POST BOARD ACTION AGENDA

 

Meeting of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

County Board Room, County Building

Thursday, January 23, 2003, 10:00 A.M.

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RECONSIDERATION OF ATTORNEY FEES AND REQUEST TO RECEIVE AND FILE

ITEM #1

 

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

DAVID ORR, County Clerk

by

JOY CAROL WYKOWSKI, Deputy Clerk of the Board

 

I am requesting that the Cook County Board of Commissioners reconsider and receive and file the following items which were previously approved on the Finance Agenda (page 4) at the January 9, 2003 Board Meeting (See Comm. Nos. 256645 and 256646, page 7).  Multiple submittals by the attorney resulted in duplicate entries.

 

256575     DEAN C. MORASK, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $781.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Henry Patterson, Father, re:  the Williams children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 99-JA-798 and 99-JA-799 (Juvenile Cases).

 

256576     DEAN C. MORASK, Attorney, submitting an Order of Court for payment of $1,588.50 attorney fees for the defense of an indigent defendant, Kenneth Bonaparte, Father, re:  the McQueen and Bonaparte children, minors.  Indictment Nos. 00-JA-1033 and 00-JA-1034 (Juvenile Cases).

 

JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS

ITEM #2

 

 

JOURNALS

(December 3, 2002)

(Regular and Special)

 

DAVID ORR, Cook County Clerk presented in printed form a record of the Journal of the Proceedings of the regular and special meetings held on Tuesday, December 3, 2002.

 

I am hereby requesting the opportunity to discuss these matters with the Administration Committee of the Board of Commissioners.

 

WAIVER OF PERMIT FEES

ITEM #3

 

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated December 23, 2002 from

 

DONALD H. WLODARSKI, Commissioner, Department of Building and Zoning

 

respectfully request the granting of a 10% No Fee Permit for Highlands Presbyterian Church for kitchen cabinet replacement at 1901 58th Place, LaGrange, Illinois in Lyons Township.

 

	Permit #:	021516
	Total Fee Amount:	$460.00
	Requested Waived Fee Amount (90%):	$414.00
	Amount Due (10%):	$46.00

 

This request is pursuant to the County Board's adoption of Item No. 176427 on September 16, 1991 that valid not-for-profit organizations be required to pay ten percent (10%) of the standard permit fee as established by Ordinance.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  $414.00.

MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS

ITEM #4

 

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated December 17, 2002 from

 

CYNTHIA HENDERSON, M.D., M.P.H., Chief Operating Officer, Oak Forest Hospital of Cook County

 

The physician appointments, physician reappointments and physician status change presented have been professionally reviewed and recommended for the status shown.  The Board of Commissioners will be notified confidentially when there are physicians herein who have any malpractice claims or professional sanctions when such specific cases have not previously been presented to the Board of Commissioners.  Additional information concerning such matters will be available on a confidential basis through the Secretary of the Board.

 

PHYSICIAN STATUS CHANGES

 

PROVISIONAL TO ACTIVE:

 

NIVEDITA DAVE, M.D. to Senior Attending Physician, Department of Radiology

 

PROMOTION:

 

THOMAS PROZOROVSKY, D.D.S. - from Dentist I to Chief of Dental Services, Department of Surgery, will be paid from Account 110, Position Identification #9525673, Grade K-3, Step 1, Business Unit #8980053, effective January 23, 2003; subject to approval by the Cook County Board.

 

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ITEM #5

 

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated December 24, 2002 from

 

STEPHANIE WRIGHT-GRIGGS, Chief Operating Officer, Provident Hospital of Cook County

 

The physician appointments, physician reappointments and physician status change presented have been professionally reviewed and recommended for the status shown.  The Board of Commissioners will be notified confidentially when there are physicians herein who have any malpractice claims or professional sanctions when such specific cases have not previously been presented to the Board of Commissioners.  Additional information concerning such matters will be available on a confidential basis through the Secretary of the Board.

 

MEDICAL STAFF APPOINTMENTS

 

DEPARTMENT OF CRITICAL CARE

 

MEHRAN JABBARZADEH, M.D. - Attending Physician, Department of Critical Care Medicine, will be paid from Account #133, Position Identification #0189135, Grade K-4, Step 5, Business Unit #8910500, effective January 23, 2003; subject to approval by the Cook County Board.

