Report of the Committee on Finance

 

March 4, 2009

 

The Honorable,

The Board of Commissioners of Cook County

 

Attendance

 

Present:

President Stroger and Chairman Daley, Vice Chairman Sims, Commissioners Beavers, Butler, Claypool, Gorman, Goslin, Maldonado, Moreno, Murphy, Peraica, Quigley, Schneider, Silvestri, Steele and Suffredin (16)

 

Absent:

Commissioner Collins (1)

 

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 Cases

 

298859

THOMAS M. O’CONNELL, Attorney, presented by the Clerk of the Appellate Court, Steven M. Ravid, submitting an Order of Court to pay the sum of $2,485.75 attorney fees regarding People of the State of Illinois v. Linda M.  Trial Court Nos. 04-JA-1515, 04-JA-1516, 04-JA-1517 and 05-JA-122.  Appellate Court No. 1-08-0247.

 

298882

THOMAS J. ESLER, Attorney, presented by the Clerk of the Appellate Court, Steven M. Ravid, submitting an Order of Court to pay the sum of $990.00 attorney fees regarding People of the State of Illinois v. Angela W.  Trial Court No. 05-JA-827.  Appellate Court No. 1-08-2124.

 

298886

STEVEN O. ROSS, Attorney, presented by the Clerk of the Appellate Court, Steven M. Ravid, submitting an Order of Court to pay the sum of $2,209.13 attorney fees regarding People of the State of Illinois v. Chevette V.  Trial Court Nos. 07-JA-757 and 07-JA-758.  Appellate Court No. 1-08-2061.

 

298907

THOMAS M. O’CONNELL, Attorney, presented by the Clerk of the Appellate Court, Steven M. Ravid, submitting an Order of Court to pay the sum of $2,526.71 attorney fees regarding People of the State of Illinois v. Hilda K.  Trial Court No. 03-JA-1164.  Appellate Court No. 1-08-0923.

 

298950

MICHAEL E. QUINN, Attorney, presented by the Clerk of the Appellate Court, Steven M. Ravid, submitting an Order of Court to pay the sum of $2,100.00 attorney fees regarding People of the State of Illinois v. Vernetta C.  Trial Court Nos. 06-JA-462 and 06-JA-464.  Appellate Court No. 1-07-1522.

 

Appellate Cases Approved Fiscal Year 2009 To Present:

$28,572.16

 

Appellate Cases To Be Approved:

$10,311.59

 

 

Non-Capital Cases

 

298875

FORENSIC BIOINFORMATICS SERVIES, INC., Fairborn, Ohio, presented by Marilyn A. Miller, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,500.00 expert witness fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Robert Weeks.  Indictment Nos. 06-CR-22965 and 06-CR-22966 (Non-Capital Cases).

 


 

298885

JOHN C. GREENLEES, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,325.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Harold Bean.  Indictment No. 85-C-14715-01 (Non-Capital Case).

 

298887

MARK H. KUSATZKY, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $7,716.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Carl Gustafson.  Indictment No. 05-CR-80004 (Non-Capital Case).

 

298909

JOSEPH P. MCELLIGOTT, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $420.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Larry Ross.  Indictment No. 08-C6-61873-02 (Non-Capital Case).

 

298926

CRAIG C. CUNNINGHAM, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $2,881.25 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Lynne Booker.  Indictment Nos. 04-CR-13303-01 and 04-CR-13304-01 (Non-Capital Cases).

 

298951

KIRK WITHERSPOON, Ph.D., Moline, Illinois, presented by Stephen F. Potts, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $4,049.94 expert witness fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Steven Ehrlich.  Indictment No. 99-CR-80009 (Non-Capital Case).

 

298954

CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW, presented by Daniel T. Coyne, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $4,029.96 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Timothy Bell.  Indictment No. 06-CR-80007 (Non-Capital Case).

 

298955

CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW, presented by Daniel T. Coyne, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $3,527.74 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Tommy Greenfield.  Indictment No. 08-CR-80005 (Non-Capital Case).

 

298956

CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW, presented by Daniel T. Coyne, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $3,844.78 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Albert Martin.  Indictment No. 08-CR-80013 (Non-Capital Case).

 

298958

CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW, presented by Daniel T. Coyne, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $7,525.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Demetrius Hemphill.  Indictment No. 07-CR-13034 (Non-Capital Case).

 

299012

MICHAEL A. UNGER, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,720.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Randall Williams.  Indictment No. 99-CR-80002 (Non-Capital Case).

 

299069

MICHAEL G. CAWLEY, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $875.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Steven Tunget.  Indictment No. 04-CR-80005 (Non-Capital Case).

 

Non-Capital Cases Approved Fiscal Year 2009 To Present:

$300,075.40

 

Non-Capital Cases To Be Approved:

$39,414.67

 

 

Domestic Relations Civil Contempt Cases

 

298833

ROTMAN & ELOVITZ, LTD., presented by Michael H. Rotman, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of attorney fees totaling $699.00 for the defense of an indigent defendant, Stanislav Turovsky.  Domestic Relations Civil Contempt Case No. 06-D-079535.

 

298888

HELEN R. ROGAL, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of attorney fees totaling $949.50 for the defense of an indigent defendant, Patrick Fleming.  Domestic Relations Civil Contempt Case No. 99-D-51253.

 


 

298889

HELEN R. ROGAL, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of attorney fees totaling $1,219.00 for the defense of an indigent defendant, Guillermo Lopez.  Domestic Relations Civil Contempt Case No. 03-D-11086.

 

298891

HELEN R. ROGAL, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of attorney fees totaling $1,368.61 for the defense of an indigent defendant, Lionell Pitchan.  Domestic Relations Civil Contempt Case No. 96-D-013146.

 

298927

GERALD P. NORDGREN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of attorney fees totaling $980.00 for the defense of an indigent defendant, Troy Savage.  Domestic Relations Civil Contempt Case No. 91-D-3660.

 

299010

BRADLEY C. GERLACH, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of attorney fees totaling $1,497.50 for the defense of an indigent defendant, Quadree McClure.  Domestic Relations Civil Contempt Case No. 00-D-55551.

 

299011

BRADLEY C. GERLACH, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of attorney fees totaling $622.50 for the defense of an indigent defendant, Laura Messina.  Domestic Relations Civil Contempt Case No. 02-D-530839.

 

299013

ROTMAN & ELOVITZ, LTD., presented by Michael H. Rotman, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of attorney fees totaling $524.00 for the defense of an indigent defendant, Stephen Walker.  Domestic Relations Civil Contempt Case No. 00-D-008205.

 

Domestic Relations Civil Contempt Cases

Approved Fiscal Year 2009 To Present:

 

$12,556.22

 

Domestic Relations Civil Contempt Cases To Be Approved:

$7,860.11

 

 

Juvenile Cases

 

298820

JAMES S. WILLIAMS, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $587.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Eugene Jones, Father, re:  D. Jones, a minor.  Indictment No. 99-JA-1278 (Juvenile Case).

 

298821

PETER N. RYAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,825.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Anthony Longstreet, Father, re:  F. Hodges and E. Longstreet, minors.  Indictment Nos. 04-JA-1049 and 04-JA-1050 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298822

PETER N. RYAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $575.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Marc Lindsey, Father, re:  C. Cross, a minor.  Indictment No. 98-JA-3849 (Juvenile Case).

 

298823

PETER N. RYAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $375.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Andre Jenkins, Father, re:  K. Lester, a minor.  Indictment No. 01-JA-1671 (Juvenile Case).

 

298824

PETER N. RYAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $437.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Jerome Grimmage, Father, re:  J. Grimmage, a minor.  Indictment No. 02-JA-801 (Juvenile Case).

 

298825

PETER N. RYAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,075.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Juli Sedwick, Mother, re:  the Moore children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 03-JA-564 and 03-JA-565 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298826

PETER N. RYAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $562.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Terrance Craft, Father, re:  Y. Craft-Ordonze, a minor.  Indictment No. 07-JA-726 (Juvenile Case).

 


 

298828

JAMES S. WILLIAMS, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $305.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Steven Spears, Father, re:  the Spears children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 03-JA-1687 and 03-JA-1689 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298829

QUEEN V. HERRING, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $4,012.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, E. Israel, a minor.  Indictment No. 06-JD-60355 (Juvenile Case).

 

298830

RAYMOND A. MORRISSEY, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,075.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Freddie Brooks, Father, re:  T. Olden, a minor.  Indictment No. 06-JA-280 (Juvenile Case).

 

298831

RAYMOND A. MORRISSEY, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $362.50 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).

 

298832

PATRICK K. SCHLEE, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,418.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, William Batey, Sr., Father, re:  the Batey children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 08-JA-00082 and 08-JA-00952 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298834

DONNA JEAN RAMEY, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $750.00 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, the Johnson children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 06-JA-777 and 06-JA-778 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298835

DONNA JEAN RAMEY, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,012.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, C. Chavez, a minor.  Indictment No. 08-JD-2743 (Juvenile Case).

 

298836

CRYSTAL B. ASHLEY, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $975.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Henry Clark, Father, re:  N. Clark, a minor.  Indictment No. 05-JA-343 (Juvenile Case).

 

298837

MICHAEL J. VITALE, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $425.00 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).

 

298838

MARILYN L. BURNS, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,300.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, James Bridgewater, Father, re:  V. Bourne, a minor.  Indictment No. 08-JA-235 (Juvenile Case).

 

298839

MICHAEL J. VITALE, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $387.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Maurice Jones, Father, re:  N. Williams, a minor.  Indictment No. 07-JA-111 (Juvenile Case).

 

298840

WILLIAM A. LONDON, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $2,932.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Latasha Olmetti, Mother, re:  J. Nichols, a minor.  Indictment No. 05-JA-991 (Juvenile Case).

 

298841

WILLIAM A. LONDON, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $2,167.50 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, the Bain children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 08-JA-00287 and 08-JA-00288 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298842

WILLIAM A. LONDON, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,972.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, O. Vela, a minor.  Indictment Nos. 07-JD-02471 and 08-JD-02056 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298843

WILLIAM A. LONDON, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $915.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, D. Hayes, a minor.  Indictment No. 01-JA-2470 (Juvenile Case).

 

298844

WILLIAM A. LONDON, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $200.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, John Rubio, Father, re:  G. Rubio, a minor.  Indictment No. 06-JA-368 (Juvenile Case).

 

298845

WILLIAM A. LONDON, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $340.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, A. Mitchell, a minor.  Indictment No. 01-JA-02273 (Juvenile Case).

 

298846

WILLIAM A. LONDON, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $952.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Marie Joseph, Mother, re:  J. Davis, a minor.  Indictment No. 06-JA-00086 (Juvenile Case).

 

298847

WILLIAM A. LONDON, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $295.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Carole Struck, Mother, re:  the Struck children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 03-JA-192 and 03-JA-193 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298848

WILLIAM A. LONDON, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $770.00 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, A. Thompson and A. Washington, minors.  Indictment Nos. 95-JA-4816 and 99-JA-205 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298849

GILBERT C. SCHUMM, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $512.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Lamont Allen, Father, re:  the Allen children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 06-JA-00796 and 06-JA-00797 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298850

GILBERT C. SCHUMM, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $568.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Cornelius Edarenor, Father, re:  A. Edarenor and A. White, minors.  Indictment Nos. 05-JA-481 and 06-JA-633 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298851

GILBERT C. SCHUMM, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,031.25 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Juan Aranda, Father, re:  the Aranda children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 07-JA-1073 and 07-JA-1074 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298852

GILBERT C. SCHUMM, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,025.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Robert Lee Crafton, Father, re:  the Coopwood, Crafton and Johnson children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 07-JA-916, 08-JA-789, 08-JA-790, 08-JA-791 and 08-JA-792 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298853

DARLENE L. REDMOND, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $487.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Marlena Williams, Mother, re:  the Montgomery and Williams children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 05-JA-639, 05-JA-640, 05-JA-641 and 06-JA-352 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298854

GILBERT C. SCHUMM, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $237.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Laura Mangianmeli, Mother, re:  the Mangianmeli children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 02-JA-01388 and 02-JA-01389 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298855

GILBERT C. SCHUMM, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $700.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Antonio Miller, Father, re:  the Miller children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 04-JA-663 and 04-JA-664 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298856

THOMAS J. ESLER, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $330.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Lance Wrightsell, Father, re:  L. Wrightsell, a minor.  Indictment No. 98-JA-02401 (Juvenile Case).

