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Meeting date/time:
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10/23/2024
2:30 PM
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Minutes status:
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Draft
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Meeting location:
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Cook County Building, Board Room,
118 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois
Issued on 10/16/24
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24-5827
| 1 | | | Committee Minutes | COMMITTEE MINUTES
Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 09/18/2024 | | |
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24-5321
| 1 | | Appointment as Chief Executive Officer of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System | Miscellaneous Item of Business | PROPOSED MISCELLANEOUS ITEM OF BUSINESS
Department: Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors
Summary: Appointment and Compensation for “Candidate A” 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 August 23, 2024, the Board of Directors of the Cook County Health and H | | |
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24-5204
| 1 | | Cook County Commission on Human Rights Shobana Verma | Appointment | PROPOSED APPOINTMENT
Appointee(s): Shobana Verma
Position: Member
Department/Board/Commission: Cook County Commission on Human Rights
Effective date: 9/19/2024
Expiration date: 9/19/2027 | | |
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24-5217
| 1 | | Appointment of Hedy Ratner to Cook County Commission on Human Rights | Appointment | PROPOSED APPOINTMENT
Appointee(s): Hedy Ratner
Position: Member
Department/Board/Commission: Cook County Commission on Human Rights
Effective date: 10/19/2024
Expiration date: 10/19/2027 | | |
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24-5237
| 1 | | Seth Rau - Cook County Board of Ethics | Appointment | PROPOSED APPOINTMENT
Appointee(s): Seth Rau
Position: Member
Department/Board/Commission: Cook County Board of Ethics
Effective date: 10/24/2024
Expiration date: 10/24/2028 | | |
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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 KIDS | Resolution | PROPOSED 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 stude | | |
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24-5334
| 1 | | Appointment of Inger Burnett-Zeigler, PhD to CCH Board | Appointment | PROPOSED 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: 10/24/2028 | | |
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24-5376
| 1 | | Pushkar M. Sharma - Cook County Commission on Human RIghts | Appointment | PROPOSED APPOINTMENT
Appointee(s): Pushkar M. Sharma
Position: Member
Department/Board/Commission: Cook County Commission on Human Rights
Effective date: 10/24/2024
Expiration date: 10/24/2027 | | |
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24-5377
| 1 | | George Kasten - Woodley Road Sanitary District | Appointment | PROPOSED APPOINTMENT
Appointee(s): George Kasten
Position: Trustee
Department/Board/Commission: Woodley Road Sanitary District
Effective date: 10/24/2024
Expiration date: 10/24/2027 | | |
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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 BILL | Resolution | PROPOSED 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 Abu | | |
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24-5415
| 1 | | | Resolution | PROPOSED 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/et | | |
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