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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
Cook County Violence Prevention, Intervention and Reduction Advisory Committee
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2, Article VI, Division 4, Sec. 2-526 through 2-527 is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 2-526. Cook County Violence Prevention, Intervention and Reduction Advisory Committee.
(a) There shall be created a Cook County Violence Prevention, Intervention and Reduction Advisory Committee ("Advisory Committee") made up of the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners or his or her designee and six other members appointed by the President. The Advisory Committee shall be in place for the Cook County 2013 Fiscal Year. Members of the Advisory Committee shall include:
(1) The President or his or her designee; and
(2) Three members of the Cook County Board of Commissioners; and
(3) One member with extensive law enforcement experience; and
(4) Two members with extensive social service and community outreach experience.
(b) The members of this Advisory Committee shall serve without pay.
(c) The purpose of the Advisory Committee is to establish an advocacy and resource group regarding various violence prevention programs or ideas that can be administered or outsourced by the Cook County Justice Advisory Council for the Cook County 2013 Fiscal Year. The Advisory Committee shall cease its duties at the end of the Cook County 2013 Fiscal Year, thereafter, the violence prevention, intervention and reduction strategies and programs undertaken by the Advisory Committee shall be the responsibility of the Justice Advisory Council Department and its Director.
(d) The members of the Advisory Committee shall meet quarterly or as designated by the President or his or her designee during Cook County Fiscal Year 2013.
(e) In addition to studying various violence prevention programs, the Advisory Committee shall review existing gun court models and best practices; the Advisory Committee shall present a recommendation regarding the creation of a Cook County Gun Court to the Cook County Board of Commissioners in such time as to facilitate the implementation of said Court by July 1, 2013.
(f) The Advisory Committee with the assistance of the Director of the Justice Advisory Council shall prepare an annual report describing the work undertaken in Cook County Fiscal Year 2013. The annual report shall be distributed to the Cook County Board of Commissioners, on or before November 1st of each year. The report shall include minutes of meetings of the Advisory Committee over the past year and a description of the types of programs that have been implemented or outsourced. The Justice Advisory Council shall provide administrative support as necessary.
Sec. 2-527. Cook County Violence Prevention, Intervention and Reduction Programs.
(a) Appropriations dedicated to the Justice Advisory Council for violence prevention, intervention and reduction programs shall be administered by the Justice Advisory Council as recommended by the Advisory Committee in Cook County's 2013 Fiscal Year. The Advisory Committee shall designate at least $100,000.00 of the appropriated funds annually for education and outreach related to the prevention of the straw purchases of firearms; funds allocated for education and outreach may be allocated for internal programs, grants or valid procurements subject to the approval of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. Funds allocated in Cook County Fiscal Year 2014 and thereafter for violence prevention, intervention and reduction programs shall be administered by the Justice Advisory Council Department.
(b) Violence prevention, intervention and reduction programs approved by the Advisory Committee may be administered as a grant to qualified 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations selected following a grant application process, request for proposal or request for qualification issued by the Justice Advisory Council. To be a qualified 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organization, said organization must have been in existence for at least 3 years and have previous violence prevention, intervention, reduction and community outreach experience. Grants issued to qualified 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) organizations shall be selected by the Advisory Committee subject to the approval of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. The Justice Advisory Council shall be authorized to issue the grant application process, request for proposal or request for qualification and shall be authorized to execute said grant agreements as approved by the Cook County Board of Commissioners. In Cook County Fiscal Year 2014 and thereafter, the Director of the Justice Advisory Council shall be authorized to issue the grant application process, request for proposals or request for qualifications and shall be authorized to execute said grant or contract agreements in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code.
Effective date: This ordinance shall be in effect immediately upon adoption.
*This item was deferred at the 1/15/2014 meeting of the Board of Commissioners.
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