 

298857

JUDITH HANNAH, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $712.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, T. Jenkins, a minor.  Indictment No. 08-JA-639 (Juvenile Case).

 

298858

PAUL D. KATZ, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $362.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Veronica Harris, Mother, re:  the Harris, Grimmage and Nash children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 02-JA-00797, 02-JA-00800, 02-JA-00801 and 02-JA-00802 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298860

THOMAS J. ESLER, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $265.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Maurice Vortez, Father, re:  M. Grant, a minor.  Indictment No. 07-JA-00620 (Juvenile Case).

 

298861

PAUL D. KATZ, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $443.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Fred Yoakum, Father, re:  P. Wynn, a minor.  Indictment No. 07-JA-00775 (Juvenile Case).

 

298862

THOMAS J. ESLER, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,770.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Thomas Harvest, Guardian, re:  D. Harvest, a minor.  Indictment No. 08-JD-2091 (Juvenile Case).

 

298863

GREGORY M. BALDWIN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,350.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Ben Figgures, Father, re:  B. Figgures, a minor.  Indictment No. 05-JA-1237 (Juvenile Case).

 

298864

DOUGLAS J. RATHE, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $223.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Latanya Adams, Mother, re:  C. Dean, a minor.  Indictment No. 04-JA-001312 (Juvenile Case).

 

298865

THOMAS J. ESLER, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,575.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Tuesday Simpson, Mother, re:  D. Jones, a minor.  Indictment No. 99-JA-01278 (Juvenile Case).

 

298866

DOUGLAS J. RATHE, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $432.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Lejardin Sterling, Mother, re:  C. Sterling, a minor.  Indictment No. 08-JA-00453 (Juvenile Case).

 

298867

THOMAS J. ESLER, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,325.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Shelanise Nicholas, Mother, re:  the Walker children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 07-JA-1021, 07-JA-1022, 07-JA-1023, 07-JA-1024 and 08-JA-0627 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298868

MAUREEN T. MURPHY, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $387.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Tina Insley, Mother, re:  the Insley children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 06-JA-00710 and 06-JA-00711 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298869

MELINDA MACGREGOR, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $425.00 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, the Hardy and Woolfolk children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 00-JA-980, 00-JA-981 and 00-JA-982 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298870

MELINDA MACGREGOR, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $550.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Tatiana Smith, Mother, re:  D. Allen, a minor.  Indictment No. 08-JA-1123 (Juvenile Case).

 

298871

PATRICK K. SCHLEE, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $443.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Dawn Hauslein, Mother, re:  M. Geiger, a minor.  Indictment No. 07-JA-732 (Juvenile Case).

 

298872

ASHONTA C. RICE, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $525.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, D. Allen, a minor.  Indictment No. 08-JA-1123 (Juvenile Case).

 

298873

ROBERT L. FRIEDMAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $531.25 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Melissa Brown, Mother, re:  R. Reyes, a minor.  Indictment No. 06-JA-00689 (Juvenile Case).

 


 

298874

ROBERT L. FRIEDMAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,375.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Ronald Livingston, Father, re:  D. Kearney, a minor.  Indictment No. 04-JA-00990 (Juvenile Case).

 

298878

ILDIKO J. BODONI, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $416.25 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Earl Kelly, Father, re:  A. Floyd, a minor.  Indictment No. 07-JA-174 (Juvenile Case).

 

298879

ILDIKO J. BODONI, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,363.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Ricky Carter, Father, re:  R. Carter, a minor.  Indictment No. 08-JA-00005 (Juvenile Case).

 

298880

GREGORY M. BALDWIN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $900.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Sunceria Taylor, Mother, re:  R. Finley and S. Nickerson, minors.  Indictment Nos. 02-JA-0968 and 02-JA-0969 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298881

JAMES S. WILLIAMS, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $502.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Charles Taylor, Father, re:  E. Staples and C. Taylor, minors.  Indictment Nos. 04-JA-674 and 06-JA-719 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298883

JAMES S. WILLIAMS, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $152.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, M. Wilson-Smith, a minor.  Indictment No. 03-JA-1554 (Juvenile Case).

 

298884

STEVEN O. ROSS, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $995.32 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Michael Witt, Father, re:  M. Sanchez, a minor.  Indictment No. 08-JA-0111 (Juvenile Case).

 

298890

PAUL S. KAYMAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $337.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Maurice Johnson, Father, re:  A. Phillips, a minor.  Indictment No. 08-JA-00340 (Juvenile Case).

 

298892

PAUL S. KAYMAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $500.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, April Nash Truesdell, Mother, re:  D. Nash, a minor.  Indictment No. 94-JA-07206 (Juvenile Case).

 

298893

PAUL S. KAYMAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $512.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Candace Simmons, Mother, re:  the Simmons children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 96-JA-03738 and 96-JA-03739 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298894

PAUL S. KAYMAN, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $950.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, J. Purdue, a minor.  Indictment No. 03-JA-00884 (Juvenile Case).

 

298895

GILBERT C. SCHUMM, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $462.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Alvin Wofford, Father, re:  M. Handcox, a minor.  Indictment No. 07-JA-00636 (Juvenile Case).

 

298896

MICHAEL J. VITALE, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $312.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, J. Vance, a minor.  Indictment No. 03-JA-101 (Juvenile Case).

 

298897

MICHAEL J. VITALE, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $687.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Andre Session, Father, re:  the Session children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 07-JA-0006, 07-JA-0007 and 07-JA-0009 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298898

STEPHEN JAFFE, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $562.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Gregory Rayford, Father, re:  C. Rayford, a minor.  Indictment No. 06-JA-399 (Juvenile Case).

 


 

298899

STEPHEN JAFFE, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $850.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Henry Pagan, Father, re:  S. Pagan, a minor.  Indictment No. 08-JA-053 (Juvenile Case).

 

298900

STEPHEN JAFFE, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $318.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Jesse Stapleton, Father, re:  L. Mobley, a minor.  Indictment No. 08-JA-1019 (Juvenile Case).

 

298901

STEVEN SILETS, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $925.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Arthur Spears, Father, re:  the Howard and Taylor children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 08-JA-648 and 08-JA-649 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298902

BRIAN M. COLLINS, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $617.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Johnny Washington, Father, re:  the Rice children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 08-JA-666 and 08-JA-667 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298903

BRIAN M. COLLINS, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $387.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, L. Gage, a minor.  Indictment No. 06-JA-0646 (Juvenile Case).

 

298904

BRIAN M. COLLINS, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $567.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Natanya Ford, Mother, re:  the Brown and Ford children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 06-JA-00305, 06-JA-00306 and 06-JA-00307 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298905

BRIAN M. COLLINS, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $2,045.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Nathaniel Boyce, Sr., Father, re:  N. Boyce, a minor.  Indictment No. 06-JA-644 (Juvenile Case).

 

298906

JUDITH HANNAH, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $444.17 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Lee Davis, Father, re:  the Davis children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 00-JA-1851, 00-JA-1852, 00-JA-1854, 00-JA-1855 and 05-JA-86 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298908

JUDITH HANNAH, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $663.34 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Angel Leon, Father, re:  A. Leon, a minor.  Indictment No. 07-JA-929 (Juvenile Case).

 

298910

THOMAS M. O’CONNELL, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $846.25 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Deborah Driskill, Mother, re:  L. Russell, a minor.  Indictment No. 99-JA-2817 (Juvenile Case).

 

298911

THOMAS M. O’CONNELL, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $127.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, R. Hamilton, a minor.  Indictment No. 04-JA-338 (Juvenile Case).

 

298912

THOMAS M. O’CONNELL, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $511.25 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Christopher Payne, Father, re:  C. Payne, a minor.  Indictment No. 04-JA-700 (Juvenile Case).

 

298913

THOMAS M. O’CONNELL, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,235.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Ruby Gadison, Guardian, re:  the Bush children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 95-JA-7247, 95-JA-7248 and 96-JA-1827 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298914

THOMAS M. O’CONNELL, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,190.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Amin Mohammed, Father, re:  N. Mohammed, a minor.  Indictment No. 07-JA-331 (Juvenile Case).

 

298915

THOMAS M. O’CONNELL, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $798.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Rose Berry, Mother, re:  D. Callon, a minor.  Indictment No. 06-JA-109 (Juvenile Case).

 

298916

THOMAS M. O’CONNELL, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $555.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, T. Wood, a minor.  Indictment No. 07-JA-863 (Juvenile Case).

 

298917

THOMAS M. O’CONNELL, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $483.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Jimmy Cunnings, Father, re:  J. Cunnings, a minor.  Indictment No. 05-JA-629 (Juvenile Case).

 

298918

THOMAS M. O’CONNELL, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,447.50 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, F. Hodges and E. Longstreet, minors.  Indictment Nos. 04-JA-1049 and 04-JA-1050 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298919

THOMAS M. O’CONNELL, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $507.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Tameyka Hunt, Mother, re:  R. Hunt and J. Pouncey, minors.  Indictment Nos. 01-JA-2026 and 02-JA-16 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298920

GILBERT C. SCHUMM, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,262.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Caprise Manney, Mother, re:  the Manney children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 01-JA-02076 and 01-JA-02077 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298921

PETER N. RYAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,050.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Samuel Hammel, Father, re:  the Hammel children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 04-JA-1073 and 04-JA-1074 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298922

PETER N. RYAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,275.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Lanell Russell, Mother, re:  R. Johnson and D. Strickland, minors.  Indictment Nos. 03-JA-1356 and 03-JA-1357 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298923

PETER N. RYAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $925.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Laquina Sharp, Father, re:  the Sharp children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 07-JA-213 and 07-JA-646 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298924

PETER N. RYAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $575.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Monuel Bracey, Father, re:  E. Milsap, a minor.  Indictment No. 00-JA-1461 (Juvenile Case).

 

298925

RODNEY W. STEWART, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $2,318.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Constance Ashley, Mother, re:  the Delashment and Glenn children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 05-JA-772, 05-JA-773 and 05-JA-774 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298928

JAMES S. WILLIAMS, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $217.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Sylvia Arrellano, Mother, re:  the Arrellano children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 07-JA-1052 and 07-JA-1053 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298929

JAMES S. WILLIAMS, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $270.00 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, the Broadnax children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 96-JA-6470 and 96-JA-6471 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298930

JAMES S. WILLIAMS, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $367.50 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, Kevin Jackson and Curtis McGhee, Fathers, re:  N. Hawkins and E. Hawkins-McGhee, minors.  Indictment Nos. 05-JA-801 and 08-JA-1 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298959

MICHAEL J. VITALE, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $437.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Antoine Dunlap, Father, re:  C. Dunlap, a minor.  Indictment No. 04-JA-0652 (Juvenile Case).

 


 

298960

MICHAEL J. VITALE, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $900.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Amy Bonet, Mother, re:  O. Bonet, a minor.  Indictment No. 06-JA-00793 (Juvenile Case).

 

298963

ROBERT L.  FRIEDMAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,175.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Julie Doll, Mother, re:  the Burton and Schumann children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 04-JA-1491, 04-JA-1492 and 04-JA-1493 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298966

BRADLEY C. GERLACH, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,340.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, M. Ordonez, a minor.  Indictment No. 08-JD-02493 (Juvenile Case).

