JOURNAL OF THE
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS
OF
JOURNAL OF THE
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS
OF
Call to Order................................................................................................................................ 801
Invocation..................................................................................................................................... 801
Journals of Proceedings -
Communications Referred to Committee................................................................................... 802
Recess/ Reconvene..................................................................................................................... 802
Board of Commissioners of
COMMISSIONERS
Proposed Ordinance Amendment.................................................................................................. 803
Proposed Resolutions.................................................................................................................... 805
Business from Department Heads and Elected Officials
CERMAK HEALTH SERVICES OF
Contract Addendum...................................................................................................................... 807
HEALTH SERVICES, BUREAU OF
Permission to Advertise................................................................................................................ 808
Contract....................................................................................................................................... 808
Contract Addendum...................................................................................................................... 809
Approval of Payment.................................................................................................................... 810
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Proposed Acquisition of Real Estate.............................................................................................. 810
Permission to Advertise................................................................................................................ 811
Contract Renewal......................................................................................................................... 811
Change in Plans and Extra Work................................................................................................... 812
Resolutions:
07-R-90....... (Improvement)
07-R-91....... (Improvement)
07-R-92....... (Maintenance)
Purchase of hot patch materials for Districts #1 and 2 ....................... 815
07-R-93....... (Maintenance)
Purchase of hot patch materials for Districts #3, 4 and 5.................... 816
07-R-94....... (Maintenance)
Purchase of cold patch materials for Districts #1 and 2...................... 817
07-R-95....... (Maintenance)
Purchase of cold patch materials for Districts #3, 4 and 5................... 818
07-R-96....... (Supplemental
Improvement)
07-R-97....... (Supplemental
Improvement)
07-R-98....... (Completion
of Construction)
07-R-99....... (Completion
of Construction)
Grant Award................................................................................................................................ 823
Approval of Payment.................................................................................................................... 824
MEDICAL EXAMINER, OFFICE OF THE
Contract Addendum...................................................................................................................... 825
Medical Appointments.................................................................................................................. 825
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF
Medical Appointments.................................................................................................................. 826
Joint Conference Committee Report.............................................................................................. 828
PUBLIC HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF
Contracts..................................................................................................................................... 829
STATE'S ATTORNEY, OFFICE OF THE
Pending Litigation......................................................................................................................... 830
Medical Appointments.................................................................................................................. 830
Permission to Advertise................................................................................................................ 833
Proposed Purchase Order Addendum............................................................................................ 834
Bid Opening -
Contracts and Bonds - Purchasing Agent...................................................................................... 836
Reports of Committees
Roads and Bridges -
Zoning and Building -
07-O-14....... Amending
the Cook County Zoning Ordinance rezoning certain property and providing for a
special use located in Orland Township............................................................................... 844
Finance -
07-O-15.......
07-O-16....... An
Amendment to the
07-O-17....... An
Ordinance enacting Chapter 58, Article V, Section 164 (Motor Vehicles, Seizure
and Impoundment), as amended.................................................................................... 863
07-O-18....... An
Ordinance enacting Chapter 54, Article VII, Section 330 (Police Alarm Systems),
as amended ............................................................................................................................. 870
Finance -
07-O-19.......
Finance -
Finance (Bid Awards) -
Information Technology and Automation
-
Public Health Subcommittee -
Resolutions
07-R-100...... A
Resolution Urging the Illinois General Assembly to pass reasonable legislation
establishing a statewide ban on smoking in public places................................................................ 940
07-R-101...... Jeffrey
Allen Hartfield - In Memoriam.................................................................... 942
07-R-102...... Proclaiming
that
07-R-103...... Congratulating
Ruby Lee Brown on the occasion of her 80th Birthday....................... 944
07-R-104...... Commemorating
the
07-R-105...... Interest
Arbitration Award for the Sheriff and the
07-R-106...... Christl
Hansen - In Memoriam................................................................................ 947
07-R-107...... Eldee
Young - In Memoriam................................................................................... 949
Adjournment................................................................................................................................ 950
J O U R N A
L O F
T H E P R O C E E D I N G S
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T H E
B O A R D O F C
O M M I S S I O N E R S
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C O O K C O U N T Y
Meeting of
Central Standard Time
COOK COUNTY BOARD ROOM,
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Board met pursuant to law and
pursuant to Resolution 07-R-11.
