Board of Commissioners of Cook County - Meeting of Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee on 4/17/2024 at 11:00 AM

24-2627

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:13:40 GMT

File #: 24-2627
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Committee Minutes
Title: COMMITTEE MINUTES Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 02/28/2024
Action: approve
Result: Pass

24-2628

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:13:40 GMT

File #: 24-2628
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Committee Minutes
Title: COMMITTEE MINUTES Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 03/12/2024
Action: approve
Result: Pass

23-5909

Thu, 09 May 2024 20:23:50 GMT

File #: 23-5909
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Appointment
Title: PROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): Dr. Justin Harbison Position: Trustee Department/Board/Commission: Northwest Mosquito Abatement District Effective date: Immediate Expiration date: 4 years from date of approval
Action: recommend for approval
Result: Pass

24-1177

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:13:40 GMT

File #: 24-1177
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Appointment
Title: PROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): Dr. Simone Griffin Position: Member Department/Board/Commission: Commission on Human Rights Effective date: 2/29/2024 Expiration date: 2/28/2027
Action: recommend for approval
Result: Pass

24-1697

Thu, 30 May 2024 16:43:51 GMT

File #: 24-1697
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Resolution
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ONE FAIR WAGE FOR WORKERS IN COOK COUNTY AND ACROSS ILLINOIS WHEREAS, the subminimum wage impacts a Cook County workforce of almost 78,000 tipped workers, 60 percent of whom are women and 46 percent are people of color; and WHEREAS, under the Cook County Minimum Wage Ordinance, the minimum hourly wage for adults over the age of 18 was raised to $14 for non-tipped workers per hour and $8.40 for tipped workers per hour on the 1st of January 2024; and WHEREAS, the “two-tiered” subminimum wage system exposes tipped workers to disproportional levels of poverty, financial uncertainty, exploitation of workers under the age of 18, sexual harassment; and WHEREAS, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, an estimated 2 million people are working as restaurant servers in the United States, and roughly 70 percent of them are women; and WHEREAS, almost 13 percent of tipped workers are in poverty, compared with approximately 6 percent of non-tipped employees, according to a 2014 joint report by the Economic Policy Institute and the
Action: defer
Result: Pass

24-1937

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:13:40 GMT

File #: 24-1937
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Ordinance Amendment
Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT MANAGER OF ARCHIVES BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2 ADMINISTRATION, Article 5 DEPARTMENTS AND SIMILAR AGENCIES, Division 4 RECORDS COMPLIANCE, Sec. 2-444 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows: Sec. 2-444. Role of the manager of archives. The Manager of Archives shall: (a) Administer, supervise and monitor requirements with respect to the collection and preservation of Archival Materials under this Division, including, but not limited to, inter-agency transfers of Archival Material, donations of Archival Material from external sources and post-custodial care of the Archive Materials. (b) Establish guidelines and policies to support the governance of the CARO archival holdings and access through the CARO office. (c) Work cooperatively with the Records Management Administrator as to establish documentation and methods to categorize and retrieve Archive materials as necessary. (d) Promulgate CARO rules and procedures which govern this section as needed. (e) Serve as
Action: recommend for approval
Result: Pass

24-2057

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:13:40 GMT

File #: 24-2057
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Ordinance Amendment
Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AMENDMENT TO ETHICS ORDINANCE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2 Administration, Article VII Ethics, Division 2 Code of Ethical Conduct, Section 2-586 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows: Sec. 2-586. Newsletters, brochures, public service announcements, and promotional materials.] (a) Election Period Prohibitions (1) Except as provided by subsection (b), Sixty days prior to a general, primary, or special election and ending the day after such election in which an elected official is a candidate, County funds and or resources may not be used by any elected County official to print, mail, transmit, or pay for the printing, mailing, or transmission of any newsletters or brochures bearing the proper name of the elected County official during the period of time design, print, and/or distribute:: a. Print newsletters or brochures bearing the proper name or image of the elected County official who is a candidate in an election; or b. Public service announcements or advertisements th
Action: recommend for approval
Result: Pass

24-2097

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:13:40 GMT

File #: 24-2097
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Appointment
Title: PROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): Phoebe Snowe Position: Cook County Women’s Commissioner Department/Board/Commission: Cook County Commission on Women’s Issues Effective date: 4/17/24 Expiration date: 4/17/26
Action: recommend for approval
Result: Pass