Notice
There will be a meeting of the Labor Subcommittee of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County on
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PUBLIC SERVICES ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE (PROPOSED
ORDINANCE). Submitting a Proposed
Ordinance sponsored by Deborah Sims, Peter N. Silvestri, Joseph Mario Moreno,
Earlean Collins, Roberto Maldonado, Joan Patricia Murphy, Mike Quigley, and
Larry Suffredin; Co-sponsored by William M. Beavers, John P. Daley, Elizabeth
“Liz” Doody Gorman, Gregg Goslin, Timothy O. Schneider and Robert B. Steele,
Cook County Commissioners. The following is a synopsis of the
Proposed Ordinance. PROPOSED ORDINANCE PUBLIC SERVICES ACCOUNTABILITY ORDINANCE WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of
the County of Cook finds that provision of public services by private sector
employees may be cost-effective; and WHEREAS, in order to ensure that citizens
of this Cook County receive high quality public services at low cost with due
regard for the needs of public and private workers, the Board of
Commissioners of the County of Cook finds it necessary to judiciously
implement and carefully monitor such privatization contracts; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of
the County of Cook also finds it necessary to protect those workers who
report conditions and practices which impact on the efficiency and quality of
public services provided by private contractors; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of
the NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY
THE PRESIDENT AND THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS. SECTION 3. PRIVATIZATION
CONTRACTS; REQUIREMENTS. SECTION 4. REVIEW OF CONTRACT
COSTS. SECTION 5. MONITORING AND
ENFORCEMENT OF PRIVATIZATION CONTRACTS. SECTION 6. COMPLIANCE WITH
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT, PRIVACY PROVISIONS. SECTION 7. PROHIBITION
AGAINST DISCRIMINATION OR RETALIATION FOR DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION. SECTION 8. NONPREEMPTION. SECTION 9. SEVERABILITY. SECTION 10. EFFECTIVE DATE. *Referred t the Finance Labor Subcommittee on |
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B. DeLeon, Secretary |
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Chairman: |
Murphy |
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Beavers, |