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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
COB #318989
AMENDMENT TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL TO THE COOK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Submitting a Proposed Ordinance Amendment sponsored by John A. Fritchey and Larry Suffredin, County Commissioners.
WHEREAS, during the FY2011 Budget deliberations, an amendment was introduced and approved by the Cook County Board to create two Legislative Counsel positions and one Administrative Support position; and
WHEREAS, the impetus for creating these positions was to assist the Board of Commissioners in creating, analyzing and when called upon, to opine on legislation created by a single or multiple members intended for presentation to the entire County Board; and
WHEREAS, said Legislative Counsel positions were to be completely independent of the Executive branch and of any other elected official, including the Office of the State's Attorney, in order to avoid a conflict of interest when reviewing or opining on legislation as well as to function on behalf of and exclusively in the best interest of the Cook County Board of Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, although the three Legislative Counsel positions created during the FY2011 were reduced to one during the FY2012 budget, the underlying need for the Legislative Counsel function persists; and
WHEREAS, despite the remaining Legislative Counsel position being fully funded, it has yet to be filled; and
WHEREAS, it is also prudent to establish the qualifications, mission and duties of said Legislative Counsel.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Chapter 50 Libraries, Article I, Legislative Reference Services, of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 50-1. Title.
This article shall be known as the "Legislative Reference Services Act" and may be cited as such.
Sec. 50-2. Recitals.
The President and the Board of Commissioners of the County of Cook find that all of the recitals contained i...
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