 

CHUCK NWAKANMA, M.D. - Attending Physician, Department of Critical Care Medicine, will be paid from Account #133, Position Identification #9932240, Grade K-4, Step 5, Business Unit #8910500, effective January 23, 2003; subject to approval by the Cook County Board.

 

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

 

SANDEEP NATHAN, M.D. - Attending Physician, Department of Internal Medicine, will be paid from Account #110, Position Identification #0300136, Grade K-10, Step 1, Business Unit #8910501, effective January 23, 2003; subject to approval by the Cook County Board.

 

DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SURGERY

 

ALI LATEFI, M.D. - Attending Physician, Department of General Surgery, currently being funded by Stroger Hospital of Cook County Affiliation Agreement, effective January 23, 2003; subject to approval by the Cook County Board.

 

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MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS continued

ITEM #6

 

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated December 30, 2002 from

 

LACY L. THOMAS, Chief Operating Officer, Stroger Hospital of Cook County

 

The physician appointments, physician reappointments and physician status change presented have been professionally reviewed and recommended for the status shown.  The Board of Commissioners will be notified confidentially when there are physicians herein who have any malpractice claims or professional sanctions when such specific cases have not previously been presented to the Board of Commissioners.  Additional information concerning such matters will be available on a confidential basis through the Secretary of the Board.

 

MEDICAL STAFF APPOINTMENTS

 

RICHARD M. AHUJA, M.D. - Attending Physician, Department of Surgery, Division of Ophthalmology, will be paid at Grade K-5, Step 1, from Account 155, 8970243 (27-10), Position Identification #9932504, effective January 23, 2003; subject to approval by the Cook County Board.

 

IRENE M. BENSON, R.N., M.S. - Clinical Nurse Specialist, Department of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, effective January 23, 2003; subject to approval by the Cook County Board.

 

MICHELLE DARANG-COLEMAN, A.P.N. - Advance Practice Nurse, Department of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, effective January 23, 2003; subject to approval by the Cook County Board.

 

JOHN P. SORIN, M.D. - Voluntary Attending Physician, Department of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, effective January 23, 2003; subject to approval by the Cook County Board.

 

THOMAS D. STAMOS, M.D. - Voluntary Attending Physician, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, effective January 23, 2003; subject to approval by the Cook County Board.

 

AIMAN TULAIMAT, M.D. - Senior Attending Physician, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, will be paid at Grade K-6, Step 5, from Account 110, 8970174 (23-17), Position Identification #9522067, effective January 23, 2003; subject to approval by the Cook County Board.

 

MEDICAL STAFF APPOINTMENTS TO BE AMENDED FROM PROVISIONAL

TO FULL STATUS WITH NO FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

 

RAMI DOUKKY, M.D. - Attending Physician Senior, Department of Medicine, Division of Adult Cardiology, effective January 23, 2003; subject to approval by the Cook County Board.

 

JEROME A. KLOBUTCHER, M.D. - Service Physician, Ambulatory and Community Health Network, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, effective January 23, 2003; subject to approval by the Cook County Board.

 

TOSHIKO UCHIDA, M.D. - Voluntary Attending Physician, Department of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, effective January 23, 2003; subject to approval by the Cook County Board.

 

MEDICAL STAFF STATUS CHANGES

 

DANIEL BELMONT, M.D. - From Voluntary Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, to Service Physician, will be paid from Account 133, 8970285 (33-01), Position Identification #9932572, effective January 23, 2003; subject to approval by the Cook County Board.

 

DANIEL HRYHORCZUK, M.D. - From Consultant Attending Physician, Department of Medicine, Division of Occupational Medicine, to Voluntary Attending Physician, effective January 23, 2003; subject to approval by the Cook County Board.

 

RAHUL G. PATWARI, M.D. - From Voluntary Associate Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, to Service Physician, will be paid from Account 133, 8970285 (33-01), Position Identification #0189742, effective January 23, 2003; subject to approval by the Cook County Board.

 

YANINA PURIM-SHEM-TOY, M.D. - From Voluntary Associate Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, to Service Physician, will be paid from Account 133, 8970285 (33-01), Position Identification #9932448, effective January 23, 2003; subject to approval by the Cook County Board.

