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24-5803
| 1 | | | Committee Minutes | COMMITTEE MINUTES
Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 09/18/2024 | approve | Pass |
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24-5341
| 1 | | | Report | REPORT
Department: Office of the Chief Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County
Report Title: Report of Legal and Expert Witness Fees and Expenses Processed for Payment
Report Period: September 1, 2024 through September 30, 2024
Summary: This report includes court orders for the payment of fees and associated expenses to attorneys and experts for legal services provided on behalf of indigent litigants. The orders have been processed by the Office of the Chief Judge and submitted to the Cook County Comptroller’s Office for payment during the period. | recommend for receiving and filing | Pass |
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24-5712
| 1 | | | Special Court Orders | Firm: Office of the Special Prosecutor
Attorney(s): Michael J. O’Rourke
Case Name: Appointment of Special Prosecutor
Case No.(s): 92 CR 25596-01
Date of This Order: 09/11/2024
Time period: 03/20/2024 - 08/15/2024
This Court Ordered Amount for fees and expenses: $34,627.50
Paid to Date: $8,678,398.11
Litigation Subcommittee Approval: N/A | approve | Pass |
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24-5715
| 1 | | | Special Court Orders | Firm: (1) Lawrence Oliver II - Special Prosecutor (2) Sidley Austin - Deputy Special Prosecutor (3) FTI Consulting (4) Lawrence Rosen and (5) Wendy Muchman
Attorney(s): Lawrence Oliver
Case Name: In re Special Prosecutor
Case No.(s): 82 CR 1221 & 88 CR 7771
Date of This Order: 09/20/2024
Time period: 08/01/2024 - 08/31/2024
This Court Ordered Amount for fees and expenses: $Lawrence Oliver II - $12,775.00 & FTI Consulting - $3,741.20
Paid to Date: $696,908.35
Litigation Subcommittee Approval: N/A | approve | Pass |
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24-5741
| 1 | | | Proposed Settlements (Complex Litigation) | Case: Gonzalez v. Guevara, et al.
Case No: 22-cv-6496
Settlement Amount: $3,100,000.00
Fixed Charges Department: 490
Payable to: Alfredo Gonzalez and Loevy & Loevy
Litigation Subcommittee Approval: 09/18/24
Subject matter: Allegations of a civil rights violation | approve | Pass |
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24-5742
| 1 | | | Proposed Settlements (Complex Litigation) | Case: Rodriguez v. Guevara, et al.
Case No: 22-cv-6141
Settlement Amount: $3,100,000.00
Fixed Charges Department: 490
Payable to: Daniel Rodriguez and Loevy & Loevy
Litigation Subcommittee Approval: 9/18/24
Subject matter: Allegations of a civil rights violation | approve | Pass |
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24-5743
| 1 | | | Proposed Settlements (Complex Litigation) | Case: Gecht v. Guevara, et al.
Case No: 23-cv-1742
Settlement Amount: $3,100,000.00
Fixed Charges Department: 490
Payable to: David Gecht and Loevy & Loevy
Litigation Subcommittee Approval: 9/18/24
Subject matter: Allegations of a civil rights violation | approve | Pass |
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24-5745
| 1 | | | Proposed Settlements (Complex Litigation) | Case: Abrego v. Guevara
Case No: 23-cv-1740
Settlement Amount: $3,100,000.00
Fixed Charges Department: 490
Payable to: Eruby Abrego and Loevy & Loevy
Litigation Subcommittee Approval: 09/18/24
Subject matter: Allegations of a civil rights violation. | approve | Pass |
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24-5746
| 1 | | | Proposed Settlements (Complex Litigation) | Case: Martinez v. Guevara, et al.
Case No: 23-cv-1741
Settlement Amount: $3,100,000.00
Fixed Charges Department: 490
Payable to: John Martinez and Loevy & Loevy
Litigation Subcommittee Approval: 9/18/24
Subject matter: Allegations of a civil rights violation | approve | Pass |
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24-5747
| 1 | | | Proposed Settlements (Complex Litigation) | Case: Kwil v. Guevara, et al.
Case No: 23-cv-4297
Settlement Amount: $3,100,000.00
Fixed Charges Department: 490
Payable to: Richard Kwil and Loevy & Loevy
Litigation Subcommittee Approval: 9/18/24
Subject matter: Allegations of the civil rights allegations | approve | Pass |
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24-5748
| 1 | | | Proposed Settlements (Complex Litigation) | Case: Buoto v. Guevara, et al.
