Meeting Name: Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 6/26/2019 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Cook County Building, Board Room 118 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois
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Attachments: To comment on an item at this meeting, click here., Patricia Ford Affidavit - Item# 19-3642.pdf, Griselda Vega Samuel Affidavit - Item #19-3135.pdf, Johnny Wilbon Affidavit- Item # 19-3626.pdf, Barbara Lumpkin Affidavit - Item # 19-3138.pdf, Kimberly Lightford Affidavit - Item #19-3643.pdf, Sean Garrett Affidavit - Item #19-3137.pdf, Larnell McMorris Affidavit - Item #19-3627.pdf, Marlon Everett Affidavit - Item #19-3628.pdf, Phyllis Logan Affidavit - Item #19-3644.pdf
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19-3841 1 COMMITTEE MINUTESCommittee MinutesCOMMITTEE MINUTES Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 05/22-23/2019approvePass Action details Not available
19-4216 1 COMMITTEE MINUTESCommittee MinutesCOMMITTEE MINUTES Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 06/05/2019approvePass Action details Not available
19-3961 1 The Equality Act ResolutionResolutionPROPOSED RESOLUTION RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE EQUALITY ACT AND EQUAL RIGHTS FOR LGBTQ INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES WHEREAS, the Equality Act protects LGBTQ people from discrimination based on their actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity; and WHEREAS, the Equality Act will create “one national standard” for LGBTQ rights and non-discrimination protections; and WHEREAS, an estimated 13 million people ages 13 and older identify as members of the LGBTQ community; and WHEREAS, a majority of LGBTQ Americans have reported experiencing harassment or discrimination; and WHEREAS, twenty-eight states in the United States have no statutes that protect LGBTQ people from discrimination; and WHEREAS, the Equality Act prohibits discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity in public accommodations and facilities, education, federal funding, employment, housing, credit, and the jury system; and WHEREAS, the Equality Act prohibits an individual from being denied access to a shared facility, including a restroom, a lockrecommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
19-3838 1 IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 1384 - THE MEDICARE FOR ALL ACTResolutionPROPOSED RESOLUTION RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF H.R. 1384 - THE MEDICARE FOR ALL ACT WHEREAS, the United States spends nearly twice as much per capita on health care as all other comparable countries and yet ranks only 35th in the world by global health standards, including on such critical barometers as average life expectancy, infant mortality, maternal mortality, and death from preventable diseases; and WHEREAS, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enacted important improvements, primarily through the expansion of Medicaid in states that have agreed to do so, and limits on some insurance industry abuses, that reform left tens of millions with a continuing crisis in access, cost, and quality of care; and WHEREAS, the uninsured rate for U.S. adults has risen for four straight years up to nearly 30 million, even after implementation of the ACA, with the greatest increase among women, young adults, and lower-income people; and WHEREAS, tens of millions more who pay for insurance remain underinsured due to the still largely unregulated high cost of medical care that has led to onerecommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
19-3135 2 Griselda Vega Samuel, Member, Complete Count Census Commission for Cook CountyAppointmentPROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): Griselda Vega Samuel Position: Member Department/Board/Commission: Complete Count Census Commission for Cook County Effective date: Immediate Expiration date: Commission members will serve 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.recommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
19-3136 2 Lawrence Benito, Member, Complete Count Census Commission for Cook CountyAppointmentPROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): Lawrence Benito Position: Member Department/Board/Commission: Complete Count Census Commission for Cook County Effective date: Immediate Expiration date: Commission members will serve 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.recommend for receiving and filingPass Action details Not available
19-3137 2 Sean C. Garrett, Member, Complete Count Census Commission for Cook CountyAppointmentPROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): Sean C. Garrett Position: Member Department/Board/Commission: Complete Count Census Commission for Cook County Effective date: Immediate Expiration date: Commission members will serve 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.recommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
19-3138 2 Barbara Lumpkin, Member, Complete Count Census Commission for Cook CountyAppointmentPROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): Barbara Lumpkin Position: Member Department/Board/Commission: Complete Count Census Commission for Cook County Effective date: Immediate Expiration date: Commission members will serve 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 termsrecommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
19-3139 2 Appointment of Commissioner Arroyo to the Complete Count Commission for Cook CountyAppointmentPROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): Commissioner Luis Arroyo Jr. Position: Member Department/Board/Commission: Complete Count Census Commission for Cook County Effective date: Immediate Expiration date: Commission members will serve 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.recommend for receiving and filingPass Action details Not available
19-3140 2 Commissioner Alma E. Anaya, Member, Complete Count Census Commission for Cook CountyAppointmentPROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): Commissioner Alma E. Anaya Position: Member Department/Board/Commission: Complete Count Census Commission for Cook County Effective date: Immediate Expiration date: Commission members will serve 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 termsrecommend for receiving and filingPass Action details Not available
19-3626 1 Johnny Wilbon, Member, Complete Count Census Commission for Cook CountyAppointmentPROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): Johnny Wilbon Position: Member Department/Board/Commission: Complete Count Census Commission for Cook County Effective date: Immediate Expiration date: Commission members will serve 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.recommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
19-3627 1 Lamell McMorris, Member, Complete Count Census Commission for Cook CountyAppointmentPROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): Lamell McMorris Position: Member Department/Board/Commission: Complete Count Census Commission for Cook County Effective date: Immediate Expiration date: Commission members will serve 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.recommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
19-3628 1 Dr. Marlon E. Everett, Member, Complete Count Census Commission for Cook CountyAppointmentPROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): Dr. Marlon E. Everett Position: Member Department/Board/Commission: Complete Count Census Commission for Cook County Effective date: Immediate Expiration date: Commission members will serve 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.recommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
19-3642 1 Patrice Ford, Member, Complete Count Census Committee of Cook CountyAppointmentPROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): Patrice Ford Position: Member Department/Board/Commission: Complete Count Census Committee of Cook County Effective date: Immediate Expiration date: Commission members will serve 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.recommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
19-3643 1 Senator Kimberly A. Lightford, Member, Complete Count Census Commission of Cook CountyAppointmentPROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): Senator Kimberly A. Lightford Position: Member Department/Board/Commission: Complete Count Census Commission of Cook County Effective date: Immediate” Expiration date: Commission members will serve 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.recommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
19-3644 1 Phyllis Logan, Member, Complete Count Census Commission of Cook CountyAppointmentPROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): Phyllis Logan Position: Member Department/Board/Commission: Complete Count Census Commission of Cook County Effective date: Immediate Expiration date: Commission members will serve 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.recommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
19-3646 1 Jay Stewart, Member, Complete Count Census Commission of Cook CountyAppointmentPROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): Jay Stewart Position: Member Department/Board/Commission: Complete Count Census Commission of Cook County Effective date: Immediate Expiration date: Commission members will serve 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.recommend for receiving and filingPass Action details Not available