REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION,
INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND VETERANS
RELATIONS
The Honorable,
The Board of Commissioners of
ATTENDANCE
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Present: |
Chairman Suffredin, Vice Chairman
Silvestri and Commissioners Beavers, Butler, Claypool, Collins, Daley,
Gorman, Goslin, Maldonado, Moreno, Murphy, Peraica, Quigley, Schneider and
Sims (16) |
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Absent: |
Commissioner Steele (1) |
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Also Present: |
Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr. – Deputy State’s Attorney, Chief,
Civil Actions Bureau; Elizabeth Reidy
– Deputy Chief, Civil Actions Bureau; David
Small – Chief Operating Officer, Bureau of Heath Services; Daniel Cantrell - 7th Congressional District Director, Office
of Congressman Danny Davis; David
Carvalho, JD - Deputy Director of Policy,
Planning, and Statistics, Illinois Department of Public Health; Quin R. Golden - Associate Vice President of Strategic Affiliations and Urban
Health Initiative, University of Chicago Medical Center; Benn Greenspan, PhD, MPH, FACHE - MHA Program Director
and Clinical Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago School of
Public Health; Barbara J. Hillman - Partner and Associate, Cornfield and
Feldman; Heather E. O'Donnell, JD, LLM - Policy Director for Health Care
and Human Services, Center for Tax and Budget Accountability; Jorge Ramirez - Secretary Treasurer, Chicago Federation of Labor; Andrea Zopp - Executive Vice President and
Chief Human Resources Officer, Exelon Corporation |
Court Reporter: Anthony
W. Lisanti, C.S.R.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Your Committee on Legislation,
Intergovernmental and Veterans Relations of the Board of Commissioners of Cook
County met pursuant to notice on
Your Committee has considered the
following item and upon adoption of this report, the recommendations are as
follows:
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293931 |
CANDIDATES FOR THE INTERIM BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COOK I would like to thank the members of the Nominating
Committee for the work they have done and most importantly for putting
together a list of 20 excellent candidates.
This has been a difficult process, in that, all of the candidates
offered have certain skills that make them viable candidates to enhance this
Independent Board. In putting together
this list, I have attempted to look at the following two key factors: (1)
I want a balanced board with diverse skill sets needed to address the
problems we face in a large complex public health network such as ours; and (2)
I want a board that reflects the cultural, gender and racial diversity
of our County. Additionally, I attempted to the best of my abilities, to
be certain that there were no potential conflicts of interest in the members
I have selected. As stated above, I feel all of the candidates provided are
excellent; thus, I will not address any questions that relate to why I did
not select a particular individual.
Instead, I would recommend to any person that wishes to offer someone
else to consider, who they would remove from the list I have put forth. Before I give you the names I recommend, I call upon the
Cook County Board of Commissioners to improve the ordinance drafted on the
night of the budget meeting because such language fails to address critical
issues such as Procurement, how Human Resources will function as it relates
to this new board and the County, what occurs when there is a vacancy on the
board or whether the Inspector General will have jurisdiction over the new
board. Provided for below are my recommendations that I will
offer to the Board of Commissioners for their approval: Recommended List
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Referred to the Committee on Legislation,
Intergovernmental and Veterans Relations on |
Chairman Suffredin explained the
procedures that would be used for the meeting.
First, testimony from the public would be taken on all proposed
nominees. Next, each proposed nominee
would provide a brief presentation of their qualifications, after which
committee members would be given the opportunity to ask questions of the
proposed nominee. Finally, the committee
members would take a roll call vote on each proposed nominee after all had presented
to the Committee.
The proposed nominees presented in
the following order:
Chairman Suffredin noted that the ninth proposed nominee,
Norman Bobins, had written a letter to President Stroger
withdrawing his name from consideration.
He would therefore not be presenting to the Committee.
Chairman Suffredin asked the Secretary to the Board to call
upon the registered public speakers, in accordance with Cook County Code, Sec.
