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24-1096
| 1 | | | Committee Minutes | COMMITTEE MINUTES
Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 12/13/2023 | | |
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24-0407
| 1 | | APPOINTMENT OF ACTING COMPTROLLER | Resolution | PROPOSED RESOLUTION
APPOINTMENT OF ACTING COMPTROLLER
WHEREAS, the Comptroller supervises the fiscal affairs of the County by maintaining the general ledger, accounting records, financial reporting, accounts payable, payroll and garnishments; and
WHEREAS, in the case of a vacancy in the position of Comptroller, it is necessary to appoint an Acting or Interim Comptroller to perform the duties of the Comptroller and said Acting or Interim Comptroller shall have the full authority to otherwise execute the duties and responsibilities of the Comptroller until the appointed candidate for Comptroller can be confirmed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, the current Comptroller will vacate the position on December 31, 2023; and
WHEREAS, it is imperative to the successful operation of County government that the duties of the Comptroller continue to be carried out in an efficient and transparent manner; and
WHEREAS, President Toni Preckwinkle has appointed the Cook County Deputy Comptroller, Syril Thomas, to serve as the Acting Comptroller; and
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24-0632
| 1 | | Ciere Boatright Cook County Land Bank Authority | Appointment | PROPOSED APPOINTMENT
Appointee(s): Ciere Boatright
Position: Director
Department/Board/Commission: Cook County Land Bank Authority
Effective date: Immediate
Expiration date: Three years from date of approval or until a successor is appointed and qualified. | | |
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23-5802
| 1 | | A RESOLUTION AGAINST BOOK BANS | Resolution | PROPOSED RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION AGAINST BOOK BANS
WHEREAS, as John Milton laid out in his 1644 treatise, Areopagitica, “he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself”; and
WHEREAS, according to PEN America, from July 2022 through June 2023 there were over 3,400 instances of individual books banned, representing a 33 percent increase in bans compared to the prior year; and
WHEREAS, according to PEN American, of 1,648 unique book titles banned throughout the 2021-22 school year, 41 percent explicitly addressed LGBTQ+ themes or have protagonists or prominent secondary characters who are LGBTQ+, 40 percent contained protagonists or prominent secondary characters of color, and 21 percent directly addressed issues of race and racism; and
WHEREAS, of the overall 2,532 bans in the 2021-2022 school year, 96 percent of them were enacted without following the best practice guidelines for book challenges outlined by the American Library Association, the National Coalition Against Censorship, and the National Council of Teachers of English; and
WHEREAS, according to the E | | |
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