GRANT APPLICATION

ITEM #7

 

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated December 27, 2002 from

 

DENNIS MANZKE, Chief of the Administrative Services Bureau, State’s Attorney’s Office

 

requesting authorization to apply for a grant in accordance with Section 29 of the 2002 Cook County Budget Resolution from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) in the amount of $138,899.00.  This grant will allow the office to continue to target high-risk domestic violence cases through the Target Abuser Call (TAC) Program, which was previously funded by the Office of Justice Programs, Violence Against Women Office.  The TAC Program is a partnership among the State’s Attorney’s Office, Hull House Association, LifeSpan Center for Legal Services and Advocacy and the Social Casework Services Department.  This grant will fund eight (8) full-time personnel employed by the State’s Attorney’s Office including four (4) state’s attorney investigators, two (2) assistant state’s attorneys and two (2) administrative assistants as well as one (1) Social Casework Services Department employee whos work with high-risk domestic violence cases.  Hull House and Lifespan facilitate program elements and function as service providers.  (See related Item #10).

 

This grant requires that the office match one dollar for every three dollars of federal funding.  The match commitment for this program is an in-kind match consisting of the salaries and fringe benefits of one (1) assistant state’s attorney, one (1) state’s attorney investigator and one (1) administrative assistant.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  None.  Estimated Grant Award:  $138,899.00.  Funding Period:  December 29, 2002 through April 5, 2003.

 

GRANT AWARD

ITEM #8

 

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated December 26, 2002 from

 

STEPHEN A. MARTIN, JR., Ph.D., Chief Operating Officer, Department of Public Health

 

requesting authorization to accept a grant award in the amount of $100,000.00 from Nicor Gas, Naperville, Illinois, for the Childhood Lead Poisoning Program to concentrate in Cicero, Maywood, and Harvey, three communities disproportionately affected by childhood lead poisoning.

 

This grant did not require an application process; this is year two (2) of a five (5) year program funded through a consent decree between Nicor Gas and the State's Attorney’s Office.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  None.  Grant Award:  $100,000.00.  Funding period:  December 1, 2002 through November 30, 2003.

 

GRANT AWARD ADDENDA

ITEM #9

 

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated December 30, 2002 from

 

DENNIS MANZKE, Chief of the Administrative Services Bureau, State’s Attorney’s Office

 

requesting authorization to accept a no-cost grant extension from the United States Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, for the Community Prosecutions Program.  This extension will enable the office to expend the remaining grant funds that were awarded.

 

The Community Prosecutions Program grant funds one (1) prevention coordinator and two (2) administrative assistants who work with the State’s Attorney’s Community Prosecutions Division.  The administrative assistants are each assigned to a neighborhood office and the prevention coordinator helps facilitate crime prevention and education programs through the Community Prosecutions Program.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  None.  Grant Award:  None.  Funding period extension:  June 30, 2002 through November 30, 2002.

 

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GRANT AWARD ADDENDA continued

ITEM #10

 

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated December 30, 2002 from

 

DENNIS MANZKE, Chief of the Administrative Services Bureau, State’s Attorney’s Office

 

requesting authorization to accept a no-cost grant extension from the Office of Justice Programs, Violence Against Women Office, for the Target Abuser Call (TAC) Program.  This extension will enable the office to expend the remaining grant funds that were awarded.  (See related Item #7).

 

The TAC Program works to target high-risk domestic violence cases and is a partnership among the State’s Attorney’s Office, Hull House Association, LifeSpan Center for Legal Services & Advocacy and the Social Casework Services Department.  This grant funds eight (8) full-time personnel employed by the State’s Attorney’s Office and one (1) Social Casework Services Department employee who works with high-risk domestic violence cases.  Hull House and LifeSpan facilitate program elements and function as service providers.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  None.  Grant Award:  None.  Funding period extension:  October 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002.

 

GRANT AWARD RENEWALS

ITEM #11

 

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated December 16, 2002 from

 

DENNIS MANZKE, Chief of the Administrative Services Bureau, State’s Attorney’s Office

 

requesting authorization to accept a grant renewal from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA) in the amount of $120,000.00.  This grant provides a third year of continued funding for the Youth Gun Violence Program.  This program serves juveniles who have been charged with first and second-time nonviolent firearm offenses with the goal of preventing future gun violence.  The program is a partnership between the State’s Attorney’s Office, the Juvenile Probation Department and Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital and Care Network.  The program funds a full-time weapons data specialist within the State’s Attorney’s Office who coordinates program components and tracks weapons charges in Juvenile Court.  Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital and Care Network functions as the service provider and facilitates program elements.

