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Meeting date/time:
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2/6/2018
11:00 AM
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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
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18-2045
| 1 | | | Committee Minutes | COMMITTEE MINUTES
Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 1/17/2018 | | |
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17-9993
| 1 | | CALLING ON COOK COUNTY TO ASSESS ITS LACTATION ROOMS AND LACTATION ROOM POLICIES IN AN EFFORT TO BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF NURSING MOTHERS IN ITS FACILITIES | Resolution | PROPOSED RESOLUTION
CALLING ON COOK COUNTY TO ASSESS ITS LACTATION ROOMS AND LACTATION ROOM POLICIES IN AN EFFORT TO BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF NURSING MOTHERS IN ITS FACILITIES
WHEREAS, breastfeeding offers proven health benefits for babies and mothers, but women often find it difficult to continue breastfeeding once they return to the workplace; and
WHEREAS, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), among employed women with children under age 3, approximately 70 percent work full time and one-third of mothers return to work within 3 months after giving birth, and two-thirds return within 6 months; and
WHEREAS, challenges to breastfeeding mothers include lack of break time and inadequate facilities for pumping and storing human milk; and
WHEREAS, providing accommodations for breastfeeding offers numerous rewards for the employer, in cost savings for health care, reduced absenteeism, employee morale, and employee retention; and
WHEREAS, Cook County and its facilities owned or rented are unique in that they must accommodate county employees, workers who are | | |
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17-9993
| 1 | | CALLING ON COOK COUNTY TO ASSESS ITS LACTATION ROOMS AND LACTATION ROOM POLICIES IN AN EFFORT TO BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF NURSING MOTHERS IN ITS FACILITIES | Resolution | PROPOSED RESOLUTION
CALLING ON COOK COUNTY TO ASSESS ITS LACTATION ROOMS AND LACTATION ROOM POLICIES IN AN EFFORT TO BEST MEET THE NEEDS OF NURSING MOTHERS IN ITS FACILITIES
WHEREAS, breastfeeding offers proven health benefits for babies and mothers, but women often find it difficult to continue breastfeeding once they return to the workplace; and
WHEREAS, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), among employed women with children under age 3, approximately 70 percent work full time and one-third of mothers return to work within 3 months after giving birth, and two-thirds return within 6 months; and
WHEREAS, challenges to breastfeeding mothers include lack of break time and inadequate facilities for pumping and storing human milk; and
WHEREAS, providing accommodations for breastfeeding offers numerous rewards for the employer, in cost savings for health care, reduced absenteeism, employee morale, and employee retention; and
WHEREAS, Cook County and its facilities owned or rented are unique in that they must accommodate county employees, workers who are | | |
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18-1566
| 1 | | P. Scott Neville, Member, Justice Advisory Council | Appointment | PROPOSED APPOINTMENT
Appointee(s): P. Scott Neville
Position: Member
Department/Board/Commission: Justice Advisory Council
Effective date: Immediate
Expiration date: 1/18/2021, or until a successor is appointed and qualified | | |
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18-1649
| 1 | | Clerk of Court E-Filing Resolution | Resolution | PROPOSED RESOLUTION
REQUESTING A HEARING OF THE LEGISLATIVE AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS MANDATORY E-FILING AT THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY
WHEREAS, the Supreme Court of Illinois ordered that Illinois Circuit Courts create an Electronic Filing system (“e-filing”) on January 22, 2016; and
WHEREAS, Illinois Circuit Courts were to implement their e-filing system by January 1, 2018; and
WHEREAS, the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County entered into a contract with On-Line Information Services in June of 2016 to provide e-filing services; and
WHEREAS, in April of 2017, Tyler Technologies signed a $36 million contract with Cook County to provide court docketing services that would include matters filed through e-filing in the Circuit Court of Cook County; and
WHEREAS, to monitor the court docketing services contract, Cook County entered into an agreement with PriceWaterhouseCooper; and
WHEREAS, Tyler Technologies informed the Clerk, under a different contract with the Illinois Supreme court, that it would be unable to complete the payme | | |
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