Report of the Committee on Finance

 

November 20, 2007

 

The Honorable,

The Board of Commissioners of Cook County

 

Attendance

 

Present:

President Stroger and Chairman Daley, Vice Chairman Sims, Commissioners Beavers, Butler, Claypool, Collins, Gorman, Goslin, Maldonado, Moreno, Murphy, Peraica, Quigley, Schneider, Silvestri, Steele and Suffredin (17)

 

Absent:

None (0)

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Section 1

 

    Your Committee has considered the following court orders submitted by attorneys for payment of fees earned by said attorneys for defending indigent defendants.

 

    Your Committee, therefore, recommends that the County Comptroller and County Treasurer be, and by the adoption of this report, authorized and directed to issue checks to said attorneys in the amounts recommended.

 

Appellate Case

 

290396

MARV RAIDBARD, Attorney, presented by the Clerk of the Appellate Court, Steven M. Ravid, submitting an Order of Court to pay the sum of $4,499.31 attorney fees regarding People of the State of Illinois v. Arnold S. and Tonya W. Trial Court No. 97-JA-22.  Appellate Court No. 1-06-2155.

 

Appellate Cases Approved Fiscal Year 2007 To Present:

$93,614.44

 

Appellate Case To Be Approved:

$4,499.31

 

Appellate Cases Approved For Fiscal Year 2007:

$98,113.75

 

 

Capital Cases

 

Capital Cases Approved For Fiscal Year 2007:

* $326,572.67

 

*     On September 11, 2007, the Office of the Chief Judge presented a check in the amount of $326,572.67 made payable to Cook County.  This check represents a return of funds to Cook County previously advanced on behalf of the State of Illinois Capital Litigation Trust Fund, for a net fiscal impact of zero.

 

 

Non-Capital Cases

 

290402

DANIEL O. TIERNAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $2,537.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Marcus Williams.  Indictment Nos. 06-CR-1625 and 06-CR-18241 (Non-Capital Cases).

 

290404

VINCENT J. PAGANO, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $4,050.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Lenard Adams.  Indictment No. 05-CR-22392 (Non-Capital Case).

 


 

290405

PETER J. VILKELIS, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $13,350.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Jose Perez.  Indictment No. 04-CR-7899-02 (Non-Capital Case).

 

290464

ROBERT F. SCHRIMPLE, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $24,751.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Carlos Walker.  Indictment No. 03-CR-15821 (Non-Capital Case).

 

290472

BRUCE D. PAYNTER, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $7,453.62 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Douglas Hunter.  Indictment No. 01-CR-80003 (Non-Capital Case).

 

Non-Capital Cases Approved Fiscal Year 2007 To Present:

$863,780.16

 

Non-Capital Cases To Be Approved:

$52,142.12

 

Non-Capital Cases Approved For Fiscal Year 2007:

$915,922.28

 

 

Domestic Relations Civil Contempt Case

 

290403

VAN A. SCHWAB, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of attorney fees totaling $409.34 for the defense of an indigent defendant, Paolo Claridad.  Domestic Relations Civil Contempt Case No. 07-D-250007.

 

Domestic Relations Civil Contempt Cases

Approved Fiscal Year 2007 To Present:

 

$25,290.68

 

Domestic Relations Civil Contempt Case To Be Approved:

$409.34

 

Domestic Relations Civil Contempt Cases Approved

For Fiscal Year 2007:

 

$25,700.02

 

 

Juvenile Cases

 

290379

ELLEN J. MORRIS, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $900.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Norvella Freeman, Mother, re:  P. Freeman, a minor.  Indictment No. 07-JA-207 (Juvenile Case).

 

290382

PATRICK K. SCHLEE, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $650.00 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, O. Dixon and F. Jackson, minors.  Indictment Nos. 92-JA-8022 and 92-JA-8023 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290391

GERALD F. MURRAY, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $9,199.94 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, M. Anderson, a minor.  Indictment No. 05-CoAD-0950 (Juvenile Case).

 

290393

LAWRENCE H. NECHELES, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $287.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Cynthia Jackson, Mother, re:  K. Jackson, a minor.  Indictment No. 04-JA-01542 (Juvenile Case).

 

290394

LAWRENCE H. NECHELES, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $843.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Bernadine Wilson, Mother, re:  the Wilson children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 04-JA-00953, 04-JA-00954 and 04-JA-00955 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290395

LAWRENCE H. NECHELES, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,037.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Latise Watson, Mother, re:  T. Watson, a minor.  Indictment No. 06-JA-00484 (Juvenile Case).

 

290397

LAWRENCE H. NECHELES, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $750.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, William Flemming, Father, re:  M. Balzano, a minor.  Indictment No. 05-JA-00121 (Juvenile Case).

 

290398

LAWRENCE H. NECHELES, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $550.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, E. Kennedy, a minor.  Indictment No. 03-JA-00789 (Juvenile Case).

 

290399

LAWRENCE H. NECHELES, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,131.25 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, A. Furman, a minor.  Indictment No. 03-JA-00894 (Juvenile Case).

 

290400

LAWRENCE H. NECHELES, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $693.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, M. Austin, a minor.  Indictment No. 05-JA-1296 (Juvenile Case).

 

290401

LAWRENCE H. NECHELES, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $475.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Kimberly Longstreet, Mother, re:  J. Longstreet, a minor.  Indictment No. 07-JA-00005 (Juvenile Case).

 

290406

DEAN C. MORASK, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,658.75 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, the Gary children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 03-JA-733 and 03-JA-734 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290407

DEAN C. MORASK, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $418.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Barbara Kelly, Mother, re:  the Kelly and Warner children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 04-JA-986, 04-JA-987 and 04-JA-988 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290408

DEAN C. MORASK, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $987.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Rita Simmons-Steward, Mother, re:  the Simmons-Steward children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 05-JA-1079, 05-JA-1080, 05-JA-1081, 05-JA-1082 and 05-JA-1083 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290409

DEAN C. MORASK, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $600.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Reginald Woods, Sr., Father, re:  the Woods children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 04-JA-723 and 04-JA-724 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290410

RICHARD S. GUTOF, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $105.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Ozzie Hubbard, Father, re:  S. Hamp, a minor.  Indictment No. 02-JA-00096 (Juvenile Case).

 

290411

RODNEY W. STEWART, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $781.25 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, J. Jackson, a minor.  Indictment No. 00-JA-0035 (Juvenile Case).

 


 

290412

ELLEN J. MORRIS, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $575.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Arthur McGraw, Father, re:  the Johnson children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 96-JA-1007 and 97-JA-1008 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290413

ELLEN J. MORRIS, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $662.50 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, the Johnson and Strickland children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 04-JA-537, 04-JA-681 and 04-JA-682 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290414

MAUREEN T. MURPHY, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $606.25 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, J. Thomas, a minor.  Indictment No. 03-JA-1271 (Juvenile Case).

 

290415

MAUREEN T. MURPHY, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $993.75 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, Chaka Bills, Sr., Jonathan Clerk and Ali Washington, Fathers, re:  the Bills, Clerk and Washington children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 06-JA-00686, 06-JA-00687, 06-JA-00688 and 06-JA-00859 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290416

MAUREEN T. MURPHY, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,650.00 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, the Lawson, May and Pettis children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 06-JA-241, 06-JA-242, 06-JA-243 and 06-JA-244 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290417

MAUREEN T. MURPHY, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,212.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Diane Wooten, Mother, re:  the Wooten children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 98-JA-1216 and 98-JA-1217 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290418

ROBERT ARTHUR ROMANOFF, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $201.58 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Latasha Johnson, Mother, re:  D. Johnson, a minor.  Indictment No. 99-JA-02476 (Juvenile Case).

 

290419

ROBERT L. FRIEDMAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,425.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Chantasouk Khounsone, Mother, re:  the Simpson children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 04-JA-1243 and 04-JA-1244 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290420

ROBERT L. FRIEDMAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $375.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Brenda McClinton, Mother, re:  J. McClinton, a minor.  Indictment No. 04-JA-00659 (Juvenile Case).

 

290421

RICHARD S. GUTOF, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $991.25 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, Terrance Thompson and James Washington, Fathers, re:  T. Thompson and J. Weaver, minors.  Indictment Nos. 07-JA-00364 and 07-JA-00366 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290422

RAYMOND A. MORRISSEY, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $687.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Jonathan Insley, Father, re:  the Insley children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 06-JA-710 and 06-JA-711 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290423

RAYMOND A. MORRISSEY, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $400.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Guillermo Lopez, Sr., Father, re:  G. Lopez, a minor.  Indictment No. 00-JA-1443 (Juvenile Case).