Case No: 19-cv-2441
Settlement Amount: $3,100,000.00
Fixed Charges Department: 490
Payable to: Robert Buoto and Loevy & Loevy
Litigation Subcommittee Approval: 9/18/24
Subject matter: Allegations of a civil rights violation | approve | Pass |
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24-5749
| 1 | | | Proposed Settlements (Complex Litigation) | Case: Maysonet v. Guevara, et al.
Case No: 18-cv-2342
Settlement Amount: $2,400,000.00
Fixed Charges Department: 490
Payable to: Jose Maysonet, Jr. and Greenberg Trial Lawyers IOLTA.
Litigation Subcommittee Approval: 12/13/23
Subject matter: Allegation of a civil rights violation | approve | Pass |
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24-5520
| 1 | | | Proposed Settlements (Medical Litigation) | Case: Buckhalter, Kim (Est. Timothy Buckhalter) v. Cook County
Case No: 23 L 2092
Settlement Amount: $5,000,000.00
Fixed Charges Department: 4897 - John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
Payable to: Estate of Timothy Buckhalter and Montgomery Law Firm, LLC
Litigation Subcommittee Approval: 9/18/2024
Subject matter: Settlement of a medical malpractice claim. | approve | Pass |
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24-5722
| 1 | | | Proposed Settlements (Medical Litigation) | Case: Vaccaro, Margaret (est. of Vito Vaccaro) v. Cook County et al.
Case No: 22 L 10199
Settlement Amount: $3,750,000.00
Fixed Charges Department: 4897-John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County
Payable to: Napleton & Partners
Litigation Subcommittee Approval: 9/18/24
Subject matter: an allegation of medical malpractice | approve | Pass |
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24-5621
| 1 | | | Proposed Settlements (Municipal Litigation) | Case: Wayne Willis v. Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
Case No: 2023 CH 02017
Settlement Amount: $2,500.00
Fixed Charges Department: 499 (Public Safety)
Payable to: Wayne Willis
Litigation Subcommittee Approval: N/A
Subject matter: An allegation of a FOIA violation. | recommend for approval | Pass |
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24-5622
| 1 | | | Proposed Settlements (Municipal Litigation) | Case: Whitaker Kennedy v. Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office
Case No: 2023 CH 08490
Settlement Amount: $20,000.00
Fixed Charges Department: 499 (Public Safety)
Payable to: LegalSolved LLC
Litigation Subcommittee Approval: N/A
Subject matter: An allegation of a FOIA violation. | recommend for approval | Pass |
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24-4372
| 1 | | | Proposed Settlements (Torts and Civil Rights) | Case: Fulson v. Dart, et al.
Case No: 22 CV 1894
Settlement Amount: $5,500.00
Department: 1239 - Department of Corrections
Payable to: The Law Office of Sean Brown, LLC
Litigation Subcommittee Approval: N/A
Subject matter: an allegation of a civil rights violation | recommend for approval | Pass |
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24-4517
| 1 | | | Proposed Settlements (Torts and Civil Rights) | Case: Saldaña, Maria v. Cook County Health and Hospitals System
Case No: 19 C 6178
Settlement Amount: $175,000.00
Department: 4897 - John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
Payable to: Hughes, Socol, Piers, Resnick & Dym, Ltd
Litigation Subcommittee Approval: 04/17/2024
Subject matter: an allegation of an A.D.A. violation | approve | Pass |
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24-5207
| 1 | | | Proposed Settlements (Torts and Civil Rights) | Case: Cullom v. Dart, et al.
Case No: 20 C 4034
Settlement Amount: $4,200.00
Fixed Charges Department: 1210-Office of the Sheriff
Payable to: Thomas G. Morrissey Ltd.
Litigation Subcommittee Approval: N/A
Subject matter: an allegation of a civil rights violation | approve | Pass |
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24-5226
| 1 | | | Proposed Settlements (Torts and Civil Rights) | Case: Clark, Josiah v. Trammell et al.
Case No: 18 C 5142
Settlement Amount: $5,000.00
Fixed Charges Department: 1239 - Department of Corrections
Payable to: Rosenwein Law Group Client Trust Account
Litigation Subcommittee Approval: N/A
Subject matter: an allegation of a civil rights violation. | approve | Pass |
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24-5374
| 1 | | | Proposed Settlements (Torts and Civil Rights) | Case: McNair, Derrik v. Dart, et al.
