Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 21-1395

• File #: 21-1395
• Version: 2
• Name: Appointment Jennifer (Sis) Killen, Superintendent, Department of Transportation and Highways
• Type: Appointment
• Status: Approved
• File created: 2/1/2021
• In control: Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee
• On agenda: 2/25/2021
• Final action: 4/15/2021
• Title: PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE ITEM 21-1395 (Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee 4/14/2021) Sponsored by: TONI PRECKWINKLE, President, Cook County Board of Commissioners PROPOSED RESOLUTION RESOLUTION APPOINTING JENNIFER (SIS) KILLEN THE SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS WHEREAS, a vacancy exists in the Office of Superintendent of Highways, Cook County, Illinois due to resignation of the incumbent Superintendent of Highways, John Yonan, P.E., which occurred on March 18, 2021, and WHEREAS, the Cook County Board by resolution dated March 18, 2021, submitted the name of Jennifer (Sis) Killen, P.E., PTOE, to the Illinois Department of Transportation to take the examination for the Office of Superintendent of Highways, and WHEREAS, Omer Osman, Acting Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation, certified to the County Clerk of Cook County on April 8, 2021, that Jennifer (Sis) Killen, P.E., PTOE, made a satisfactory grade and is eligible for appointment to said office. NOW,...
• Indexes: TONI PRECKWINKLE, President, Cook County Board of Commissioners

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
4/15/2021	1	Board of Commissioners	approve as substituted	Pass
4/14/2021	1	Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee	accept as amended	Pass
4/14/2021	2	Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee	recommend for approval as substituted	Pass
2/25/2021	1	Board of Commissioners	refer	Pass

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PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE ITEM 21-1395
(Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee 4/14/2021)

Sponsored by: TONI PRECKWINKLE, President, Cook County Board of Commissioners

PROPOSED RESOLUTION

RESOLUTION APPOINTING JENNIFER (SIS) KILLEN THE SUPERINTENDENT OF HIGHWAYS

WHEREAS, a vacancy exists in the Office of Superintendent of Highways, Cook County, Illinois due to resignation of the incumbent Superintendent of Highways, John Yonan, P.E., which occurred on March 18, 2021, and

WHEREAS, the Cook County Board by resolution dated March 18, 2021, submitted the name of Jennifer (Sis) Killen, P.E., PTOE, to the Illinois Department of Transportation to take the examination for the Office of Superintendent of Highways, and

WHEREAS, Omer Osman, Acting Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation, certified to the County Clerk of Cook County on April 8, 2021, that Jennifer (Sis) Killen, P.E., PTOE, made a satisfactory grade and is eligible for appointment to said office.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the President and the Cook County Board that Jennifer (Sis) Killen, P.E., PTOE, is hereby appointed, Superintendent of Highways for Cook County for a term of six (6) years effective April 15, 2021, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by the Cook County Board that the salary of the Superintendent of
Highways be fixed as follows:



Salary
Date From
Date To

Amount of Salary
04/15/2021
11/30/2021

$179,750
12/01/2021
11/30/2022

TBD, subject to annual appropriation
12/01/2022
11/30/2023

TBD, subject to annual appropriation
12/01/2023
11/30/2024

TBD, subject to annual appropriation
12/01/2024
11/30/2025

TBD, subject to annual appropriation
12/01/2025
11/30/2026

TBD, subject to annual appropriation
12/01/2026
11/30/2027

TBD, subject to annual appropriation


BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Clerk is hereby directed to transmit two (2) certified originals of this Resolution to the Illinois Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, through...