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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
MEETINGS OF THE BOARD - BREAK ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2 ADMINISTRATION, ARTICLE 3 COUNTY BOARD, DIVISION 2 RULES OF ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE, SECTION 2-105 (g) of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:
Sec. 2-105. Board of Commissioners; meetings of the Board.
(g) Order of business.
(1) At each regular meeting of the Board, the order of business (unless otherwise directed by the Board) is as follows:
a. Public testimony.
b. New business.
c. Committee items requiring board action.
(2) The Board may grant members of the public leave to speak on items pending before the Board pursuant to the rules set forth in Section 2-105(i).
(3) All questions relating to the priority of business shall be decided by the presiding officer, without debate, subject to appeal.
(4) Meetings of the Board may commence with a prayer or invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance.
(5) The County Board shall break for lunch from 12:00 PM to 12:45PM on days of the Meeting of the Board of Commissioners, Committees, and Subcommittees.
Effective date: This ordinance shall be in effect immediately upon adoption.
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