Case No: 23 C 4295
Settlement Amount: $500.00
Fixed Charges Department: 1210
Payable to: Derrik McNair
Litigation Subcommittee Approval: N/A
Subject matter: an allegation of excessive force | approve | Pass |
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24-5490
| 1 | | | Proposed Settlements (Torts and Civil Rights) | Case: Gonska v. Urso, et al.
Case No: 22 L 3605
Settlement Amount: $250,000.00
Fixed Charges Department: 1210 - Office of the Sheriff
Payable to: Salvato & O'Toole, LLC
Litigation Subcommittee Approval: 09/18/2024
Subject matter: an allegation of automobile negligence | approve | Pass |
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24-5525
| 1 | | | Proposed Settlements (Torts and Civil Rights) | Case: Long, Lonell Jr. v Dart
Case No: 23 C 5565
Settlement Amount: $300.00
Fixed Charges Department: 1239-Department of Corrections
Payable to: Lonell Long Jr.
Litigation Subcommittee Approval: N/A
Subject matter: an allegation of a civil rights violation | approve | Pass |
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24-5513
| 1 | | | Report (SAO Workers Comp) | REPORT
Department: Civil Actions Bureau
Report Title: Workers’ Compensation Payments Following Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office - Litigated Settlements & Awards
Report Period: September 5, 2024, to October 8, 2024
Summary: Authorization to Pay Workers’ Compensation Settlements and Awards | recommend for approval | Pass |
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24-5568
| 1 | | 24-5568 Receive File- Workers' Compensation Claim Payments - September 2024 | Workers' Compensation Claims (Risk Management) | REPORT
Department: Risk Management
Report Title: Workers’ Compensation Claim Payments
Report Period: 09/01/2024 - 09/30/2024
Summary: The Department of Risk Management is submitting for your information Workers’ Compensation Claim Payments for the month ending September 2024. Payments total $752,669.24 | approve | Pass |
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24-5617
| 1 | | | Report | REPORT
Department: Risk Management
Report Title: Receive and File Patient Arrestee Claims
Report Period: Months ending August 31, 2024 and September 30, 2024
Summary: The Department of Risk Management is submitting for your information Patient Arrestee Claims for the months ending August 31, 2024 and September 30, 2024. Payments total: $39,389.96 | recommend for receiving and filing | Pass |
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24-5616
| 1 | | | Report | REPORT
Department: Risk Management
Report Title: Receive and File Self Insurance Claims
Report Period: Months ending August 31, 2024 and September 30, 2024
Summary: The Department of Risk Management is submitting for your information Self Insurance Claims for the months ending August 31, 2024 and September 30, 2024. Payments total: $15,923.64. | recommend for receiving and filing | Pass |
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24-5225
| 1 | | | Report | REPORT
Department: Risk Management
Report Title: Receive and File - Subrogation Claim Recoveries
Report Period: Month ending September 30, 2024
Summary: The Department of Risk Management is submitting for your information, a summary of Claim Recoveries for the month ending 09/30/2024 - Total Recovery: $57,504.52 - Number of Recoveries: 8 | recommend for receiving and filing | Pass |
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24-5703
| 1 | | | Report | REPORT
Department: Comptroller
Report Title: Analysis of Revenues and Expenses Report
Report Period: Nine-month period ended August 31, 2024
Summary: Attached is an Analysis of Revenues and Expenses Report for the nine-month period ended August 31, 2024, for the Corporate, Public Safety, Health, Grants and Special Purpose funds of Cook County. | recommend for receiving and filing | Pass |
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24-1422
| 1 | | | Report | REPORT
Department: Cook County Health
Report Title: CCH Monthly Report
Report Period: October 2024
Summary: | recommend for receiving and filing | Pass |
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24-4636
| 1 | | Deerfield Supportive Living - Tax-Exempt Private Activity Bonds | Ordinance | PROPOSED ORDINANCE
BUREAU OF FINANCE AND THE BUREAU OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT JOINT ORDINANCE
The Bureaus of Finance and Economic Development respectfully submit this joint ordinance to authorize the County to issue tax-exempt private activity bonds for the purpose of financing costs of the acquisition, development, construction and equipping of Deerfield Supportive Living (the “Project”), that will serve low-income seniors in the County, including capitalized interest on such bonds, various reserve funds including, but not limited to, a debt service reserve fund and costs of issuing such bonds, and reimbursing certain costs already incurred. This joint ordinance shall also serve as the County’s “official intent” for purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.150-2(e) to permit the Borrower (as defined below) to be reimbursed for costs of the Project paid prior to the issuance of the bonds. Such bonds are limited obligation bonds that do not constitute debt or an obligation of the County for constitutional or statutory purposes.
