Legislative Updates
- 20-2867-I co-sponsored the Justice for Black Lives resolution from Commissioner Brandon Johnson, which was approved and will help frame the hard conversations that need to be had as we enter a very challenging budget season, centering around how we fund housing, healthcare, mental health, restorative justice, job creation, public transit, evictions/foreclosures and increased M/WBE participation on county contracts.
- 20-2577-I co-sponsored the Save our Seniors resolution from Commissioner Brandon Johnson, which urges efforts to mitigate the spread of novel coronavirus and prevent deaths in nursing homes and long-term care facilities in Cook County.
- 20-3239-I co-sponsored a resolution from President Preckwinkle that provides for Cook County to allocate approximately $ 133 Million of the County’s federal CRF allocation to address the impact of COVID-19 on communities with $51 million available to municipalities and $82 million distributed via the Bureau of Economic Development to direct service providers to address economic and community development needs.
- 20-2507-I co-sponsored an ordinance amendment of the County’s Wheel Tax from President Preckwinkle that as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, extends the 2019-2020 license year through August 31, 2020. The 2020-2021 license year will be from September 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021. The 2020-2021 license must be purchased for each registered vehicle by September 1, 2020.
6th District Economic Development and Infrastructure Legislation:
- 20-3027-We approved an improvement resolution for work to be done in the City of Palos Heights. The appropriating funds are to participate in the maintenance or improvement of County jurisdictional roadways within County owned Right of Way in the City of Palos Heights in Cook County.
- 20-3029-We approved an improvement resolution for work to be done in the Village of Orland Park. The appropriating funds are to participate in the maintenance or improvement of County jurisdictional roadways within County owned Right of Way in the Village of Orland Park in Cook County.
- 20-3030-We approved an improvement resolution for work to be done in the Village of Tinley Park. The appropriating funds will go to participate in the maintenance or improvement of County jurisdictional roadways within County owned Right of Way in the Village of Tinley Park in Cook County.
- 20-3043-We approved MFT funds for the reconstruction of 175th Street from Ridgeland Avenue to Oak Park Avenue, Ridgeland Avenue from 175th Street to Oak Forest Avenue and Oak Forest Avenue from Ridgeland Avenue to 1000’ east of Richland Avenue in the Village of Tinley Park in Cook County.
- 20-3380-We approved $695,000 in Home Investment Partnership Funds for the development of Mustacchi Manor to support the ground-up construction of a 16-unit Permanent Supportive Housing (“PSH”) development in Matteson, IL, providing affordable rental housing units for physically and mentally challenged residents in Suburban Cook County.
- 20-3411, 20-3419 & 20-3473-I sponsored Consent Calendar Resolutions honoring the extraordinary lives of Gorman Brown Jr., John Royal Bodine, and Kristin Arielle Oliver.
Additional Information:
The first set of contact tracing positions at Cook County Department of Public Health are now posted. These positions are for residents of suburban Cook County:
· The positions hired through Hektoen are now posted and applications are being accepted. These are 6-month, temporary positions. Approximately 50-60 positions will be filled, including contact tracers, case investigators, and case investigator supervisors. · Later in August CCDPH will post positions at the CCH employment website for the remaining positions to be hired. Those 12-month positions will be hired through CCH. Position information and links to apply will be shared when they are posted.
The Cook County Justice Advisory Council has issued two Requests for Qualifications (RFQs) for organizations serving suburban Cook County residents. The purpose of these RFQs is to establish a prequalified pool of providers of services for suburban Cook County youth and adults in each of three geographic regions: North Suburban, West Suburban, and South Suburban areas.
One RFQ is strictly for youth services (RFQ 1205-2007), the other seeks providers for services to adults (RFQ 1205-2009). The list of pre-qualified vendors derived from these RFQs will be valid for three years, with two one-year renewal options. Respondents may seek to demonstrate their qualifications for one, two, or all three geographical areas of suburban Cook County, on each of the two RFQs. Please be aware that organizations do not need to be physically located in the suburbs to be considered for this RFQ. Many service providers located in Chicago serve both city and suburban residents. The qualifications we seek are for providers with active programming in the suburbs.
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