Board of Commissioners of Cook County - Meeting of Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee on 7/24/2019 at 11:00 AM

19-4637

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:30:14 GMT

File #: 19-4637
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Committee Minutes
Title: COMMITTEE MINUTES Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 06/26/2019
Action: approve
Result: Pass

19-4077

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:30:14 GMT

File #: 19-4077
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Appointment
Title: PROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): Monica M. Torres-Linares Position: Member Department/Board/Commission: Cook County Sheriff’s Merit Board Effective date: Immediate Expiration date: Third Monday in March 2021, or until a successor is appointed and qualified. Summary: This appointment is being made pursuant to 55 ILCS 5/3-7002 as amended by the 100th General Assembly and shall be effective immediately. This appointment is the ninth and final appointment to the Board, one of 2 additional members first appointed after the effective date of this Act of the 100th General Assembly, for which the expiration of the appointment “shall be staggered consistently with the terms of the other Board members. Successors … shall be appointed to hold office for a term ending on the third Monday in March 6 years following the preceding term expiration.” The expiration date is established as such to ensure consistent years following the preceding term expiration.” The expiration date is established as such to ensure consistent staggering with the terms of the other Board
Action: recommend for approval
Result: Pass

19-4221

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:30:14 GMT

File #: 19-4221
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Appointment
Title: PROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): William Maniscalco Position: Trustee Department/Board/Commission: Plum Grove Estates Sanitary District Effective date: Immediate Expiration date: 5/9/2022
Action: recommend for approval
Result: Pass

19-4265

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:30:14 GMT

File #: 19-4265
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Resolution
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION COOK COUNTY EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION NIGHT AT THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX GAME WHEREAS, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle would like to acknowledge the efforts of Cook County employees and has directed her staff to identify various opportunities for employee appreciation; and WHEREAS, the Chicago White Sox host appreciation nights for government employees, their friends and family throughout the baseball season by offering specially priced tickets on various government appreciation nights; and WHEREAS, Cook County and the Chicago White Sox have partnered up to offer a Cook County Employee Night on August 27, 2019; and WHEREAS, on Tuesday, August 27, 2019 at 7:10 PM., Cook County employees, their friends and family can purchase specially priced tickets and watch the Chicago White Sox beat the Minnesota Twins at Guaranteed Rate Field at 333 W 35th St Chicago, Illinois 60616; and WHEREAS, Cook County employees will be able to purchase the specially priced tickets through a verified ticket link that will be available on July 7, 2019 and the link
Action: recommend for approval
Result: Pass

19-4259

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:30:14 GMT

File #: 19-4259
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Ordinance Amendment
Title: LEGISLATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT TO FILE #19-4259 PROPOSED RESOLUTION 07/24/2019 AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 38, ARTICLE VI, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES WHEREAS, on June 1st 2019, the Illinois General Assembly passed the Reproductive Health Act, which was signed into law by Governor J.B. Pritzker on June 12th, 2019, and provides that every individual has a fundamental right to make autonomous decisions about one's own reproductive health; and WHEREAS, said Act further provides that every individual who becomes pregnant has a fundamental right to continue the pregnancy and give birth or to have an abortion, and to make autonomous decisions about how to exercise that right; and WHEREAS, the Act repeals provisions related to criminal offenses in cases of abortion in the Criminal Code of 2012, as well as provisions in the Counties Code requiring Coroners investigate fetal deaths due to abortion; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Code of Ordinances currently requires the Medical Examiner to investigate deaths under the
Action: accept as substituted
Result: Pass

19-4259

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:30:29 GMT

File #: 19-4259
Ver.: 2
Agenda #:
Type: Ordinance Amendment
Title: LEGISLATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT TO FILE #19-4259 PROPOSED RESOLUTION 07/24/2019 AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 38, ARTICLE VI, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES WHEREAS, on June 1st 2019, the Illinois General Assembly passed the Reproductive Health Act, which was signed into law by Governor J.B. Pritzker on June 12th, 2019, and provides that every individual has a fundamental right to make autonomous decisions about one's own reproductive health; and WHEREAS, said Act further provides that every individual who becomes pregnant has a fundamental right to continue the pregnancy and give birth or to have an abortion, and to make autonomous decisions about how to exercise that right; and WHEREAS, the Act repeals provisions related to criminal offenses in cases of abortion in the Criminal Code of 2012, as well as provisions in the Counties Code requiring Coroners investigate fetal deaths due to abortion; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Code of Ordinances currently requires the Medical Examiner to investigate deaths under the
Action: recommend for approval as substituted
Result: Pass