OFFICIAL RECORD
President Stroger in the
Chair.
At
QUORUM
County Clerk David Orr called
the roll of members and there was found to be a quorum present.
ROLL CALL
Present: President
Stroger and Commissioners Beavers,
Absent: Commissioner
Moreno (1)
Reverend Patricia Brown of
Gospel Impact Fellowship gave the Invocation.
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DAVID
ORR, Cook County Clerk presented in printed form a record of the Journal of the
Proceedings of the special meeting held on
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Commissioner Daley, seconded by Commissioner Murphy,
moved that the communication be referred to the Committee on Rules and
Administration. (Comm. No. 285069). The motion carried unanimously.
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JOURNAL
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DAVID
ORR, Cook County Clerk presented in printed form a record of the Journal of the
Proceedings of the meeting held on
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Commissioner Daley, seconded by Commissioner Murphy,
moved that the communication be referred to the Committee on Rules and
Administration. (Comm. No. 285070). The motion carried unanimously.
COMMUNICATIONS REFERRED TO COMMITTEE
Pursuant
to Cook County Code Section 2-108(y), Communication Numbers 284790 through
285079 were referred to their respective committees.
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President Stroger moved that
the meeting do now recess for the purpose of holding the various committee
meetings.
President Stroger in the
Chair.
QUORUM
Cook County Clerk David Orr called the roll of
members and there was found to be a quorum present.
ROLL CALL
Present: President
Stroger and Commissioners Beavers,
Absent: Commissioner
Moreno (1)
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF
COMMISSIONERS
Submitting a
Proposed Ordinance Amendment sponsored by
ROBERTO
MALDONADO,
PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT
BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners that
Chapter 34, Section 34-123 is hereby amended as follows:
Sec.
34-123. Living wage.
(a)
Unless
expressly waived by the County Board, not less than Aa living wage for services
performed or produced shall be paid to lowest wage individuals employed
by a each employee of any person or business entity awarded a
contract or subcontract with the County or by a for-profit person or business
entity of organization which has an owner-occupied property who
that receives or renews a Class 6b or Class 9 property tax incentive,
except in applications or renewals of Class 9 property incentives for
supportive living facilities as certified by the State Department of Public
Aid, pursuant to Chapter 74, Article II, Division 2 of this Code, the County
Real Property Assessment Classification Ordinance.
(b) The
following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the
meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except where the context clearly
indicates a different meaning:
Contract means any written agreement requiring Board
approval whereby the County is committed to expend or does expend funds in
connection with any contract or subcontract which requires in the performance
thereof the employment of any number of full time non-county employees,
including, but not limited to, the following classifications: cashier,
clerical, custodial, day laborer, elevator operator, home and health care,
laundry, leased employee, parking attendant, and security guard. The term
"contract" shall not include contracts with not-for-profit
organizations, community development block grants, President's Office of
Employment Training, Sheriff's Work Alternative Program, or Department of
Corrections inmates.
Contracting agency means the
Eligible contractors means any person or business entity awarded a
contract or subcontract by the County which requires in the performance thereof
the employment of any number of full time non-county employees, including, but
not limited to, the following classifications: cashier, clerical, custodial,
day laborer, elevator operator, home and health care, laundry, leased employee,
parking attendant, and security guard.
Employee means any individual
permitted to work by an employer in an occupation but does not include any
employer’s parent, spouse or child or other members of his immediate
family. This definition of employee may
be further defined by the Bureau of Human Resources.
Living
wage means a minimum wage of
no less than $9.43 per hour if employee health benefits are provided, or $11.78
per hour without health benefits. The employee health benefit contribution
shall not exceed 25 percent of the health insurance premium. As of January 1,
2006, and each January 1 thereafter, the living wage shall be adjusted, using
the most recent federal poverty guidelines for a family of four as published
annually by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, to
constitute the following: there will be
an annual adjustment calculated as 100 percent of the federal poverty line for
a family of four (as defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
with health benefits and 125 percent of the federal poverty line for a family
of four without health benefits.