2-108(dd):
1. Patrick
Keenan-Devlin Legislative
Director, Citizen Action Illinois
2. Lester Crown Chairman, Civic Committee of the Commercial
Club of
(written statement provided – Attachment #1)
3.
(written statement provided – Attachment #2)
4. Laurence Msall President, Civic
Federation
5. George Blakemore Concerned Citizen
6. Margie Schaps Executive Director,
Health and Medicine Policy Research Group
7. Lynne
Johnson Director of
Advocacy,
8.
Vice Chairman Silvestri requested
that two communications received from the Civic Committee of the Commercial
Club be made a part of the record. (See Attachment #3.)
Andrea Zopp
provided a brief overview of her qualifications, which was followed by a
question and answer session with the committee members.
Heather O’Donnell provided a brief
overview of her qualifications, which was followed by a question and answer session
with the committee members.
During Ms. O’Donnell’s presentation and question and answer session,
Commissioner Butler requested leave to ask a question of David Small, Chief
Operating Officer of the Bureau of Health Services, pertaining to a statement
made by Ms. O’Donnell that the County does not collect for Medicaid.
Chairman Suffredin ruled Commissioner Butler’s request out of order.
Commissioner Butler challenged the ruling of the Chair and requested a
Roll Call.
On the question of whether to sustain the ruling of the Chair, a roll
call was taken, the vote of yeas and nays being as follows:
ROLL CALL TO SUSTAIN RULING OF THE CHAIR
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Yeas: |
Chairman Suffredin and
Commissioners Daley, Maldonado and Peraica (4) |
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Nays: |
Commissioners Beavers, |
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Absent: |
Vice Chairman Silvestri,
Commissioners Claypool, Collins, Gorman, Quigley and Steele (6) |
The motion to sustain the ruling of the Chair FAILED.
David Small, Chief Operating
Officer of the Bureau of Health Services, responded that, yes, the Bureau does
collect for Medicaid. He stated that the
Bureau, under its current set of staffing and systems, does make every attempt
to bill for every patient for which Medicaid eligibility is determined. He added that the Bureau has made improvements
within the past eighteen months, by reducing the number of rejections and
getting the bills out the doors much quicker.
The proposed nominees resumed
their presentations to the Committee.
Barbara Hillman provided a brief
overview of her qualifications, which was followed by a question and answer
session with the committee members.
Jorge Ramirez provided a brief
overview of his qualifications, which was followed by a question and answer
session with the committee members.
Quin Golden
provided a brief overview of her qualifications, which was followed by a
question and answer session with the committee members.
Benn Greenspan provided a brief
overview of his qualifications, which was followed by a question and answer
session with the committee members.
David Carvalho
provided a brief overview of his qualifications, which was followed by a
question and answer session with the committee members.
Daniel Cantrell provided a brief
overview of his qualifications, which was followed by a question and answer
session with the committee members.
Vice Chairman Silvestri, seconded by Commissioner Moreno, moved to
concur with the recommendation of the President (Communication Number 293931) and
to confirm the nomination of Heather O’Donnell to the Interim Board of
Directors of the
ROLL CALL to concur with the recommendation of
the president
and to confirm the nomination of HEATHER
O’DONNELL to the interim
board of directors of the cook
(COMMUNICATION NUMBER 293931)
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Yeas: |
Chairman Suffredin and Commissioners
Beavers, |
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Nays: |
Vice Chairman Silvestri and Commissioners
Claypool, Gorman, Goslin, Murphy, Quigley and Schneider (7) |
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Present: |
Commissioner Collins (1) |
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Absent: |
Commissioners Maldonado and
Steele (2) |
The motion to concur and confirm FAILED.
