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PROPOSED ORDINANCE
COB #320759
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE COOK COUNTY COMMISSION ON WOMEN'S ISSUES
Submitting a proposed Ordinance sponsored by Earlean Collins, County Commissioner.
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2 Administration, Article VI Boards, Commissions and Committees, Division 1 Generally, Section 2-474 of the Cook County Code is hereby enacted as follows:
ARTICLE VI. BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
Sec. 2-474. Cook County Commission on Women's Issues.
The Cook County Commission on Women's Issues was originally established via Resolution by the Cook County Board of Commissioners in 1994. There is now hereby established, via Ordinance, a Cook County Commission on Women's Issues. The organization and administration of the Cook County Commission on Women's Issues shall be sufficiently independent to assure that no interference or influence external to the office adversely affects the independence and objectivity of the Commission on Women's Issues and its staff. The Commission on Women's Issues shall include an Executive Director and such deputies, assistants and other employees as may be provided in the annual appropriation Ordinance. The Commission on Women's Issues shall be an independent department within the organization and budget of Cook County.
(a) Composition:
(1) The Women's Commission shall be composed of twenty-one (21) members, including a chairperson. Members of the Commission shall be representative of the diverse racial, ethnic, religious, age, sexual orientation and socioeconomic backgrounds of the residents of Cook County. They shall also have experience working toward the improvement of the status of women and girls in society. Seventeen (17) of the members shall be district-based appointments, ensuring representation of all of the County's seventeen districts. Four (4) of the members, including the chairperson, shall be at-large members who have ex...
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