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24-2627
| 1 | | | Committee Minutes | COMMITTEE MINUTES
Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 02/28/2024 | approve | Pass |
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24-2628
| 1 | | | Committee Minutes | COMMITTEE MINUTES
Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 03/12/2024 | approve | Pass |
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23-5909
| 1 | | Appointment of Dr. Justin Harbinson | Appointment | PROPOSED APPOINTMENT
Appointee(s): Dr. Justin Harbinson
Position: Trustee
Department/Board/Commission: Northwest Mosquito Abatement District
Effective date: Immediate
Expiration date: 4 years from date of approval | recommend for approval | Pass |
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24-1177
| 1 | | Department of Human Rights Appointment | Appointment | PROPOSED APPOINTMENT
Appointee(s): Dr. Simone Griffin
Position: Member
Department/Board/Commission: Commission on Human Rights
Effective date: 2/29/2024
Expiration date: 2/28/2027 | recommend for approval | Pass |
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24-1697
| 1 | | | Resolution | PROPOSED RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF ONE FAIR WAGE FOR WORKERS IN COOK COUNTY AND ACROSS ILLINOIS
WHEREAS, the subminimum wage impacts a Cook County workforce of almost 78,000 tipped workers, 60 percent of whom are women and 46 percent are people of color; and
WHEREAS, under the Cook County Minimum Wage Ordinance, the minimum hourly wage for adults over the age of 18 was raised to $14 for non-tipped workers per hour and $8.40 for tipped workers per hour on the 1st of January 2024; and
WHEREAS, the “two-tiered” subminimum wage system exposes tipped workers to disproportional levels of poverty, financial uncertainty, exploitation of workers under the age of 18, sexual harassment; and
WHEREAS, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, an estimated 2 million people are working as restaurant servers in the United States, and roughly 70 percent of them are women; and
WHEREAS, almost 13 percent of tipped workers are in poverty, compared with approximately 6 percent of non-tipped employees, according to a 2014 joint report by the Economic Policy Institute and the | defer | Pass |
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24-1937
| 1 | | MANAGER OF ARCHIVES | Ordinance Amendment | PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
MANAGER OF ARCHIVES
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2 ADMINISTRATION, Article 5 DEPARTMENTS AND SIMILAR AGENCIES, Division 4 RECORDS COMPLIANCE, Sec. 2-444 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as Follows:
Sec. 2-444. Role of the manager of archives.
The Manager of Archives shall:
(a) Administer, supervise and monitor requirements with respect to the collection and preservation of Archival Materials under this Division, including, but not limited to, inter-agency transfers of Archival Material, donations of Archival Material from external sources and post-custodial care of the Archive Materials.
(b) Establish guidelines and policies to support the governance of the CARO archival holdings and access through the CARO office.
(c) Work cooperatively with the Records Management Administrator as to establish documentation and methods to categorize and retrieve Archive materials as necessary.
(d) Promulgate CARO rules and procedures which govern this section as needed.
(e) Serve as | recommend for approval | Pass |
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24-2057
| 1 | | Ethics Ordinance Amendment -- Newsletters, brochures, public service announcements | Ordinance Amendment | PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
AMENDMENT TO ETHICS ORDINANCE
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2 Administration, Article VII Ethics, Division 2 Code of Ethical Conduct, Section 2-586 of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 2-586. Newsletters, brochures, public service announcements, and promotional materials.]
(a) Election Period Prohibitions
(1) Except as provided by subsection (b), Sixty days prior to a general, primary, or special election and ending the day after such election in which an elected official is a candidate, County funds and or resources may not be used by any elected County official to print, mail, transmit, or pay for the printing, mailing, or transmission of any newsletters or brochures bearing the proper name of the elected County official during the period of time design, print, and/or distribute::
a. Print newsletters or brochures bearing the proper name or image of the elected County official who is a candidate in an election; or
b. Public service announcements or advertisements th | recommend for approval | Pass |
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24-2097
| 1 | | Women's Commission | Appointment | PROPOSED APPOINTMENT
Appointee(s): Phoebe Snowe
Position: Cook County Women’s Commissioner
Department/Board/Commission: Cook County Commission on Women’s Issues
Effective date: 4/17/24
Expiration date: 4/17/26 | recommend for approval | Pass |
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