Cook County Board of Commissioners Meeting - June 27, 2018
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Observer - Diane Edmundson Length of Meeting - 2 hours
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Cook County Board of Commissioners Meeting- March 14, 2018
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Observer – Sharon Welch Cook County Board of Commissioners Meetings - January 17, 2018
Meeting Length: Board Meeting 1.5 hours Board Committee Meetings embedded within, and preceding from 9:15 ending at 3:15pm Commissioners Absent: Butler Significant Decisions Made: Board Meeting:
Significant Topics Discussed Finance Committee:
Business and Economic Development Committee:
Homeland Security Committee:
Other Observations: There were two public speakers in addition to George Blakemore.
Observer – Amy Little Cook County Board of Commissioners Committees and Board Meeting
December 13, 2017 Meeting Length: Committees—3 hours 40 minutes, Board meeting—1 hour 40 minutes Commissioners Absent: Butler, Schneider, Silvestri Significant Decisions Made:
Significant Topics Discussed and/or referred to committee: Technology reports presented updates and progress on various technology projects.
Health and Hospital System (CCHHS) presentation:
Juvenile Temporary Detention Center (JTDC) administrator Steve Smith requested another contract extension (Agenda Item 18-0877) to re-hire 30 private security personnel. This is about the 10th extension of this contract since 2008. Concern was expressed by the Board that this was not going out to bid and that late bidding requests came too often. The JTDC has 679 staff which is 2 1/2 staff per juvenile defendant. There are critical staffing issues at JTDC: high absence rate due to almost 40% of staff on FMLA (18% being absent everyday and 21% intermittent absence). Unexpected Votes and Items to watch for in the Future:
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Observer - Karin Hribar Cook County Board of Commissioners Meeting – July 19, 2017
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Observer - Syvia Tillman Meeting lasted: 9:30 a.m. until after 6:30 p.m. Impending Real Estate Delinquent Tax Sale Brings Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. to Cook County Board Meeting3/23/2017 Cook County Board of Commissioners Board Meeting - March 22, 2017
Significant Issue Discussed: Real Estate Delinquent Tax Sale - Commissioners Gainer, Boykin, and Garcia along with Treasurer Maria Pappas brought the issue to Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., who spoke at the CC Board meeting. He asked all commissioners to inform their constituents about Real Estate Tax Delinquency buyers:
Other items of interest discussed: Cook County Health and Hospitals System (CCHHS)
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