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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