Vice Chairman Silvestri, seconded by Commissioner Sims, moved to concur
with the recommendation of the President (Communication Number 293931) and to
confirm the nomination of Andrea Zopp to the Interim
Board of Directors of the
ROLL CALL to concur with the recommendation of
the president
and to confirm the nomination of andrea zopp to
the interim
board of directors of the cook
(COMMUNICATION NUMBER 293931)
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Yeas: |
Chairman Suffredin, Vice
Chairman Silvestri and Commissioners Daley, Gorman, Goslin, Murphy, Schneider
and Sims (8) |
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Nays: |
Commissioners |
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Present: |
Commissioners Beavers and
Collins (2) |
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Absent: |
Commissioners Maldonado and
Steele (2) |
The motion to concur and confirm CARRIED.
Vice Chairman Silvestri, seconded by Commissioner Butler, moved to
concur with the recommendation of the President (Communication Number 293931) and
to confirm the nomination of Barbara Hillman to the Interim Board of Directors
of the
ROLL CALL to concur with the recommendation of
the president
and to confirm the nomination of BARBARA
HILLMAN to the interim
board of directors of the cook
(COMMUNICATION NUMBER 293931)
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Yeas: |
Chairman Suffredin and
Commissioners |
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Nays: |
Vice Chairman Silvestri and Commissioners
Claypool, Daley, Gorman, Goslin, |
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Present: |
Commissioners Beavers, Collins
and Sims (3) |
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Absent: |
Commissioners Maldonado and
Steele (2) |
The motion to concur and confirm FAILED.
Vice Chairman Silvestri, seconded by Commissioner Moreno, moved to
concur with the recommendation of the President (Communication Number 293931) and
to confirm the nomination of Jorge Ramirez to the Interim Board of Directors of
the
ROLL CALL to concur with the recommendation of
the president
and to confirm the nomination of Jorge RAMIREZ
to the interim
board of directors of the cook
(COMMUNICATION NUMBER 293931)
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Yeas: |
Chairman Suffredin, Vice
Chairman Silvestri and Commissioners Beavers, |
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Nays: |
Commissioners Claypool, Peraica
and Quigley (3) |
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Present: |
Commissioner Collins (1) |
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Absent: |
Commissioners Maldonado and
Steele (2) |
The motion to concur and confirm CARRIED.
Vice Chairman Silvestri, seconded by Commissioner Butler, moved to
concur with the recommendation of the President (Communication Number 293931) and
to confirm the nomination of Quin Golden to the
Interim Board of Directors of the
ROLL CALL to concur with the recommendation of
the president
and to confirm the nomination of Quin golden to
the interim
board of directors of the cook
(COMMUNICATION NUMBER 293931)
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Yeas: |
Chairman Suffredin, Vice
Chairman Silvestri and Commissioners Beavers, |
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Nays: |
Commissioners Claypool, Peraica
and Quigley (3) |
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Present: |
Commissioner Collins (1) |
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Absent: |
Commissioners Maldonado and
Steele (2) |
The motion to concur and confirm CARRIED.
Vice Chairman Silvestri, seconded by Commissioner Butler, moved to
concur with the recommendation of the President (Communication Number 293931) and
to confirm the nomination of Benn Greenspan to the Interim Board of Directors
of the
ROLL CALL to concur with the recommendation of
the president
and to confirm the nomination of BENN GREENSPAN
to the interim
board of directors of the cook
(COMMUNICATION NUMBER 293931)
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Yeas: |
Chairman Suffredin, Vice
Chairman Silvestri and Commissioners Beavers, |
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Nays: |
Commissioners Claypool, |
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Present: |
Commissioner Collins (1) |
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Absent: |
Commissioners Maldonado and
Steele (2) |
The motion to concur and confirm CARRIED.
Vice Chairman Silvestri, seconded by Commissioner Moreno, moved to
concur with the recommendation of the President (Communication Number 293931) and
to confirm the nomination of David Carvalho to the
Interim Board of Directors of the
ROLL CALL to concur with the recommendation of
the president
and to confirm the nomination of DAVID CARVALHO
to the interim
board of directors of the cook
(COMMUNICATION NUMBER 293931)
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Yeas: |
Chairman Suffredin, Vice
Chairman Silvestri and Commissioners |
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Nays: |
Commissioners Claypool and
Quigley (2) |
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Present: |
Commissioners Beavers and
Collins (2) |
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Absent: |
Commissioners Maldonado and
Steele (2) |
The motion to concur and confirm CARRIED.