 

290424

RICHARD S. GUTOF, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $603.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Danielle Duckley, Mother, re:  S. Duckley, a minor.  Indictment No. 04-JA-00467 (Juvenile Case).

 

290425

MARIE J. TARASKA, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $230.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Martez Flint, Father, re:  M. Harrington, a minor.  Indictment No. 00-JA-1562 (Juvenile Case).

 

290426

HORACE M. EALY, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $875.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Ester Galvan, Mother, re:  I. Galvan, a minor.  Indictment No. 93-JA-2812 (Juvenile Case).

 

290427

DONNA L. RYDER, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $282.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Z. Lemons, a minor.  Indictment No. 06-JA-453 (Juvenile Case).

 

290428

DONNA L. RYDER, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $260.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, M. Hayes, a minor.  Indictment No. 00-JA-442 (Juvenile Case).

 

290429

DONNA L. RYDER, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $672.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, V. Switzer, a minor.  Indictment No. 04-JA-609 (Juvenile Case).

 

290430

DONNA L. RYDER, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $130.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Christine Coleman, Adoptive Mother, re:  D. Coleman, a minor.  Indictment No. 04-JA-1609 (Juvenile Case).

 

290431

PAUL S. KAYMAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $987.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Toney Campbell, Father, re:  T. Campbell, a minor.  Indictment No. 07-JA-00468 (Juvenile Case).

 

290432

PAUL S. KAYMAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $375.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Andra Caston, Sr., Father, re:  A. Caston, a minor.  Indictment No. 92-JO-18371 (Juvenile Case).

 

290433

PAUL S. KAYMAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $700.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Mark McDowell, Father, re:  A. White, a minor.  Indictment No. 99-JA-02710 (Juvenile Case).

 

290434

PAUL S. KAYMAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $387.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Sidney Ross, Father, re:  C. Owens, a minor.  Indictment No. 01-JA-02373 (Juvenile Case).

 

290435

PAUL S. KAYMAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $512.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Joseph Sardin, III, Father, re:  M. Harris and J. Sardin, minors.  Indictment Nos. 03-JA-00764 and 05-JA-01024 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290436

PAUL S. KAYMAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $850.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Shareen Harris, Mother, re:  the Campbell, Harris and Tompkins children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 99-JA-02083, 99-JA-02085, 99-JA-02086 and 99-JA-02087 (Juvenile Cases).

 


 

290437

PAUL S. KAYMAN, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $487.50 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, the Bond and Watson children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 05-JA-00830, 05-JA-00831 and 05-JA-00832 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290438

ELLEN J. MORRIS, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $493.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Harry Alfred, Jr., Father, re:  T. Alfred, a minor.  Indictment No. 07-JA-98 (Juvenile Case).

 

290439

STEPHEN JAFFE, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $375.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Cassandra Carnahan, Mother, re:  B. Johnson, a minor.  Indictment No. 06-JA-733 (Juvenile Case).

 

290440

STEPHEN JAFFE, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $481.25 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, the Howard children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 04-JA-1171 and 04-JA-1172 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290441

STEPHEN JAFFE, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $406.25 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Charlotte Kirkland, Mother, re:  J. Thomas, a minor.  Indictment No. 03-JA-1414 (Juvenile Case).

 

290442

STEPHEN JAFFE, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $425.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Narion Robinson, Father, re:  the Robinson children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 05-JA-1207 and 05-JA-1208 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290443

ZIAD ALNAQIB, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $525.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, George Murray, Sr., Father, re:  G. Murray, a minor.  Indictment No. 98-JA-3857 (Juvenile Case).

 

290444

SHELDON B. NAGELBERG, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $4,306.25 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Diana Benavides, Mother, re:  the Benavides and Jones children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 02-JA-1431, 02-JA-1432, 02-JA-1433, 02-JA-1434 and 07-JA-264 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290445

SHELDON B. NAGELBERG, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $579.25 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Dave Brooks, Father, re:  J. Cavers, a minor.  Indictment No. 03-JA-1703 (Juvenile Case).

 

290446

SHELDON B. NAGELBERG, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $868.75 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, the Watkins children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 05-JA-1299, 05-JA-1300, 05-JA-1301 and 03-JA-1302 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290447

SHELDON B. NAGELBERG, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,325.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Charles Payne, Father, re:  F. Tilton, a minor.  Indictment No. 07-JA-0126 (Juvenile Case).

 

290448

GREGORY M. BALDWIN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,512.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Clifton Gardley, Father, re:  C. Alexander and Y. Gardley, minors.  Indictment Nos. 02-JA-1746 and 06-JA-0010 (Juvenile Cases).

 


 

290449

GREGORY M. BALDWIN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $600.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Emmett Watts, Father, re:  T. Watts and M. Woods, minors.  Indictment Nos. 92-J-1806 and 92-J-1807 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290450

GREGORY M. BALDWIN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,250.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Jimmy Lispier, Father, re:  B. Lispier, a minor.  Indictment No. 07-JA-0283 (Juvenile Case).

 

290451

GREGORY M. BALDWIN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $550.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Alejandro Orundo, Father, re:  A. Garcia, a minor.  Indictment No. 06-JA-00632 (Juvenile Case).

 

290452

CRYSTAL B. ASHLEY, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,150.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Tawana Washington, Mother, re:  T. Washington, a minor.  Indictment No. 07-JA-250 (Juvenile Case).

 

290453

GILBERT C. SCHUMM, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $437.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Rodney Black, Father, re:  N. Sago, a minor.  Indictment No. 05-JA-01184 (Juvenile Case).

 

290454

GILBERT C. SCHUMM, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $706.25 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, the Wilson children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 02-JA-01377, 02-JA-01378 and 04-JA-260 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290455

GILBERT C. SCHUMM, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $456.25 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Jason Clark, Father, re:  M. Clark, a minor.  Indictment No. 06-JA-00451 (Juvenile Case).

 

290456

STEVEN O. ROSS, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $2,337.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Dale Wells, Sr., Father, re:  D. Wells, a minor.  Indictment No. 97-JA-1953 (Juvenile Case).

 

290457

DOUGLAS J. RATHE, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $385.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Kimberly Brown, Mother, re:  B. Newton, a minor.  Indictment No. 05-JA-1232 (Juvenile Case).

 

290458

DOUGLAS J. RATHE, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $193.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Jeffery Maxwell, Father, re:  the Maxwell children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 04-JA-001203 and 04-JA-001204 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290459

MICHAEL J. VITALE, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $537.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Paul Allen, Father, re:  P. Allen, a minor.  Indictment No. 95-JA-05031 (Juvenile Case).

 

290460

MICHAEL J. VITALE, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $562.50 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, S. Spears and S. Walton, minors.  Indictment Nos. 03-JA-1434 and 03-JA-1435 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290461

MICHAEL J. VITALE, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $475.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Delores Long, Guardian, re:  the Jenkins children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 98-JA-02205 and 98-JA-02206 (Juvenile Cases).

 


 

290462

MARK H. KUSATZKY, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $450.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, D. Crayton, a minor.  Indictment No. 03-JA-462 (Juvenile Case).

 

290463

DEAN C. MORASK, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $723.25 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, Darnell Austin and Brenda Davis, Parents, re:  Y. Austin, a minor.  Indictment No. 02-JA-1191 (Juvenile Case).

 

290473

DEAN N. BASTOUNES, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $387.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Alexis Nelson, Mother, re:  G. Nelson and A. Smith, minors.  Indictment Nos. 00-JA-01594 and 00-JA-01595 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290474

DEAN N. BASTOUNES, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $687.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Y. Jaimes, a minor.  Indictment No. 01-JA-02101 (Juvenile Case).

 

290475

DEAN N. BASTOUNES, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $443.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, George Lopez, Father, re:  I. Hernandez, a minor.  Indictment No. 05-JA-01021 (Juvenile Case).

 

290476

DEAN N. BASTOUNES, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $443.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Elena Riggs, Mother, re:  L. Riggs, a minor.  Indictment No. 03-JA-00399 (Juvenile Case).

