Wednesday Committee Meetings

Finance

Politics

Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022
9:30 a.m. CST

Remote

This is a remote assignment. The Cook County Board typically holds most of its committee meetings back-to-back on the Tuesday/Wednesday, to discuss and make recommendations on proposed items before they go to a full board vote on Thursday. For this assignment you will document the following meetings currently scheduled for 1/12/2022:

9:30 AM: Finance Committee
9:30 AM: Zoning and Building Committee (though these two meetings are both scheduled for 9:30, one will follow the other)
10 AM: Technology and Innovation Committee

Note: Sometimes the meeting schedule changes so it’s a good idea to double check the schedule the morning of at https://cook-county.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx.

You can watch the meetings live-stream at https://www.cookcountyil.gov/service/watch-live-board-proceedings. We do not expect you to prepare in-depth for each meeting but it is a good idea to be familiar with each committee’s responsibilities and 1-2 key agenda items.

Check the source website for additional information

Reporting

Edited and summarized by the Chicago - IL Documenters Team

Note-taking by Nikki Roberts

Workers' compensation, Information technology updates

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Live reporting by Daniela Jaime

Workers' compensation, Information technology updates

Daniela Jaime @Danijaime22

Good Morning everyone, happy Wednesday! I’ll be covering Cook County Board of Commissioners Wednesday presentations for @CHIdocumenters, which was called to start at 9:30! https://t.co/sPimdk3AZt

09:36 AM Jan 12, 2022 CST

Daniela Jaime @Danijaime22 2/16

Today we’ll be hearing proposed items from the Rules and Administration, Finance, Zoning and Building, and Technology and Innovation Committees, before voting on which items should go on to the full board vote on Thursday

Daniela Jaime @Danijaime22 3/16

Rules and Administration have no additional agenda items, having a quick meeting before adjourning

Daniela Jaime @Danijaime22 4/16

Zoning and building committee begin next, approving minutes of past meeting within the first 10 minutes

also approving the possible expansion of a Franklin Park restaurant to include a drive-thru https://t.co/Flv0v7NDTQ

Daniela Jaime @Danijaime22 5/16

The Finance committee is now reporting on the legal fees reported throughout December, such as expert fees, settlements, workers comp. Etc. https://t.co/nauJkBcxX8

Daniela Jaime @Danijaime22 6/16

These would be some of the first workers comp cases tried by the outside administrator hired to reform the process created by Alderman Burke
chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021…

Daniela Jaime @Danijaime22 7/16

Commissioner Sean Morrison asks for clarifications on how long the surplus in funds such as the health fund could last, as well as where it could be coming from, with most of the funds reportedly coming from unspent federal grants. https://t.co/CUKXTuNtjk

Daniela Jaime @Danijaime22 8/16

Finally we have the Technology committee, presenting their Countywide Technology Strategic Plan 2022 https://t.co/j2E6cOIXdf

Daniela Jaime @Danijaime22 9/16

- BOT will be having monthly meetings going over initiatives regarding IT contracts, enterprise decisions, & new proposed
- Equitable access to broadband is reportedly a key focus, specifically in rural communities https://t.co/dY93QjqJM1

Daniela Jaime @Danijaime22 10/16

The committee says they’ll focus on expanding Docusign, reportings, having sharable data feeds, updating township accessors on the technological changes in more rural districts, and giving the field team 40 tablets powered by Verizon to help with outreach https://t.co/nVw5Y2O68E

Daniela Jaime @Danijaime22 11/16

A data compilation subscription service was also launched, digitizing the pay system and property tax appeal systems

Daniela Jaime @Danijaime22 12/16

the electronic poll book system will be removed in time for the primaries in June

Chief Judge rep. reports funding from the supreme court is going to requested to improve connectivity in suburban courthouses, after many had to connect through Zoom to get proper connectivity https://t.co/8RO78kwRZF

Daniela Jaime @Danijaime22 13/16

Rep. from the chief information office for the cook county sheriff's office shares that in 2022 initiatives highlighter will be modernizing automatization and standardized data to reduce the amount of paperwork coming from arresting agencies as well as heading to bond court https://t.co/KHnxlhnBDq

Daniela Jaime @Danijaime22 14/16

The representative for the state attorney’s office updates improvements planned for the hardware systems such as evidence storage such as phone and video evidence, software update needs, Data, such as prosecutor performance indexes, and 2-factor authentication security https://t.co/Es1BpO77sd

Daniela Jaime @Danijaime22 15/16

Finally, the treasury office’s presenting their IT plans, upgrading their payment systems to make payments easier, as well as payment processing and data backups https://t.co/7hgGOpr30K

Daniela Jaime @Danijaime22 16/16

Technology and innovation committee adjourns at 11:56am concluding my committee reportings. For more city meeting coverage, follow @CHIdocumenters 🤗

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Wednesday Committee Meetings

By Daniela Jaime 1/12/2022

Agency Information

Cook County Board of Commissioners

www.cookcountyil.gov

(312) 443-5500

webmaster@cookcountyil.gov

@CookCountyBoard

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