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14-5207
| 1 | | Eric Davis Cook County Zoning Board of Appeals | Appointment | PROPOSED APPOINTMENT
Appointee(s): Eric Davis
Position: Member
Department/Board/Commission: Cook County Zoning Board of Appeals
Effective date: Immediate
Expiration date: October 8, 2019 | recommend for approval | Pass |
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14-5208
| 1 | | Monica Schwarm Cook County Emergency Telephone System Board | Appointment | PROPOSED APPOINTMENT
Appointee(s): Monica Schwarm
Position: Member
Department/Board/Commission: Cook County Emergency Telephone System Board
Effective date: Immediate
Expiration date: 10/8/2017 | recommend for approval | Pass |
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14-5209
| 1 | | Susie Park Cook County Emergency Telephone System Board | Appointment | PROPOSED APPOINTMENT
Appointee(s): Susie Park
Position: Member
Department/Board/Commission: Cook County Emergency Telephone System Board
Effective date: Immediate
Expiration date: 5/1/2015. Ms. Park will fill the vacancy of Theresa Larkin. | recommend for approval | Pass |
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14-5210
| 1 | | Larry Paarlberg Lincoln-Lansing Drainage District | Appointment | PROPOSED APPOINTMENT
Appointee(s): Larry Paarlberg
Position: Trustee
Department/Board/Commission: Lincoln-Lansing Drainage District
Effective date: Immediate
Expiration date: 10/8/2017 | recommend for approval | Pass |
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14-5212
| 1 | | Carol Ranieri Crawford Countryside Sanitary District | Appointment | PROPOSED APPOINTMENT
Appointee(s): Carol Ranieri
Position: Trustee
Department/Board/Commission: Crawford Countryside Sanitary District
Effective date: Immediate
Expiration date: 10/8/2017 | recommend for approval | Pass |
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14-5286
| 1 | | Keith Bevans Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors | Appointment | PROPOSED APPOINTMENT
Appointee(s): Keith Bevans
Position: Director
Department/Board/Commission: Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors
Effective date: Immediate
Expiration date: 10/8/2018, or until a successor is appointed
Summary: Keith Bevans is a partner in Bain & Company’s Chicago office and is head of the firm’s Global Consultant Recruiting team. He has done several pro-bono projects for the City of Chicago focused on healthcare transformation, violence reduction, and cultural arts. Mr. Bevans earned an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School, and graduated with a Bachelor of Science and Master of Engineering from MIT. | recommend for receiving and filing | Pass |
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14-5287
| 1 | | Ricardo Estrada Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors | Appointment | PROPOSED APPOINTMENT
Appointee(s): Ricardo Estrada
Position: Director
Department/Board/Commission: Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors
Effective date: Immediate
Expiration date: 10/8/2018, or until a successor is appointed
Summary: Ricardo Estrada is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Metropolitan Family Services, one of Chicago’s first human services agencies. Prior to joining Metropolitan he served as First Deputy Commissioner of the City of Chicago’s Department of Family and Support Services. Mr. Estrada earned an MBA from the University of Illinois at Chicago, an M.A. in Policy and Administration from the University of Chicago, and a B.S. in Psychology from Loyola University of Chicago. | recommend for approval | Pass |
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14-5288
| 1 | | Emilie Junge Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors | Appointment | PROPOSED APPOINTMENT
Appointee(s): Emilie Junge
Position: Director
Department/Board/Commission: Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors
Effective date: Immediate
Expiration date: 10/8/2018, or until a successor is appointed
Summary: Emilie Junge has more than thirty years of experience in the legal field, health care policy, organizing and labor representation. Presently, Ms. Junge is a pro bono attorney with Cabrini-Green Legal Aid. She earned her law degree from the UDC David A. Clarke School of Law, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle. | recommend for approval | Pass |
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14-5289
| 1 | | Ada Mary Gugenheim Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors | Reappointment | PROPOSED REAPPOINTMENT
Appointee(s): Ada Mary Gugenheim
Position: Director
Department/Board/Commission: Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors
Effective date: Immediate
Expiration date: 10/8/2018, or until a successor is appointed
Summary: Ada Mary Gugenheim currently serves on the Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors, and is a former senior program officer at the Chicago Community Trust. Ms. Gugenheim is a graduate of the University of London, Royal Holloway College; and the Nightingale School of Nursing, St. Thomas’s Hospital. | recommend for approval | Pass |
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14-5298
| 1 | | Patrick M. Blanchard IIG Reappointment | Reappointment | PROPOSED REAPPOINTMENT
Appointee(s): Patrick M. Blanchard
Position: Independent Inspector General
Department/Board/Commission: Office of the Cook County Independent Inspector General
Effective date: 10/15/2014
Expiration date: 10/14/2018 10/14/2020