 

290477

KAAREN M. PLANT, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $695.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Sandra Pfingston, Mother, re:  the Doyle children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 04-JA-1379, 04-JA-1380, 04-JA-1381 and 06-JA-0825 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290478

S. MICHAEL KOZUBEK, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $417.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Joseph Garza, Father, re:  M. Stewart, a minor.  Indictment No. 05-JA-296 (Juvenile Case).

 

290479

S. MICHAEL KOZUBEK, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $650.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Tammy Koch, Mother, re:  A. Cedano, a minor.  Indictment No. 06-JA-831 (Juvenile Case).

 

290480

RICHARD S. GUTOF, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $570.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Tina Robinson, Mother, re:  M. Robinson, a minor.  Indictment No. 03-JA-01293 (Juvenile Case).

 

290482

HORACE M. EALY, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $487.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Brian Neely, Father, re:  the Neely and Skroko children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 05-JA-358, 05-JA-359 and 05-JA-360 (Juvenile Cases).

 

290483

ROBERT L. FRIEDMAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $700.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Frankie Ortez, Father, re:  M. Price, a minor.  Indictment No. 05-JA-00428 (Juvenile Case).

 

290485

RODNEY W. STEWART, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $643.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Keith Love, Sr., Father, re:  K. Love, a minor.  Indictment No. 98-JA-1422 (Juvenile Case).

 


 

290486

RODNEY W. STEWART, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $3,518.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, D. Murray, a minor.  Indictment No. 07-JA-293 (Juvenile Case).

 

290488

HORACE M. EALY, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $862.50 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, C. Sostre and J. Whitfield, minors.  Indictment Nos. 02-JA-603 and 05-JA-104 (Juvenile Cases).

 

Juvenile Cases Approved Fiscal Year 2007 To Present:

$2,983,445.54

 

Juvenile Cases To Be Approved:

$70,823.52

 

Juvenile Cases Approved For Fiscal Year 2007:

$3,054,269.06

 

 

Special Court Cases

 

Special Court Cases Approved For Fiscal Year 2007:

$6,350,744.02

 

 

Special Court Criminal Cases

 

Special Court Criminal Cases Approved For Fiscal Year 2007:

$215,881.35

 

 

COMMISSIONER SILVESTRI, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER PERAICA, MOVED APPROVAL OF THE COURT ORDERS.  THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

 

Section 2

 

     Your Committee has considered the following numbered and described bills and recommends that they be, and upon the adoption of this report, approved and that the County Comptroller and County Treasurer are authorized and directed to issue checks to said claimants in the amounts recommended.

 

290380

THE SIDWELL COMPANY, Chicago, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $39,200.00, full payment for Contract No. 07-45-357, for rental of eleven (11) sets of 2006 Edition maps for the Recorder of Deeds Office (130-242 Account).  Purchase Order No. 159235, approved by County Board May 1, 2007.

 

290383

HEALTHCARE ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS, INC., Chicago, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $35,961.29, part payment for Contract No. 05-73-561, for a substance abuse treatment program for the Sheriff’s Department of Community Supervision and Intervention, Day Reporting Center, for the month of September 2007 (236-298 Account).  (See Comm. No. 289777).  Purchase Order No. 155365, approved by County Board November 15, 2005 and November 14, 2006.

 

                        COMMISSIONER MORENO VOTED PRESENT ON THE ABOVE ITEM.

 

290384

MERCER HUMAN RESOURCE CONSULTING, INC., Dallas, Texas, submitting two (2) invoices totaling $94,933.00, part payment for Contract No. 05-41-492, for benefit consulting services for the 2005 labor negotiations process for the Department of Risk Management, for the months of January (partial) through September 2007 (499-260 Account).  (See Comm. No. 285236).  Purchase Order No. 154213, approved by County Board April 6, 2005, April 5, 2006 and June 19, 2007.

 


 

290392

SYSTEM SOLUTIONS, INC., Northbrook, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $35,130.00, full payment for Contract No. 07-43-351, for computer hardware, software, peripherals and support services for the Department of Office Technology (545-579 Account).  Purchase Order No. 158533, approved by County Board March 20, 2007.

 

290491

ARAMARK CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, INC., Atlanta, Georgia, submitting four (4) invoices totaling $740,515.98, part payment for Contract No. 04-54-618 Rebid/Revised, for food service for the Department of Corrections, for the period of September 27 through October 24, 2007 (239-223 Account).  (See Comm. No. 290054).  Purchase Order No. 157683, approved by County Board November 3, 2004.

 

290493

WRIGHT EXPRESS FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION, Carol Stream, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $309,261.09, part payment for Contract No. 06-41-653, for the County’s participation in the State of Illinois contract for motor vehicle fuel card purchases submitted by the Sheriff’s Office, for the month of October 2007 (211-445 Account).  (See Comm. No. 289739).  Purchase Order No. 158394, approved by County Board July 12, 2006 and July 10, 2007.

 

290494

MOTOROLA, INC., Chicago, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $432,000.00, part payment for Contract No. 06-41-186, for the design and installation of a new digital microwave systems antenna and cable, Motorola MOSCAD alarming interfaces and channel banks for the Sheriff’s Office (715/211-570 Account).  (See Comm. No. 284374).  Purchase Order No. 150359, approved by County Board October 5, 2005.

 

                        COMMISSIONER SUFFREDIN VOTED PRESENT ON THE ABOVE ITEM.

 

290506

COOK COUNTY SUBURBAN PUBLISHERS, INC., Chicago, Illinois, submitting two (2) invoices totaling $82,322.40, part payment for Contract No. 07-41-42, for printing and publishing of the 2007 Real Estate assessment for the triennial townships in Cook County, outside the City of Chicago, for the Assessor’s Office (040-240 Account).  (See Comm. No. 288842).  Purchase Order No. 154967, approved by County Board September 19, 2006.

 

290507

PROBE CONSULTING SERVICES, INC., Glencoe, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $67,517.55, 15th part payment for Contract No. 05-41-523, for architectural/engineering services (basic) for the Countywide Exterior Wall Renovation Project, Group 3 at Oak Forest Hospital of Cook County, the Rockwell and Hawthorne Warehouses and the Robert J. Stein Institute of Forensic Medicine for the Office of Capital Planning and Policy, for the period ending October 30, 2007.  Bond Issue (20000 Account).  (See Comm. No. 290124).  Purchase Order No. 146636, approved by County Board May 3, 2005.

 

290514

KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS U.S.A., INC., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, submitting invoice totaling $77,252.33, part payment for Contract No. 03-84-827, for leasing of Konica Minolta digital photocopiers on a cost per copy basis for the Bureau of Administration, for the month of October 2007 (490-440 Account).  (See Comm. No. 289773).  Purchase Order No. 155434, approved by County Board October 24, 2003.

 


 

290518

ILLINOIS TIME RECORDER COMPANY, Downers Grove, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $67,500.00, part payment for Contract No. 07-45-362, for an automated time and attendance system for use throughout the County Clerk’s Office (524-579 Account).  Purchase Order No. 159231, approved by County Board June 5, 2007.

 

COMMISSIONER GOSLIN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER PERAICA, MOVED APPROVAL OF COMMUNICATION NO. 290518.

 

COMMISSIONER PERAICA, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MORENO, MOVED TO DEFER CONSIDERATION OF COMMUNICATION NO. 290518.  THE MOTION TO DEFER CARRIED.

 

COMMISSIONER PERAICA, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MURPHY, MOVED TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH COMMUNICATION NO. 290518 WAS DEFERRED.  TO MOTION TO RECONSIDER CARRIED.

 

FOLLOWING DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONER PERAICA, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MURPHY, MOVED APPROVAL OF COMMUNICATION NO. 290518.  THE MOTION TO APPROVE CARRIED.

 

290521

MCDONOUGH ASSOCIATES, INC., Chicago, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $43,157.70, final payment for Contract No. 06-41-50, for the countywide fire and life safety evaluations at six (6) county facilities for the Office of Capital Planning and Policy, for the period of August 19, 2006 through July 6, 2007.  Bond Issue (20000 Account).  (See Comm. No. 283336).  Purchase Order No. 147669, approved by County Board July 12, 2005.

 

CHAIRMAN DALEY VOTED PRESENT, AND COMMISSIONER PERAICA VOTED NO ON THE ABOVE ITEM.

