Board of Commissioners of Cook County 118 North Clark Street Chicago, IL Journal of Proceedings Thursday, October 24, 2019 10:00 AM Cook County Building, Board Room, 118 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois ALMA E. ANAYA LUIS ARROYO, JR. SCOTT R. BRITTON JOHN P. DALEY DENNIS DEER BRIDGET DEGNEN BRIDGET GAINER BRANDON JOHNSON BILL LOWRY DONNA MILLER STANLEY MOORE KEVIN B. MORRISON SEAN M. MORRISON PETER N. SILVESTRI DEBORAH SIMS LARRY SUFFREDIN JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI KAREN A. YARBROUGH COUNTY CLERK Board of Commissioners Journal of Proceedings October 24, 2019 President Preckwinkle in the chair. CALL TO ORDER At 10:00 A.M., being the hour appointed for the meeting, the President called the Board to order. QUORUM County Clerk Karen A. Yarbrough called the roll of members and there was found to be a quorum present. ATTENDANCE Present: Commissioners Anaya, Arroyo, Britton, Daley, Deer, Degnen, Gainer, Johnson, Lowry, Miller, Moore, K. Morrison, S. Morrison, Silvestri, Sims and Suffredin (16) Absent: Commissioner Tobolski (1) INVOCATION Bishop Dwight Gunn, Visionary/Senior Pastor of Heritage International Christian Church, Chicago, Illinois, gave the invocation. PUBLIC TESTIMONY Pursuant to Cook County Code of Ordinances, public testimony will be permitted at regular and special meetings of the Board. Duly authorized public speakers shall be called upon at this time to deliver testimony germane to a specific item(s) on the meeting agenda, and the testimony must not exceed three (3) minutes. The names of duly authorized speakers shall be published in the Post Board Action Agenda and Journal of Proceedings as prepared by the Clerk of the Board. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Pablo Tinajera – Southwest Environmental Alliance Cristina Martinez – Concerned Citizen Mark Breihan – Southwest Environmental Alliance Theresa Reyes McNamara – Southwest Environmental Alliance Ivy Czekanski – Concerned Citizen Janessa Cannon – Concerned Citizen Dr. Lora Chamberlain – Concerned Citizen Maria Moon – Chicago Area Fair Housing Troy O’Quin – Just Housing Coalition April Ikenga – Concerned Citizen Lewis Oh – KA Voice Sik Sun – KA Voice 2 Board of Commissioners Journal of Proceedings October 24, 2019 Litigation Subcommittee Approval: N/A Subject matter: an allegation of automobile negligence 19-5918 Case: Holliman, John v. Cook County, Illinois et al. Case No: 15 C 9050 Settlement Amount: $500,000.00 Department: 1239 - Department of Corrections Payable to: John A. Holliman and Elgron, Inc. d/b/a Loevy & Loevy Attorneys at Law Litigation Subcommittee Approval: 09/25/2019 Subject matter: an allegation of a civil rights violation 19-5921 Case: Annabel Melongo v. Podlasek, et al. Case No: 13 C 4924 Settlement Amount: $975,963.32 Department: 1250-State’s Attorney Payable to: MSLF Client Funds Litigation Subcommittee Approval: 09/25/2019 Subject matter: an allegation of a civil rights violation 19-5922 Case: Denzel Franklin v. Poindexter et al. Case No: 18 C 4015 Settlement Amount: $31,000.00 Department: 1239- Department of Corrections Payable to: Gregory Kulis & Associates Ltd. and Denzel Franklin Litigation Subcommittee Approval: N/A Subject matter: an allegation of a civil rights violation ___________________________________ The motion was made by Commissioner Daley, seconded by Commissioner Sims, that the Proposed Settlements be approved. The motion carried. EMPLOYEE INJURY COMPENATION CLAIMS 19-6132 Presented by: DEANNA ZALAS, Director, Department of Risk Management Department: Risk Management Report Title: Receive and File - Workers’ Compensation Claim Payments 183 Board of Commissioners Journal of Proceedings October 24, 2019 Competency Report Title: Cook County Committee on Addressing Bias, Equity, and Cultural Competency Final Report Report Period: March 2019-September 2019 Summary: Final report and recommendations from the Cook County Committee on Addressing Bias, Equity, and Cultural Competency ______________________________ A motion was made by Commissioner Deer, seconded by Commissioner K. Morrison, that the Report be referred to the Human Relations Committee. The motion carried. ADJOURNMENT ***** A motion was made by Commissioner Daley, seconded by Commissioner Sims, that the meeting do now adjourn to meet again at the same time and same place on November 21, 2019, in accordance with County Board Resolution 18-6705. The motion prevailed and the meeting stood adjourned. ________________________ KAREN A. YARBROUGH County Clerk 230