 

298967

BRADLEY C. GERLACH, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,038.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Librado Sanchez, Sr., Father, re:  the Sanchez children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 05-JA-00779, 05-JA-00780 and 05-JA-00781 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298968

BRADLEY C. GERLACH, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $455.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Julia Collins, Mother, re:  A. Collins, a minor.  Indictment No. 06-JA-00576 (Juvenile Case).

 

298969

BRADLEY C. GERLACH, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,540.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Troy Gibson, Father, re:  T. Gibson, a minor.  Indictment No. 07-JA-00074 (Juvenile Case).

 

298970

SAMUEL N. WARSAWSKY, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $850.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Renee Morrison, Mother, re:  the Funches children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 03-JA-1013, 03-JA-1014 and 03-JA-1015 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298971

SAMUEL N. WARSAWSKY, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $812.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Angela Moore, Mother, re:  D. Moore, a minor.  Indictment No. 08-JA-268 (Juvenile Case).

 

298972

SAMUEL N. WARSAWSKY, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $787.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Aryanna Mancilla, Mother, re:  A. Torres, a minor.  Indictment No. 06-JA-866 (Juvenile Case).

 

298973

BRUCE H. BORNSTEIN, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,125.00 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, the Thomas children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 05-JA-283 and 06-JA-00068 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298974

SAMUEL N. WARSAWSKY, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $306.25 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Henry Paine, Sr., Father, re:  H. Paine, a minor.  Indictment No. 01-JA-1222 (Juvenile Case).

 

298975

SAMUEL N. WARSAWSKY, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $937.50 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, the Brown and Ford children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 06-JA-305, 06-JA-306 and 06-JA-307 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298976

BRUCE H. BORNSTEIN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $350.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Verona Washington, re:  the Washington children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 05-JA-992, 05-JA-993, 05-JA-994, 05-JA-995, 05-JA-996, 05-JA-997, 05-JA-998, 05-JA-999 and 05-JA-1001 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298977

BRUCE H. BORNSTEIN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $505.32 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Jasper Jackson, Father, re:  C. English, a minor.  Indictment No. 05-JA-1196 (Juvenile Case).

 

298978

BRUCE H. BORNSTEIN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $312.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Allen Anderson, Mother, re:  T. Anderson, a minor.  Indictment No. 04-JA-1179 (Juvenile Case).

 

298979

BRUCE H. BORNSTEIN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $922.42 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Shajuan McGee, Mother, re:  K. Howard and V. Totty, minors.  Indictment Nos. 02-JA-0895 and 02-JA-0896 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298980

BRUCE H. BORNSTEIN, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $475.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, S. Bond, a minor.  Indictment No. 98-JA-3944 (Juvenile Case).

 

298981

BRUCE H. BORNSTEIN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $762.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Amelia Hunter, Mother, re:  the Dabney children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 04-JA-684 and 04-JA-685 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298982

BRUCE H. BORNSTEIN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,572.36 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Steven Johnson, Father, re:  the Johnson children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 08-JA-500, 08-JA-501, 08-JA-502, 08-JA-503, 08-JA-504 and 08-JA-505 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298983

BRUCE H. BORNSTEIN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $700.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Takara Odom, Mother, re:  E. Odom, a minor.  Indictment No. 05-JA-1198 (Juvenile Case).

 

298984

BRUCE H. BORNSTEIN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $600.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Van Ngo, Mother, re:  J. Thai, a minor.  Indictment No. 05-JA-1002 (Juvenile Case).

 

298985

FRANCINE N. GREEN-KELNER, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,241.46 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Margarito Saldana, Father, re:  the Saldana children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 07-JA-057 and 07-JA-058 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298986

FRANCINE N. GREEN-KELNER, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $347.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Tereatha Guy, Mother, re:  Y. McGowan, a minor.  Indictment No. 08-JA-531 (Juvenile Case).

 

298987

FRANCINE N. GREEN-KELNER, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $446.38 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Aaron Jones, Father, re:  the Jones and Merritt children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 06-JA-0050, 06-JA-0051 and 06-JA-0052 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298988

FRANCINE N. GREEN-KELNER, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,145.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Charles Henderson, Father, re:  I. Blake, a minor.  Indictment No. 03-JA-00090 (Juvenile Case).

 

298989

FRANCINE N. GREEN-KELNER, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $2,105.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Everlene Hemmingway, former Guardian, re:  the Hutchins children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 98-JA-3268 and 98-JA-3269 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298990

FRANCINE N. GREEN-KELNER, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,160.25 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Robert Townes, Father, re:  R. Townes and C. Wilson, minors.  Indictment Nos. 05-JA-501 and 05-JA-503 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298991

FRANCINE N. GREEN-KELNER, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,325.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Sean O’Donnell, Sr., Father, re:  the O’Donnell children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 05-JA-323 and 05-JA-325 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298992

ROBERT A. HORWITZ, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $287.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Harold Carlson, Father, re:  L. Boyer, a minor.  Indictment No. 00-JA-2057 (Juvenile Case).

 

298993

ROBERT A. HORWITZ, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $306.25 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Titus Jude, Father, re:  T. Jude, a minor.  Indictment No. 05-JA-130 (Juvenile Case).

 

298994

STEVEN SILETS, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $693.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Corrine Stewart, Private Guardian, re:  the Stewart children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 96-JA-2254, 96-JA-2255, 96-JA-2256, 96-JA-2257 and 96-JA-2260 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298995

LAW OFFICE OF KENT DEAN, LTD., presented by Kent Dean, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $500.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Araceli Lopez, Mother, re:  D. Delarosa and D. Morales, minors.  Indictment Nos. 08-JA-01014 and 08-JA-01015 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298996

ILDIKO J. BODONI, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,188.16 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, G. Knight and A. Smith, minors.  Indictment Nos. 05-JA-861 and 05-JA-862 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298997

ILDIKO J. BODONI, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $836.25 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Maurice Thorne, Father, re:  the Mansfield and Thorne children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 93-JA-2481, 93-JA-2482 and 93-JA-2483 (Juvenile Cases).

 

298998

ILDIKO J. BODONI, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,610.11 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, L. Cusick, a minor.  Indictment No. 07-JA-823 (Juvenile Case).

 

298999

ILDIKO J. BODONI, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $957.85 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, A. Martinez, a minor.  Indictment No. 06-JA-786 (Juvenile Case).

 

299000

ILDIKO J. BODONI, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $985.00 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, the Head, Kelly and Tidwell children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 03-JA-204, 06-JA-113 and 07-JA-559 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299001

ILDIKO J. BODONI, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,337.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Chlemmie Calvin, Mother, re:  the Romando children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 98-JA-1209 and 03-JA-0421 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299002

MELINDA MACGREGOR, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $887.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Anthony Burnett, Father, re:  I. Burnett, a minor.  Indictment No. 08-JA-909 (Juvenile Case).

 

299003

RAYMOND A. MORRISSEY, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $250.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Michael Hayes, Father, re:  R. Hayes, a minor.  Indictment No. 99-JA-2415 (Juvenile Case).

 

299004

RAYMOND A. MORRISSEY, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $550.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Michael McKinzie, Father, re:  J. Moten, a minor.  Indictment No. 08-JA-1056 (Juvenile Case).

 

299005

RAYMOND A. MORRISSEY, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $637.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, J. Sanders, a minor.  Indictment No. 03-JA-949 (Juvenile Case).

 

299006

RAYMOND A. MORRISSEY, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,212.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Laura Braswell, Mother, re:  the Braswell children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 04-JA-311 and 04-JA-312 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299007

JAMES S. WILLIAMS, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $187.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, I. Green, a minor.  Indictment No. 08-JA-738 (Juvenile Case).

 

299008

JAMES S. WILLIAMS, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $432.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Patricia Watson, Mother, re:  the Watson children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 99-JA-2379, 00-JA-717 and 00-JA-718 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299009

JAMES S. WILLIAMS, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $950.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Angel Vasquez, Father, re:  the Vasquez children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 01-JA-1160, 01-JA-1161 and 01-JA-1162 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299014

STEVEN O. ROSS, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $580.64 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Sherod Murphy, Father, re:  S. Murphy, a minor.  Indictment No. 05-JA-858 (Juvenile Case).

 

299015

STEVEN O. ROSS, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $190.00 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).

 

299016

PAUL S. KAYMAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $875.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Darius McSwain, Father, re:  J. McSwain, a minor.  Indictment No. 08-JA-00178 (Juvenile Case).

 

299017

PAUL S. KAYMAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $450.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Melanie Macharg, Mother, re:  the Macharg children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 07-JA-00035, 07-JA-00036 and 07-JA-00037 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299018

PAUL S. KAYMAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $375.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Tyrone McKinney, Father, re:  T. McKinney, a minor.  Indictment No. 04-JA-00755 (Juvenile Case).

 

299019

PAUL D. KATZ, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,837.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Ernie Davis, Father, re:  B. Haynes, a minor.  Indictment No. 02-JA-00257 (Juvenile Case).

 

299020

STEPHEN JAFFE, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,212.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Rebecca Thomas, Mother, re:  the Dortch and Thomas children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 07-JA-441, 07-JA-442 and 07-JA-443 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299021

STEPHEN JAFFE, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $525.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Keith Giles, Father, re:  T. Jenkins, a minor.  Indictment No. 03-JA-1526 (Juvenile Case).

 

299023

DOUGLAS J. RATHE, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $367.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Edward Hutson, Father, re:  E. Nash, a minor.  Indictment No. 02-JA-00987 (Juvenile Case).

 

299024

DOUGLAS J. RATHE, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $931.25 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, M. Dyson, a minor.  Indictment Nos. 08-JD-4079, 08-JD-4260 and 08-JD-4261 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299035

PAUL S. KAYMAN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $875.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, R. Parker, a minor.  Indictment No. 08-JD-02652 (Juvenile Case).

 

299036

RODNEY W. STEWART, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,700.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Daphne Rice, Mother, re:  the Rice children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 03-JA-335, 03-JA-336, 03-JA-337 and 03-JA-338 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299037

DONNA L. RYDER, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $590.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Christopher Mitchell, Father, re:  C. Mitchell, a minor.  Indictment No. 03-JA-572 (Juvenile Case).

 


 

299038

DONNA L. RYDER, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $125.00 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, the Sellers children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 06-JA-753 and 06-JA-754 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299039

DONNA L. RYDER, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,877.38 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Matthew Horton, Father, re:  the Horton children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 07-JA-354, 07-JA-355 and 08-JA-809 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299040

DONNA L. RYDER, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,254.67 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Chevette Valentine, Mother, re:  D. Pippen and D. Valentine, minors.  Indictment Nos. 07-JA-757 and 07-JA-758 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299041

MARI-ROSE MCMANUS, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $412.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Mary Paczesny, Mother, re:  D. Paczesny, a minor.  Indictment No. 07-JA-796 (Juvenile Case).

 

299042

GREGORY M. BALDWIN, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,112.50 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, S. Clay and A. Miller, minors.  Indictment Nos. 08-JA-0009 and 08-JA-0010 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299043

GREGORY M. BALDWIN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $525.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Marcus Johnson, Father, re:  the Jackson children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 01-JA-383 and 01-JA-384 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299044

BRADLEY C. GERLACH, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,185.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Tina Bayliss, Mother, re:  the Hopson and King children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 06-JA-00763, 06-JA-00764 and 06-JA-00765 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299045

BRADLEY C. GERLACH, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,925.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Alicia Murray, Mother, re:  D. Murray, a minor.  Indictment No. 07-JA-00293 (Juvenile Case).

 

299047

STEVEN SILETS, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $474.07 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Diana Warda, former Guardian, re:  B. Estrada, a minor.  Indictment No. 94-JA-5945 (Juvenile Case).