 

290523

TENG & ASSOCIATES, INC., Chicago, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $122,876.12, part payment for Contract No. 05-41-524, for architectural/engineering services (basic) for the Countywide Exterior Wall Renovation Project, Group 1 (Criminal Courts Building, Criminal Courts Administration Building, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th District Courthouses, the 3rd District Courthouse Parking Garage, Divisions II, VII, XI and the South Campus at the Department of Corrections) for the Office of Capital Planning and Policy, for the period of August 18 through October 19, 2007.  Bond Issue (20000 Account).  (See Comm. No. 289854).  Purchase Order No. 146653, approved by County Board May 3, 2005.

 

290524

DORE & ASSOCIATES CONTRACTING, INC., Bay City, Michigan, submitting invoice totaling $662,337.85, 5th part payment for Contract No. 06-53-739, for building demolition at the Stroger Hospital of Cook County Campus for the Office of Capital Planning and Policy, for the month of October 2007.  Bond Issue (28000 Account).  (See Comm. No. 289843).  Purchase Order No. 156352, approved by County Board January 23, 2007.

 

290525

ARAMARK CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, INC., Atlanta, Georgia, submitting three (3) invoices totaling $72,924.11, part payment for Contract No. 04-54-618 Rebid/Revised, for food service for the Sheriff’s Department of Community Supervision and Intervention, for the periods of March 15-21, 2007 and June 28 through August 22, 2007 (236-223 Account).  (See Comm. No. 287986).  Purchase Order No. 157544, approved by County Board November 3, 2004.

 


 

290526

BROADWAY ELECTRIC, INC., Elk Grove Village, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $184,126.95, 9th part payment for Contract No. 06-53-669, for the Countywide Fire and Life Safety System Upgrade Project (Bid Package #6 for Divisions IX and X) at the Department of Corrections Campus for the Office of Capital Planning and Policy, for the month of September 2007.  Bond Issue (20000 Account).  (See Comm. No. 289850).  Purchase Order No. 154487, approved by County Board October 4, 2006.

 

290527

WILLIAM E. BRAZLEY & ASSOCIATES, LTD., Matteson, Illinois, submitting two (2) invoices totaling $173,723.76, 9th and 10th part payments for Contract No. 06-41-404, for design and construction administration of the Countywide Telecommunication Wiring Installation Project, Phase 2A at the Oak Forest Hospital of Cook County Campus and the Hawthorne Warehouse for the Office of Capital Planning and Policy, for the period ending March 31, 2007.  Bond Issue (20000 Account).  (See Comm. No. 280219).  Purchase Order No. 151864, approved by County Board December 21, 2005.

 

290528

SYSTEM SOLUTIONS, INC., Northbrook, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $50,700.00, full payment for Contract No. 07-43-351, for computer hardware, software, peripherals and support services for the Treasurer’s Office (717/060-579 Account).  Purchase Order No. 158482, approved by County Board March 20, 2007.

 

290529

ENTERPRISE LEASING COMPANY OF CHICAGO, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $156,527.50, part payment for Contract No. 07-84-256, for leasing of vehicles (including maintenance, insurance and fuel program) for the Sheriff's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), for the months of July through November 2007 (655-634 Account).  Purchase Order No. 159025, approved by County Board July 31, 2007.

 

290530

G4S JUSTICE SERVICES, INC., Rancho Santa Margarita, California, submitting invoice totaling $116,228.00, part payment for Contract No. 07-45-317, for the lease of 150 Elmo Tech cellular electronic monitoring units for the Sheriff’s Department of Community Supervision and Intervention, for the months of April through August 2007 (236-638 Account).  Purchase Order No. 159230, approved by County Board April 18, 2007.

 

290531

PROGRESSIVE INDUSTRIES, INC., Chicago, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $51,125.30, full payment for Contract No. 06-72-779, for truck lifts with jack stands for the Highway Department (717/500-549 Account).  Purchase Order No. 158271, approved by County Board July 31, 2007.

 

290532

ADVANCED BOILER CONTROL SERVICES, INC., Crown Point, Indiana, submitting invoice totaling $53,450.00, part payment for Contract No. 06-43-549, for emergency repair of both chillers, replacement of the air handler chiller coils and burner management system upgrade (water coil replacement in the mechanical room) at Provident Hospital of Cook County for the Office of Capital Planning and Policy, for the period ending September 21, 2007.  Bond Issue (28000 Account).  Purchase Order No. 158579, approved by County Board June 6, 2006.

 

290533

ASAP SOFTWARE, Buffalo Grove, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $70,607.29, full payment for Contract No. 07-43-347, for non-Microsoft software and support services for the Department of Office Technology (717/023-579 Account).  Purchase Order No. 158875, approved by County Board March 20, 2007.

 


 

290534

ENTERPRISE LEASING COMPANY OF CHICAGO, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $30,172.47, part payment for Contract No. 07-84-256, for leasing of vehicles (including maintenance, insurance and fuel program) for the Sheriff's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), for the months of September through November 2007 (655-634 Account).  Purchase Order No. 159028, approved by County Board July 31, 2007.

 

290535

ENTERPRISE LEASING COMPANY OF CHICAGO, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $35,303.70, part payment for Contract No. 07-84-256, for leasing of vehicles (including maintenance, insurance and fuel program) for the Sheriff's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA), for the months of September through November 2007 (655-634 Account).  Purchase Order No. 159031, approved by County Board July 31, 2007.

 

290536

PUBLIC BUILDING COMMISSION OF CHICAGO, Chicago, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $3,419,184.20, part payment for operating expenses for the Richard J. Daley Center, for the months of September through November 2007 (499-470 Account).  (See Comm. No. 289870).  Approved by County Board February 23, 2007.

 

 

COMMISSIONER GOSLIN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER PERAICA, MOVED APPROVAL OF THE BILLS AND CLAIMS.  THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

 

Section 3

 

     Your Committee has considered the following numbered and described bills which are the obligation of the Health Facilities and recommends that they be, and upon the adoption of this report, approved, and that the County Comptroller and County Treasurer are authorized and directed to issue checks in the amounts recommended to said claimants.

 

290381

ALLIANCE HEALTH SERVICES, INC., Chicago, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $32,375.07, part payment for Contract No. 06-82-701 Rebid, for web top flat beds for the Department of Public Health through the Homeland Security Grant (769-360 Account).  Purchase Order No. 157205, approved by County Board May 1, 2007.

 

290385

INTERPARK, INC., Chicago, Illinois, submitting seven (7) invoices totaling $323,937.46, part payment for Contract No. 06-53-164 Rebid, for parking management services for Provident Hospital of Cook County, for the months of February through June and August 2007 (891-260 Account).  (See Comm. No. 285914).  Purchase Order No. 156380, approved by County Board August 18, 2006 by poll and ratified on September 7, 2006.

 

290386

ANGELICA TEXTILE SERVICES GROUP, Chicago, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $30,855.58, part payment for Contract No. 04-53-481, for laundry linen services for Stroger Hospital of Cook County, for the week ending October 20, 2007 (897-222 Account).  (See Comm. No. 290330).  Purchase Order No. 155016, approved by County Board June 15, 2004.

 

290387

PROGRESSIVE INDUSTRIES, INC., Chicago, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $25,163.90, part payment for Contract No. 07-72-55 Rebid, for angioplasty catheters, guidewires and inflation devices for Stroger Hospital of Cook County (897-362 Account).  (See Comm. No. 287300).  Purchase Order No. 156041, approved by County Board February 6, 2007.

 


 

290388

ANCHOR MECHANICAL, INC., Chicago, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $93,489.15, part payment for Contract No. 05-53-614, for maintenance and repair of refrigeration and ventilation equipment/utilities for Stroger Hospital of Cook County, for the month of September 2007 (897-449 Account).  (See Comm. No. 290035).  Purchase Order No. 156044, approved by County Board November 1, 2005.

 

290389

RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, Chicago, Illinois, submitting two (2) invoices totaling $92,116.00, part payment for Contract No. 04-41-730, for a subagreement for specialty clinical services in Cardiology (salaries and fringes) in accordance with the Cooperative Educational Master Affiliation Agreement for Stroger Hospital of Cook County, for the months of August and September 2007 (897-272 Account).  (See Comm. No. 290113).  Purchase Order No. 158224, approved by County Board June 15, 2004 and June 19, 2007.

