Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 13-2213

• File #: 13-2213
• Version: 3
• Name: Accountability Charge Resolution
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Approved
• File created: 11/5/2013
• In control: Finance Subcommittee on Litigation
• On agenda: 11/13/2013
• Final action: 3/12/2014
• Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION SUBSTITUTE PROPOSED RESOLUTION FOR FILE ID 13-2213 CREATING "ACCOUNTABILITY CHARGES" FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE SHAKMAN CONSENT DECREE WHEREAS, violations of the Shakman Consent Decree cost Cook County over $600,000 in Fiscal Year 2013 and millions of dollars in previous fiscal years; and WHEREAS, payments for violations of the Shakman Consent Decree are deducted from the Cook County Self-Insurance Fund; and WHEREAS, there is no financial penalty to individual departments that violate the Shakman Consent Decree; and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Finance Committee's Subcommittee on Litigation of the Cook County Board of Commissioners approves a plan to assess an "Accountability Charge" against any Department that is found to be in violation of the Shakman Consent Decree in Fiscal Year 2014 and future years for any action occurring after January 1, 2014; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the "Accountability Charge" approved plan includes a dedu...
• Sponsors: LARRY SUFFREDIN, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
3/12/2014	3	Board of Commissioners	approve
3/11/2014	3	Finance Subcommittee on Litigation	accept as substituted	Pass
3/11/2014	3	Finance Subcommittee on Litigation	recommend for approval as substituted	Pass
2/19/2014	3	Board of Commissioners	defer
2/18/2014	3	Finance Subcommittee on Litigation	recommend for deferral
12/4/2013	2	Finance Committee	refer
11/13/2013	1	Board of Commissioners	refer	Pass

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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

SUBSTITUTE PROPOSED RESOLUTION FOR FILE ID 13-2213

Creating "Accountability Charges" for Violations of the Shakman Consent Decree

WHEREAS, violations of the Shakman Consent Decree cost Cook County over $600,000 in Fiscal Year 2013 and millions of dollars in previous fiscal years; and

WHEREAS, payments for violations of the Shakman Consent Decree are deducted from the Cook County Self-Insurance Fund; and

WHEREAS, there is no financial penalty to individual departments that violate the Shakman Consent Decree; and

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Finance Committee's Subcommittee on Litigation of the Cook County Board of Commissioners approves a plan to assess an "Accountability Charge" against any Department that is found to be in violation of the Shakman Consent Decree in Fiscal Year 2014 and future years for any action occurring after January 1, 2014; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the "Accountability Charge" approved plan includes a deduction in the operating funds of the Department in the amount of two percent (2%) of the total amount assessed for the violation of the Shakman Consent Decree and the deducted funds shall be transferred to the Cook County Self Insurance Fund.

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