File #: 17-4018    Version: 1 Name: N MEMORY OF THE HONORABLE ROBERT STEELE
Type: Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 6/21/2017 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 6/27/2017 Final action: 6/27/2017
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN MEMORY OF THE HONORABLE ROBERT STEELE, COOK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 2ND DISTRICT WHEREAS, on June 19, 2017, 2nd District Commissioner Robert Steele was called from our midst by Almighty God; and WHEREAS, Commissioner Robert Steele was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1961 to Robert P. and Bobbie Steele, and was a lifelong resident of Chicago's Westside; and WHEREAS, Commissioner Steele earned his high school diploma from Westinghouse High School, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Information Systems from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland; and WHEREAS, Commissioner Steele was a loving and dedicated father to Ahja, Cameron and Stephanie; and WHEREAS, Commissioner Steele was a life-long public servant, representing the 2nd District of Cook County as a County Board Commissioner since 2006; and WHEREAS, Commissioner Steele won election to the County Board in 2010 and was re-elected in 2014; and WHEREAS, Commis...
Sponsors: TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), LUIS ARROYO JR, RICHARD R. BOYKIN, JERRY BUTLER, JOHN P. DALEY, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, GREGG GOSLIN, EDWARD M. MOODY, STANLEY MOORE, SEAN M. MORRISON, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

IN MEMORY OF THE HONORABLE ROBERT STEELE, COOK COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 2ND DISTRICT

WHEREAS, on June 19, 2017, 2nd District Commissioner Robert Steele was called from our midst by Almighty God; and

WHEREAS, Commissioner Robert Steele was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1961 to Robert P. and Bobbie Steele, and was a lifelong resident of Chicago's Westside; and

WHEREAS, Commissioner Steele earned his high school diploma from Westinghouse High School, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Information Systems from Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland; and

WHEREAS, Commissioner Steele was a loving and dedicated father to Ahja, Cameron and Stephanie; and

WHEREAS, Commissioner Steele was a life-long public servant, representing the 2nd District of Cook County as a County Board Commissioner since 2006; and

WHEREAS, Commissioner Steele won election to the County Board in 2010 and was re-elected in 2014; and

WHEREAS, Commissioner Steele was elected President Pro Tempore of the Cook County Board of Commissioners in 2010 and served in that role until his passing; and

WHEREAS, in addition to his duties as President Pro Tempore of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Commissioner Steele served as Chairman of the Contract Compliance and Environmental Control Committees, and Vice-Chairman of the Health and Hospitals Committee; and

WHEREAS, Commissioner Steele sponsored meaningful legislation including but not limited to: the Cook County Contract Management Ordinance, Unlawful Filing of Fraudulent Lien Ordinance, the Electronic Compiled Data Ordinance, and the Cook County "Ban the Box" Ordinance; and

WHEREAS, Commissioner Steele was a fierce advocate for eliminating the inequities endured by minority and women-owned small businesses, the establishment and growth of these businesses throughout the County and his own North Lawndale neighborhood, and helping formerly incarcerated individuals into em...

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