REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE
Public
Hearing
The Honorable,
The Board of Commissioners of
ATTENDANCE
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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
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Absent: |
None (0) |
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Also
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Ralph Martire - Executive Director, Center for Tax and
Budget Accountability; Michael Prinzi - |
Court Reporter: Anthony
W. Lisanti, C.S.R.
Ladies and
Gentlemen:
Your Committee on Finance of the Board of
Commissioners of Cook County met pursuant to notice for a public hearing on
Your Committee
has considered the following items and upon adoption of this report, the
recommendations are as follows:
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289340 |
STRUCTURAL DEFICIT ANALYSIS OF THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Center for Tax and Budget
Accountability is a non-partisan, non-profit research and advocacy think tank
that promotes fair, efficient and progressive tax, spending and economic
policies; and WHEREAS, the Center for Tax and Budget
Accountability has analyzed NOW, THEREFORE, BE
IT RESOLVED, that
representatives from the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability shall
present their findings regarding the structural deficit analysis of the Cook
County Fiscal Year 2008 Budget to the Board of Commissioners of Cook County. *Referred to the
Committee on Finance on |
Chairman Daley called upon Ralph Martire, Executive Director
of the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability to give his presentation to the
members of the Finance Committee.
Commissioner
Silvestri, seconded by Commissioner Beavers, moved that the Resolution (Communication
Number 289340) be approved and adopted.
The motion carried unanimously.
Commissioner Butler,
seconded by Commissioner Moreno, moved the approval of Communication Numbers
289338 and 289339.
Chairman Daley asked the Secretary to the Board to call upon
the registered public speakers, in accordance with Cook County Code, Sec.
2-108(dd):
1. Greg
Kelly - SEIU Local 20
2. Peter
Orris, M.D. - Voluntary Attending Physician,
Stroger Hospital of Cook County; and representing the Doctors Council Union Organizing Committee of SEIU. Written statement also distributed.
3. Ramal
Washington - Member, SEIU Local 20
4. Merrill
Singh - Employee, Stroger Hospital of Cook County, and member of SEIU
5. Laurence
Msall - President, Civic Federation
6. Ken
Robbins - President,
7. Reverend Louis
Flowers - President, Westside Ministers Coalition
8. Reverend Robert
Moore - United for Better Communities
9. Kevin
Scanlon - President and Chief Executive Officer,
Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council
10. Marcos
Muñoz - Patient, Ambulatory and Community Health
Network of
11. Courtney
Hollowell, M.D. - Attending Physician, Stroger
Hospital/Laparoscopic Surgery
12. David Goldberg, M.D. - Vice President, Executive Medical
Staff,
13. Jackie
Reed - Executive Director, Westside Health Authority
14. Reverend
James M. Moody - Pastor,
15. Maria Elena
Reyes - Board Member, Dr. Jorge Prieto Community Board
16. Mark Peysakhovich - Senior Director for Advocacy, American
Heart Association
17. David
Munar - Vice President, AIDS Foundation of
18. Mawiyah
Coates - Patient, The
19. Robert
Weinstein, M.D. - Director, The
20. John Meyer - President, BJ's Market and Bakery
21. Janice
Benson, M.D. - President, Executive Medical
Staff,
22. Sheila
O'Grady - President, Illinois Restaurant Association
23. Dwayne
Mitchell - Chief Operating Officer,
24. Roxy Taylor - Patient, Ambulatory and Community Health
Network of
25. Dan Costello - Member, Illinois Restaurant Association representing Home Run Inn Pizza
26. Jeffrey Schaider,
M.D. - Chair, Emergency Medicine -
27. Judy Roettig - Executive Vice President, Chicagoland Apartment Association
28. Gerald
J. Roper - President and Chief Executive
Officer, Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce.
Written statement also distributed.
29. Lynne
Johnson - Program Officer,
30. Judy Frigo, M.D. - Physician, Chief Medical Officer,
Oak Forest Hospital of Cook County. Written statement also distributed.