 

299070

MICHAEL G. CAWLEY, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $587.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Janetra Christian, Mother, re:  the Christian and Latham children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 06-JA-00491, 06-JA-00492 and 06-JA-00493 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299071

BRIAN M. COLLINS, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,341.25 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Dexter Byndum, Father, re:  the Byndum children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 08-JA-382, 08-JA-383 and 08-JA-384 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299072

DEAN C. MORASK, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,112.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Sharmaine Smith, Mother, re:  the Smith children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 07-JA-1112, 07-JA-1113 and 07-JA-1114 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299073

DEAN C. MORASK, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $100.00 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, the Longstreet children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 05-JA-273, 05-JA-274 and 05-JA-275 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299074

STUART JOSHUA HOLT, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $500.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, J. Craig, a minor.  Indictment No. 03-JA-1472 (Juvenile Case).

 

299075

STUART JOSHUA HOLT, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $337.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Marketta Sconyers, Mother, re:  P. Brown, a minor.  Indictment No. 03-JA-00493 (Juvenile Case).

 

299076

STUART JOSHUA HOLT, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $612.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Sylvester Brinson, Father, re:  the Davis children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 94-JA-8651, 94-JA-8652 and 94-JA-8653 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299077

STUART JOSHUA HOLT, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $487.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, R. Lowe, a minor.  Indictment No. 98-JA-02408 (Juvenile Case).

 

299078

STUART JOSHUA HOLT, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $525.00 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, the Mosley children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 01-JA-1461 and 01-JA-1462 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299079

JUDITH HANNAH, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $620.01 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Frank Evans, Father, re:  F. Halmon, a minor.  Indictment No. 08-JA-726 (Juvenile Case).

 

299080

JUDITH HANNAH, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,458.77 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Janice Dorbin, Mother, re:  S. Jordan, a minor.  Indictment No. 06-JA-31 (Juvenile Case).

 

299081

MELINDA MACGREGOR, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,175.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Robert Plisic, Father, re:  M. Plisic, a minor.  Indictment No. 07-JD-5622 (Juvenile Case).

 

299082

MELINDA MACGREGOR, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,712.50 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, the Smith children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 08-JA-229 and 08-JA-747 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299083

GREGORY M. BALDWIN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $875.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Rachelle Swarn, Mother, re:  the Thomas children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 05-JA-00283 and 06-JA-00068 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299084

GREGORY M. BALDWIN, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $700.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Charles Sartin, Father, re:  S. Sartin, a minor.  Indictment No. 02-JA-0718 (Juvenile Case).

 

299085

GILBERT C. SCHUMM, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $912.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, D. Funches, a minor.  Indictment No. 08-JD-5303 (Juvenile Case).

 

299086

GILBERT C. SCHUMM, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,150.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Jearleane Hall, Mother, re:  S. Hall, a minor.  Indictment No. 08-JA-896 (Juvenile Case).

 

299087

STEPHEN JAFFE, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $556.25 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Quincy Smith, Father, re:  the Smith children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 01-JA-157 and 01-JA-158 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299088

GILBERT C. SCHUMM, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $287.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Agripina Roman, Mother, re:  the Nava and Vazquez children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 07-JA-242, 07-JA-243, 07-JA-244, 07-JA-245, 07-JA-246 and 07-JA-247 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299089

STEPHEN JAFFE, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $956.25 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Andre Jackson, Father, re:  C. Jackson, a minor.  Indictment No. 05-JA-1090 (Juvenile Case).

 

299090

GILBERT C. SCHUMM, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $643.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Frederick Pettis, Father, re:  R. Pettis, a minor.  Indictment No. 07-JA-1006 (Juvenile Case).

 

299091

RAYMOND A. MORRISSEY, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $975.00 attorney fees for the defense of indigent defendants, the Garrett children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 06-JA-356, 06-JA-357, 06-JA-358 and 07-JA-56 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299092

DEAN N. BASTOUNES, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $287.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Deshawn Patten, Sr., Father, re:  D. Patton, a minor.  Indictment No. 08-JA-00897 (Juvenile Case).

 

299093

STEVEN SILETS, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,293.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Steve Williams, Father, re:  L. Williams, a minor.  Indictment No. 08-JA-811 (Juvenile Case).

 

299094

STEVEN SILETS, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,437.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Kenneth Smith, Father, re:  M. Black, a minor.  Indictment No. 08-JA-39 (Juvenile Case).

 

299095

MAUREEN T. MURPHY, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $931.25 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Andre Holt, Sr., Father, re:  the Holt children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 02-JA-388 and 02-JA-391 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299096

RODNEY W. STEWART, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,993.75 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Ferdinand Davis, Father, re:  T. Davis, a minor.  Indictment No. 05-JA-771 (Juvenile Case).

 

299097

RODNEY W. STEWART, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $2,000.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Latoya Thomas, Mother, re:  the Blue and Thomas children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 00-JA-1515, 00-JA-1516, 00-JA-1517, 00-JA-1518 and 00-JA-1519 (Juvenile Cases).

 

299098

ILDIKO J. BODONI, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $715.00 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Emmanuel McLaurin, Father, re:  N. Sanders, a minor.  Indictment No. 02-JA-1908 (Juvenile Case).

 

Juvenile Cases Approved Fiscal Year 2009 To Present:

$736,234.83

 

Juvenile Cases To Be Approved:

$162,206.93

 

 

Special Court Cases

 

298962

SANDRA L. THIEL, Attorney and Guardian ad Litem, presented by the Circuit Court of Cook County, Office of the Chief Judge, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $688.00 attorney fees and expenses regarding Estate of Willie Burnett, Disabled Person.  Case No. 08-P-7933.  Please forward the check to Karen J. Dimond, Assistant State’s Attorney, Civil Actions Bureau, for transmittal (300-829 Account).

 

299022

FIORETTI, LOWER & CARBONARA, LLP, Robert W. Fioretti, Special Assistant State's Attorney, presented by the Office of the State's Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $2,483.55 attorney fees and expenses regarding Houskins v. Sheahan, et al., Case No. 03-C-6553 (Petition for Appointment of Special Assistant State’s Attorney, Case No. 06-CH-07222), for the months of September and October 2005, and the period of January 31, 2006 through November 30, 2008.  To date $170,247.15 has been paid.  This invoice was approved by the Litigation Subcommittee at its meeting of February 5, 2009.  Please forward the check to Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Deputy State's Attorney, Chief, Civil Actions Bureau, for transmittal.

 

 

Commissioner Moreno voted Present, AND Commissioner Peraica voted NO on the above item.

 

299025

PETERSON, JOHNSON & MURRAY, S.C., Daniel P. Duffy, Special State's Attorney, presented by the Office of the State's Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,406.00 attorney fees and expenses regarding Fairley, et al. v. Andrews, et al., Case No. 03-C-5207 (Petition for Appointment of Special State’s Attorney, Case No. 03-CH-13088), for the period of December 23, 2008 through January 26, 2009.  To date $359,193.94 has been paid.  This invoice was approved by the Litigation Subcommittee at its meeting of February 5, 2009.  Please forward the check to Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Deputy State's Attorney, Chief, Civil Actions Bureau, for transmittal.

 

 

Commissioner Peraica voted NO on the above item.

 

299027

JOHN R. ASHENDEN, Special State's Attorney, presented by the Office of the State's Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,207.50 attorney fees and expenses regarding Fairley, et al. v. Andrews, et al., Case No. 03-C-5207 (Petition for Appointment of Special State’s Attorney, Case No. 03-CH-13088) review of Daniel P. Duffy’s fee petition, for the period of October 14-22, 2008.  To date $10,786.25 has been paid.  This invoice was approved by the Litigation Subcommittee at its meeting of February 5, 2009.  Please forward the check to Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Deputy State's Attorney, Chief, Civil Actions Bureau, for transmittal.

 

 

Commissioner Peraica voted NO on the above item.

 

299029

JOHN R. ASHENDEN, Special State's Attorney, presented by the Office of the State's Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,244.00 attorney fees and expenses regarding Fairley, et al. v. Andrews, et al., Case No. 03-C-5207 (Petition for Appointment of Special State’s Attorney, Case No. 03-CH-13088) review of Daniel P. Duffy’s fee petition, for the period of December 30, 2008 through January 20, 2009.  To date $10,786.25 has been paid.  This invoice was approved by the Litigation Subcommittee at its meeting of February 5, 2009.  Please forward the check to Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Deputy State's Attorney, Chief, Civil Actions Bureau, for transmittal.

 

 

Commissioner Peraica voted NO on the above item.

 

299031

JOHN R. ASHENDEN, Special State's Attorney, presented by the Office of the State's Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,114.00 attorney fees and expenses regarding Fairley, et al. v. Andrews, et al., Case No. 03-C-5207 (Petition for Appointment of Special State’s Attorney, Case No. 03-CH-13088) review of Bell, Boyd & Lloyd’s fee petition, for the period of January 2-15, 2009.  To date $90,439.00 has been paid.  This invoice was approved by the Litigation Subcommittee at its meeting of February 5, 2009.  Please forward the check to Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Deputy State's Attorney, Chief, Civil Actions Bureau, for transmittal.

 

 

Commissioner Peraica voted NO on the above item.

 

299032

JOHN R. ASHENDEN, Special State's Attorney, presented by the Office of the State's Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $945.50 attorney fees and expenses regarding Fairley, et al. v. Andrews, et al., Case No. 03-C-5207 (Petition for Appointment of Special State’s Attorney, Case No. 03-CH-13088) review of Bell, Boyd & Lloyd’s fee petition, for the period of January 2-13, 2009.  To date $90,439.00 has been paid.  This invoice was approved by the Litigation Subcommittee at its meeting of February 5, 2009.  Please forward the check to Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Deputy State's Attorney, Chief, Civil Actions Bureau, for transmittal.

 

 

Commissioner Peraica voted NO on the above item.

 


 

299033

JOHN R. ASHENDEN, Special State's Attorney, presented by the Office of the State's Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $964.50 attorney fees and expenses regarding Fairley, et al. v. Andrews, et al., Case No. 03-C-5207 (Petition for Appointment of Special State’s Attorney, Case No. 03-CH-13088) review of Bell, Boyd & Lloyd’s fee petition, for the period of January 2-13, 2009.  To date $90,439.00 has been paid.  This invoice was approved by the Litigation Subcommittee at its meeting of February 5, 2009.  Please forward the check to Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Deputy State's Attorney, Chief, Civil Actions Bureau, for transmittal.

 

 

Commissioner Peraica voted NO on the above item.

 

299034

MUCH, SHELIST, DENENBERG, AMENT & RUBENSTEIN, P.C. (formerly Quinlan & Carroll, Ltd.), William R. Quinlan and James R. Carroll, Special State's Attorneys, presented by the Office of the State's Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $4,323.00 attorney fees and expenses regarding Leticia Gradilla and Clarence Bowers v. Dorothy Brown, Case No. 07-L-001164 (Petition for Appointment of Special State’s Attorney, Case No. 07-CH-14628), for the month of December 2008.  To date $427,153.98 has been paid.  This invoice was approved by the Litigation Subcommittee at its meeting of February 5, 2009.  Please forward the check to Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Deputy State's Attorney, Chief, Civil Actions Bureau, for transmittal.

 

 

Commissioner Peraica voted NO on the above item.

 

299046

JULIA M. NOWICKI, Compliance Administrator, presented by the Office of the State’s Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $123,019.70 fees and expenses regarding Shakman, et al. v. Democratic Organization of Cook County, USDC No. 69-C-2145.  The Board of Commissioners approved a Supplemental Relief Order (SRO) on November 29, 2006.  On November 30, 2006, the United States District Court entered a SRO in this matter requiring the appointment of a Compliance Administrator.  As part of the SRO, Cook County is required to pay the reasonable fees and expenses incurred by the Compliance Administrator.  On February 5, 2009, Judge Wayne R. Andersen entered an order approving fees and expenses for the 35th Unopposed Petition in the amount of $123,019.70 made payable to Julia M. Nowicki, Compliance Administrator.  To date, Julia M. Nowicki has been paid $2,012,079.54.  Ms. Nowicki has accumulated total expenses of $2,201,757.47 as of today’s date.  Please forward the check to Lisa M. Meador, Assistant State’s Attorney, for transmittal.

