, Illinois (the “County”), has a Chief Executive Officer elected by the electors of the County and is therefore a home rule unit and may, under the power granted by said Section 6(a) of Article VII of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois, “exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs, including, but not limited to, the power … to tax; and to incur debt”, and as provided by the Local Government Debt Reform Act of the State of Illinois, as amended (the “Debt Reform Act”), and the other Omnibus Bond Acts, as amended; and WHEREAS, the County has the power to incur debt payable from ad valorem property tax receipts or from any other lawful source and maturing within 40 yeTue, 09 Jun 2026 15:44:41 GMT