POST BOARD ACTION AGENDA

 

Special Meeting of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

County Board Room 569, County Building

Monday, February 23, 2004 10:00 A.M. and adjourning February 24, 2004

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CALL OF THE MEETING

ITEM #1

 

Roll Call.

 

ROLL CALL

 

Present:      Butler, Claypool, Collins, Daley, Gorman, Goslin, Hansen, Maldonado, Moreno, Murphy, Peraica, Quigley, Silvestri, Sims, Steele, Suffredin, Stroger – 17.

 

Absent:       None.

 

RECESS

ITEM #2

 

For the purpose of holding the Finance Committee meeting relative to the 2004 Cook County Corporate, Public Safety, and Health Program Budgets.

 

RECONVENE

ITEM #3

 

Recess Ends - County Board Reconvenes.

 

FINANCE REPORTS

ITEM #4

 

Motion that the Report of the Finance Committee Meeting commencing October 30, 2003 and adjourning February 23, 2004 be approved and adopted.

 

Roll Call.

 

Commissioner Daley, seconded by Commissioner Steele, moved that the Report of the Committee on Finance commencing October 30, 2003 and adjourning February 23, 2004 be approved and adopted.  Commissioner Daley called for a Roll Call, the vote of yeas and nays being as follows:

 

ROLL CALL ON MOTION TO APPROVE

 

Yeas:          Butler, Collins, Daley, Hansen, Maldonado, Moreno, Murphy, Sims, Steele, Suffredin, Stroger – 11.

 

Nays:          Claypool, Gorman, Goslin, Peraica, Quigley, Silvestri – 6.

 

The motion to approve CARRIED.

 

Commissioner Daley, seconded by Commissioner Steele, moved to reconsider the vote by which the Report of the Committee on Finance commencing October 30, 2003 and adjourning February 23, 2004 was approved.  Commissioner Daley called for a Roll Call, the vote of yeas and nays being as follows:

 

ROLL CALL ON MOTION TO RECONSIDER

 

Yeas:          Claypool, Gorman, Goslin, Peraica, Quigley, Silvestri – 6.

 

Nays:          Butler, Collins, Daley, Hansen, Maldonado, Moreno, Murphy, Sims, Steele, Suffredin, Stroger – 11.

 

The motion to reconsider failed and the Report of the Committee on Finance was APPROVED AND ADOPTED.


FINANCE REPORTS continued

ITEM #5

 

Motion that the Report of the Finance Committee Meeting commencing December 16, 2003 at 1:00 p.m. and adjourning February 3, 2004 be approved and adopted.

 

Roll Call.

 

Commissioner Daley, seconded by Commissioner Steele, moved that the Report of the Committee on Finance commencing December 16, 2003 at 1:00 p.m. and adjourning February 3, 2004 be approved and adopted.  Commissioner Daley called for a Roll Call, the vote of yeas and nays being as follows:

 

ROLL CALL ON MOTION TO APPROVE

 

Yeas:          Butler, Collins, Daley, Maldonado, Moreno, Murphy, Sims, Steele, Stroger – 9.

 

Nays:          Claypool, Gorman, Goslin, Hansen, Peraica, Quigley, Silvestri, Suffredin – 8.

 

The motion to approve CARRIED.

 

Commissioner Daley, seconded by Commissioner Steele, moved to reconsider the vote by which the Report of the Committee on Finance commencing December 16, 2003 at 1:00 p.m. and adjourning February 3, 2004 was approved.  Commissioner Daley called for a Roll Call, the vote of yeas and nays being as follows:

 

ROLL CALL ON MOTION TO RECONSIDER

 

Yeas:          Claypool, Gorman, Goslin, Hansen, Peraica, Quigley, Silvestri, Suffredin – 8.

 

Nays:          Butler, Collins, Daley, Maldonado, Moreno, Murphy, Sims, Steele, Stroger – 9.

 

The motion to reconsider failed and the Report of the Committee on Finance was APPROVED AND ADOPTED.