 

290390

RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, Chicago, Illinois, submitting three (3) invoices totaling $146,176.00, part payment for Contract No. 07-41-386, for services performed on-site at Stroger Hospital of Cook County and its affiliated clinics and other services performed off-site at Rush University Medical Center for Bureau patients suffering from sleep disorders including sleep-disordered breathing problems for Stroger Hospital of Cook County, for the months of July through September 2007 (897-272 Account).  (See Comm. No. 289266).  Purchase Order No. 158319, approved by County Board June 19, 2007.

 

290492

ARAMARK SERVICEMASTER FACILITY SERVICES, Chicago, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $39,135.00, part payment for Contract No. 07-41-97, for plant operations maintenance (POM) for Stroger Hospital of Cook County, for the month of October 2007 (897-450 Account).  (See Comm. No. 289581).  Purchase Order No. 158059, approved by County Board November 2, 2006.

 

290496

SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC., Palatine, Illinois, submitting four (4) invoices totaling $368,480.00, part payment for Contract No. 06-41-274, for patient accounting system, license, maintenance and support services and computer software for Stroger Hospital of Cook County, for the periods ending August 31 and September 30, 2007 (714/897-579 Account).  (See Comm. No. 289497).  Purchase Order No. 157669, approved by County Board December 6, 2005.

 

290511

CITY OF CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, Chicago, Illinois, submitting eight (8) invoices totaling $566,958.74, part payment for Contract No. 06-42-388, for lead abatement and mitigation services to low income Cook County single family residential property owners and tenants residing in multi-unit properties for the Department of Public Health, on various dates in the months of July through October 2007 (544-289 Account).  (See Comm. No. 283061).  Purchase Order No. 153475, approved by County Board December 21, 2005.

 

290512

MID-AMERICAN ELEVATOR COMPANY, INC., Chicago, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $32,008.00, part payment for Contract No. 05-53-342, for elevator maintenance and repair for Stroger Hospital of Cook County, for the month of September 2007 (897-450 Account).  (See Comm. No. 289726).  Purchase Order No. 156590, approved by County Board May 17, 2005.

 


 

290513

COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OF COOK COUNTY, INC. (CEDA), Chicago, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $66,000.00, part payment for Contract No. 06-42-386, for lead abatement and mitigation services to low income Cook County single family residential property owners and tenants residing in multi-unit properties for the Department of Public Health, for the period ending October 3, 2007 (544-260 Account).  (See Comm. No. 289844).  Purchase Order No. 156419, approved by County Board December 21, 2005.

 

290516

STAR DETECTIVE & SECURITY AGENCY, INC., Chicago, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $154,932.98, part payment for Contract No. 07-53-32, for security services for Provident Hospital of Cook County, for the period of August 9 through September 8, 2007 (891-260 Account).  (See Comm. No. 288762).  Purchase Order No. 156531, approved by County Board February 21, 2007.

 

290517

ADVANCED MANAGEMENT SERVICES MIDWEST, INC., Niles, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $44,008.85, part payment for Contract No. 05-73-177, for repair and maintenance of Ethylene Oxide (ETO) gas sterilizer system for Provident Hospital of Cook County, for the period ending September 14, 2007 (891-450 Account).  Purchase Order No. 145709, approved by County Board May 3, 2005.

 

290519

PARATA SYSTEMS, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia, submitting invoice totaling $94,280.00, full payment for Contract No. 07-41-221, for maintenance and support services for the Autoscript III® Robotic Prescription Delivery System and the Pharmacy 2000® Workflow Management System for Stroger Hospital of Cook County, for the months of January through December 2007 (897-442 Account). Purchase Order No. 158527, approved by County Board January 23, 2007.

 

290520

LIFESOURCE, Chicago, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $142,869.00, part payment for Contract No. 06-72-31 Rebid, for blood and blood products for Stroger Hospital of Cook County, for the period of October 1-15, 2007 (897-368 Account).  (See Comm. No. 290333).  Purchase Order No. 155452, approved by County Board March 15, 2006.

 

290522

BECKMAN COULTER, INC., Palatine, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $61,814.25, part payment for Contract No. 05-73-269, for reagents and supplies with vendor provided analytic flow cytometer system and sample preparation system for the determination of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and leukemia/lymphoma cells for Stroger Hospital of Cook County (897-365 Account).  (See Comm. No. 290273).  Purchase Order No. 155494, approved by County Board June 21, 2005.

 

 

COMMISSIONER BUTLER, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MURPHY, MOVED APPROVAL OF THE HEALTH FACILITIES' BILLS AND CLAIMS.  THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

 

Section 4

 

     Your Committee has considered the following communications from State's Attorney, Richard A. Devine with reference to the workers’ compensation claims hereinafter mentioned.

 

     Your Committee, therefore, recommends that the County Comptroller and County Treasurer be, and by the adoption of this report, authorized and directed to issue checks to the Workers’ Compensation Commission to be paid from the Workmen's Compensation Fund.

 


 

290481

SHARON M. MACK, in the course of her employment as a Deputy Sheriff for the Sheriff’s Court Services Division sustained accidental injuries on February 7, 2005.  The Petitioner was transporting a prisoner from the women’s lockup and while walking through the doorway the door slammed on her hand, and as a result she injured her right hand (crushing injury to the right index finger with hematoma, infection, tendon damage and nail discoloration; nail removal and debridement of the nail bed of the right finger).  State's Attorney, Richard A. Devine, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 05-WC-41943 in the amount of $7,872.00 and recommends its payment.  This settlement is within the grant of authority conveyed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners to the State's Attorney's Office.  Attorney:  George J. Jasinski, Law Office of George J. Jasinski.

 

290484

CLAUDE R. HUNTER, in the course of his employment as a Correctional Lieutenant for the Department of Corrections sustained accidental injuries on December 1, 2006.  The Petitioner slipped on ice and fell in the parking lot at 26th & California, and as a result he injured his back, left hip and right shoulder (lower back pain, left hip and right shoulder pain).  State's Attorney, Richard A. Devine, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 07-WC-5596 in the amount of $6,199.70 and recommends its payment.  This settlement is within the grant of authority conveyed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners to the State's Attorney's Office.  Attorney:  Lee J. Vasilatos, Law Firm of Shapiro, Vasilatos & Cotter.

 

290487

PAMELA HANNAH, in the course of her employment as a Registered Nurse for Stroger Hospital of Cook County sustained accidental injuries on February 6, 2004 and November 28, 1995.  The February 6, 2004 accident occurred when the Petitioner slipped on a wet floor and fell, and as a result she injured her head, left shoulder and left knee (blunt head trauma, contusion of the left shoulder and severe left knee sprain; recommended arthroscopy for the left knee).  The November 28, 1995 accident occurred when the Petitioner suffered from repetitive activities she performed at work, and as a result she injured both hands (bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome; right carpal tunnel release).  State's Attorney, Richard A. Devine, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order Nos. 04-WC-26281 and 05-WC-04317 in the amount of $4,000.00 and recommends its payment.  This settlement is within the grant of authority conveyed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners to the State's Attorney's Office.  Attorney:  Dean J. Caras, Law Firm of Dean J. Caras & Associates.

 

290489

JEANIE FOSTER, in the course of her employment as a Supervisor/Monitor for the Sheriff’s Department of Community Supervision and Intervention sustained accidental injuries on October 8, 2003.  The Petitioner slipped on a wet area of the floor and fell, and as a result she injured her right knee (right knee sprain strain).  State's Attorney, Richard A. Devine, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 03-WC-50711 in the amount of $5,504.70 and recommends its payment.  This settlement is within the grant of authority conveyed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners to the State's Attorney's Office.  Attorney:  Charles P. Romaker, The Romaker Law Firm.

 

290495

GAIL DRISH, in the course of her employment as a Training Coordinator for Stroger Hospital of Cook County sustained accidental injuries on March 31, 2000.  The Petitioner was moving a steel table, and as a result she injured her back (lumbar strain).  State's Attorney, Richard A. Devine, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 00-WC-50088 in the amount of $7,284.75 and recommends its payment.  This settlement is within the grant of authority conveyed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners to the State's Attorney's Office.  Attorney:  David B. Menchetti, Law Firm of Cullen, Haskins, Nicholson & Menchetti.

