Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 14-5594

• File #: 14-5594
• Version: 1
• Name: ASSET MGMNT AND SPACE STANDARDS ORDINANCE
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Approved
• File created: 9/23/2014
• In control: Finance Subcommittee on Real Estate and Business and Economic Development (Inactive. There is now a Business and Economic Developement Committee and real estate items in the Asset Managment Committee)
• On agenda: 10/8/2014
• Final action: 11/19/2014
• Title: PROPOSED ORDINANCE ASSET MANAGEMENT AND SPACE STANDARDS ORDINANCE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2, ADMINISTRATION, Article XII, Asset Management, Division 1, Sections 2-1000 through 2-1025, is hereby enacted as follows: Chapter 2, ADMINISTRATION, Article 12, ASSET MANAGEMENT AND SPACE STANDARDS Sec. 2-1000. Legislative findings and purpose. (a) Section 5/5 of the Counties Code (55 ILCS 5/5-1106) provides that "it shall be the duty of the county board "to provide proper rooms and offices for the accommodation of the county board, State's attorney, county clerk, county treasurer, recorder and sheriff . . . . (b) In fulfilling that obligation, the County of Cook owns or occupies over 19 million square feet of real estate assets. (c) The County expends millions of dollars each year to operate those real estate assets. (d) In addition to operating costs, hundreds of millions of dollars in deferred maintenance and capital need...
• Sponsors: TONI PRECKWINKLE (President)
• Indexes: (Inactive) ANNA ASHCRAFT

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
11/19/2014	1	Board of Commissioners	approve
11/18/2014	1	Finance Subcommittee on Real Estate and Business and Economic Development (Inactive. There is now a Business and Economic Developement Committee and real estate items in the Asset Managment Committee)	recommend for approval	Pass
10/8/2014	1	Board of Commissioners	refer	Pass

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PROPOSED ORDINANCE

ASSET MANAGEMENT AND SPACE STANDARDS ORDINANCE

BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2, ADMINISTRATION, Article XII, Asset Management, Division 1, Sections 2-1000 through 2-1025, is hereby enacted as follows:

Chapter 2, ADMINISTRATION, Article 12, ASSET MANAGEMENT AND SPACE STANDARDS

Sec. 2-1000. Legislative findings and purpose.

(a) Section 5/5 of the Counties Code (55 ILCS 5/5-1106) provides that "it shall be the duty of the county board "to provide proper rooms and offices for the accommodation of the county board, State's attorney, county clerk, county treasurer, recorder and sheriff . . . .

(b) In fulfilling that obligation, the County of Cook owns or occupies over 19 million square feet of real estate assets.

(c) The County expends millions of dollars each year to operate those real estate assets.

(d) In addition to operating costs, hundreds of millions of dollars in deferred maintenance and capital needs will be required to continue to operate County real estate, which will require constant capital expenditures over many years.

(e) Efficient use of the County's real estate assets could save the County millions of dollars in operating and capital costs by facilitating consolidation of space into fewer facilities and reducing space needs for many users.

(f) Efficient use of the County's real estate assets requires a centralized and consistent approach, with participation by various agencies and departments having knowledge and responsibilities bearing on the use and maintenance of real estate, and cooperation among using departments and agencies in modernizing space use.

(g) In order to promote efficient use of real estate assets, in 2011 the Real Estate Management Division, the Office of Capital Planning and Policy, the Department of Facilities Management, the Budget and Management Services Department, and the Bureau of Administration, under the authority of Presiden...