Board of Commissioners of Cook County - File #: 16-5674

• File #: 16-5674
• Version: 2
• Name: COOK COUNTY WORKFORCE RESOURCE ORDINANCE
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Approved
• File created: 10/3/2016
• In control: Workforce, Housing & Community Development Committee
• On agenda: 10/5/2016
• Final action: 2/8/2017
• Title: PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 16-5674 COOK COUNTY WORKFORCE RESOURCE ORDINANCE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2 Administration, Article XIV. Cook County Workforce Resource, Sec. 2-1030 through Sec. 2- 1039 of the Cook County Code is hereby created as follows: Sec. 2-1030. Short Title. This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the Cook County Workforce Resource Ordinance. Sec. 2-1031. Purpose. The Cook County Real Property Assessment Classification Ordinance provides property tax incentives to encourage industrial and commercial development of new facilities, the rehabilitation of existing structures and the reutilization of abandoned buildings. The goal is to attract new industry, stimulate expansion and retention of existing industry and increase employment opportunities. This Cook County Workforce Resource Ordinance is intended to facilitate the recruitment, training and placement of Cook County residents to fill position vaca...
• Sponsors: BRIDGET GAINER, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), JESÚS G. GARCÍA

Date	Ver.	Action By	Motion	Result
2/8/2017	2	Board of Commissioners	approve as substituted	Pass
2/8/2017	1	Workforce, Housing & Community Development Committee	accept as substituted	Pass
2/8/2017	1	Workforce, Housing & Community Development Committee	recommend for approval as substituted	Pass
10/5/2016	1	Board of Commissioners	refer	Pass

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PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 16-5674

COOK COUNTY WORKFORCE RESOURCE ORDINANCE

BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2 Administration, Article XIV. Cook County Workforce Resource, Sec. 2-1030 through Sec. 2- 1039 of the Cook County Code is hereby created as follows:

Sec. 2-1030. Short Title.

This Ordinance shall be known and may be cited as the Cook County Workforce Resource Ordinance.

Sec. 2-1031. Purpose.

The Cook County Real Property Assessment Classification Ordinance provides property tax incentives to encourage industrial and commercial development of new facilities, the rehabilitation of existing structures and the reutilization of abandoned buildings. The goal is to attract new industry, stimulate expansion and retention of existing industry and increase employment opportunities. This Cook County Workforce Resource Ordinance is intended to facilitate the recruitment, training and placement of Cook County residents to fill position vacancies that are created as a result of such industrial and commercial development, rehabilitation or expansion.

The Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership ("The Partnership") is a non-profit administrative agency which administers the County's Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act programs as well as federal subsidies that benefit employers and enable successful recruitment, training, placement and retention of current and prospective employees. Under this Workforce Resource Ordinance, recipients of County Tax Incentives, as defined below, shall use The Partnership as a resource to identify, recruit, train and/or hire Cook County residents to fill position vacancies.

Sec. 2-1032. Definitions.

For the purposes of this Article the term:

Beneficiary means the applicant for any County Tax Incentives, the recipient of any County Tax Incentives or a tenant or lessee of a recipient of any County Tax Incentives that employs twenty (20) or more total individuals at the site at w...