Establishment of Independent Revenue Forecasting Commission Approved by Cook County Board

Cook County Board of Commissioners Meeting - October 17, 2018
Commissioners Present: All but Commissioners Butler and Goslin

Approved Items of Interest:
​The following items referred from Committees of the Board were approved with no discussion:

• Justice Advisory Councils’ proposed grants/contracts  (Agenda Item 18-5381)
• Change in the rules for the Board to take Lunch Breaks from 12:00-12:45 during their meetings (Agenda Item 18-38444)
• A proposal to create an Independent Revenue Forecasting Commission (Agenda Item 18-2073) 
• Establishment of the Complete Count Committee to develop and implement outreach strategy for the 2020 census to ensure the census counts everyone. (Agenda Item 18-6056)

Other Items Approved:

• Commissioner Garcia discussed a series of grants for Violence Prevention (Agenda Items 18-6308, 18-5381)
• Superintendent of Roads and Highways, John Yonan, requested funding for 24 Items. The items included  construction contracts, funding for maintenance, and Intergovernmental Agreements.
• Commissioner Silvestri presented a contract with Motorola for maintenance of the interoperable radio system (Agenda Item 18-4951) He also presented a request from the Sheriff for funding to replace aging magnetometers and x-ray machines throughout the county. (Agenda Item 18-6142) 
• The sheriff also submitted a proposed Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with Proviso Township HS Dist. 209 and Forest Park, IL for the Sheriff's office to provide  school community liaison officers to Proviso East since the school is located in unincorporated Cook County. The School District will pay the salary of the officer.  (Agenda Item 18-6114)

Item of Interest for future meetings:

• Comm Boykin introduced a resolution to hold a hearing on the use of county vehicles for personal or political purposes. This is in response to the IIG report dealing with an abandoned county vehicle that was found with  campaign materials inside.  Referred to Finance Committee. (Agenda Item 18-6495)
• On the New Items agenda there was a resolution urging President Donald Trump and the Department of Homeland Security to maintain the current interpretation of the Public Charge Rule and oppose any change that would negatively impact immigrant families.  Comm. Garcia described the proposed Trump Administration change as a “most drastic regulation” that would have a direct impact on our country.  Comm. Garcia requested that the Board act on this item at this meeting as he wanted to be able  to be a sponsor and to vote on it and he may not be able to be at the next meeting since he is running for a different office in the November election.. All present agreed it could be voted on and all commissioners present agreed to be sponsors. It was approved. (Agenda Item 18-6425)

Observer: Beverly Graham                                          Meeting Length:  1 hour and 50 minutes