 

290497

PORTER DAVIS, in the course of his employment as a Building Custodian for Stroger Hospital of Cook County sustained accidental injuries on September 25, 2005.  The Petitioner was lifting a bag of garbage, and as a result he injured his back (lumbosacral sprain).  State's Attorney, Richard A. Devine, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 05-WC-47471 in the amount of $3,000.00 and recommends its payment.  This settlement is within the grant of authority conveyed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners to the State's Attorney's Office.  Attorney:  Lawrence M. Mack, Law Firm of Stephen G. Pinto, Ltd.

 

290498

MICHAEL REYNA, in the course of his employment as a Deputy Sheriff for the Sheriff’s Department of Community Supervision and Intervention sustained accidental injuries on April 1, 2004.  The Petitioner was involved in a motor vehicle accident, and as a result he injured his neck and back (cervical sprain with muscle spasms and a lumbar sprain with radiculopathy).  State's Attorney, Richard A. Devine, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 04-WC-17023 in the amount of $20,536.59 and recommends its payment.  This settlement is within the grant of authority conveyed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners to the State's Attorney's Office.  Attorney:  James P. Toomey, The Vrdolyak Law Group, LLC.

 

COMMISSIONER GORMAN VOTED PRESENT, AND COMMISSIONER PERAICA VOTED NO ON THE ABOVE ITEM.

 

290499

LACEY J. SMITH, in the course of her employment as a File Clerk for the Clerk of the Circuit Court sustained accidental injuries on July 28, 2004.  The Petitioner’s knee was crushed between two filing cabinets, and as a result she injured her right knee (partial tear of the right medial meniscus; arthroscopic surgery of the right knee to repair the partially torn right medial meniscus with debridement).  State’s Attorney, Richard A. Devine, is submitting Workers’ Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 04-WC-47601 in the amount of $22,646.68 and recommends its payment.  This settlement is within the grant of authority conveyed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners to the State’s Attorney’s Office.  Attorney:  Philip S. Chiaviello, Law Firm of Conway & Chiaviello, Ltd.

 

290500

DAVID SOTO, in the course of his employment as a Deputy Sheriff for the Sheriff’s Court Services Division sustained accidental injuries on December 4, 2006.  The Petitioner was exiting his squad car and slipped on a patch of ice and fell, and as a result he injured his neck, back, right knee and right elbow (cervical herniation at C3-C4, C4-C5, and C5-C6 and disc herniation on at the L4-L5 level, shoulder strain, right knee strain and blunt force trauma to the right elbow, neck and tailbone).  State’s Attorney, Richard A. Devine, is submitting Workers’ Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 06-WC-53793 in the amount of $24,997.19 and recommends its payment.  This settlement is within the grant of authority conveyed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners to the State’s Attorney’s Office.  Attorney:  Nicholas P. Freeman, Law Firm of Freeman & Tallon, L.L.C.

 

                        COMMISSIONER MORENO VOTED PRESENT ON THE ABOVE ITEM.

 


 

290501

VEATRICE WATSON-STOKES, by JEROME STOKES, II, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF VEATRICE WATSON-STOKES, in the course of her employment as a Building Service Worker for Provident Hospital of Cook County sustained accidental injuries on January 7, 2000.  The Petitioner suffered repetitive trauma, and as a result she injured her left shoulder (arthritis in left shoulder aggravated by repetitive trauma; shoulder arthroscopy).  State’s Attorney, Richard A. Devine, is submitting Workers’ Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 01-WC-7237 in the amount of $1,500.00 and recommends its payment.  This settlement is within the grant of authority conveyed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners to the State’s Attorney’s Office.  Attorney:  Ellis M. Sostrin, Law Firm of Ellis S. Sostrin & Associates, P.C.

 

290502

LAWANDA WILLIAMS, in the course of her employment as a Correctional Officer for the Department of Corrections sustained accidental injuries on September 20, 2005.  The Petitioner was involved in an altercation while trying to subdue a suspect, and as a result she injured her right knee (right knee displaced patellar fracture and tear of the medial meniscus; right knee meniscal surgery).  State's Attorney, Richard A. Devine, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 05-WC-53421 in the amount of $24,950.00 and recommends its payment.  This settlement is within the grant of authority conveyed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners to the State's Attorney's Office.  Attorney:  Raymond S. Smith, Law Office of Raymond S. Smith.

 

290503

HEINZ SCHELHAMMER, in the course of his employment as a Plumber for Stroger Hospital of Cook County sustained accidental injuries on September 15, 2005.  The Petitioner contracted a staph infection after using a work-site shower, and as a result he injured his right leg (right leg staph infection).  State's Attorney, Richard A. Devine, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 06-WC-20861 in the amount of $49,000.00 and recommends its payment.  (Finance Subcommittee September 6, 2007).  Attorney:  Jack Cannon, The Healy Law Firm.

 

                        COMMISSIONER PERAICA VOTED NO ON THE ABOVE ITEM.

 

290504

KENNETH J. SMITH, in the course of his employment as a Correctional Officer for the Department of Corrections sustained accidental injuries on June 10, 2004.  The Petitioner was assaulted and knocked to the ground by a detainee, and as a result he injured his right hand and head (crushing injury to the right hand and post-traumatic stress syndrome).  State’s Attorney, Richard A. Devine, is submitting Workers’ Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 04-WC-34950 in the amount of $30,489.14 and recommends its payment.  (Finance Subcommittee October 2, 2007).  Attorney:  Louis A. Plzak, Law Firm of Louis A. Plzak & Associates.

 

                        COMMISSIONER PERAICA VOTED NO ON THE ABOVE ITEM.

 


 

290505

MARY L. STROBL, in the course of her employment as a Range Officer at the Joliet Armory for the Sheriff’s Department of Community Supervision and Intervention sustained accidental injuries on January 18, 2000, February 29, 2000, June 21, 2000, December 28, 2000, March 6, 2001 and April 6, 2002.  The February 29, 2000 accident occurred when the Petitioner tripped on rocks, and as a result she injured her left knee and back (strain and partial tear of the left medial collateral ligament, herniated lumbar disc requiring injections and surgery).  The June 21, 2000 accident occurred when the Petitioner suffered from repetitive trauma, and as a result she injured both hands (carpal tunnel syndrome with surgery; carpal tunnel release on the right wrist).  The January 18, 2000, December 28, 2000, March 6, 2001 and April 6, 2002 accidents occurred when the Petitioner was lifting, and as a result of these accidents she injured her neck and back (claimed aggravation of back injury).  State's Attorney, Richard A. Devine, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order Nos. 00-WC-68711, 00-WC-68712, 02-WC-52934, 02-WC-52935, 02-WC-52936 and 02-WC-52937 (01-WC-68061, duplicate filing of June 21, 2000; 02-WC-52932, duplicate filing of June 21, 2000; 02-WC-52933, duplicate filing of June 21, 2000; 01-WC-68060, duplicate filing of February 29, 2000; and 02-WC-52931, duplicate filing of February 29, 2000) in the amount of $71,876.20 and recommends its payment.  (Finance Subcommittee October 2, 2007).  Attorney:  James J. Marszalek, Law Firm of Marszalek & Marszalek.

 

                        COMMISSIONER PERAICA VOTED NO ON THE ABOVE ITEM.

 

290508

NATASHA HANSERD, in the course of her employment as a Correctional Officer for the Department of Corrections sustained accidental injuries on August 29, 2002 and January 19, 2003.  The August 29, 2002 accident occurred when the Petitioner was attempting to handcuff a combative prisoner, and as a result she injured her left shoulder (tendinopathy of the supraspinatus tendon of the left shoulder).  The January 19, 2003 accident occurred when the Petitioner entered an elevator and the elevator door closed on her, and as a result she injured her right elbow (right elbow injury causing the onset of cubital and carpal tunnel syndromes, which required surgery; right carpal tunnel release and cubital tunnel release with medial epicondylectomy of the right elbow).  State's Attorney, Richard A. Devine, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order Nos. 03-WC-30526 and 03-WC-30527 in the amount of $27,918.00 and recommends its payment.  (Finance Subcommittee October 2, 2007).  Attorney:  Sheldon I. Minkow, Law Firm of Sheldon I. Minkow & Associates, P.C.

 

                        COMMISSIONER PERAICA VOTED NO ON THE ABOVE ITEM.

