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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
ACCEPTANCE OF DONATION TO COOK COUNTY
WHEREAS, the Midwest Moving Company desires to donate furniture, salvaged from materials abandoned and discarded by a prior client as a result of their move, specifically desks, chairs, filing cabinets, locking filing cabinets, tables with chairs, cubicle partitions, and partitions with doors, having an approximate monetary value of $194,500.00, to Cook County for use, by the Bureau of Asset Management, to provide furnishings for the branch courts relocations; and
WHEREAS, the Midwest Moving Company has agreed to donate the materials subject to the County paying Midwest Moving Company the amount of $53,000.00 for the direct costs of transporting them to the County branch and regional courthouses as needed; and
WHEREAS, the County intends to use such donated materials to accommodate the needs of relocated personnel from the Office of the Chief Judge, departments of Adult Probation and Social Services, Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office, Office of the Cook County Public Defender, and the Cook County Sheriff’s Office; and
WHEREAS, given the expeditious nature of the branch courts closings and relocations, the County has the need to make temporary accommodations while more permanent capital construction accommodations can be planned, designed, and constructed; and
WHEREAS, the quality of the donated furniture is high, having been salvaged from high-end offices in the Central Business District, providing great value to the County; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Cook County is hereby authorized to accept this donation on behalf of the Cook County Bureau of Asset Management, and shall transfer ownership to Cook County.
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