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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
ACCEPTANCE OF DONATION TO COOK COUNTY
WHEREAS, Huron Consulting, located in Chicago, Illinois, desires to donate various pieces of office furniture, including private office furniture, modular workstations, break room tables and chairs, conference tables, task chairs, lateral files, and lounge furniture to Cook County (estimated value of the furniture is approximately $1,300,000.00); and
WHEREAS, the policy of the Bureau of Asset Management and its departments is to always first consider using salvaged/donated furniture to meet the furniture needs of user agencies whenever possible before purchasing new furniture for County use; and
WHEREAS, upon Board approval, BAM will accept and arrange transport of the office furniture to Hawthrone Warehouse via its contract with Midwest Movers, where it will ultimately be allocated or assigned per the furniture needs and requirements of various county agencies, including, but not limited to: Board of Review, Office of the Chief Judge, Bureau of Finance, and Bureau of Human Resources and the Cook County Auditor.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Cook County is hereby authorized to accept this donation on behalf of the Cook County Bureau of Asset Management and shall transfer the furniture to Cook County.
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