 

290509

RALPH METZ, in the course of his employment as an Investigator for the Public Defender’s Office sustained accidental injuries on March 18, 2004.  The Petitioner’s vehicle was involved in an automobile accident, and as a result he injured his neck and right arm (herniated disk at C5-6, requiring surgery; disk bulges at C3-4, C4-5, and C6-7; soft tissue injuries to the neck, back and hip; right shoulder impingement requiring surgery; anterior cervical decompression and fusion; and right shoulder arthroscopy).  State's Attorney, Richard A. Devine, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 04-WC-31659 in the amount of $120,000.00 and recommends its payment.  (Finance Subcommittee October 2, 2007).  Attorney:  Philip A. Bareck, Law Firm of Katz, Friedman, Eagle, Eisenstein, Johnson & Bareck.

 


 

290510

ALMA SALAS, in the course of her employment as a Dental Assistant for the Department of Public Health sustained accidental injuries on January 15, 1999.  The Petitioner suffered repetitive trauma from using dental equipment to clean teeth, and as a result she injured her right hand and wrist (DeQuervain’s tenosynovitis and right carpal tunnel syndrome).  On September 19, 2007, the Arbitrator awarded the Petitioner the sum of $11,192.06.  State's Attorney, Richard A. Devine, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Decision of Arbitrator, Award No. 01-WC-63236 in the amount of $11,192.06 and recommends its payment.  This decision is within the grant of authority conveyed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners to the State's Attorney's Office.  Attorney:  Francis M. Discipio, Law Office of Francis M. Discipio.

 

                        COMMISSIONER MORENO VOTED PRESENT ON THE ABOVE ITEM.

 

Workers' Compensation Claims Approved Fiscal Year 2007

To Present:

 

$4,874,606.16

 

Workers' Compensation Claims To Be Approved:

$438,967.01

 

Workers’ Compensation Claims Approved For Fiscal Year 2007:

$5,313,573.17

 

 

COMMISSIONER GORMAN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MURPHY, MOVED APPROVAL OF THE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION CLAIMS.  THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

 

Section 5

 

    For informational purposes, your Committee has considered the total amount of Subrogation Recoveries received for the Fiscal Year 2007.

 

Subrogation Recoveries Approved For Fiscal Year 2007:

$93,977.35

 

 

Section 6

 

     Your Committee has considered the following communications from the Cook County Department of Risk Management requesting that the County Board authorize payment of said claims.

 

     Your Committee, concurring in the requests of the Cook County Department of Risk Management, recommends that the County Comptroller and County Treasurer be, and by the adoption of this report, authorized and directed to issue checks to the claimants in the amounts recommended.

 

290465

DEPARTMENT OF RISK MANAGEMENT, submitting for approval Self-Insurance Program Settlement Claim payment of $977.17.  Claim No. 97006573, Sheriff’s Police Department.

 

Claimant:                    Allstate Insurance Company, Subrogee of Donna Preuss, P.O. Box 4264, Atlanta, Georgia  30302

Claimant's Vehicle:   2003 Ford Escape

Our Driver:                 Maureen Moore, Unit #7033

Date of Accident:      April 11, 2007

Location:                    131st Street near Route 45 in Palos Township, Illinois

 

Sheriff’s Police Department vehicle was traveling on 131st Street near Route 45 in Palos Township, behind Claimant’s vehicle.  The County vehicle did not stop in time, struck and damaged the rear bumper of Claimant’s vehicle (542-846 Account).

 

Investigated by Cambridge Integrated Services Group.  We concur and recommend payment of the above charge.

 

290471

DEPARTMENT OF RISK MANAGEMENT, submitting for approval Self-Insurance Program Settlement Claim payment of $700.00.  Claim No. 97006513, Medical Examiner’s Office.

 

Claimant:                    Gloria Urbanski, 4204 North Keystone Avenue, Apartment #1C, Chicago, Illinois  60641

Property Damage:    Missing jewelry

Date of Accident:      February 4, 2006

Location:                    Medical Examiner’s Office, 2121 West Harrison Street, Chicago, Illinois

 

Decedent’s property was inventoried by the Medical Examiner’s Office, but later could not be found (542-846 Account).

 

Investigated by Cambridge Integrated Services Group.  We concur and recommend payment of the above charge.

 

Self-Insurance Claims Approved Fiscal Year 2007 To Present:

$110,796.21

 

Self-Insurance Claims To Be Approved:

$1,677.17

 

Self-Insurance Claims Approved For Fiscal Year 2007:

$112,473.38

 

 

COMMISSIONER SILVESTRI, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER STEELE, MOVED APPROVAL OF THE SELF-INSURANCE PROGRAM SETTLEMENT CLAIMS.  THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

 

Section 7

 

     Your Committee has considered the following communications from State's Attorney, Richard A. Devine.

 

     Your Committee, concurring in the recommendations of the State's Attorney, recommends that the County Comptroller and County Treasurer prepare checks in the amounts recommended in order that the payments may be set in accordance with the request of the State's Attorney upon proper release from the Office of the State's Attorney.

 

290466

STATE’S ATTORNEY, Richard A. Devine, submitting communication advising the County to accept Proposed Settlement of $350.00 for the release and settlement of suit regarding Ejiro Eruteya v. CCDOC, Case No. 07-M1-14448.  This matter involves lost property at the jail.  The matter has been settled for the sum of $350.00, which is within the authority conveyed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners to the State's Attorney's Office.  State's Attorney recommends payment of $350.00, made payable to Ejiro Eruteya.  Please forward the check to Ronald Weidhuner, Assistant State’s Attorney, for transmittal.

 


 

290467

STATE’S ATTORNEY, Richard A. Devine, submitting communication advising the County to accept Proposed Settlement of $500.00 for the release and settlement of suit regarding Keiftro Mickle v. Cook County Sheriff’s Merit Board, Charge No. 2007CF0278, Agency:  IDHR, EEOC Charge No. 21BA62388, DHR Charge No. 2007 CF0278, ALS No. 07-422.  This matter involves allegations of labor discrimination.  The matter has been settled for the sum of $500.00, which is within the authority conveyed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners to the State's Attorney's Office.  State's Attorney recommends payment of $500.00, made payable to Keiftro Mickle.  Please forward the check to Lauren Klein, Assistant State’s Attorney, for transmittal.

 

290468

STATE’S ATTORNEY, Richard A. Devine, submitting communication advising the County to accept Proposed Settlement of $5,000.00 for the release and settlement of suit regarding Mabry v. Cook County, et al., Case No. 05-C-7175.  This matter involves an alleged civil rights violation.  The matter has been settled for the sum of $5,000.00, which is within the authority conveyed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners to the State's Attorney's Office.  State's Attorney recommends payment of $5,000.00, made payable to Davon Mabry.  Please forward the check to Romano D. DiBenedetto, Assistant State’s Attorney, for transmittal.

 

290469

STATE’S ATTORNEY, Richard A. Devine, submitting communication advising the County to accept Proposed Settlement of $75,000.00 for the release and settlement of suit regarding Jose Sanchez v. Correctional Officer Moreci, et al., Case No. 06-C-2693.  This matter arises from allegations of civil rights violations at the Department of Corrections.  The matter has been settled for the sum of $75,000.00, which is within the authority conveyed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners to the State's Attorney's Office.  State's Attorney recommends payment of $75,000.00, made payable to Jose Sanchez and Standish E. Willis, Ltd., his attorney.  Please forward the check to Paul W. Groah, Assistant State’s Attorney, for transmittal.

 

                        COMMISSIONER PERAICA VOTED NO ON THE ABOVE ITEM.

 

290470

STATE’S ATTORNEY, Richard A. Devine, submitting communication advising the County to accept Proposed Settlement of $1,500,000.00 for the release and settlement of suit regarding Clark v. County of Cook, Case No. 04-L-5314.  We have settled this alleged medical negligence case for the sum of $1,500,000.00, which is within the authority granted to this office by the Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Litigation at its meeting of October 2, 2007.  State's Attorney recommends payment of $1,500,000.00, made payable to Lorene Clark, Administrator of the Estate of Tony Clark and Corboy & Demetrio, her attorneys.  Please forward the check to Mary Jo Smerz, Assistant State’s Attorney, Medical Litigation Section, for transmittal.

 

                        COMMISSIONER PERAICA VOTED NO ON THE ABOVE ITEM.

