Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 19-0733

• File #: 19-0733
• Version: 1
• Name: Complete Count Census Commission for Cook County
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Approved
• File created: 12/10/2018
• In control: Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee
• On agenda: 12/12/2018
• Final action: 1/24/2019
• Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE COMPLETE COUNT CENSUS COMMISSION FOR COOK COUNTY BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2- Administration, Article VI, Boards, Commissions, and Committees, Division 1 - generally sections 2-477 through 2-479 of the Cook County Code, is hereby enacted as Follows: Sec. 2-477. Short Title. This Division shall be known and may be cited as the "Complete Count Census Commission for Cook County" (The Commission). Sec. 2-478. - Policy and Purpose. (a) Policy. This ordinance hereby creates a Commission to assist in the development of an accurate, timely and comprehensive census outreach plan to educate the population on the importance of the census having a complete and accurate population count. Strategic focus will be placed on addressing Hard to Count and underserved communities that the census historically missed - communities of color, urban and rural low-income households, immigrants, populations with language barriers, and young c...
• Sponsors: STANLEY MOORE, DENNIS DEER, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), LARRY SUFFREDIN, ALMA E. ANAYA, LUIS ARROYO JR, SCOTT R. BRITTON, JOHN P. DALEY, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRIDGET GAINER, BRANDON JOHNSON, BILL LOWRY, DONNA MILLER, KEVIN B. MORRISON, SEAN M. MORRISON, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
1/24/2019	1	Board of Commissioners	approve as amended in the errata	Pass
1/23/2019	2	Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee	approve amendment	Pass
1/23/2019	1	Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee	recommend for approval as amended	Pass
12/12/2018	1	Board of Commissioners	refer	Pass

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PROPOSED ORDINANCE

COMPLETE COUNT CENSUS COMMISSION FOR COOK COUNTY

BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2- Administration, Article VI, Boards, Commissions, and Committees, Division 1 - generally sections 2-477 through 2-479 of the Cook County Code, is hereby enacted as Follows:

Sec. 2-477. Short Title. This Division shall be known and may be cited as the "Complete Count Census Commission for Cook County" (The Commission).

Sec. 2-478. - Policy and Purpose.

(a) Policy.

This ordinance hereby creates a Commission to assist in the development of an accurate, timely and comprehensive census outreach plan to educate the population on the importance of the census having a complete and accurate population count. Strategic focus will be placed on addressing Hard to Count and underserved communities that the census historically missed - communities of color, urban and rural low-income households, immigrants, populations with language barriers, and young children. Two years prior to the census decennial the Commission shall be activated and a budget line item appropriated, empowering the Commission to perform its work.

(b) Purpose.

(1) To ensure Aa complete and accurate population count is crucial to for the well-being of the county. Federal and state officials rely on population data counts to allocate billions of dollars in federal and state funds to the County and local communities.

(2) To ensure an accurate population count is also used to determine and that there is a fair reapportionment of congressional representation.

(3) To ensure state and local officials use the population count in the redistricting processes to draw fair representative boundaries for federal, state and local districts.

(4) To ensure the census population count data is also used to make decisions about infrastructure, such as where to build a new school or road. Similarly, local and national businesses utilize census population count data to deci...