 

This grant requires that the office match one dollar for every three dollars of federal funding.  The match commitment for this program is a cash match that funds the fringe benefits and a portion of the salary for the state’s attorney’s weapons data specialist.

 

The authorization to apply for this grant was given on October 17, 2002 by the Cook County Board Commissioners.

 

Subcontract with Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital and Care Network.  Estimated Fiscal Impact:  None.  Funds provided through the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority:  $103,417.00.  Subcontract Period:  October 1, 2002 through September 30, 2003.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  $40,234.00.  (Required Match - $40,000.00 and Over Match - $234.00).  Grant Award:  $120,000.00.  Funding period:  October 1, 2002 through September 30, 2003.  (250-818 Account).

 

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GRANT AWARD RENEWALS continued

ITEM #12

 

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated December 23, 2002 from

 

RUTH M. ROTHSTEIN, Chief, Bureau of Health Services

 

requesting authorization to accept a grant renewal in the amount of $170,500.00 from the Illinois Department of Public Aid for Intensive Intervention to Reduce Asthma Morbidity in Children.

 

The grant is designed to improve the pediatric asthma skills of physicians and nurses in the ambulatory health centers and those of other safety net providers.  In addition, the initiative directs children with asthma from the emergency departments of Stroger Hospital of Cook County and Provident Hospital of Cook County to the asthma clinics where the patients and their families are assisted in overcoming barriers to care of their asthma.

 

This grant does not require an application process; the funding is automatically renewed.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  None.  Grant Award:  $170,500.00.  Funding period:  September 1, 2002 through August 31, 2003.

 

GRANT AWARD AMENDMENT

ITEM #13

 

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated December 30, 2002 from

 

STEPHEN A. MARTIN, JR., Ph.D., Chief Operating Officer, Department of Public Health

 

requesting authorization to accept a grant amendment to increase by $20,306.00 and extend from September 30, 2002 to September 30, 2003 from the Illinois Department of Transportation, Springfield, Illinois, for a program to reduce unintentional injuries through an educational program and the distribution of car seats to low-income families in suburban Cook County.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  None.  Grant Amendment Amount:  $20,306.00.  Funding period extension:  September 30, 2002 to September 30, 2003.

 

COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL MASTER AGREEMENT PROGRAM ADDENDA

ITEM #14

 

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated December 30, 2002 from

 

CYNTHIA HENDERSON, M.D., M.P.H., Chief Operating Officer, Oak Forest Hospital of Cook County

 

In accordance with the Cooperative Educational Master Agreement between Oak Forest Hospital of Cook County and Prairie State College, Oak Forest Hospital of Cook County is requesting approval of the Associates Degree Nursing Clinical Rotation Program Addendum, for the rotation of students.

 

The objective of the addendum is to provide educational instruction for nursing students in a hospital environment.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  None.  Contract period:  January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2005.  Requisition No. 38980308.

 

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COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL MASTER AGREEMENT PROGRAM ADDENDA continued

ITEM #15

 

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated November 12, 2002 from

 

CYNTHIA HENDERSON, M.D., M.P.H., Chief Operating Officer, Oak Forest Hospital of Cook County

 

In accordance with the Cooperative Educational Master Agreement between Oak Forest Hospital of Cook County and South Suburban College, Oak Forest Hospital of Cook County is requesting approval of the Occupational Therapy Assistant Program Addendum, for the rotation of students.

 

The objective of the addendum is to provide educational instruction for the above students in a hospital environment.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  None.  Contract period:  January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2006.  Requisition No. 38980290.

 

COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY

ITEM #16

 

 

Transmitting a Communication, dated December 30, 2002 from

 

PATRICK T. DRISCOLL, JR., Chief, Civil Actions Bureau

 

respectfully request permission to discuss the following cases with the Board or the appropriate committee thereof:

 

1.      Harrison v. Patterson, Case No. 01-C-7491

 

 

2.      Joseph Davis v. Sgt. Velasquez, Case No. 02-C-6277

 

 

3.      Phillips v. Cook County, Case No. 97-L-2508

 

 

4.      Norma Porter, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Raymond Porter v. County of Cook, et al.,

        Case No. 00-L-3591

 

 

5.      Phelan v. Cook County, Case No. 01-C-3638

 

 

PERMISSION TO ADVERTISE

ITEM #17

 

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

TIMOTHY C. EVANS, Chief Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids for the purchase of Motorola digital portable radios with battery chargers for the Adult Probation Department.  Adult Probation field officers use hand held radios that operate via the Sheriff’s Office communication system.  These radios are necessary to be compatible with the new system.