31. Jim Ginderske - President, Neighbors for a Healthy Rogers Park
32. Crystal
Cash, M.D. - Physician, Provident Hospital of
33. George
Blakemore - Concerned Citizen
34. Suma Pyati, M.D. - Chairman, Neonatology, and Co-Director of Perinatal Center,
35. Jesus
M. Sierra - Restaurant owner
36. Reid Ottesen - Village Manager,
37. Peter
McLoyd - Development Coordinator, The
38. Terry
Cosgrove - Chief Executive Officer, Personal PAC
39. Robert
Hart - Concerned Citizen,
40. Mary Madison - Restaurant owner
41. Dorothy Amad
Muhammad, R.N., B.S.N. - Board of Directors,
42. David
Buchanan, M.D. - Physician,
43. Alfredo
Ovalle, M.D. - Physician,
44. Reverend George
Daniels - Pastor, First Baptist Congregational
45. Mary Collins - Employee, Data Entry,
46. Dorenda
Dixon - Program Director, Sheriff's Department of Women's Justice Services
47. Roy Chavadiyil - Concerned Citizen
48. Jeremy
Todd - Peer Educator, The
49. James
Hooks - Patient, Ambulatory and Community Health
Network of
50. Lynn Sapp-Stenson - Business Owner, Original Rainbow Cone
51. David F.
Vite - President,
52. Matt Frank - Economic Development Coordinator,
53. Percy
Cooper - Concerned Citizen
54. Peter
Schmalz - Representative, AFSCME Council 31
55. Marc Gordon - President and
56. Robert J.
More - Concerned Citizen
57. Michael
Livshutz - Concerned Citizen and resident
of
Written statement only:
1. Honorable R. Eugene Pincham - Retired
Justice of the Appellate Court of Illinois
2. Reverend Al Sampson, Pastor, Fernwood
United
3. Armour Gaston - resident of
At the conclusion of public testimony, Chairman Daley proceeded with Communication Number 289338, a proposed amendment to the Retailers’ Occupation Tax Ordinance.
Commissioner Peraica asked if the statutes referenced in the
proposed substitute ordinance amendments are correct. Mr. Michael Prinzi,
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289338 |
AMENDMENT TO THE HOME RULE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT HOME RULE BE IT ORDAINED, by the
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Commissioner Murphy,
seconded by Commissioner Beavers, moved to accept the Substitute Ordinance
Amendment for Communication Number 289338.
The motion carried unanimously.
Sponsored by
THE HONORABLE JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY,
Co-Sponsored by
THE HONORABLE WILLIAM M. BEAVERS, JERRY BUTLER AND
ROBERT B. STEELE,
HOME RULE
WHEREAS, County of Cook is a home rule unit
of local government pursuant to Article VII, Section 6(a) of the 1970 Illinois
Constitution; and
WHEREAS, as a home rule county, County of
Cook is authorized by 55 ILCS 5/5-1006 to impose a tax upon all persons in Cook
County engaged in the business of selling tangible personal property; and
WHEREAS, The Board of Cook County
Commissioners finds that additional revenue is required to fund the operations
of Cook County Government.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
ORDAINED, by the
Cook County Board of Commissioners that Chapter 74 Taxation, Article IV, Sec.
74-150 through 74-152, of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows:
ARTICLE IV.
RETAILERS’ OCCUPATION TAX
Sec. 74-150. Short title.
This
article shall be known and may be cited as the Cook County Home Rule County
Retail Occupation Tax Ordinance.
As
authorized by 55 ILCS 5/5-1006 (home rule county retailers' occupation tax
law), a tax is imposed Countywide upon all persons in the County engaged in the
business of selling tangible personal property at retail, at the rate of two
and three-quarters percent (2.75%) of the gross receipts from such
sales made in the course of such business. The tax shall be paid in the manner
provided in such statute.
Sec. 74-152. Notification of the
Illinois Department of Revenue.
The Clerk of the Board is hereby
authorized and directed to obtain and transmit a certified copy of this
Ordinance to the Illinois Department of Revenue not later than five days after
its effective date, and in no case later than October 1, 2007 so as to enable
the Illinois Department of Revenue to proceed to administer and enforce this
Ordinance, on behalf of the County of Cook, as of January 1, 2008.
