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ITEM # 20-4204 - SUBSTITUTE RESOLUTION CONCERNING THE APPOINTMENT AND COMPENSATION OF ISRAEL ROCHA, JR. AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE COOK COUNTY HEALTH AND HOSPITALS SYSTEM
Sponsored by
THE HONORABLE DENNIS DEER and THE HONORABLE LARRY SUFFREDIN
WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners passed a comprehensive ordinance creating the Cook County Health and Hospitals System (CCHHS), Chapter 38, Sections 38-70, et seq., through which they established rules for the governance, management, mission, and goals of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 38, Sec. 38-80(a) granted to the System Board the authority to appoint the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CCHHS as set forth in Section 38-81(b) and to recommend the compensation of such CEO subject to review and approval by the County Board; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 38, Sec. 38-80(a) and 38-81(b) provide that the appointment of a Chief Executive Officer to the CCHHS, shall be subject to the advice and consent of the Cook County Board of Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, on September 24, 2020, M. Hill Hammock, Chair of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors submitted the proposed appointment and compensation package of Israel Rocha, Jr. to the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System as Item #20-4204; and
WHEREAS, Item #20-4204 was referred to the Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee on September 24, 2020;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee recommends approval of the appointment and compensation package of Israel Rocha, Jr. to the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System.
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