Cook County Board Receives Final Report on Merger of Offices of Recorder of Deeds and County Clerk10/23/2020 Cook County Board Committee Meetings
October 21, 2020 - Committee Meetings were held from 9:30am-2:30pm Items of Interest: Health & Hospital Committee:
Agenda Item 20-4191 - Final Report on Merger of Recorder of Deeds Office with the Office of the County Clerk
Cook County Board Of Commissioners Meeting October 22, 2020 Meeting Length - 3 hours 15 minutes Key Items Addressed by the Board: Agenda Item 20-4204 Mr. Israel Rocha, candidate for the Cook County Hospital’s CEO position, received the blessing of the Cook County Board on October 22, 2020. His offer package included a base salary of $650,000 plus a 10% performance- based annual bonus opportunity. The industry’s standard severance package of one year was reduced to 20 weeks. CCH Board President officially intro- duced Mr. Rocha, though he had met most of the 17 Commissioners prior to this meeting. While taking longer than the expected six months to identify and vet the final candidate, it appears that the Cook County Board and the Hospital Board are in strong agreement that they have found the right person. Mr. Rocha has experience in all of the responsibility areas he will assume as CEO, including: Public Health, A Managed Health Care Plan, Forensic Medi- cine and an Ambulatory Care Network. In his remarks, Mr. Rocha said that he wants to create a leading model of care for Cook County. He offered the following six goals toward that end: 1. Operate a safe and clinically sound system of care 2. Responsive to patients’ needs 3. Take bold steps by breaking barriers to achieve equity and inclusion 4. Ensure fiscal and financial resilience 5. Be known as the employer of choice and the provider of choice 6. Be known as a leader in the advancement of medicine as a human right. Agenda Item 20-3562 The Board voted a substitute for the Proposed Landlord Tenant Ordinance and then discharged it from the Finance Committee and referred it to the Zoning & Building Committee. This ordinance is meant to establish the same rights for all renters and tenants throughout suburban Cook County as those currently enjoyed by citizens of Chicago, Evanston, and Mt. Prospect. Agenda Item 20-4872 A resolution was passed stating the Clerk of the Court should collect $150 on all mortgage foreclosure filings to be used to support a plan to save residents from eviction and mortgage foreclosures. The Illinois Supreme Court authorized the collection. Passed unanimously. Agenda Item 20-4814 The Board unanimously passed a resolution to forgive loans made by the County under the program established to deal with Covid. The County can use CARES money from the federal government as long as it is done before the end of December. Agenda Item 20-3431 The Board approved appointment of Joseph M. Harrington to the CCH Board. Agenda Item 20-4202 The Board passed an ordinance by President Preckwinkle to establish a Property Assessed Clean Energy Program & Area. It is to finance the acqui- sition, construction, installation or modification of energy projects. Agenda Item 20-4684 The Cook County Board honored Dorothy Brown on her retirement from 20years of service as the Clerk of the Circuit Court. Commissioners praised the Coronavirus report (9-30-20) as a great resource. The distribution of funds was broken down into four areas: 1) direct costs, 2) workplace redesign, 3) economic development and 4) grants to local governments (due by October 31). Observers: Georgia Gebhardt and Diane Edmundson
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Cook County Commissioners - Board and Committee Meetings
July 27, 29 and 30, 2020 Key items passed by the Board:
Other Items of Interest Discussed in Committees: Finance Committee:
Items to watch for at next Committee meetings, likely during the week of Sept. 21:
Note: The Cook County Board and most of the Board Committees are not scheduled to meet again until week of Sept. 21, though Commissioner Suffredin wanted the public to know that everyone is still working and Commissioners continue meeting virtually in small groups (so as not to violate the Open Meetings Act) each Sunday with key County personnel. Observer - Priscilla Mims Cook County Board of Commissioners - Finance Committee
Departmental Budget Hearing October 30, 2019: Commissioners Absent: Deer, Gainer, Tobolski, Sean Morrison Clerk of the Circuit Court: Dorothy Brown
Recorder of Deeds: Ed Moody
County Clerk: Karen Yarborough
Office of Inspector General: Patrick Blanchard
Cook County Board Finance Committee - Budget Hearings
Oct. 23, 20018 afternoon session Cook County Land Bank Cook County Clerk Recorder of Deeds Commissioners Present: Daley, Boykin, Silvestri, Morrison, Goslin, Schneider, Gainer, Moody and Deer. As the observer for this meeting, I was struck by 2 things. The reports went extremely quickly especially compared to last year. This year no department took over 20 minutes as compared to well over an hour each last year. Also the commissioners asked very few substantive questions. Mostly they had comments and compliments for the heads of each department. Highlights of each department include: Cook County Land Bank Director Rob Rose explained the mission of the land bank is to buy up abandoned and foreclosed properties and resell them to potential owners at reduced prices. The main group of buyers for these properties are homeowners. The main geographic areas of focus are the west and south sides of Chicago and the southern suburbs. When no buyers can be found, the Land Bank is responsible for upkeep of the property including lawn care and snow removal. Some of their successes include:
Cook County Clerk: David Orr explained that his office is not just about elections, though it seems that way at this time of the year. His office handles tax revenue collection from over 1500 separate taxing bodies in Cook County. And if you want to get married in Cook County his office provides the certificate. During his tenure as Clerk, Mr. Orr cited some successes:
Commissioner Silvestri thanked him for making a paper back- up ballot mandatory when using the touchscreen. Commissioner Schneider said that he has defended the Clerk’s performance vehemently over the years whenever the right wing of his party criticized him. Lots of good luck wishes could be heard as he left the room. Recorder of Deeds Karen Yarbrough said that her office always brings in more money than she spends. Since she took over in 2012 her numbers of FTE’s are down 50%. Some of her successes include:
Commissioner Morrison asked about the merger between her office and the clerk’s office. She said that no talks have begun yet on formulating a plan for the merger. In other counties, she said the county boards have given out plans for such a merger, but she has not received any instructions from this board. But she has plans to get the 2 staff groupings together early next year. David Orr has also promised to help with this process. She has a team in place to instruct her on the workings of the Clerk’s office. Observer - Jan Goldberg Cook County Board Finance Committee - July 24, 2018
Midyear Budget Hearing - Day 2 - afternoon session Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas had the shortest meeting of all:
Cook County Inspector General's Office:
Recorder of Deeds, Karen Yarborough, presented her budget at 2pm.
Clerk of the Circuit Court, Dorothy Brown, relied most of the time on the comptroller to discuss the details of her budget and whether she would be within it.
Chief Judge Tim Evans is running at 2% over budget.
Budget hearings were adjourned at 4pm. Commissioners Garcia, Sims, Daley, Silvestri, Tobolski, Deer, Boykin, Moore, Moody, and Suffredin were present for most of the budget hearings. Observer - Amy Little Cook County Board Approves MacArthur Foundation Grant for Safety and Justice Challenge Program11/18/2017 Cook County Board of Commissioners Meeting - November 15, 2017
Significant Actions Taken:
Other Items of Interest: Most of the items on the agenda were referred to committees.
Observed by: Nancy Marcus Meeting Length: 1 hour |
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