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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
ACCEPTANCE OF DONATION TO COOK COUNTY
WHEREAS, the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA), on behalf of Interactive Brokers as Donor, located in Chicago, Illinois, desires to donate various pieces of office furniture, including modular workstations, break room tables and chairs, conference tables, task chairs, lateral files, and lounge furniture to Cook County for use by the Cook County Bureau of Asset Management (BAM) and its departments (estimated value of the furniture is approximately $974,863.00); and
WHEREAS, upon Board approval, BAM will accept and arrange transport of the office furniture to Hawthrone Warehouse, 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, Department of Human Rights & Ethics, Office of the Chief Judge, Bureau of Finance, and Bureau of Human Resources; and
WHEREAS, the policy of BAM and its departments is to always first consider using salvaged furniture to meet the furniture needs of user agencies whenever possible before purchasing new furniture for County use;
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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