Meeting Name: Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/23/2019 11:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Cook County Building, Board Room 118 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois
Recessed to 10/24/2019 @ 9:30am
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Attachments: To comment on an item at this meeting, click here, Substitute 19-5620 Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee 10.23.2019.pdf, Alderman George Cardenas Affidavit- Item# 19-5836.pdf
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19-6266 1 COMMITTEE MINUTESCommittee MinutesCOMMITTEE MINUTES Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 09/25/2019approvePass Action details Video Video
19-4745 1 Samuel Jones, Board Member, Justice Advisory CouncilCommittee MinutesPROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): Samuel Jones Position: Board Member Department/Board/Commission: Justice Advisory Council Effective date: Immediate Expiration date: 7/25/2023, or until a successor is duly appointed and qualifiedrecommend for deferralPass Action details Video Video
19-5836 1 Alderman Cardenas Environmental CommissionAppointmentPROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): George Cardenas Position: Mayoral Representative Department/Board/Commission: Cook County Environmental Commission Effective date: Immediately Expiration date: October 17, 2021recommend for approvalPass Action details Video Video
19-5620 1 VOTING OPPORTUNITY AND TRANSLATION EQUITY ORDINANCEOrdinancePROPOSED ORDINANCE SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 19-5620 LEGISLATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING OF OCTOBER 23, 2019 Sponsored by: SCOTT R. BRITTON, KEVIN B. MORRISON, ALMA E. ANAYA, LUIS ARROYO JR, JOHN P. DALEY, DENNIS DEER, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRIDGET GAINER, BRANDON JOHNSON, BILL LOWRY, DONNA MILLER, STANLEY MOORE, SEAN M. MORRISON, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS and LARRY SUFFREDIN, County Commissioners PROPOSED ORDINANCE VOTING OPPORTUNITY AND TRANSLATION EQUITY ORDINANCE WHEREAS, Cook County is committed to the values of equity, engagement, and excellence; and WHEREAS, 35% of resident of Cook County speak a language other than English at home; and WHEREAS, research suggests that civic engagement is a significant predictor of economic opportunity across states; and WHEREAS, the United States Congress found in Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 52 U.S.C. § 10503, that, "through the use of various practices and procedures, citizens of language minorities have been effectively excluded from participation in the electoral procaccept as substitutedPass Action details Video Video
19-5620 2 VOTING OPPORTUNITY AND TRANSLATION EQUITY ORDINANCEOrdinancePROPOSED ORDINANCE SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 19-5620 LEGISLATION AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING OF OCTOBER 23, 2019 Sponsored by: SCOTT R. BRITTON, KEVIN B. MORRISON, ALMA E. ANAYA, LUIS ARROYO JR, JOHN P. DALEY, DENNIS DEER, BRIDGET DEGNEN, BRIDGET GAINER, BRANDON JOHNSON, BILL LOWRY, DONNA MILLER, STANLEY MOORE, SEAN M. MORRISON, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS and LARRY SUFFREDIN, County Commissioners PROPOSED ORDINANCE VOTING OPPORTUNITY AND TRANSLATION EQUITY ORDINANCE WHEREAS, Cook County is committed to the values of equity, engagement, and excellence; and WHEREAS, 35% of resident of Cook County speak a language other than English at home; and WHEREAS, research suggests that civic engagement is a significant predictor of economic opportunity across states; and WHEREAS, the United States Congress found in Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 52 U.S.C. § 10503, that, "through the use of various practices and procedures, citizens of language minorities have been effectively excluded from participation in the electoral procrecommend for approval as substitutedPass Action details Video Video
19-5830 1 Resolution on CRC and CDLResolutionPROPOSED RESOLUTION SUPPORTING A REVIEW OF COOK COUNTY POLICIES AND PRACTICES IN LIGHT OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD AND THE GLOBAL STUDY ON CHILDREN DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY WHEREAS, research shows that children prosecuted in the adult criminal justice system are more likely to reoffend than those held in the juvenile justice system; and WHEREAS, until the beginning of the 20th century, courts tried children under the age of 18 in adult settings; and WHEREAS, Cook County is home to the world’s first juvenile justice system, which arose from the belief that children should be removed from adult prison and receive a second chance; and WHEREAS, Cook County consistently leads on protecting children and promoting their rights; and WHEREAS, in the 1980s, the United States participated in a working group along with the nearly eighty other nations that drafted the Convention on the Rights of the Child; and WHEREAS, on November 20, 1989, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child, wirecommend for approvalPass Action details Video Video