 

Proposed Settlements Approved Fiscal Year 2007 To Present:

$43,946,325.67

 

Proposed Settlements To Be Approved:

$1,580,850.00

 

Proposed Settlements Approved For Fiscal Year 2007:

$45,527,175.67

 

 

COMMISSIONER SILVESTRI, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER STEELE, MOVED APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENTS.  THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

 


Section 8

 

     Your Committee has considered the following communications from the Cook County Department of Risk Management requesting that the County Board authorize payment of said claims.

 

     Your Committee concurring in the requests of the Cook County Department of Risk Management, recommends that the County Comptroller and County Treasurer be, and by the adoption of this report, authorized and directed to issue checks to the claimants in the amounts recommended.

 

290490

PATIENT/ARRESTEE SETTLEMENT PROGRAM CLAIMS.  The Department of Risk Management is submitting invoices totaling $146,065.04, for payment of medical bills for services rendered to patients while in the custody of the Cook County Sheriff’s Office.  Their services were rendered under the Patient/Arrestee Settlement Program (499-274 Account).  Bills were approved for payment after an audit by Cambridge Integrated Services Group, and by the Department of Risk Management who recommends payment based on Cook County State’s Attorney’s Legal Opinion No. 1879, dated July 14, 1987.  Individual checks will be issued by the Comptroller in accordance with the attached report prepared by the Department of Risk Management.

 

 

 

 

Year to Date

 

 

    To Be Approved

Patient/Arrestee Claims

Approved For

Fiscal Year 2007

 

 

 

 

Total Billed

$4,395,100.76

$287,504.71

$4,682,605.47

Undocumented

$575.02

$0.00

$575.02

Unrelated

$1,226,853.70

$42,855.50

$1,269,709.20

Discount

$1,238,671.25

$98,584.17

$1,337,255.42

Amount Payable

$1,929,000.79

$146,065.04

$2,075,065.83

 

 

COMMISSIONER SILVESTRI, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER STEELE, MOVED APPROVAL OF THE PATIENT/ARRESTEE CLAIMS.  THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

 

Section 9

 

     Your Committee has considered the following communications received from the Employees' Injury Compensation Committee requesting that the County Board authorize payment of expenses regarding claims of Cook County employees injured while in the line of duty.

 

     Your Committee, concurring in said requests, recommends that the County Comptroller and County Treasurer be, and upon the adoption of this report, authorized and directed to issue checks in the amounts recommended to the claimants.

 

290515

THE EMPLOYEES' INJURY COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, submitting invoice totaling $140,142.91, for payment of medical bills for Workers' Compensation cases incurred by employees injured on duty.  Individual checks will be issued by the Comptroller in accordance with the attached report prepared by the Department of Risk Management, Workers' Compensation Unit.  This request covers bills received and processed from November 7-20, 2007.

 

 

COMMISSIONER SILVESTRI, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER STEELE, MOVED APPROVAL OF THE EMPLOYEES' INJURY COMPENSATION CLAIMS.  THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

CHAIRMAN DALEY VOTED PRESENT ON THE CLAIM REGARDING MERCY HOSPITAL.

 

Section 10

 

     Your Committee has considered the following items and upon adoption of this report, the recommendations are as follows:

 


289096

STATUS OF AUDIT RECOMMENDATIONS REPORT AS OF AUGUST 2007.  Transmitting a Communication, dated September 4, 2007 from Laura A. Burman, C.P.A., Cook County Auditor:

 

Submitting herewith the “Status of Audit Recommendations” Report as of August 2007 for your review.

 

For the August 2007 report, we transmit the following documents received from Peter M. Kramer, Assistant General Counsel, Legal and Labor Affairs Division, Sheriff’s Office of Cook County:

 

A report dated August 23, 2007 from Crowe Chizek and Company, LLC addressed to Daniel F. Gallagher of Querrey & Harrow, Ltd. regarding ‘Findings presented by the Office of the County Auditors in their Financial Report of the Department of Corrections, Cook County, Illinois, dated November 30, 2003’. 

 

A letter dated August 31, 2007 from Crowe Chizek and Company, LLC addressed to Daniel F. Gallagher of Querrey & Harrow, Ltd. regarding ‘Further reconciliation of the Inmate Trust Fund general ledger and the Aramark system balance at November 30, 2004’.

 

This matter concerns a $289,233.34 difference identified between the Inmate Trust Fund balance general ledger and the Inmate Trust Fund balance per Aramark’s Trust System as of November 30, 2004.

 

Based on the procedures performed by the engagement team and adjustments proposed by Crowe Chizek and Company, LLC, a $239,176.18 difference remains.  Several issues were identified as under consideration as the total impact was not determined because of cost benefit considerations.

 

*     Referred to the Committee on Finance on 9/6/07.

**   Deferred at the Finance Committee Meeting of 11/6/07 to 11/20/07.

 

COMMISSIONER SILVESTRI, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER PERAICA, MOVED TO RECEIVE AND FILE COMMUNICATION NO. 289096.

 

COMMISSIONER PERAICA MOVED TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE’S ATTORNEY TO REQUEST A REFUND OF $220,000.00 FROM CROWE CHIZEK AND COMPANY, LLC OR TO DEDUCT $220,000.00 FROM A FUTURE BILL SUBMITTED BY QUERREY & HARROW, LTD.  THE MOTION DIED FOR LACK OF A SECOND.

 

A VOTE WAS TAKEN ON THE MAIN MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE COMMUNICATION NO. 289096.  THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

289807

BUREAU OF INFORMATION, TECHNOLOGY & AUTOMATION, by Antonio Hylton, Chief Information Officer, transmitting a Communication:

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to enter into a contract with SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES, Dallas, Texas, for 1,000 coinless inmate and public pay telephones for a three-year period, with an option of two (2) one-year extensions including a Committed Annual Guarantee which results in $7.0 million in annual revenue payments to Cook County.

 

Reason:    Securus Technologies is the industry leader in coinless inmate telephone systems.  Securus Technologies has been selected through a Request for Proposal (RFP) process and has met the requirements defined in the RFP which include the Committed Annual Guarantee requirements, MBE/WBE requirements, maintenance and service requirements, and financial reporting requirement.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  None.  Revenue generating estimate: $35,000,000.00.  Contract period:  December 1, 2007 through November 30, 2012.  Requisition No. 80090012.

 

*     Referred to the Committee on Finance on 10/16/07.

**   Deferred at the Finance Committee Meeting of 11/6/07.

 

COMMISSIONER SILVESTRI, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER QUIGLEY, MOVED APPROVAL OF COMMUNICATION NO. 289807.

 

COMMISSIONER BEAVERS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER PERAICA, MOVED TO DEFER CONSIDERATION OF COMMUNICATION NO. 289807.  FOLLOWING DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONERS BEAVERS AND PERAICA WITHDREW THEIR MOTION TO DEFER COMMUNICATION NO. 289807.

 

A VOTE WAS TAKEN ON THE MAIN MOTION TO APPROVE COMMUNICATION NO. 289807.  THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

COMMISSIONER PERAICA VOTED PRESENT ON THE ABOVE ITEM.

 

 

Section 11

 

    Your Committee was presented with the Fiscal Year 2007 Appropriation Trial Balance of the County of Cook for the period ending September 30, 2007, as presented by the Bureau of Finance.

 

                        COMMISSIONER GOSLIN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MURPHY MOVED TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE APPROPRIATION TRIAL BALANCE FOR THE PERIOD ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2007.  THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

 

Section 12

 

    Your Committee was presented with the Revenue Report for the eleven-month period ending October 31, 2007 for the Corporate, Public Safety and Health Funds, presented by the Cook County Comptroller.

 

                        COMMISSIONER GOSLIN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MALDONADO, MOVED TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE REVENUE REPORT FOR THE ELEVEN-MONTH PERIOD ENDING OCTOBER 31, 2007.  THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

 

Section 13

 

    Your Committee has considered the highway bills submitted by the Superintendent of Highways for approval and payment.

 

    Your Committee, after considering said bills, recommends that they be, and by the adoption of this report, approved.

 

 

COMMISSIONER MORENO, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER STEELE, MOVED APPROVAL OF THE HIGHWAY BILLS.  THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

 

 

 

COMMISSIONER QUIGLEY, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MALDONADO, MOVED TO ADJOURN.  THE MOTION CARRIED AND THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED.

 

 

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

Committee on Finance

 

 

 

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John P. Daley, Chairman

 

 

 

 

Attest:

 

 

 

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Matthew B. DeLeon, Secretary