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PROPOSED RESOLUTION
RECOGNIZING CHAIRMAN HILL HAMMOCK FOR OUTSTANDING SERVICES TO COOK COUNTY HEALTH
WHEREAS, M. Hill Hammock was appointed by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and approved by the Cook County Board of Commissioners to serve as a Director of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board effective July 17, 2013; and
WHEREAS, M. Hill Hammock’s extensive background in finance and government administration have made him a valued member of the Board; and,
WHEREAS, M. Hill Hammock was nominated and elected by the Cook County Health Board of Directors to serve as Chairman of the Board initially in July 2014; and,
WHEREAS, M. Hill Hammock was again nominated and elected by the Cook County Health Board of Directors to serve as Chairman in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020; and,
WHEREAS, in addition to serving as Chairman of the Board of Directors, M. Hill Hammock has also served as an ex-officio member of all of the Cook County Health Board’s standing committees which include the committees on Audit and Compliance, Finance, Human Resources, Managed Care and Quality and Patient Safety; and,
WHEREAS, as Board Chairman, M. Hill Hammock emphasized the use of metrics to evaluate performance of the health system’s finances, programs and services; and,
WHEREAS, under the leadership of M. Hill Hammock, Cook County Health developed and implemented two strategic plans, namely Impact 2020 and Impact 2023; and
WHEREAS, during his tenure on the Cook County Health Board, eight proposed preliminary budgets were approved by the CCH Board and submitted to the Cook County Board for consideration and inclusion in the President’s Executive Budget Recommendation; and
WHEREAS, during his tenure as Board Chairman, the Cook County Health Board approved the opening of new and modern facilities to better serve Cook County Health patients, specifically, the new Professional Building located on the central campus and new community health centers in Arlington Heights, Blue Island and North Riverside, Provident Hospitals’ new free standing Dialysis Center and the soon to open new community health center in Belmont Cragin; and
WHEREAS, M. Hill Hammock has provided sound advice and counsel to CCH leadership.
NOW THEREFOR BE IT RESOLVED, that the President Preckwinkle and the Cook County Board of Commissioners express their thanks and gratitude to M. Hill Hammock for his hard work and dedication to Cook County Health and his service to the residents of Cook County.
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