At a recent meeting, the Cook County Rules and Administration Committee approved the minutes from the previous meeting and heard public comments.
The committee is a standing committee consisting of nine commissioners who are responsible for the County Board’s rules of organization and related matters.
Below are the minutes from this meeting, as provided by the committee.
Board of Commissioners of Cook County Rules and Administration Committee
Wednesday, August 3, 2016 10:00 AM Cook County Building, Board Room, Rm. 569 118 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois
NOTICE AND AGENDA
There will be a meeting of the Committee or Subcommittee of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County at the date, time and location listed above to consider the following:
PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Authorization as a public speaker shall only be granted to those individuals who have submitted in writing, their name, address, subject matter, and organization (if any) to the Secretary 24 hours in advance of the meeting. Duly authorized public speakers shall be called upon to deliver testimony at a time specified in the meeting agenda. Authorized public speakers who are not present during the specified time for public testimony will forfeit their allotted time to speak at the meeting. Public testimony must be germane to a specific item(s) on the meeting agenda, and the testimony must not exceed three minutes; the Secretary will keep track of the time and advise when the time for public testimony has expired. Persons authorized to provide public testimony shall not use vulgar, abusive, or otherwise inappropriate language when addressing the Board; failure to act appropriately; failure to speak to an item that is germane to the meeting, or failure to adhere to the time requirements may result in expulsion from the meeting and/or disqualify the person from providing future testimony.
16-4613 COMMITTEE MINUTES Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 7/13/2016
16-4614 Presented by: DAVID ORR, County Clerk
JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS COOK COUNTY CLERK, David Orr, presented in printed form a record of the Journal of Proceedings of the regular meeting held on 6/29/2016.
_______________________________ Secretary Chairman: Suffredin Vice-Chairman: Daley Members: Fritchey, Gainer, Morrison, Schneider, Silvestri, Sims and Steele