 

 

ADOPTION OF THE COOK COUNTY RESOLUTION AND ANNUAL

APPROPRIATION BILL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004, AS AMENDED

 

ITEM #6

 

Motion to approve and adopt the Resolution and Annual Appropriation Bill for Fiscal Year 2004, as amended in all its component parts including:

 

ITEM #6 (1) Budget Resolution

 

Roll Call.

 

Commissioner Daley, seconded by Commissioner Steele, moved that the Budget Resolution be approved and adopted, as amended.  Commissioner Daley called for a Roll Call, the vote of yeas and nays being as follows:

 

ROLL CALL ON MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED

 

Yeas:          Butler, Collins, Daley, Maldonado, Moreno, Murphy, Sims, Steele, Suffredin, Stroger – 10.

 

Nays:          Claypool, Gorman, Goslin, Hansen, Peraica, Quigley, Silvestri – 7.

 

The motion to approve as amended CARRIED.


ADOPTION OF THE COOK COUNTY RESOLUTION AND ANNUAL

APPROPRIATION BILL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004, AS AMENDED continued

 

ITEM #6 cont’d

 

ITEM #6 (1) Budget Resolution cont’d

 

Commissioner Daley, seconded by Commissioner Steele, moved to reconsider the vote by which the Budget Resolution was approved as amended.  Commissioner Daley called for a Roll Call, the vote of yeas and nays being as follows:

 

ROLL CALL ON MOTION TO RECONSIDER

 

Yeas:          Claypool, Gorman, Goslin, Hansen, Peraica, Quigley, Silvestri – 7.

 

Nays:          Butler, Collins, Daley, Maldonado, Moreno, Murphy, Sims, Steele, Suffredin, Stroger – 10.

 

The motion to reconsider failed and the Budget Resolution was APPROVED AND ADOPTED, AS AMENDED.

 

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ITEM #6 (2) Appropriations for General Fund purposes for the Corporate Fund

 

Roll Call.

 

Commissioner Daley, seconded by Commissioner Murphy, moved that the Appropriations for General Fund purposes for the Corporate Fund be approved and adopted, as amended.  Commissioner Daley called for a Roll Call, the vote of yeas and nays being as follows:

 

ROLL CALL ON MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED

 

Yeas:          Butler, Collins, Daley, Maldonado, Moreno, Murphy, Sims, Steele, Suffredin, Stroger – 10.

 

Nays:          Claypool, Gorman, Goslin, Hansen, Peraica, Quigley, Silvestri – 7.

 

The motion to approve as amended CARRIED.

 

Commissioner Daley, seconded by Commissioner Steele, moved to reconsider the vote by which the Appropriations for General Fund purposes for the Corporate Fund was approved as amended.  Commissioner Daley called for a Roll Call, the vote of yeas and nays being as follows:

 

ROLL CALL ON MOTION TO RECONSIDER

 

Yeas:          Claypool, Gorman, Goslin, Hansen, Peraica, Quigley, Silvestri – 7.

 

Nays:          Butler, Collins, Daley, Maldonado, Moreno, Murphy, Sims, Steele, Suffredin, Stroger – 10.

 

The motion to reconsider failed and the Appropriations for General Fund purposes for the Corporate Fund was APPROVED AND ADOPTED, AS AMENDED.

 

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ITEM #6 (3) Appropriations for General Fund purposes for the Public Safety Fund

 

Roll Call.

 

Commissioner Daley, seconded by Commissioner Steele, moved that the Appropriations for General Fund purposes for the Public Safety Fund be approved and adopted, as amended.  Commissioner Daley called for a Roll Call, the vote of yeas and nays being as follows:

 

ROLL CALL ON MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED

 

Yeas:          Butler, Collins, Daley, Maldonado, Moreno, Murphy, Sims, Steele, Suffredin, Stroger – 10.

 

Nays:          Claypool, Gorman, Goslin, Hansen, Peraica, Quigley, Silvestri – 7.

 

The motion to approve as amended CARRIED.