 

299048

ALASTAR S. MCGRATH, P.C., Alastar S. McGrath, Special State's Attorney, presented by the Office of the State's Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $78,618.00 attorney fees and expenses regarding Walker v. Sheahan, et al., Case No. 05-C-5634 (Petition for Appointment of Special State’s Attorney, Case No. 06-CH-4325), for the period of October 1, 2008 through January 22, 2009.  To date $171,663.75 has been paid.  This invoice was approved by the Litigation Subcommittee at its meeting of February 5, 2009.  Please forward the check to Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Deputy State's Attorney, Chief, Civil Actions Bureau, for transmittal.

 

299049

BELGRADE AND O'DONNELL, P.C., John C. Coyne, Special State's Attorney, presented by the Office of the State's Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $8,929.00 attorney fees and expenses regarding Enrique Campillo v. The County of Cook, et al., Case No. 06-C-5380 (Petition for Appointment of Special State’s Attorney, Case No. 06-CH-26086), for the period of April 8 through August 30, 2008.  To date $44,582.07 has been paid.  This invoice was approved by the Litigation Subcommittee at its meeting of October 2, 2008.  Please forward the check to Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Deputy State's Attorney, Chief, Civil Actions Bureau, for transmittal.

 

 

Commissioner Peraica voted NO on the above item.

 


 

299050

HINSHAW & CULBERTSON, LLP, James M. Lydon, Special State's Attorney, presented by the Office of the State's Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $52,109.68 attorney fees and expenses regarding Curtis, et al. v. Michael F. Sheahan, et al., Case No. 06-L-009701 (Petition for Appointment of Special State’s Attorney, Case No. 06-CH-24510), for the period of November 24, 2008 through January 16, 2009 (attorney fees), and November 5, 2008 through January 16, 2009 (expenses).  To date $335,009.34 has been paid.  This invoice was approved by the Litigation Subcommittee at its meeting of February 5, 2009.  Please forward the check to Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Deputy State's Attorney, Chief, Civil Actions Bureau, for transmittal.

 

299051

PETERSON, JOHNSON & MURRAY, S.C., Daniel P. Duffy, Special State's Attorney, presented by the Office of the State's Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $2,607.00 attorney fees and expenses regarding Richardson v. Cook County, Case No. 07-C-5341 (Petition for Appointment of Special State’s Attorney, Case No. 08-CH-41219), for the period of December 23, 2008 through January 27, 2009.  To date $4,329.00 has been paid.  This invoice was approved by the Litigation Subcommittee at its meeting of February 5, 2009.  Please forward the check to Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Deputy State's Attorney, Chief, Civil Actions Bureau, for transmittal.

 

Special Court Cases Approved Fiscal Year 2009 To Present:

$2,597,650.16

 

Special Court Cases To Be Approved:

$279,659.43

 

 

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.

 

298827

ARAMARK CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, INC., Atlanta, Georgia, submitting four (4) invoices totaling $618,750.56, part payment for Contract No. 04-54-618 Rebid/Revised, for food service for the Department of Corrections, for the period of November 20-26, 2008 and December 1-17, 2008 (239-223 Account).  Purchase Order No. 165241, approved by County Board November 3, 2004, January 4, 2006, November 14, 2006, March 18, 2008 and November 19, 2008.

 

 

Commissioner Suffredin voted NO on the above item.

 

298876

WRIGHT EXPRESS FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION, Carol Stream, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $189,263.73, 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 January 2009 (211-445 Account).  (See Comm. No. 298400).  Purchase Order No. 165309, approved by County Board July 12, 2006 and June 3, 2008.

 

298877

AUNT MARTHA'S YOUTH SERVICE CENTER, INC., Chicago Heights, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $137,226.00, part payment for Contract No. 06-41-753, for community based pretrial supervision and evening reporting centers for the Juvenile Probation and Court Services Department, Circuit Court of Cook County, for the month of December 2008 (326-298 Account).  (See Comm. No. 298752).  Purchase Order No. 164637, approved by County Board October 17, 2006.

 

 

Commissioner Peraica voted NO on the above item.

 

299099

BMC SOFTWARE, INC., Houston, Texas, submitting invoice totaling $216,166.20, full payment for Contract No. 08-41-366, for computer software maintenance and support for the Department for Management of Information Systems, for the period of March 15, 2009 through March 14, 2010 (012-441 Account).  Purchase Order No. 165637, approved by County Board March 18, 2008.

 

299100

PAPER SOLUTIONS, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, submitting invoice totaling $692,805.00, full payment for Contract No. 08-84-241, for manufacturing and printing of 2009 court file jackets for the Clerk of the Circuit Court (529-240 Account).  Purchase Order No. 163757, approved by County Board July 22, 2008.

 

 

Chairman Daley and Commissioner Silvestri voted NO on the above item.

 

299101

PUBLIC BUILDING COMMISSION OF CHICAGO, Chicago, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $3,652,216.00, part payment for operating expenses for the Richard J. Daley Center, for the months of December 2008 through February 2009 (499-470 Account).  Approved by County Board January 15, 2009 recessed and reconvened on February 20, 2009.

 

299102

FUJIFILM MEDICAL SYSTEMS USA, INC., Hanover Park, Illinois, submitting invoice totaling $150,260.25, part payment for Contract No. 08-41-312, for Fuji XG5000 digital radiology equipment for the Medical Examiner’s Office through the Homeland Security grant (769-579 Account).  Purchase Order No. 164489, approved by County Board June 17, 2008.

 

 

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

 

 

Section 3

 

     Your Committee has considered the following communications from State's Attorney, Anita Alvarez 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.

 

298931

MAURICE ADAMS, in the course of his employment as a Physician’s Assistant for Stroger Hospital of Cook County sustained accidental injuries on November 3, 2002.  The Petitioner slipped while descending a staircase and twisted his ankle, and as a result he injured his foot and ankle (left ankle sprain).  State's Attorney, Anita Alvarez, is submitting Workers’ Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 03-WC-01734 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:  Sheldon I. Minkow, Law Firm of Sheldon I. Minkow & Associates, P.C.

 

 

Commissioner Schneider voted NO on the above item.

 

298932

CASSANDRA Y. ANDREWS, in the course of her employment as a Nurse for Oak Forest Hospital of Cook County sustained accidental injuries on March 12, 2004.  The accident occurred when the Petitioner tripped while passing medicine to a patient, and as a result she injured her ankle (right ankle sprain, lesion on right heel, right plantar fascitis and right tendonitis).  State's Attorney, Anita Alvarez, is submitting Workers’ Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 04-WC-54512 in the amount of $3,495.01 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:  Donald V. Gallagher, Law Firm of Donald V. Gallagher, P.C.

 

 

Commissioner Schneider voted NO on the above item.

 


 

298933

LINDA L. DILALLO, in the course of her employment as a Clerk for the Clerk of the Circuit Court sustained accidental injuries on August 14, 2006.  The Petitioner slipped on water while walking down a flight of stairs and fell, and as a result she injured her great toe and leg (fractured right great toe, contusions to lower left leg).  State's Attorney, Anita Alvarez, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 06-WC-46923 in the amount of $3,925.88 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 E. Tyrrell, Law Office of Ross Tyrrell, Ltd.

 

 

Commissioner Schneider voted NO on the above item.

 

298934

DELORES CAMPBELL, in the course of her employment as a Registered Nurse for Stroger Hospital of Cook County sustained accidental injuries on September 20, 2005.  The Petitioner was attempting to wash her hands when soap from the bottle dispenser squirted upward into her eye, and as a result she injured her eye (superficial keratitis in the left eye).  State's Attorney, Anita Alvarez, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 05-WC-42618 in the amount of $958.67 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:  Frank A. Santilli, Law Firm of Frank A. Santilli & Associates.

 

 

Commissioner Schneider voted NO on the above item.

 

298935

DAN  GRANATA, in the course of his employment as a Pipe Coverer for the Department of Facilities Management sustained accidental injuries on November 13, 2007.  The Petitioner was lifting and moving a 10 foot ladder to cover pipes, and as a result he injured his lower back (left-sided disc herniation superimposed on a L5-S1 bulge).  State's Attorney, Anita Alvarez, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 08-WC-12346 in the amount of $23,855.63 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:  Matthew B. Walker, Law Firm of Anesi, Ozmon, Rodin, Novak & Kohen, Ltd.

 

 

Commissioners Peraica and Schneider voted NO on the above item.

 

298936

JOANNE GUILLEMETTE, in the course of her employment as Assistant Director of Expedited Child Support for the Clerk of the Circuit Court sustained accidental injuries on September 27, 2007.  The Petitioner tripped over a box of files on the floor and fell, and as a result she injured her wrist, neck and back (concussion, right wrist sprain, cervical and lumbar sprain).  State's Attorney, Anita Alvarez, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 07-WC-44311 in the amount of $22,265.25 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:  Edward Spitz, Law Firm of Vitell & Spitz, Ltd.

 

 

Commissioners Moreno and Silvestri voted Present, AND Commissioner Peraica voted NO on the above item.

 

298937

PATRICK KELLY, in the course of his employment as a Correctional Officer for the Department of Corrections sustained accidental injuries on April 22, 2007.  The Petitioner slipped while responding to a call and fell, and as result he injured his lower back (protruding disc at L4-L5 with mild left lower extremity radiculitis).  State's Attorney, Anita Alvarez, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 08-WC-06517 in the amount of $16,365.38 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:  Larry J. Coven, The Coven Law Group.

 


 

298938

CHARLES E. JEFFERSON, in the course of his employment as a Correctional Officer for the Department of Corrections sustained accidental injuries on November 16, 2006.  The accident occurred when the Petitioner was bitten while trying to restrain an inmate, and as a result he injured his finger (right fifth finger avulsion wound; human bite).  State's Attorney, Anita Alvarez, is submitting Workers’ Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 06-WC-53014 in the amount of $2,515.04 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:  Joel M. Bell, Law Firm of Teplitz & Bell.

 

298939

PATRICK MARTIN, in the course of his employment as a Correctional Officer for the Department of Corrections sustained accidental injuries on May 22, 2006.  The Petitioner was trying to subdue an inmate and was struck in the face and knocked to the ground, and as a result he injured his leg (blunt head trauma, bone bruising at the right medial-femoral condyle).  State's Attorney, Anita Alvarez, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 06-WC-29558 in the amount of $8,269.99 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:  Neal K. Wishnick, Law Firm of Sostrin and Sostrin, P.C.

 

298940

GLADYS DAVIS, in the course of her employment as a Nurse for the Department of Public Health sustained accidental injuries on February 8, 2005.  The Petitioner tripped over a raised area in the pavement and fell to the ground, injuring her knees, ankle, shoulder and middle finger (broken right ankle, left knee abrasion and right middle finger sprain).  The County has paid $25,241.26 in temporary disability and $3,783.00 in medical expenses for a total payment of $29,024.26.  The County is entitled to recover 75% of that amount, which is $21,768.19, in addition to 75% of any further payment made for permanent partial disability and medical expenses, less a proportional share of cost.  The County has agreed to waive $7,256.06 of its lien in exchange for a $1.00 lump sum settlement contract.  The Workers’ Compensation Commission approved the $1.00 settlement contract on January 27, 2009.  State’s Attorney, Anita Alvarez, is submitting Workers’ Compensation Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 08-WC-52715 in the amount of $1.00 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:  Robert J. Friend, Robert J. Friend & Associates.

 

                                Settlement Amount:                   $         1.00

                                Lien Recovery:                           $14,512.13

                                Lien Waiver:                               $  7,256.06

 

 

Commissioner Peraica voted NO on the above item.

 

298941

ROSE M. MCBRIDE, in the course of her employment as a Nurse for Cermak Health Services of Cook County sustained accidental injuries on December 1, 2005.  The Petitioner slipped on ice while entering the building and fell, and as a result she injured her hip and back (sprained right hip and lower back).  State's Attorney, Anita Alvarez, is submitting Workers’ Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 06-WC-02156 in the amount of $5,000.00 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:  Warren M. Mark, Law Firm of Warren M. Mark, P.C.