Deerfield SLF Limited Partnership, an Illinois l | suspend the rules | Pass |
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24-4636
| 1 | | Deerfield Supportive Living - Tax-Exempt Private Activity Bonds | Ordinance | PROPOSED ORDINANCE
BUREAU OF FINANCE AND THE BUREAU OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT JOINT ORDINANCE
The Bureaus of Finance and Economic Development respectfully submit this joint ordinance to authorize the County to issue tax-exempt private activity bonds for the purpose of financing costs of the acquisition, development, construction and equipping of Deerfield Supportive Living (the “Project”), that will serve low-income seniors in the County, including capitalized interest on such bonds, various reserve funds including, but not limited to, a debt service reserve fund and costs of issuing such bonds, and reimbursing certain costs already incurred. This joint ordinance shall also serve as the County’s “official intent” for purposes of Treasury Regulations Section 1.150-2(e) to permit the Borrower (as defined below) to be reimbursed for costs of the Project paid prior to the issuance of the bonds. Such bonds are limited obligation bonds that do not constitute debt or an obligation of the County for constitutional or statutory purposes.
Deerfield SLF Limited Partnership, an Illinois l | recommend for approval | Pass |
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24-5299
| 1 | | THIRD INSTALLMENT SPENDING PLAN FOR BUDGETED FY2025 EQUITY AND INCLUSION SPECIAL PURPOSE FUND | Resolution | PROPOSED RESOLUTION
THIRD INSTALLMENT SPENDING PLAN FOR BUDGETED FY2025 EQUITY AND INCLUSION SPECIAL PURPOSE FUND
WHEREAS, in November 2021, the Cook County Board of Commissioners passed Resolution No. 21-5542 creating a special purpose fund?for Equity?and Inclusion (“Equity Fund”) dedicated to addressing historical disparities and disinvestment communities that are marginalized or have experienced other social and economic disparities; and?
WHEREAS,?through the?Equity Fund, intentional investments from government resources are allocated to address historical and continued disparities and disinvestment, (as defined in the?Equity Report) and to bring advocates, service providers, and other partners to the table as thought partners and decision-makers; and
WHEREAS, since the establishment of the Equity Fund, the administration and the Equity Fund Taskforce have worked diligently to design and implement the twenty-five Equity Fund systemic recommendations and two initiatives including the Cannabis Business Development Program and the Cook County Landbank Homeownership Ini | recommend for approval | Pass |
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24-5414
| 2 | | | Resolution | REVISED PROPOSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 24-5414 - Issued on 10/22/2024
This replaces all previous versions.
PROPOSED RESOLUTION CREATING COOK COUNTY HOMEOWNER RELIEF FUND AND SPECIAL PURPOSE FUND
WHEREAS, in recent years, Cook County has enacted several programs designed to provide relief to County residents facing extraordinary financial hardship due to unforeseen or unexpected changes in circumstances, including the Cook County Medical Debt Relief Initiative, the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, and the Promise Guaranteed Income Pilot Program, each of which include household income limitations as part of its eligibility requirements; and
WHEREAS, Cook County is a home rule county and has authority under the Illinois Constitution to create a cash grant program for county residents experiencing financial hardship; and
WHEREAS, Cook County, pursuant to its home rule authority, is authorized to offer grant programs, including grants to county residents experiencing financial hardship; and
WHEREAS, many Cook County homeowners now face a crisis due to an | accept as substituted | Pass |
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24-5414
| 2 | | | Resolution | REVISED PROPOSED SECOND SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 24-5414 - Issued on 10/22/2024
This replaces all previous versions.
PROPOSED RESOLUTION CREATING COOK COUNTY HOMEOWNER RELIEF FUND AND SPECIAL PURPOSE FUND
WHEREAS, in recent years, Cook County has enacted several programs designed to provide relief to County residents facing extraordinary financial hardship due to unforeseen or unexpected changes in circumstances, including the Cook County Medical Debt Relief Initiative, the COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance Program, and the Promise Guaranteed Income Pilot Program, each of which include household income limitations as part of its eligibility requirements; and
WHEREAS, Cook County is a home rule county and has authority under the Illinois Constitution to create a cash grant program for county residents experiencing financial hardship; and
WHEREAS, Cook County, pursuant to its home rule authority, is authorized to offer grant programs, including grants to county residents experiencing financial hardship; and
WHEREAS, many Cook County homeowners now face a crisis due to an | recommend for approval as substituted | Pass |
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