File #: 25-1475    Version: 1 Name: Donation-Funding of Computers for DOC Program
Type: Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 2/14/2025 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 3/13/2025 Final action: 3/13/2025
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION ACCEPTANCE OF DONATION TO COOK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE WHEREAS, Professor Mindy Kalchman of DePaul University, an accredited post-secondary educational institution located in Chicago, IL, teaches courses at the Cook County Department of Corrections ("CCDOC"), through which Individuals in Custody ("IICs") are able to earn college credits upon completion; and WHEREAS, Professor Kalchman and her husband, Russell Pass (hereinafter "Donors") desire to donate Five Thousand dollars ($5,000.00) (hereinafter "Donation Funds") to the Cook County Sheriff's Office ("CCSO") for the purpose of purchasing computers that will be used to support educational programming for IICs at the CCDOC; and WHEREAS, the CCSO has agreed not to expend Donation Funds for any purpose other than purchasing computers that will be used to support educational programming for IICs at the CCDOC without the Donors' prior written approval; and WHEREAS, the Donors have agreed to disburse the Donation...
Sponsors: SCOTT R. BRITTON

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

 

ACCEPTANCE OF DONATION TO COOK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE

 

WHEREAS, Professor Mindy Kalchman of DePaul University, an accredited post-secondary educational institution located in Chicago, IL, teaches courses at the Cook County Department of Corrections (“CCDOC”), through which Individuals in Custody (“IICs”) are able to earn college credits upon completion; and 

 

WHEREAS, Professor Kalchman and her husband, Russell Pass (hereinafter “Donors”) desire to donate Five Thousand dollars ($5,000.00) (hereinafter “Donation Funds”) to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office (“CCSO”) for the purpose of purchasing computers that will be used to support educational programming for IICs at the CCDOC; and

 

WHEREAS, the CCSO has agreed not to expend Donation Funds for any purpose other than purchasing computers that will be used to support educational programming for IICs at the CCDOC without the Donors’ prior written approval; and

 

WHEREAS, the Donors have agreed to disburse the Donation Funds to the CCSO without any reimbursement or benefit to the Donors.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that the Cook County Sheriff is hereby authorized to accept the Donation Funds provided by the Donors.

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