19-4163

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:30:14 GMT

File #: 19-4163
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Ordinance Amendment
Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT AMENDMENT TO ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR LICENSE HOURS OF BUSINESS Sec. 6-34. - Hours of business. (a) Generally. A person licensed by the County as a retailer of alcoholic liquor may not sell, permit to be sold, or give away any alcoholic liquor between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on weekdays and between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. on Saturdays and between the hours of 2:00 a.m. and noon on Sundays except as provided in subsections (b) through (e) of this Section. (b) Beer garden licenses. Unless a special late license or an additional special late license is issued, no person licensed to operate a beer garden shall sell, serve, or allow the sale or service of alcoholic liquor for consumption in the privately owned, outdoor portion of the licensed premises on Saturdays and Sundays between 12:01 a.m. and the legally established hour of opening, as set forth in subsection (a) of this Section, or on Sundays through Thursdays between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and the legally established hour of opening the following day as set forth in t
Action: recommend for approval
Result: Pass

19-4181

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:30:14 GMT

File #: 19-4181
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Resolution
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION REQUESTING A HEARING OF THE LEGISLATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE FOR A REPORT FROM THE SENIOR STAFF OF THE CENTER FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Center for Conflict Resolution (CCR) is an independent, not-for-profit 501(C)(3) organization with a mission to work with individuals, communities, courts and other institutions to manage and resolve conflict. Since 1979, CCR has accomplished this mission by offering pro bono mediation services and conflict management training to Chicago area institutions, organizations, and businesses; and WHEREAS, the Center for Conflict Resolution offers a 40-hour Mediation Skills Training designed to provide a foundational understanding of the mediation process while simultaneously developing critical dispute resolution skills, such as Creative Problem Solving, Interest-Based Negotiation, Managing Emotionally Charged Situations, Reality Testing, Active Listening, Effective Questioning, Mediating Multi-Party Disputes. CCR’s Mediation Skills Training program has been approved by the Presiding Judges of th
Action: recommend for approval
Result: Pass

19-0412

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:30:14 GMT

File #: 19-0412
Ver.: 1
Agenda #:
Type: Ordinance Amendment
Title: PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 19-0412 Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee 7/24/2019 Sponsored by: TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), Cook County Board of Commissioners PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT ANIMAL AND RABIES CONTROL ORDINANCE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 10, Animals, Sections 10-2, 10-6, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9, 10-42, 10-78, 10-87, and 10-99, of the Cook County Code are hereby amended as follows: Sec. 10-2. - Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: *** Bite means seizure of a person, service animal or companion animal with the jaws or teeth of any cat, dog or other animal capable of transmitting rabies so that the person, service animal or companion animal so seized has been wounded or pierced and further includes contact of the saliva of cat, dog or other animal with any break or abrasion of the skin. *** Companion animal means a domes
Action: accept as substituted
Result: Pass

19-0412

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 17:30:29 GMT

File #: 19-0412
Ver.: 2
Agenda #:
Type: Ordinance Amendment
Title: PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 19-0412 Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee 7/24/2019 Sponsored by: TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), Cook County Board of Commissioners PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT ANIMAL AND RABIES CONTROL ORDINANCE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 10, Animals, Sections 10-2, 10-6, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9, 10-42, 10-78, 10-87, and 10-99, of the Cook County Code are hereby amended as follows: Sec. 10-2. - Definitions. The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: *** Bite means seizure of a person, service animal or companion animal with the jaws or teeth of any cat, dog or other animal capable of transmitting rabies so that the person, service animal or companion animal so seized has been wounded or pierced and further includes contact of the saliva of cat, dog or other animal with any break or abrasion of the skin. *** Companion animal means a domes
Action: recommend for approval as substituted
Result: Pass