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PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
COMMITTEES
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2, Administration, Article III, County Board, Division 2- Rules of Organization and Procedure, Section 2-109 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:
Sec. 2-109. Committees, generally.
(a) Committees. The committees of the Board shall be comprised of the following, except that subcommittees may not create subcommittees:
(1) Standing committees and their standing subcommittees as created by resolution of the Board;
(2) Committees and subcommittees as created by resolution of the Board;
(3) Committees and subcommittees as created by ordinance of the Board;
(4) Special committees created by Board resolution;
(5) Special subcommittees created by standing committees or by special committees or by resolution;
(6) Special committees and subcommittees created by ordinance of the Board; and
(7) Joint committees as created by written consent between chairpersons of the comprising committees and/or subcommittees of the Board.
a. Comprising committee and/or subcommittee chairpersons shall consent to forming a joint committee relative to a specific item or item(s) on, or to appear on, the Cook County Board Agenda. Consenting chairpersons shall submit the written consent to the Secretary to the Board, President of the Board of Commissioners, and Commissioners of the Cook County Board, no later than two days prior to the County Board, committee, subcommittee, and/or special committee meeting, for which County Board, committee, subcommittee and/or special committee may call the item or items forming the basis of the joint committee's formation.
b. Submitted written consent shall include, but is not limited to:
(i) The item or items forming the basis for forming the joint committee;
(ii) The intention of all consenting committee chairpersons to refer the listed items to the formed joint committee;
(iii) The names of the comp...
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