ADOPTION OF THE COOK COUNTY RESOLUTION AND ANNUAL

APPROPRIATION BILL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004, AS AMENDED continued

 

ITEM #6 cont’d

 

ITEM #6 (3) Appropriations for General Fund purposes for the Public Safety Fund cont’d

 

Commissioner Daley, seconded by Commissioner Murphy, moved to reconsider the vote by which the Appropriations for General Fund purposes for the Public Safety Fund was approved as amended.  Commissioner Daley called for a Roll Call, the vote of yeas and nays being as follows:

 

ROLL CALL ON MOTION TO RECONSIDER

 

Yeas:          Claypool, Gorman, Goslin, Hansen, Peraica, Quigley, Silvestri – 7.

 

Nays:          Butler, Collins, Daley, Maldonado, Moreno, Murphy, Sims, Steele, Suffredin, Stroger – 10.

 

The motion to reconsider failed and the Appropriations for General Fund purposes for the Public Safety Fund was APPROVED AND ADOPTED, AS AMENDED.

 

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ITEM #6 (4) Appropriations for General Fund purposes for the Health Fund

 

Roll Call.

 

Commissioner Daley, seconded by Commissioner Steele, moved that the Appropriations for General Fund purposes for the Health Fund be approved and adopted, as amended.  Commissioner Daley called for a Roll Call, the vote of yeas and nays being as follows:

 

ROLL CALL ON MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED

 

Yeas:          Butler, Collins, Daley, Maldonado, Moreno, Murphy, Sims, Steele, Suffredin, Stroger – 10.

 

Nays:          Claypool, Gorman, Goslin, Hansen, Peraica, Quigley, Silvestri – 7.

 

The motion to approve as amended CARRIED.

 

Commissioner Daley, seconded by Commissioner Steele, moved to reconsider the vote by which the Appropriations for General Fund purposes for the Health Fund was approved as amended.  Commissioner Daley called for a Roll Call, the vote of yeas and nays being as follows:

 

ROLL CALL ON MOTION TO RECONSIDER

 

Yeas:          Claypool, Gorman, Goslin, Hansen, Peraica, Quigley, Silvestri – 7.

 

Nays:          Butler, Collins, Daley, Maldonado, Moreno, Murphy, Sims, Steele, Suffredin, Stroger – 10.

 

The motion to reconsider failed and the Appropriations for General Fund purposes for the Health Fund was APPROVED AND ADOPTED, AS AMENDED.

 

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ITEM #6 (5) Special Purpose Funds

 

Roll Call.

 

Commissioner Daley, seconded by Commissioner Steele, moved that the Special Purpose Funds be approved and adopted.  Commissioner Daley called for a Roll Call, the vote of yeas and nays being as follows:

 

ROLL CALL ON MOTION TO APPROVE

 

Yeas:          Butler, Collins, Daley, Maldonado, Moreno, Murphy, Sims, Steele, Suffredin, Stroger – 10.

 

Nays:          Claypool, Gorman, Goslin, Hansen, Peraica, Quigley, Silvestri – 7.

 

The motion to approve CARRIED.


ADOPTION OF THE COOK COUNTY RESOLUTION AND ANNUAL

APPROPRIATION BILL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004, AS AMENDED continued

 

ITEM #6 cont’d

 

ITEM #6 (5) Special Purpose Funds cont’d

 

Commissioner Daley, seconded by Commissioner Steele, moved to reconsider the vote by which the Special Purpose Funds were approved.  Commissioner Daley called for a Roll Call, the vote of yeas and nays being as follows:

 

ROLL CALL ON MOTION TO RECONSIDER

 

Yeas:          Claypool, Gorman, Goslin, Hansen, Peraica, Quigley, Silvestri – 7.

 

Nays:          Butler, Collins, Daley, Maldonado, Moreno, Murphy, Sims, Steele, Suffredin, Stroger – 10.

 

The motion to reconsider failed and the Special Purpose Funds were APPROVED AND ADOPTED.

 

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ITEM #6 (6) Appendix “A”, including Section 1 – Position Classification and Compensation Salary Schedules and Section 2 – Leave of Absence Policies

 

Roll Call.