Not-f
For profit organization
means any person, corporation, or business entity except those
having tax exempt status under Section 501(C)(3) of the United States Internal
Revenue Code and recognized under State not-for-profit law, or their
respective successors.
Property tax incentive means a reduction in the assessment level as set
forth in Chapter 74, Article II, Division 2 of this Code for Class 6b
industrial property or Class 9 multifamily residential property.
Supportive living facilities mean
programs which establish an alternative to nursing home care for low income
older persons and persons with disabilities under Medicaid and certified by the
State Department of Public Aid.
Wage means compensation due to an employee by reason of
his employment, including allowances determined by the Bureau of Human
Resources for gratuities, and when furnished by the employer, for meals and
lodging actually used by the employee.
(c) Every contract
shall contain a provision or provisions stipulating that they are currently
paying the living wage required to be paid to the employees listed under
listed under the definition of living wage set forth in this section and each
such contract shall further contain provisions obligating the eligible
contractor or subcontractor of such eligible contractor, to pay its employees
for work at not less than the living wage.
(d) Every for-profit person
or business entity of organization which has an owner-occupied
property who that receives or renews a Class 6b or Class 9
property tax incentive, except as exempted herein for state certified
supportive living facilities, shall provide an affidavit to the applicable
County agency stipulating that such person or business entity is currently
paying the living wage required to be paid to the employees listed under the
definition of living wage set forth in this section.
(e) The Purchasing Agent shall
require as part of the bidding and sole source procedure that any covered
contractor provide the County certification of its compliance with this
section.
(f) Any contract that violates the
provisions contained in this section shall be subject to cancellation by the
(g) Any contractor disqualified from
eligibility by the
(h) Annually, the County Assessor's Office
shall review and analyze the property tax incentives program to determine
whether the living wage program has resulted in less application for and
utilization of the incentive classification. A report of this review shall be
provided by the
(i) This section shall
apply to contracts advertised for bid or if not advertised for bid, approved
for sole source or to for-profit persons or business entities of owner-occupied
properties who receive a Class 6b or Class 9 property tax incentive on or after
January 1, 2005.
(j) This section shall
not apply to any applications or renewal of a Class 9 tax incentive, as
provided under Chapter 74, Article II, Division 2 of this Code, for supportive
living facilities certified by the State Department of Public Aid.
(k) This section shall
not apply to any contract with the County entered into prior to the effective
date of the ordinance from which this Section is derived.
(Ord. No. 98-O-21, §§ 1, 2, 9-15-1998; Ord. No.
05-O-02, §§ 1, 2, 12-1-2004; Ord. No. 05-O-42, §§ 1, 2, 9-20-2005.)
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In accordance with Cook County Code Section
2-108(h)(1), Commissioner Daley, seconded by Commissioner Murphy, moved to
suspend the rules so that this matter may be considered. The motion carried unanimously.
Commissioner Maldonado, seconded by Commissioner
Murphy, moved that the Proposed Ordinance Amendment be referred to the Labor
Subcommittee. (Comm. No. 285079). The motion carried unanimously.
Submitting a Proposed
Resolution sponsored by
ROBERT B. STEELE,
PROPOSED RESOLUTION
FEE-BASED PARKING INITIATIVE REPORT
DEADLINE
WHEREAS, on
WHEREAS, Resolution 07-R-45 requested that the Chief Financial
Officer of Cook County work with the Cook County Department of Facilities
Management and the Cook County Department of Revenue to “assemble a plan to
create, implement and enforce fee-based parking for all Cook County owned
parking lots that do not already have such a program in place;” and
WHEREAS, the intent of Resolution 07-R-45 was to have a plan to
generate additional revenue through a fee-based parking initiative before the
Cook County Board of Commissioners in time to help offset some of the historic
County deficit for fiscal year 2007; and
WHEREAS, Resolution 07-R-45 did not set a deadline for the
fee-based parking initiative report to be presented to the Cook County Board of
Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, due to
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Cook County Board of Commissioners requests that the Fee-Based Parking Initiative Report to be generated by the Chief Financial Officer of Cook County and the Cook County Departments of Facilities Management and Revenue, as requested in Cook Coun