Meeting Name: Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/23/2024 2:30 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Cook County Building, Board Room, 118 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois
Issued on 10/16/24
Published agenda: Revised Agenda Revised Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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Attachments: To Comment on an Item Click Here, Click to Watch Live, Proposed Substitute to File 23-5321.pdf, Rose Bronstein Cook county statement 2024 24-5216.pdf, 24-5216 Chicago Resolution Remarks 10-24-2024.pdf
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24-5827 1  Committee MinutesCOMMITTEE MINUTES Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 09/18/2024approvePass Action details Not available
24-5321 1 Appointment as Chief Executive Officer of the Cook County Health and Hospitals SystemMiscellaneous Item of BusinessPROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 24-5321 - Issued on 10/17/2024 PROPOSED MISCELLANEOUS ITEM OF BUSINESS Department: Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors Summary: Appointment and Compensation for Erik Mikaitis, MD, MBA, FACP, CPE as Chief Executive Officer of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System. The Cook County Board of Commissioners passed a comprehensive ordinance creating the Cook County Health and Hospitals System (CCHHS), Chapter 38, Sections 38-70, et seq., through which they established rules for the governance, management, mission, and goals of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System. Chapter 38, Sec. 38-80(a) granted to the System Board the authority to appoint the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CCHHS as set forth in Section 38-81(b) and to recommend the compensation of such CEO subject to review and approval by the County Board. Chapter 38, Sec. 38-80(a) and 38-81(b) provide that the appointment of a Chief Executive Officer to the CCHHS, shall be subject to the advice and consent of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. On Auaccept as substitutedPass Action details Not available
24-5321 1 Appointment as Chief Executive Officer of the Cook County Health and Hospitals SystemMiscellaneous Item of BusinessPROPOSED SUBSTITUTE TO FILE 24-5321 - Issued on 10/17/2024 PROPOSED MISCELLANEOUS ITEM OF BUSINESS Department: Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors Summary: Appointment and Compensation for Erik Mikaitis, MD, MBA, FACP, CPE as Chief Executive Officer of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System. The Cook County Board of Commissioners passed a comprehensive ordinance creating the Cook County Health and Hospitals System (CCHHS), Chapter 38, Sections 38-70, et seq., through which they established rules for the governance, management, mission, and goals of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System. Chapter 38, Sec. 38-80(a) granted to the System Board the authority to appoint the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CCHHS as set forth in Section 38-81(b) and to recommend the compensation of such CEO subject to review and approval by the County Board. Chapter 38, Sec. 38-80(a) and 38-81(b) provide that the appointment of a Chief Executive Officer to the CCHHS, shall be subject to the advice and consent of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. On Aurecommend for approval as substitutedPass Action details Not available
24-5204 1 Cook County Commission on Human Rights Shobana VermaAppointmentPROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): Shobana Verma Position: Member Department/Board/Commission: Cook County Commission on Human Rights Effective date: 9/19/2024 Expiration date: 9/19/2027recommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
24-5217 1 Appointment of Hedy Ratner to Cook County Commission on Human RightsAppointmentPROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): Hedy Ratner Position: Member Department/Board/Commission: Cook County Commission on Human Rights Effective date: 10/19/2024 Expiration date: 10/19/2027recommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
24-5237 1 Seth Rau - Cook County Board of EthicsAppointmentPROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): Seth Rau Position: Member Department/Board/Commission: Cook County Board of Ethics Effective date: 10/24/2024 Expiration date: 10/24/2028recommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
24-5216 1 A RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO PASS THE KIDS ONLINE SAFETY ACT (KOSA) AND THE CHILDREN AND TEENS’ ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT (COPPA 2.0) A RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO PASS THE KIDSResolutionPROPOSED RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO PASS THE KIDS ONLINE SAFETY ACT (KOSA) AND THE CHILDREN AND TEENS’ ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT (COPPA 2.0) WHEREAS, the digital age has revolutionized how children and teenagers interact with the world, presenting unprecedented opportunities for learning and engagement, while also introducing significant risks to their safety and privacy online; and WHEREAS, the U.S. Surgeon General issued a warning on May 23, 2023, stating that “there are increasing concerns among researchers, parents and caregivers, young people, healthcare experts, and others about the impact of social media on youth mental health” with such concerns including anxiety, eating disorders, depression, and suicide. Social media is additionally used to facilitate cyberbullying, privacy invasion, fraud, human trafficking, sexual harassment, sexual predation, the sale of illegal narcotics, hate, and disinformation; and WHEREAS, about 64% of U.S. teens have encountered hate speech on social media; Approximately 46% of studerecommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
24-5334 1 Appointment of Inger Burnett-Zeigler, PhD to CCH BoardAppointmentPROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): Inger Burnett-Zeigler, PhD Position: Director Department/Board/Commission: Cook County Health & Hospital Systems Board of Directors Effective date: 10/24/2024 Expiration date: 10/24/2028recommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
24-5376 1 Pushkar M. Sharma - Cook County Commission on Human RIghtsAppointmentPROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): Pushkar M. Sharma Position: Member Department/Board/Commission: Cook County Commission on Human Rights Effective date: 10/24/2024 Expiration date: 10/24/2027recommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
24-5377 1 George Kasten - Woodley Road Sanitary DistrictAppointmentPROPOSED APPOINTMENT Appointee(s): George Kasten Position: Trustee Department/Board/Commission: Woodley Road Sanitary District Effective date: 10/24/2024 Expiration date: 10/24/2027recommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
24-5324 1 A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF KARINA’S BILL A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF KARINA’S BILL A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF KARINA’S BILLResolutionPROPOSED RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF KARINA’S BILL WHEREAS, in June of 2023, Karina Gonzalez filed a complaint with the Ogden district police station and said her husband, Jose Alvarez, had a gun and had threatened to kill her; and WHEREAS, in the days that followed, Gonzalez was granted an order of protection against Alvarez banning him from their home; and WHEREAS, Chicago police filed a clear and present danger report on him, and Illinois State Police revoked and confiscated his firearm owner’s identification (FOID) card; and WHEREAS, however, Alvarez was still in the home and still had his Glock 9mm handgun when on July 3, 2023, prosecutors say he fatally shot Gonzalez and his 15-year-old daughter while wounding his 18-year-old son; and WHEREAS, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office report “A Firearm Regulation Crisis”, in Cook County, 39,719 FOIDs were revoked or suspended at the end of 2023, and 27,043 (68%) had not turned in the required Firearm Disposition Record; and WHEREAS, according to the 2003 study “Risk Factors for Femicide in Aburecommend for approvalPass Action details Not available
24-5415 1  ResolutionPROPOSED RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING CAREGIVERS AS KEY PARTNERS IN THE PROVISION OF HEALTH CARE WHEREAS, a caregiver assisting a spouse, partner, family member, friend, or neighbor, is known as an informal caregiver and is often an unpaid individual involved in assisting others with activities of daily living and/or medical tasks; and WHEREAS, according to the most recent report from The National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) and AARP published in 2020, there are 53 million people providing unpaid care in the U.S. with family caregivers now encompassing more than one in five Americans; and WHEREAS, caregiving remains an activity that occurs among all generations, racial/ethnic groups, income or educational levels, family types, gender identities, and sexual orientations. Three in 5 caregivers are women (61 percent) and 2 in 5 are men (39 percent). Six in 10 caregivers report being non-Hispanic White (61 percent), 17 percent are Hispanic or Latino, 14 percent non-Hispanic African American or Black, 5 percent Asian American and Pacific Islander, and 3 percent some other race/etrecommend for approvalPass Action details Not available