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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT SUBSTITUTE TO 19-3176
LEGISLATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE
RECONVENED ON MAY 23, 2019
FINAL VERSION
Sponsored by: TONI PRECKWINKLE, President, STANLEY MOORE, DENNIS DEER, LUIS ARROYO, JR., and ALMA ANAYA Cook County Board of Commissioners
CENSUS COMMISSION
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2 Administration, Article VI Boards, Commissions, and Committees, Division 1 Generally, Section 2-479 of the Cook County Code, is hereby amended as Follows:
Sec. 2-479. - Complete Count Census Commission of Cook County.
(a) The Commission will have fifteen (15) nineteen (19) diverse members including: the two four (2) (4) Commissioners who serve as Chairpersons of the Law Enforcement and Health and Hospitals Committees of the Cook County Board of Commissioners and the Chair of Labor and the Vice-Chair of the Economic Development Committees. The Chairperson of the Law Enforcement Committee shall be Chairperson of the Commission and the Chairperson of the Health and Hospitals Committee, the Chairperson of Labor Committee and the Vice-Chairperson of the Economic Development Committee. shall serve as Co-Chairs. Four Six (46) Three (3) of the Commission members shall be selected by the Chair, and each Co-Chair shall select two members of the Commission and the President shall appoint five (5) . Six (6) members of the Commission. shall be appointed by the President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners which Commission members may include but not be limited to: civic leaders, business leaders or private sector representatives who have established excellent inclusion practices. In addition, the President shall also appoint the Bureau Chief of Economic Development as a member of the Commission. All appointments are to be confirmed by the Cook County Board.
(b) The Commission members will serve through April 30, 2021. Commission members shall not be permitted to submit responses to the request for proposal issued by the Bureau of Economic Development nor receive County funding for County related census activities. upon adoption of this ordinance for the 2020 decennial census and for two (2) years leading up to the decennial census (typically taken every 10 years in the month of April) and can be reappointed for consecutive decennial census terms.
(c) The Commission shall review and make recommendations to increase community participation in hard to count communities which shall be determined by data driven results. This will be done with the Bureau of Economic Development’s request for proposal to facilitate a complete event.
(d) The Commission may make recommendations regarding will establish the guidelines and vision for a census outreach plan and the establishment of complete count committees in geographic areas with hard to count populations.. Subject to the County’s procurement rules, the Chair and Co-Chairs may provide input to the Bureau of Economic Development on creating the request for proposals related to census outreach and communication. and oversee the implementation of the plan, and work with the Bureau of Economic Development on creating the request for proposals for all services and any staff hired to work for the Commission.
(e) The Commission shall establish relationships with independent organizations (such as nonprofit organizations, community organizations, congregations, etc.) in each District of the Cook County Board of Commissioners to encourage and assist them to create complete count committees. The Commission may accept support from nonprofit organizations and charitable foundations.
(f) The Commission has the authority to review, oversee and make recommendations on all proposals submitted to the Bureau of Economic Development as it relates to all census activities. The Bureau of Economic Development shall be the using agency responsible for the procurement and management of census outreach and communication and shall keep the Commission apprised of the contract management. act as the fiscal agent for the Commission and shall promulgate processes and procedures for creating and overseeing contracts to further the Commission’s activities.
(g) The Commission, through a written report and presentations, will advise the office of the President and Board of Commissioners not less than quarterly on its work. Six months prior to the decennial census the Commission will advise the President and the Board of Commissioners on a monthly basis. All reports will be made directly to the Board.
(h) Post-decennial activities shall include, but not be limited, to a report prepared by the Commission to be received and filed by the Board of Commissioners detailing the Commission’s efforts for the decennial census including the background on the state of the County’s population at the time, targeted and hard to count populations, description of Commission members and subcommittees, the County’s overall efforts, partnerships, materials distributed, and decennial-specific Census results for Cook County. Such recordkeeping will enrich the County’s historical archive and assist future Commission efforts.
(i) All meetings of the Commission will be open to the public.
(j) The Commission shall terminate April 30, 2021.
Effective date: This ordinance shall be in effect immediately upon adoption.
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