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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
DONATION BY THE COOK COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE OF MEDICAL EQUIPMENT TO LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN FORENSIC SCIENCES
WHEREAS, Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office serves the community by investigating unexpected, violent, suspicious, and unnatural deaths; and
WHEREAS, Loyola University Chicago is a not-for-profit entity that operates a program to educate and train forensic pathologists, medical professionals, criminal justice students, and biomedical scientists; and
WHEREAS, Loyola University Chicago, Interdisciplinary Forensic Science Program, is the only nationally accredited Bachelor of Science program in forensic sciences in the State of Illinois, and is credentialed by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS); and
WHEREAS, training and education on medical equipment specific to forensic pathology is an essential component for all forensic science students; and
WHEREAS, Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office possesses medical equipment and supplies that are no longer needed and considered salvage; and
WHEREAS, Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office salvage consists of a Leica ASP300 S, an automated vacuum tissue processor designed for routine clinical, research, and histopathology laboratories to perform paraffin infiltration of tissue of no value to other government entities, and attempts to sell this salvage at auction have failed; and
WHEREAS, Cook County Ordinance Article XVI- CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS PROGRAM, Sec. 2-1067 “Cook County Donation of Salvaged Property” provides in relevant part that when a “proposed donation would not benefit a Qualified Organization, United Fund or government entity, then authorization from the Cook County Board of Commissioners is required prior to such donation”; and
WHEREAS, “Qualified Organization” means an organization defined under 5 ILCS 340/3(b) that is authorized to accept Employee or Official donations under the Voluntary Payroll Deductions Act of 1983, 5 ILCS 340/1 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, Loyola University Chicago is not currently a “Qualified Organization” as defined above;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the President and the Cook County Board of Commissioners do hereby authorize the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office to donate the above-referenced forensic science equipment to Loyola University Chicago for use in its Interdisciplinary Forensic Science Program.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, this resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
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