 

 

Commissioner Schneider voted NO on the above item.

 


 

298942

CHARLENE SIKANICH, in the course of her employment as a Clerk for the Clerk of the Circuit Court sustained accidental injuries on February 7, 2006.  The Petitioner was struck by a swinging 12-foot door, and as a result she injured her arm (right brachial plexopathy, rotator cuff tendinopathy, and a partial tear of the subscapularis tendon).  State's Attorney, Anita Alvarez, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order Nos. 06-WC-16673 and 07-WC-05777 (duplicate filing) in the amount of $31,694.20 and recommends its payment.  (Finance Subcommittee January 13, 2009).  Attorney:  Donna Zadeikis, Law Office of Kenneth B. Gore, Ltd.

 

 

Commissioners Peraica and Schneider voted NO on the above item.

 

298943

JOHN KLARICH, in the course of his employment as a Deputy Sheriff for the Sheriff’s Court Services Division sustained accidental injuries on April 19, 2004.  The Petitioner was apprehending a prisoner trying to escape from a courtroom, and as a result he injured his shoulder (left shoulder sprain, causing impingement symptoms to the left shoulder, and carpal tunnel syndrome to the left upper extremity).  State's Attorney, Anita Alvarez, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 07-WC-04855 in the amount of $21,000.00 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:  Daniel C. Truesdale, Law Firm of Carroll & Truesdale, P.C.

 

 

Commissioner Peraica voted NO on the above item.

 

298944

DELORES WHITE, in the course of her employment as a Dietician for Stroger Hospital of Cook County sustained accidental injuries on January 13, 2005.  The Petitioner tried to catch a roll of plastic bag covers that fell off a shelf, and as a result she injured her shoulders (right rotator cuff tear and left rotator cuff partial tear).  State’s Attorney, Anita Alvarez, is submitting Workers’ Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 05-WC-43866 in the amount of $29,732.55 and recommends its payment.  (Finance Subcommittee January 13, 2009).  Attorney:  Christopher Mose, Law Firm of Katz, Friedman, Eagle, Eisenstein, Johnson & Bareck, P.C.

 

298945

BRENDA L. BROWN, in the course of her employment as a Counselor for the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center sustained accidental injuries on October 26, 2004.  The Petitioner tripped on the elevator lower door plate, and as a result she injured her head, arm, hand and leg (blunt head trauma; left arm strain, left hand strain and left leg strain).  State’s Attorney, Anita Alvarez, is submitting Workers’ Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 06-WC-07909 in the amount of $4,581.33 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:  Susan E. Krzak, Law Firm of Briskman and Briskman.

 

298946

BENNIE ARCHEY in the course of his employment as a Laundry Worker for Oak Forest Hospital of Cook County sustained accidental injuries on November 29, 2004 and September 21, 2005.  The November 29, 2004 accident occurred when the Petitioner was lifting boxes of wet towels, and as a result he injured his neck and shoulder (herniated disc at C5-C6).  The September 21, 2005 accident occurred when the Petitioner was struck by a laundry cart, and as a result he injured his lower back (acute lumbosacral sprain).  State’s Attorney, Anita Alvarez, is submitting Workers’ Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order Nos. 05-WC-06610 and 05-WC-45112 in the amount of $38,508.00 and recommends its payment.  (Finance Subcommittee January 13, 2009).  Attorney:  Vitas J. Mockaitis, Law Firm of Corti, Aleksy and Castaneda, P.C.

 


 

298947

PATRICIA RODRIQUEZ, in the course of her employment as a Clerk for the Clerk of the Circuit Court sustained accidental injuries on October 19, 2004.  The accident occurred when a cabinet fell over trapping the Petitioner’s hand and pinning her to a wall, and as a result she injured her hand (multiple abrasions and contusions, left hand carpel tunnel syndrome, left DeQuervain’s tenosynovitis, with subsequent development of right trigger thumb).  State’s Attorney, Anita Alvarez, is submitting Workers’ Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 07-WC-20286 in the amount of $7,668.00 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:  James E. Tyrrell, Law Office of Ross Tyrrell, Ltd.

 

298948

ROBERT JONES, in the course of his employment as a Registered Nurse for Provident Hospital of Cook County sustained accidental injuries on September 27, 2006.  The Petitioner was moving a patient when the patient moved unexpectedly, and as a result he injured his right arm and neck (internal derangement, cervical spondylosis with disc herniations at C5-6, C6-7).  State’s Attorney, Anita Alvarez, is submitting Workers’ Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 07-WC-41465 in the amount of $30,000.00 and recommends its payment.  (Finance Subcommittee January 13, 2009).  Attorney:  Michael J. Evers, Law Firm of Elfenbaum, Evers & Amarilio, P.C.

 

 

COMMISSIONER PERAICA VOTED NO ON THE ABOVE ITEM.

 

298949

ADAM LEMONS, in the course of his employment as a Deputy Sheriff for the Sheriff’s Court Services Division sustained accidental injuries on October 18, 2006.  The Petitioner was trying to restrain an arrestee, and as a result he injured his shoulder (left shoulder rotator cuff tendonitis; left rotator cuff tear).  State's Attorney, Anita Alvarez, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Lump Sum Petition and Order No. 07-WC-50502 in the amount of $33,069.29 and recommends its payment.  (Finance Subcommittee January 13, 2009).  Attorney:  Edward S. Lichtenstein, Law Firm of Joseph, Lichtenstein & Levinson.

 

 

Commissioner Peraica voted NO on the above item.

 

298952

JOSEPH THOMAS, in the course of his employment as a Senior Mental Health Specialist for Cermak Health Services of Cook County sustained accidental injuries on April 15, 2003.  The Petitioner was assaulted and struck in the face by a patient who became violent during a counseling session, and as a result he injured his nose and eye (left orbital fracture and fractured nose, resulting in residual vision impairment).  On December 16, 2008, the Arbitrator awarded the Petitioner the sum of $37,951.90.  State's Attorney, Anita Alvarez, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Decision of Arbitrator, Award No. 04-WC-24608 in the amount of $37,951.90 and recommends its payment.  (Finance Subcommittee February 4, 2009).  Attorney:  Thomas Paris.

 

298953

MARY SCOTT, in the course of her employment as a Collector for Provident Hospital of Cook County sustained accidental injuries on November 8, 1999.  The Petitioner tripped over a crate, and as a result she injured her ankle, lower back and both shoulders (sprained left ankle with tendonitis, bilateral shoulder strains, and lumbar disc herniation with radiculopathy).  On October 28, 2008, the Arbitrator awarded the Petitioner the sum of $22,720.00.  State's Attorney, Anita Alvarez, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Decision of Arbitrator, Award No. 00-WC-15837 in the amount of $22,720.00 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:  Richard S. Volpe, Law Firm of Grazian & Volpe, P.C.

 

 

Commissioner Schneider voted NO on the above item.

 


 

298957

NILS PEDERSON, in the course of his employment as a Correctional Officer for the Department of Corrections sustained accidental injuries on June 7, 1998.  The Petitioner suffered multiple asthma attacks due to poor ventilation and damp conditions, and as a result he injured his lungs (bronchial asthma, with intermittent status asthmaticus and bronchospasm).  On November 7, 2008, the Arbitrator awarded the Petitioner the sum of $38,654.00.  State's Attorney, Anita Alvarez, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Decision of Arbitrator, Award No. 99-WC-43901 in the amount of $38,654.00 and recommends its payment.  (Finance Subcommittee February 4, 2009).  Attorney:  Mark Fine of Mark S. Fine Law Offices.

 

 

Commissioner Schneider voted NO on the above item.

 

298961

WILLIAM LOWING, in the course of his employment as a Custodian for the Sheriff’s Custodial Department sustained accidental injuries on August 19, 1999.  The Petitioner slipped on a freshly mopped and waxed floor and fell, and as a result he injured his knee (left knee horizontal tear of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus).  On May 15, 2008, the Arbitrator awarded the Petitioner temporary total disability benefits totaling $352.57 per week for 461-3/7 weeks.  To date, $133,153.69 has been paid by the County in TTD benefits.  The May 15, 2008 decision also awarded $317.31 per week for 130 weeks for permanency.  The permanency was approved at the July 1, 2008 meeting of the Finance Committee’s Subcommittee on Workers’ Compensation and was approved for payout July 22, 2008.  State's Attorney, Anita Alvarez, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Decision of Arbitrator, Award No. 00-WC-18809 in the amount of $29,936.33 and recommends its payment.  (Finance Subcommittee February 4, 2009).  Attorney:  David M. Barish, Law Firm of Katz, Friedman, Eagle, Eistenstein, Johnson & Bareck, P.C.

 

 

Commissioner Schneider voted NO on the above item.

 

298964

MANFRED KASINGER, in the course of his employment as an Upholsterer for the Department of Central Services sustained accidental injuries on October 31, 2001.  The Petitioner was exposed to asbestos, and as a result he injured his lungs (extensive pleural calcifications and shortness of breath).  State's Attorney, Anita Alvarez, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Decision of Arbitrator, Award No. 02-WC-25736 in the amount of $33,609.00 and recommends its payment.  (Finance Subcommittee February 4, 2009).  Attorney:  Douglas Colby, Law Firm of Anesi, Ozmon, Rodin, Novak & Kohen, Ltd.

 

 

Commissioner peraica voted NO on the above item.

 

298965

HARRIET JACKSON, in the course of her employment as a Case Processor for the State’s Attorney’s Office sustained accidental injuries on June 20, 2006.  The Petitioner developed bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome from repetitive typing at work, and as a result she injured both hands (bilateral carpal tunnel syndrome).  State's Attorney, Anita Alvarez, is submitting Workers' Compensation Commission Decision of Arbitrator, Award No. 06-WC-47903 in the amount of $94,733.94 and recommends its payment.  (Finance Subcommittee February 4, 2009).  Attorney:  Bradley Dworkin.

 

 

Commissioners peraica and schneider voted NO on the above item.

 

Workers' Compensation Claims Approved Fiscal Year 2009 To Present:

$1,120,790.42

 

Workers' Compensation Claims To Be Approved:

$542,010.39

 

 

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

 

 


Section 4

 

     Your Committee has considered the following communications from the Cook County Department of Risk Management requesting the County Board to authorize subrogation recoveries.

 

     Your Committee, concurring in the requests of the Cook County Department of Risk Management recommends the authorization of subrogation recoveries be granted.

 

299052

DEPARTMENT OF RISK MANAGEMENT, submitting for approval Subrogation Recovery of $766.81.  Claim No. 20050362, Sheriff’s Police Department.

 

Responsible Party:     Suburban General (Owner), Gregory S. Myers (Driver), 1019 East 31st Street, LaGrange Park, Illinois  60464

Damage to:                 Sheriff’s Police Department vehicle

Our Driver:                  Michael B. Schaffer, Unit #3956

Date of Accident:        December 16, 2008

Location:                     Golf Road near Dee Road, Des Plaines, Illinois

(211-444 Account).

 

299054

DEPARTMENT OF RISK MANAGEMENT, submitting for approval Subrogation Recovery of $519.85.  Claim No. 20050357, Sheriff’s Police Department.

 

Responsible Party:     Anthony J. Caruso (Owner and Driver), 6120 Boco Rio Drive, Oak Forest, Illinois  60452

Damage to:                 Sheriff’s Police Department vehicle

Our Driver:                  Eric S. Burnson, Unit #1843

Date of Accident:        October 25, 2008

Location:                     159th Street near Oak Park Avenue, Oak Forest, Illinois

(211-444 Account).

 

299055

DEPARTMENT OF RISK MANAGEMENT, submitting for approval Subrogation Recovery of $1,514.15.  Claim No. 20050361, Sheriff’s Police Department.