 

One time purchase.  (717/280-570 Account).  Requisition No. 32804021.

 

Sufficient funds have been appropriated to cover this request.

 

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PERMISSION TO ADVERTISE continued

ITEM #18

 

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

TIMOTHY C. EVANS, Chief Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids for the purchase of two (2) replacement cargo vans for the Adult Probation Department.

 

One time purchase.  (532-549 Account).  Requisition No. 35324029.

 

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ITEM #19

 

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

MICHAEL F. SHEAHAN, Sheriff of Cook County

by

JOHN MAUL, Acting Executive Director, Department of Corrections

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids for the purchase of computer supplies.

 

Contract period:  April 8, 2003 through April 7, 2004.  (239-388 Account).  Requisition No. 32390019.

 

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ITEM #20

 

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

MARK KILGALLON, Chief, Bureau of Human Resources

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids for the purchase of a digital identification card system, as well as the service of re-badging current employees.

 

Contract period:  April 1, 2003 through March 31, 2004.  (717/032-579 Account).  Requisition No. 30320003.

 

Sufficient funds have been appropriated to cover this request.

 

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ITEM #21

 

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

CHRISTOPHER J. MORRIS, Executive Director, Office of the Medical Examiner

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids for autopsy, microscopic, neuropathology and radiology report transcription services.  (See related Item #36).

 

Contract period:  June 20, 2003 through June 19, 2005.  (259-268 Account).  Requisition No. 32590011.

 

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PERMISSION TO ADVERTISE continued

ITEM #22

 

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

EUGENE “GENE” MOORE, Recorder of Deeds

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids for the purchase of a replacement 5-passenger/cargo van.

 

One time purchase.  (717/130-549 Account).  Requisition No. 31300009.

 

Sufficient funds have been appropriated to cover this request.

 

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ITEM #23

 

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

CYNTHIA HENDERSON, M.D., M.P.H., Chief Operating Officer, Oak Forest Hospital of Cook County

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids for the purchase of fresh prepared cut produce.

 

Contract period:  May 15, 2003 through May 14, 2004.  (898-310 Account).  Requisition No. 38980310.

 

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ITEM #24

 

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

STEPHANIE WRIGHT-GRIGGS, Chief Operating Officer, Provident Hospital of Cook County

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids for maintenance and repair of gas sterilizer equipment.

 

Contract period:  July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2005.  (891-450 Account).  Requisition No. 38910392.

 

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ITEM #25

 

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

STEPHANIE WRIGHT-GRIGGS, Chief Operating Officer, Provident Hospital of Cook County

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids for maintenance and repair of automobiles.

 

Contract period:  April 1, 2003 through March 31, 2004.  (891-444 Account).  Requisition No. 38910390.

 

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PERMISSION TO ADVERTISE continued

ITEM #26

 

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

STEPHANIE WRIGHT-GRIGGS, Chief Operating Officer, Provident Hospital of Cook County

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids for maintenance and repair of closed circuit video system.

 

Contract period:  June 5, 2003 through June 4, 2005.  (891-450 Account).  Requisition No. 38910385.

 

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ITEM #27

 

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

STEPHANIE WRIGHT-GRIGGS, Chief Operating Officer, Provident Hospital of Cook County

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to advertise for bids for maintenance and repair of fire alarm system.

 

Contract period:  September 6, 2003 through September 5, 2005.  (891-450 Account).  Requisition No. 38910393.

 

CONTRACTS

ITEM #28

 

 

Transmitting a Communication from

 

SANDRA WILLIAMS, Secretary to the Board of Commissioners

 

requesting authorization for the Purchasing Agent to enter into a contract with Mr. William Quinlan, Chicago, Illinois, to serve as Parliamentarian to Cook County Board of Commissioners.  Mr. Quinlan has extensive knowledge of parliamentary procedures and County Board Rules.

 

I respectfully request approval of this contract.

 

Estimated Fiscal Impact:  $60,000.00.  Contract period:  December 1, 2002 through November 30, 2003.  (018-260 Account).

 

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ITEM #29