REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES & ADMINISTRATION

 

June 6, 2007

 

The Honorable,

The Board of Commissioners of Cook County

 

ATTENDANCE

 

Present:

Chairman Moreno, Commissioners Beavers, Daley, Schneider, Silvestri and Sims (6)

 

Absent:

Vice Chairman Gorman, Commissioners Steele and Suffredin (3)

 

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

        Your Committee on Rules & Administration of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County met pursuant to notice on Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at the hour of 1:00 P.M. in the Board Room, Room 569, County Building, 118 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois.

 

        Your Committee has considered the following item(s) and upon adoption of this report, the recommendations are as follows:

 

284040

COOK COUNTY CLERK, David Orr, presented in printed form a record of the Journal of the Proceedings of the special and regular meetings held on Wednesday, December 6, 2006.

 

*Referred to the Committee on Rules & Administration on 01-09-07.

 

284039

COOK COUNTY CLERK, David Orr, presented in printed form a record of the Journal of the Proceedings of the special meeting held on Monday, December 4, 2006.

 

*Referred to the Committee on Rules & Administration on 01-09-07.

 

284395

COOK COUNTY CLERK, David Orr, presented in printed form a record of the Journal of the Proceedings of the meeting held on Tuesday, December 19, 2006.

 

*Referred to the Committee on Rules & Administration on 01-23-07.

 

 

Commissioner Daley requested that these journals be deferred in order to allow for additional time to ensure that Commissioners and the Clerk of the Board are in agreement as to the content and accuracy of the journals. 

 

Chairman Moreno advised the Committee that his staff had distributed a memorandum which contained procedures for the Committee’s handling of Journals of Proceedings.  This memorandum included suggestions for Commissioners and chairmen of committees to follow for review of Journals, and provided a schedule with deadlines for corrections or requests for the Clerk of the Board to review a particular motion or vote contained in a Journal.  Subsequent schedule dates were also stated in the memorandum so that the Committee can stay current with the approval of Journals.

 

Commissioner Daley, seconded by Commissioner Silvestri, moved to defer Communication Numbers 284039, 284040 and 284395.  The motion carried.

 

Chairman Moreno asked the Secretary to the Board to call upon the registered public speakers.

 

1.         George Blakemore, Concerned Citizen

 

Commissioner Daley moved to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Commissioner Sims.  The motion carried and the meeting was adjourned.

 

 

YOUR COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING ACTION WITH REGARD TO THE MATTERS NAMED HEREIN:

 

Communication Number 284039                               Deferred

 

Communication Number 284040                               Deferred

 

Communication Number 284395                               Deferred

 

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

Committee on Rules & Administration

 

 

 

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Joseph Mario Moreno, Chairman

 

 

Attest:

 

 

 

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Matthew B. DeLeon, Secretary

 

 

 

 

** The audio recording for this meeting is available from the Office of the Secretary to the Board, 118 North Clark Street, Room 567, Chicago, IL 60602.