 

Responsible Party:     Linda R. Prysok (Owner and Driver), 2880 Abbington Drive, New Lenox, Illinois  60451

Damage to:                 Sheriff’s Police Department vehicle

Our Driver:                  David A. Linde, Unit #4810

Date of Accident:        December 10, 2008

Location:                     I-355 near Southwest Highway, Will County, Illinois

(211-444 Account).

 

299057

DEPARTMENT OF RISK MANAGEMENT, submitting for approval Subrogation Recovery of $435.25.  Claim No. 20050359, Sheriff’s Police Department.

 

Responsible Party:     Joan M. Busch (Owner and Driver), 7034 West 86th Street, Burbank, Illinois  60459

Damage to:                 Sheriff’s Police Department vehicle

Our Driver:                  Daniel Garcia, Unit #1705

Date of Accident:        November 19, 2008

Location:                     87th Street near Harlem Avenue, Worth Township, Illinois

(211-444 Account).

 

299058

DEPARTMENT OF RISK MANAGEMENT, submitting for approval Subrogation Recovery of $3,245.70.  Claim No. 20050347, Sheriff’s Police Department.

 

Responsible Party:     Susan A. Theriault (Owner and Driver), 15269 Coventry Court, Orland Park, Illinois  60462

Damage to:                 Sheriff’s Police Department vehicle

Our Driver:                  Jose Reyna, Unit #1340

Date of Accident:        October 30, 2008

Location:                     Cicero Avenue near 111th Avenue, Chicago, Illinois

(211-444 Account).

 


 

299060

DEPARTMENT OF RISK MANAGEMENT, submitting for approval Subrogation Recovery of $5,228.14.  Claim No. 20050354, Sheriff’s Court Services Division.

 

Responsible Party:     Michael L. Williams (Owner and Driver), 16433 Dixie Highway, Markham, Illinois  60428

Damage to:                 Sheriff’s Court Services Division vehicle

Our Driver:                  Parris C. Williams, Unit #8004

Date of Accident:        November 6, 2008

Location:                     146th Street near Halsted Street, Harvey, Illinois

(211-444 Account).

 

299064

DEPARTMENT OF RISK MANAGEMENT, submitting for approval Subrogation Recovery of $571.58.  Claim No. 20050353, State’s Attorney’s Office.

 

Responsible Party:     Michael J. Rubin (Owner and Driver), 4050 North Bernard, Chicago, Illinois  60618

Damage to:                 State’s Attorney’s Office vehicle

Our Driver:                  Patrick J. Kelly, Unit #2929

Date of Accident:        October 10, 2007

Location:                     I-290 near Canal Street, Chicago, Illinois

(250-444 Account).

 

Subrogation Recoveries Approved Fiscal Year 2009 To Present:

$14,107.24

 

Subrogation Recoveries To Be Approved:

$12,281.48

 

 

COMMISSIONER SILVESTRI, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER STEELE, MOVED APPROVAL OF THE SUBROGATION RECOVERIES.  THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

 

Section 5

 

     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 claimants in the amounts recommended.

 

299059

DEPARTMENT OF RISK MANAGEMENT, submitting for approval Self-Insurance Program Settlement Claim payment of $534.54.  Claim No. 97007107, Highway Department.

 

Claimant:                     Ricardo Villagomez, 724 Lexington Drive, Chicago Heights, Illinois  60411

Claimant’s Vehicle:     2007 Mercury Milan

Date of Accident:        February 17, 2008

Location:                     Joe Orr Road near Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago Heights, Illinois

 

Claimant was traveling eastbound on Joe Orr Road near Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago Heights, and struck a pothole causing damage to all four tires (542-846 Account).

 

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

 


 

299061

DEPARTMENT OF RISK MANAGEMENT, submitting for approval Self-Insurance Program Settlement Claim payment of $10.58.  Claim No. 97007210, Highway Department.

 

Claimant:                     Roberta Diamond, 120 Kinkaid Court, Des Plaines, Illinois 60016

Claimant's Vehicle:     2000 Nissan Altima

Date of Accident:        February 17, 2008

Location:                     Dempster Avenue near Linneman Road, Mount Prospect, Illinois

 

Claimant was traveling on Dempster Avenue near Linneman Road in Mount Prospect, and struck a large pothole causing damage to the right rear tire (542-846 Account).

 

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

 

299062

DEPARTMENT OF RISK MANAGEMENT, submitting for approval Self-Insurance Program Settlement Claim payment of $42.00.  Claim No. 97007139, Highway Department.

 

Claimant:                     Gwendolyn Laing, 3504 Lakeview Drive, Hazel Crest, Illinois  60429

Claimant’s Vehicle:     1999 Toyota Corolla

Date of Accident:        July 12, 2008

Location:                     167th Street near Kedzie Avenue, Hazel Crest, Illinois

 

Claimant was traveling on 167th Street near Kedzie Avenue in Hazel Crest, and struck a large pothole causing damage to the left front tire (542-846 Account).

 

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

 

299063

DEPARTMENT OF RISK MANAGEMENT, submitting for approval Self-Insurance Program Settlement Claim payment of $72.92.  Claim No. 97007164, Highway Department.

 

Claimant:                     Amelia F. Smith, 1345 East 60th Drive, Merrillville, Indiana  46410

Property Damage:      2002 Nissan Sentra

Date of Accident:        January 12, 2008

Location:                     Joe Orr Road near Cottage Grove Avenue, Chicago Heights, Illinois

 

Claimant was traveling on Joe Orr Road near Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago Heights, and struck a large pothole causing damage to both front tires (542-846 Account).

 

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

 

299065

DEPARTMENT OF RISK MANAGEMENT, submitting for approval Self-Insurance Program Settlement Claim payment of $65.52.  Claim No. 97007145, Highway Department.

 

Claimant:                     Bernice Webb (Owner), Harry McMillon (Driver), 14904 Cicero Avenue, Apartment 513, Oak Forest, Illinois  60452

Property Damage:      2001 Chevrolet Malibu

Date of Accident:        January 8, 2008

Location:                     143rd Street near Pulaski Road, Midlothian, Illinois

 

Claimant’s vehicle was traveling southbound on Pulaski Road near 143rd Street in Midlothian, and struck a large pothole causing damage to the left rear tire (542-846 Account).

 

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

 

299066

DEPARTMENT OF RISK MANAGEMENT, submitting for approval Self-Insurance Program Settlement Claim payment of $243.21.  Claim No. 97007233, Highway Department.

 

Claimant:                     Carmela M. Jarencio, 4544 North Lawndale Avenue, Chicago Illinois  60625

Claimant's Vehicle:     2005 Audi A4

Date of Accident:        January 18, 2008

Location:                     Dempster Avenue near Linneman Road, Mount Prospect, Illinois

 

Claimant was traveling on Dempster Avenue near Linneman Road in Mount Prospect, and struck a large pothole causing damage to the left front and rear tires (542-846 Account).

 

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

 

299067

DEPARTMENT OF RISK MANAGEMENT, submitting for approval Self-Insurance Program Settlement Claim payment of $75.53.  Claim No. 97007357, Highway Department.

 

Claimant:                     Jaroslaw Tredota, 920 Beau Drive, Apartment #309, Des Plaines, Illinois  60015

Claimant's Vehicle:     2004 Honda Civic LX

Date of Accident:        February 6, 2008

Location:                     Dempster Avenue near Busse Road, Mount Prospect, Illinois

 

Claimant was traveling eastbound on Dempster Avenue near Busse Road in Mount Prospect, and struck a large pothole causing damage to right front and rear tires (542-846 Account).

 

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

 

299068

DEPARTMENT OF RISK MANAGEMENT, submitting for approval Self-Insurance Program Settlement Claim payment of $162.14.  Claim No. 97007024, Highway Department.

 

Claimant:                     Gary E. Baim, 1525 Lori Lyn Lane, Northbrook, Illinois  60062

Claimant’s Vehicle:     2003 Saab

Date of Accident:        February 9, 2008

Location:                     Techny Road near Sanders Road, Northbrook, Illinois

 

Claimant was traveling on Techny Road near Sanders Road in Northbrook, and struck a large pothole causing damage to the right front wheel and tire (542-846 Account).

 

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

 

Self-Insurance Claims Approved Fiscal Year 2009 To Present:

$16,943.57

 

Self-Insurance Claims To Be Approved:

$1,206.44

 

 

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

 

 


Section 6

 

     Your Committee has considered the following communications from State's Attorney, Anita Alvarez.

 

     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.

 

299026

STATE'S ATTORNEY, Anita Alvarez, submitting communication advising the County to accept Proposed Settlement of $344.95 for the release and settlement of suit regarding Jose Herrera v. Cook County Department of Corrections Div. 4 (CCDOC), Case No. 08- M1-17460.  This matter involves an inmate’s lost property action.  The matter has been settled for the sum of $344.95, which is within the grant of authority conveyed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners to the State's Attorney's Office.  State's Attorney recommends payment of $344.95, made payable to Jose Herrera.  Please forward the check to Lauren Klein, Assistant State’s Attorney, for transmittal.

 

299028

STATE'S ATTORNEY, Anita Alvarez, submitting communication advising the County to accept Proposed Settlement of $10,000.00 for the release and settlement of suit regarding Alexis Cruz v. County of Cook, Case No. 07-C-2580.  This matter arose from allegations of a civil rights violation.  The matter has been settled for the sum of $10,000.00, which is within the grant of  authority conveyed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners to the State's Attorney's Office.  State's Attorney recommends payment of $10,000.00, made payable to Perry Grimaldi, Esq.  Please forward the check to Michael L. Gallagher, Assistant State’s Attorney, for transmittal.

 

299030

STATE'S ATTORNEY, Anita Alvarez, submitting communication advising the County to accept Proposed Settlement of $10,000.00 for the release and settlement of suit regarding Larry Nelson v. Amelio Gonzalez et al., Case No. 07-C-0543 and Larry G. Nelson, Jr. v. Officer Bucio, et al., Case No. 06-C-4302.  These matters involve an alleged civil rights violation.  These matters have been settled for the sum of $10,000.00, which is within the grant of authority conveyed by the Cook County Board of Commissioners to the State's Attorney's Office.  State's Attorney recommends payment of $10,000.00, made payable to Larry G. Nelson, Jr.  Please forward the check to Michael A. Kuczwara, Jr., Assistant State’s Attorney, for transmittal.

 

Proposed Settlements Approved Fiscal Year 2009 To Present:

$15,042,813.89

 

Proposed Settlements To Be Approved:

$20,344.95

 

 

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

 

 

Section 7

 

     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 claimants in the amounts recommended.

 


 

299056

PATIENT/ARRESTEE SETTLEMENT PROGRAM CLAIMS.  The Department of Risk Management is submitting invoices totaling $418,968.66, 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 (542-274 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

Total Billed

$629,629.37

$560,121.30

Undocumented

$0.00

$0.00

Unrelated

$45,183.58

$31,278.06

Discount

$113,171.90

$109,874.58

Amount Payable

$471,273.89

$418,968.66

 

 

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

 

 

Section 8

 

     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.

 

299053

THE EMPLOYEE'S INJURY COMPENSATION COMMITTEE, submitting invoice totaling $369,406.46, 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 February 19 through March 4, 2009.

 

Employees’ Injury Compensation Claims Approved Fiscal Year 2009

To Present:

 

$1,840,150.08

 

Employees’ Injury Compensation Claims To Be Approved:

$369,406.46

 

 

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

 

Chairman Daley voted Present on the CLAIMS REGARDING MERCY HOSPITAL AND MERCY PHYSICIANS BILLING.

 

 

Section 9

 

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

 


 

297362

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 2008 2009 FINANCE MEMBERS.  Transmitting a Communication, dated November 5, 2008 from Donna L. Dunnings, Chief Financial Officer, Bureau of Finance

 

transmitting herewith for your consideration are the finance members for the amended $294,202,965.00 for the Capital Improvement General Obligation Bond, Series 2008 2009 to be referred to the Finance Committee.