Effective date: This Ordinance shall take effect
upon passage, except that the rate increase in Section 74-151 shall not take
effect until January 1, 2008.
Commissioner Murphy,
seconded by Commissioner Collins, moved to defer consideration of the proposed
Substitute Ordinance Amendment (Communication Number 289338) to the
Yeas: Commissioners
Beavers,
Nays: Commissioners
Claypool, Gorman, Goslin, Peraica, Quigley, Schneider and Silvestri (7)
Present: Commissioner
Suffredin (1)
Absent: Commissioner
Steele (1)
The motion to defer
the proposed Substitute Ordinance Amendment CARRIED.
Chairman Daley proceeded to the next item on the agenda, a
proposed amendment to the Service Occupation Tax Ordinance.
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289339 |
AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT BE IT ORDAINED, by the
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Commissioner Murphy,
seconded by Commissioner Beavers, moved to accept the Substitute Ordinance
Amendment for Communication Number 289339.
The motion carried unanimously.
Sponsored by
THE HONORABLE JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY,
Co-Sponsored by
THE HONORABLE WILLIAM M. BEAVERS, JERRY BUTLER AND
ROBERT B. STEELE,
WHEREAS, County of Cook is a home rule unit
of local government pursuant to Article VII, Section 6(a) of the 1970 Illinois
Constitution; and
WHEREAS, as a home rule county, County of
Cook is authorized by 55 ILCS 5/5-1007 to impose a tax upon all persons in Cook
County engaged in the business of making sales of service; and
WHEREAS, The Board of Cook County
Commissioners finds that additional revenue is required to fund the operations
of Cook County Government.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
ORDAINED, by the
Cook County Board of Commissioners that Chapter 74 Taxation, Article V, Sec.
74-190 through 74-192, of the Cook County Code is hereby amended as follows:
ARTICLE V.
SERVICE OCCUPATION TAX
Sec. 74-190. Short title.
This article shall be known and may
be cited as the Cook County Home Rule County Service Occupation Tax Ordinance.
As authorized by 55 ILCS 5/5-1007
(home rule county service occupation tax law), a tax is imposed Countywide upon
all persons in the County engaged in the business of making sales of service at
the rate of two and three-quarters percent (2.75%) of the selling
price of all tangible personal property transferred by such serviceperson
either in the form of tangible personal property or in the form of real estate
as an incident to a sale of service. The tax shall be paid in the manner
provided by such statute.
Sec. 74-192. Notification of the
Illinois Department of Revenue.
The Clerk of the Board is hereby
authorized and directed to obtain and transmit a certified copy of this
Ordinance to the Illinois Department of Revenue not later than five days after
its effective date, and in no case later than October 1, 2007 so as to enable
the Illinois Department of Revenue to proceed to administer and enforce this
Ordinance, on behalf of the County of Cook, as of January 1, 2008.
Effective date: This Ordinance shall take effect
upon passage, except that the rate increase in Section 74-191 shall not take
effect until January 1, 2008.
Commissioner Murphy,
seconded by Commissioner Moreno, moved to defer consideration of the proposed
Substitute Ordinance Amendment (Communication Number 289339) to the
Yeas: Commissioners
Beavers,
Nays: Commissioners
Claypool, Gorman, Goslin, Peraica, Quigley, Schneider and Silvestri (7)
Present: Commissioner
Suffredin (1)
The motion to defer
the proposed Substitute Ordinance Amendment CARRIED.
Commissioner
Maldonado, seconded by Commissioner Silvestri, moved to adjourn the
meeting. The motion carried and the
meeting was adjourned.
YOUR COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING ACTION
WITH REGARD TO THE
MATTERS NAMED HEREIN:
Communication Number 289340 Approved
Communication Number 289338 Substitute
Deferred to
Communication
Number 289339 Substitute
Deferred to
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Respectfully
submitted, Committee
on Finance xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx John P.
Daley, Chairman |
Attest:
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Matthew B.
DeLeon, Secretary
The
transcript for this meeting is available in the Office of the Secretary to the
Board,