Vice Chairman Silvestri, seconded by Commissioner Beavers, moved to
concur with the recommendation of the President (Communication Number 293931) and
to confirm the nomination of Daniel Cantrell to the Interim Board of Directors
of the
ROLL CALL to concur with the recommendation of
the president
and to confirm the nomination of DANIEL
CANTRELL to the interim
board of directors of the cook
(COMMUNICATION NUMBER 293931)
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Yeas: |
Commissioners Beavers, |
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Nays: |
Vice Chairman Silvestri and Commissioners
Claypool, Daley, Gorman, Goslin, Murphy, Peraica, Quigley, Schneider (9) |
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Present: |
Chairman Suffredin and
Commissioners Collins and Sims (3) |
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Absent: |
Commissioners Maldonado and
Steele (2) |
The motion to concur and confirm FAILED.
Having voted on the prevailing side, Vice Chairman Silvestri, seconded
by Commissioner Peraica, moved to reconsider the vote by which the nomination of
Heather O’Donnell was rejected. A Roll
Call was taken, the vote of yeas and nays being as follows:
ROLL CALL to RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH THE
NOMINATION
OF HEATHER O’DONNELL to the interim board of
directors
of the cook county bureau of health WAS
REJECTED
(COMMUNICATION NUMBER 293931)
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Yeas: |
Chairman Suffredin, Vice
Chairman Silvestri and Commissioners Beavers, |
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Nays: |
Commissioners Claypool, Gorman,
Goslin, Murphy, Quigley and Schneider (6) |
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Present: |
Commissioner Collins (1) |
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Absent: |
Commissioners Maldonado and
Steele (2) |
The motion to reconsider CARRIED.
Vice Chairman Silvestri, seconded by Commissioner Peraica, moved to
concur with the recommendation of the President (Communication Number 293931) and
to confirm the nomination of Heather O’Donnell to the Interim Board of
Directors of the
ROLL CALL to concur with the recommendation of
the president
and to confirm the nomination of HEATHER
O’DONNELL to the interim
board of directors of the cook
(COMMUNICATION NUMBER 293931)
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Yeas: |
Chairman Suffredin, Vice
Chairman Silvestri and Commissioners Beavers, |
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Nays: |
Commissioners Claypool, Goslin
and Quigley (3) |
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Present: |
Commissioner Collins (1) |
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Absent: |
Commissioners Maldonado and
Steele (2) |
The motion to concur and confirm CARRIED.
Vice Chairman Silvestri, seconded by Commissioner Murphy, moved to
receive and file the recommendation of the President (Communication Number
293931) with regard to the nomination of Norman Bobins
to the Interim Board of Directors of the
Commissioner Daley, seconded by Vice Chairman Silvestri, moved to
adjourn the meeting. The motion carried
and the meeting was adjourned.
YOUR COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS
WITH REGARD TO THE
MATTERS NAMED HEREIN:
Communication Number 293931 Andrea Zopp Nomination Confirmed
Communication Number 293931 Heather O’Donnell Nomination Confirmed
Communication Number 293931 Barbara Hillman Nomination Rejected
Communication Number 293931 Jorge Ramirez Nomination Confirmed
Communication Number 293931 Quin Golden Nomination Confirmed
Communication Number 293931 Benn Greenspan Nomination Confirmed
Communication Number 293931 David Carvalho Nomination Confirmed
Communication Number 293931 Daniel Cantrell Nomination Rejected
Communication Number 293931 Norman Bobins Nomination Received and Filed
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Respectfully submitted, Committee on Legislation, Intergovernmental and Veterans
Relations xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Larry Suffredin, Chairman |
Attest:
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Matthew B. DeLeon,
Secretary
** The transcript and audio recording for this meeting is
available from the Office of the Secretary to the Board,