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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
AN AMENDMENT TO THE COOK COUNTY RULES OF ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2 - Administration, Article III - County Board, Division 1 - Generally, Section 2-106 - Committees of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:
Sec. 2-106. - Committees.
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(h) Notice and agendas. The agenda shall briefly describe all items that will be considered at the meeting. Material pertinent to an item on a committee or subcommittee agenda shall be supplied, along with the agenda, to the President and to each of the Commissioners. With the exception of materials that are confidential as provided by law, such material shall also be available to the public in the office of the Secretary.
(1) Notwithstanding any other rules governing origination of items on the Board agenda, including subsection (o) of this Section, the following items types are permitted for origin with their respective committees: Litigation Pending; Recommendations of the Zoning Board of Appeals; Journals of Proceedings; Court Ordered Payments; Workers Compensations Claims; Subrogation Recoveries; Self-Insurance Claims; Proposed Settlements; Patient Arrestee Claims; Employee Injury Compensation Claims; Revenue Report; and the Cook County Health And Hospitals System Monthly Report.
(2) Amendments or substitutes to any item placed on an agenda of any meeting of a committee or subcommittee shall be submitted to the Secretary no later than 24 hours in advance of the meeting at which the item will be considered. Upon receipt of the amendment or substitute, the Secretary shall immediately provide the amendment or substitute to the President, all Commissioners and all news media that have requested notice of meetings and it shall be posted in the Office of the County Clerk and at the location where the meeting is to be held, and shall be made available to the public in the office of the Secretary. This rule may be waived for technical amendments or emergencies.
(3) Notwithstanding any action to be undertaken by committees or subcommittees pursuant to this Section, only the Board may take final action on any item referred to a committee or subcommittee. Any item contained on a committee or subcommittee agenda, as properly noticed pursuant to subsection (f) of this Section, shall also be referenced on the next regularly scheduled Board Meeting Agenda under the Committee Items Requiring Board Action for purposes of consideration and possible action by the Board. If a properly noticed item contained on a committee or subcommittee agenda is not included in the Committee Items Requiring Board Action section of a Board Meeting Agenda, the Secretary to the Board of Commissioners may include that item in an errata and the Board of Commissioners may consider the item as if it were properly noticed.
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Effective date: This ordinance shall be in effect immediately upon adoption.
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