 

Commissioner Daley, seconded by Commissioner Steele, moved that Appendix “A”, including Section 1 - Position Classification and Compensation Salary Schedules and Section 2 - Leave of Absence Policies be approved and adopted.  Commissioner Daley called for a Roll Call, the vote of yeas and nays being as follows:

 

ROLL CALL ON MOTION TO APPROVE

 

Yeas:          Butler, Collins, Daley, Maldonado, Moreno, Murphy, Sims, Steele, Suffredin, Stroger – 10.

 

Nays:          Claypool, Gorman, Goslin, Hansen, Peraica, Quigley, Silvestri – 7.

 

The motion to approve CARRIED.

 

Commissioner Daley, seconded by Commissioner Steele, moved to reconsider the vote by which Appendix “A”, including Section 1 - Position Classification and Compensation Salary Schedules and Section 2 - Leave of Absence Policies was approved.  Commissioner Daley called for a Roll Call, the vote of yeas and nays being as follows:

 

ROLL CALL ON MOTION TO RECONSIDER

 

Yeas:          Claypool, Gorman, Goslin, Hansen, Peraica, Quigley, Silvestri – 7.

 

Nays:          Butler, Collins, Daley, Maldonado, Moreno, Murphy, Sims, Steele, Suffredin, Stroger – 10.

 

The motion to reconsider failed and Appendix “A”, including Section 1 - Position Classification and Compensation Salary Schedules and Section 2 - Leave of Absence Policies was APPROVED AND ADOPTED.

 

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ADOPTION OF THE COOK COUNTY RESOLUTION AND ANNUAL

APPROPRIATION BILL FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004, AS AMENDED continued

 

ITEM #6 (7) Capital Improvement Program

 

Roll Call.

 

Commissioner Daley, seconded by Commissioner Steele, moved that the Capital Improvement Program be approved and adopted.  Commissioner Daley called for a Roll Call, the vote of yeas and nays being as follows:

 

ROLL CALL ON MOTION TO APPROVE

 

Yeas:          Butler, Collins, Daley, Maldonado, Moreno, Murphy, Sims, Steele, Suffredin, Stroger – 10.

 

Nays:          Claypool, Gorman, Goslin, Hansen, Peraica, Quigley, Silvestri – 7.

 

The motion to approve CARRIED.

 

Commissioner Daley, seconded by Commissioner Steele, moved to reconsider the vote by which the Capital Improvement Program was approved.  Commissioner Daley called for a Roll Call, the vote of yeas and nays being as follows:

 

ROLL CALL ON MOTION TO RECONSIDER

 

Yeas:          Claypool, Gorman, Goslin, Hansen, Peraica, Quigley, Silvestri – 7.

 

Nays:          Butler, Collins, Daley, Maldonado, Moreno, Murphy, Sims, Steele, Suffredin, Stroger – 10.

 

The motion to reconsider failed and the Capital Improvement Program was APPROVED AND ADOPTED.

 

 

MOTION TO ORDER PUBLICATION

ITEM #7

 

APPROVED

 

Motion that the Clerk of the Board procure correct publication of the Resolution and Annual Appropriation Bill for Corporate and Public Safety Purposes and the Resolution and Annual Appropriation Bill for the Cook County Health Program Purposes, for the Fiscal Year beginning on the first day of December, A.D., 2003, this day adopted.

 

 

COMBINING RESOLUTION

ITEM #8

 

APPROVED

 

RESOLUTION

 

BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that the previous two resolutions entitled “Resolution and Annual Appropriation Bill for Corporate and Public Safety Purposes for the Fiscal Year 2004” and “Resolution and Annual Appropriation Bill for Health Program Purposes for the Fiscal Year 2004”, approved and adopted by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, are hereby combined to be in fact and law one integrated and integral Annual Appropriation Bill of the Cook County Board of Commissioners for the Fiscal Year 2004.

 

APPROVED and ADOPTED this 24th day of February, 2004.

 

MOTION TO ADJOURN

ITEM #9

 

APPROVED

 

Motion to adjourn.