 

Capital Improvement General Obligation Bond, Series 2008 2009, $294,202,965.00

 

Lead Financial Advisor:                             Mesirow Financial

 

Co-Financial Advisors:                              A.C. Advisory

                                                                  Davis Financial

 

Bond Counsel:                                          Chapman Cutler

 

Co-Bond Counsel:                                    Perkins Coie, LLP

 

Underwriter’s Counsel:                             Pugh, Jones, and Associates

 

Co-Underwriter’s Counsel:                       Burke, Burns & Pinelli, Ltd.

 

Senior Manager:                                        Loop Capital Markets, LLC

 

Co-Senior Manager:                                  Ramirez and Company

 

Co-Managers:                                           Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

                                                                  SBK Brooks Investment Corp.

                                                                  Siebert Brandford Shank & Co., LLC

                                                                  William Blair and Company

 

*     Referred to the Finance Committee on 11/19/08.

**   Deferred at the Finance Committee meeting of 02/20/09.

 

NOTE:      The Chief Financial Officer has submitted amendments to this item, indicated above with strikethrough and underlined or double underlined text.

 

VICE CHAIRMAN SIMS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MORENO, MOVED APPROVAL OF COMMUNICATION NO. 297362.

 

VICE CHAIRMAN SIMS, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER STEELE, MOVED TO AMEND COMMUNICATION NO. 297362 AS INDICATED ABOVE WITH STRIKETHROUGH AND UNDERLINED OR DOUBLE UNDERLINED TEXT.  THE MOTION TO AMEND CARRIED.

 

ON THE MAIN MOTION TO APPROVE COMMUNICATION NO. 297362 AS AMENDED, COMMISSIONER BEAVERS CALLED FOR A ROLL CALL, THE VOTE OF YEAS AND NAYS BEING AS FOLLOWS:

 

ROLL CALL ON MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED

 

YEAS:          COMMISSIONERS BEAVERS, BUTLER, MALDONADO, MORENO, MURPHY, VICE CHAIRMAN SIMS AND STEELE (7)

 

NAYS:          COMMISSIONERS CLAYPOOL, GORMAN, GOSLIN, PERAICA, QUIGLEY, SCHNEIDER, SILVESTRI AND SUFFREDIN (8)

 

PRESENT:  CHAIRMAN DALEY (1)

 

ABSENT:     COMMISSIONER COLLINS (1)

 

THE MOTION TO APPROVE COMMUNICATION NO. 297362, AS AMENDED FAILED.

 


 

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AMENDMENTS TO THE ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A TAX ON TOBACCO (PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT).  Submitting a Proposed Ordinance Amendment sponsored by Todd H. Stroger, President, Cook County Board of Commissioners.

 

PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENT

 

AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE

PROVIDING FOR A TAX ON TOBACCO

 

WHEREAS, the 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, pursuant to its home rule powers, the Cook County Board of Commissioners adopted an Ordinance to provide for a tax on the retail sale of cigarettes (“Retail Sale of Cigarettes Tax Ordinance”) on June 1, 1980 and has adopted subsequent amendments; and

 

WHEREAS, Cook County expends significant resources in the treatment of tobacco related illnesses; and

 

WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners wishes to discourage the use of tobacco by residents of Cook County and to decrease the illegal consumption of tobacco by juveniles; and

 

WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners wishes to make it unlawful to sell or distribute individual unpackaged cigarettes within Cook County; and  

 

WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners determined it to be in the best interest of the County that the Cook County Retail Sale of Tobacco Tax Ordinance be amended to require, for enforcement and audit purposes, both wholesale and retail tobacco dealers, to register with Cook County; and

 

WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners wishes to establish a system for receiving citizen reports of “possession for sale of cigarettes without tax stamps” such system may include but not be limited to a telephone and/or text number tip line; and

 

WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners seeks to eliminate the repetitive illegal possession of counterfeit, unstamped or improperly stamped packages of cigarettes in Cook County by imposing a new per package penalty that would require a wholesale tobacco dealer, retail tobacco dealer, or vending machine operator to pay a $25.00 penalty for each unstamped or improperly stamped package of cigarettes that are in their possession; and

 

WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners seeks to impose a Wholesale Tobacco Dealer redemption penalty equal to 50% of the tax due and increase the general violation penalties from $500.00 to $1,000.00 for first time offenders, and from $1,000.00 to $2,000.00 for the second and each subsequent offense; and

 

WHEREAS, the Cook County Board of Commissioners seek to impose a statue of limitations period of “one year” for persons requesting a credit or refund for tax stamps affixed to packages of cigarettes returned to the manufacturer, or damaged tax stamps or expired tax stamps.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Cook County Board of Commissioners that Chapter 74 Taxation, Article XI Tobacco Tax, Sections 74-430 through 74-448 of the Cook County Code of Ordinances is hereby amended as follows:

 

Sec. 74-430.   Short title; definitions.

 

This article may be cited as the "Cook County Tobacco Tax Ordinance".

 

 

Sec. 74-431.   Definitions.

 

For the purpose of this article, whenever any of the following words, terms or definitions are used herein, they shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section.

 

Chewing tobacco means any leaf tobacco that is not intended to be smoked.

 

Cigar means any roll of tobacco wrapped in leaf tobacco or in any substance containing tobacco (other than any roll of tobacco which is a cigarette as defined in this article).

 

Cigarette means any roll for smoking made wholly or in part of tobacco, irrespective of size or shape and whether such tobacco is flavored, adulterated or mixed with any other ingredient, or not, and the wrapper of which is made of paper or any other substance or material except tobacco.

 

Department means the Department of Revenue within the Bureau of Finance of the County of Cook.

 

Director means the Director of the Department of Revenue.

 

Manufacturer means any person who makes or fabricates cigarettes and/or tobacco products and sells them.

 

Package means the original packet, box, tin or container whatsoever used to contain and to convey cigarettes and/or tobacco products to the consumer.

 

Person means any natural person, trustee, court appointed representative, syndicate, association, partnership, firm, club, company, corporation, business trust, institution, agency, government corporation, municipal corporation, district or other political subdivision, contractor, supplier, vendor, vendee, operator, user or owner, or any officers, agents, employees, or other representative, acting either for himself or for any other person in any capacity, or any other entity recognized by law as the subject of rights and duties.  The masculine, feminine, singular or plural is included in any circumstances.

 

Pipe tobacco includes any tobacco which, because of its appearance, type, packaging or labeling is suitable for use and likely to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as tobacco to be smoked in a pipe.

 

Premises means, but is not limited to, buildings, vehicles or any place where cigarette inventory is possessed, stored or sold.

 

Retail tobacco dealer means any person who engages in the business of selling cigarettes and/or tobacco products in the County of Cook to a purchaser for use or consumption and not for resale in any form.

 

Roll-your-own tobacco includes any tobacco which, because of its appearance, type, packaging or labeling is suitable for use and likely to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as tobacco for making cigarettes.

 

Sale, resale, selling means any transfer of ownership or possession, or both, exchange or barter, conditional or otherwise, in any manner or by any means whatsoever for a valuable consideration.

 

Smokeless tobacco includes any snuff, chewing tobacco, or other tobacco products not intended to be smoked.

 

Snuff means any finely cut, ground or powered tobacco that is not intended to be smoked.

 

Stamp means paper or other material with an imprint or decalcomania device thereon, of such size, design, color and denominations as may be prescribed and procured by the Department which, when affixed to a package of cigarettes, shall evidence payment of the tax thereon, as provided by this article.

 

Tobacco products  includes, but is not limited to, any cigars; cheroots; stogies; periques; granulated, plug cut, crimp cut, ready rubbed, and other smoking tobacco; snuff or snuff flour; cavendish; plug and twist tobacco; fine-cut and other chewing tobaccos; shorts; refuse scraps, clippings, cuttings, and sweeping of tobacco; and other kinds and forms of tobacco, prepared in such manner as to be suitable for chewing or smoking in a pipe or otherwise, or both chewing and smoking; but does not include cigarettes or tobacco purchased for the manufacture of cigarettes by cigarette wholesale tobacco dealers and manufacturers as defined in this article.

 

Unit means any division of quantity that may be used as a standard to measure the quantity sold based on length, width, weight such as pounds, ounces and/or grams or volume or some other similar unit of measure, including but not limited to per item.

 

Use means any exercise of a right or power, actual or constructive, and shall include but is not limited to the receipt, storage, or any keeping or retention for any length of time, but shall not include possession for sale by a retail or wholesale tobacco dealer as defined in this article.

 

Wholesale tobacco dealer means any person who engages in the business of selling or supplying cigarettes, and/or tobacco products, who brings into the County, cigarettes, to any person for resale in or outside the County of Cook.  For the purposes of this article, wholesale tobacco dealers also include tobacco retailers cigarette distributors who are licensed with the State of Illinois (35 ILCS 143/10-20).  (Ord. No. 06-O-07, § 1, 2-9-2006.)

 

Sec. 74-432.     Cigarette tax imposed; tax stamps purchases; tax collection; un-mutilated or un-altered tax stamps; the unlawful sale of cigarettes, and tip line.

 

(a)       Cigarette tax imposed.  A tax at the rate of 100 mils or $0.10 per cigarette is hereby imposed upon all cigarettes possessed for sale and upon the use of all cigarettes within the County of Cook, the ultimate incidence of and liability for payment of said tax to be borne by the consumer of said cigarettes.  The tax imposed hereby at the rate of 100 mils or $0.10 per cigarette shall become in force and effect on March 1, 2006.  The tax herein levied shall be in addition to any and all other taxes.

 

(b)       Tax stamp purchases.  The tax imposed in this section shall be paid by purchase of tax stamps from the Department, except as otherwise provided in Section 74-441(a) and (b) of this article.  The Department shall only sell Cook County cigarette tax stamps to cigarette distributors who are licensed with the State of Illinois.  It shall be the duty of every wholesale tobacco dealer, before delivering or causing to be delivered any cigarettes to a retail tobacco dealer in the County of Cook to purchase from the Department a tax stamp for each package of cigarettes and to cancel said stamps prior to the delivery of such cigarettes to any retail tobacco dealer in the County of Cook.  Said stamps shall be affixed and cancelled in the manner prescribed by rules and regulations of the Department.  Any stamp which is defective or unused may be returned to the Department by a wholesale tobacco dealer, who shall thereafter be credited or reimbursed with the amount paid to the Department for such stamps.

 

(c)       Tax collection.  Any wholesale tobacco dealer who shall pay the tax levied by this article to the Department shall collect the tax from any retail tobacco dealer to whom the sale of said cigarettes is made, and any retail tobacco dealer shall, in turn, then collect the tax from the purchaser of said cigarettes.  The tax shall be paid to the person required to collect it as trustee for and on account of the County of Cook.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)       Un-mutilated or un-altered tax stamps.  It shall be unlawful for any retail tobacco dealer to purchase cigarettes from any person unless each package bears an unmutilated tax stamp affixed thereto and cancelled thereon in the manner required by this article and the rules and regulations of the Department.  Possession by a retail tobacco dealer of cigarettes having no stamp affixed and cancelled shall give rise to the prima facie presumption that such cigarettes are possessed by him in violation of the provisions of this article.

 

(e)       The unlawful sale of cigarettes.  It shall be unlawful for any wholesale tobacco dealer to sell cigarettes to any person, other than to another registered Cook County wholesale tobacco dealer, unless each package bears an unmutilated Cook County tax stamp affixed, or where the selling wholesale tobacco dealer, or its agent, delivers the unstamped cigarettes to a location outside Cook County.

 

(f)        The unlawful sale of cigarettes.  It shall be unlawful for any wholesale or retail tobacco dealer or person to break or otherwise open any cigarette package to sell or distribute individual cigarettes or a number of unpackaged cigarettes that is smaller than the minimum package size of 20 cigarettes or any quantity of cigarettes that is smaller than the smallest package distributed by the m