Summary: In 2007, the Cook County Board of Commissioners through enactment of a Cook County Ordinance created the first Office of Independent Inspector General for Cook County. Following the enactment of the Ordinance, the Cook County Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association agreed to convene a nominating committee tasked with the responsibility to recommend qualified candidates. Thereafter, secondary interviews of the recommended candidates were conducted by a bipartisan selection committee that was comprised of four Cook County Commissioners, the Director of Ethics and the Cook County State’s Attorney. Upon completion of this process, the current Independent Inspector General, Patrick M. Blanchard was nominated for appointment and in October of 2008, Mr. Blanchard was appointed Cook County’s first Ind | recommend for approval as amended | Pass |
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14-3306
| 1 | | 14-5-21 Lobbyist Registration Ordinance Amendment | Ordinance Amendment | PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
AN AMENDMENT TO THE COOK COUNTY LOBBYIST REGISTRATION ORDINANCE
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Part I. General Ordinances, Chapter 2. Administration, Article VI. Ethics, Division 3. Lobbyists, Sections 2-622, 2-632, 2-633and 2-637 through 2-643 are hereby amended as follows:
Sec. 2-622. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this division shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Administrative action means the execution or rejection of any rule, regulation, legislative rule, standard, fee, rate, contractual agreement, purchasing agreement or other delegated legislative or quasi-legislative action to be taken or withheld by any County official or County employee.
Board means the County Board and any and all of its standing or special committees or subcommittees.
Clerk means the duly elected or appointed Clerk of the County.
Commissioner means any of the duly elected or duly appointed Co | recommend for deferral | Pass |
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14-3764
| 1 | | RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO OPPOSE CUTS IN FUNDING TO THE FEDERAL FOOD AND NUTRITION PROGRAMS
FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES | Resolution | PROPOSED RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO OPPOSE CUTS IN FUNDING TO THE FEDERAL FOOD AND NUTRITION PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
WHEREAS, More than 15 percent of Illinoisans struggle to provide enough food for their families and more than 22 percent of Illinoisans do not have consistent access to adequate food; and
WHEREAS, Illinois ranks 24th in the nation for childhood hunger and 21 percent of children live in poverty; and
WHEREAS,There are children in every county of the State of Illinois who suffer from a lack of adequate food and nutrition; and
WHEREAS, no child deserves to go without food and underfed children suffer from increased risk of chronic diseases, increased rates of behavioral problems, decreased academic achievement, and long-term social and economic impacts; and
WHEREAS, 95,000 participate in the summer meals program; and
WHEREAS, 32 percent of low-income families find themselves without enough food in summer months; and 43 percent of low-income families find it hard to make ends meet in the summer months; and low-inco | recommend for approval | Pass |
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14-5299
| 1 | | Lobbying Prohibited in County Board Room | Ordinance Amendment | PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
Lobbying Prohibited in County Board Room
WHEREAS, Cook County is a home rule unit of local government pursuant to Article VII, Section 6(a) of the 1970 Illinois Constitution, and as such may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners recognizes that lobbying activity by registered lobbyists is incompatible with the proper conduct of business during such time as when a session of the Board or any of its Committees is convened and in progress, and members of the Board are present on the floor of the Cook County Board Room.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2 Administration, Article VII Ethics, Division 3 Lobbyists, Section 2-636 of the Cook County Code is hereby be amended as follows:
Section 2 -636:
(a) No person shall retain or employ another to lobby for compensation contingent in whole or in part upon the result obtained or the final disposition of any matter, and no person shall accept a | accept as substituted | Pass |
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14-5299
| 1 | | Lobbying Prohibited in County Board Room | Ordinance Amendment | PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
Lobbying Prohibited in County Board Room
WHEREAS, Cook County is a home rule unit of local government pursuant to Article VII, Section 6(a) of the 1970 Illinois Constitution, and as such may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs; and
WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners recognizes that lobbying activity by registered lobbyists is incompatible with the proper conduct of business during such time as when a session of the Board or any of its Committees is convened and in progress, and members of the Board are present on the floor of the Cook County Board Room.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, that Chapter 2 Administration, Article VII Ethics, Division 3 Lobbyists, Section 2-636 of the Cook County Code is hereby be amended as follows:
Section 2 -636:
(a) No person shall retain or employ another to lobby for compensation contingent in whole or in part upon the result obtained or the final disposition of any matter, and no person shall accept a | recommend for approval as substituted | Pass |
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