Public Meetings Report. Illustration by Holley Appold/South Side Weekly
Public Meetings Report. Illustration by Holley Appold/South Side Weekly
  1. Public Meetings Report – March 18, 2021
  2. Public Meetings Report – April 1, 2021
  3. Public Meetings Report – April 15, 2021
  4. Public Meetings Report – April 29, 2021
  5. Public Meetings Report – May 13, 2021
  6. Public Meetings Report – May 27, 2021
  7. Public Meetings Report – June 10, 2021
  8. Public Meetings Report – June 24, 2021
  9. Public Meetings Report – July 08, 2021
  10. Public Meetings Report – July 22, 2021
  11. Public Meetings Report – August 05, 2021
  12. Public Meetings Report – August 19, 2021
  13. Public Meetings Report – September 30, 2021
  14. Public Meetings Report – October 14, 2021
  15. Public Meetings Report – October 28, 2021
  16. Public Meetings Report – November 11, 2021
  17. Public Meetings Report – November 25, 2021
  18. Public Meetings Report – December 9, 2021
  19. Public Meetings Report – January 13, 2022
  20. Public Meetings Report – January 27, 2022
  21. Public Meetings Report – February 10, 2022
  22. Public Meetings Report – February 24, 2022
  23. Public Meetings Report – March 10, 2022
  24. Public Meetings Report – March 24, 2022
  25. Public Meetings Report – April 7, 2022
  26. Public Meetings Report – April 21, 2022
  27. Public Meetings Report – May 5, 2022
  28. Public Meetings Report – May 19, 2022
  29. Public Meetings Report – June 2, 2022
  30. Public Meetings Report – June 22, 2022
  31. Public Meetings Report – June 30, 2022
  32. Public Meetings Report – July 14, 2022
  33. Public Meetings Report – July 28, 2022
  34. Public Meetings Report – August 11, 2022
  35. Public Meetings Report – August 25, 2022
  36. Public Meetings Report — October 20, 2022
  37. Public Meetings Report — November 17, 2022
  38. Public Meetings Report — December 1, 2022
  39. Public Meetings Report — January 12, 2023
  40. Public Meetings Report — January 26, 2023
  41. Public Meetings Report — February 9, 2023
  42. Public Meetings Report — February 23, 2023
  43. Public Meetings Report — March 9, 2023
  44. Public Meetings Report — March 23, 2023
  45. Public Meetings Report — April 20, 2023
  46. Public Meetings Report — May 4, 2023
  47. Public Meetings Report — May 18, 2023
  48. Public Meetings Report — June 1, 2023
  49. Public Meetings Report — June 15, 2023
  50. Public Meetings Report — June 29, 2023
  51. Public Meetings Report — July 13, 2023
  52. Public Meetings Report — July 27, 2023
  53. Public Meetings Report — August 10, 2023
  54. Public Meetings Report — August 24, 2023
  55. Public Meetings Report — September 7, 2023
  56. Public Meetings Report — September 21, 2023
  57. Public Meetings Report — December 7, 2023
  58. Public Meetings Report — February 1, 2024
  59. Public Meetings Report — February 15, 2024

Mar. 26
Fifty-eight percent of Cook County Health employees were vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of February, according to a meeting of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors. CEO Israel Rocha Jr. said he was also encouraged by the acceleration of vaccinations in suburban Cook County, noting that nearly one in four residents had at least one dose as of a couple of days before the meeting.

Mar. 29
Officials reviewed a proposed update to the Ethics Ordinance at the Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee meeting of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. The update builds on changes recommended by the Cook County Board of Ethics in January 2020, and it would clarify the County’s sexual harassment policy and impose new restrictions on nepotism. Its revision to conflict-of-interest rules would weaken the Board of Ethics’s original proposal, however. Amid conflict between the Board of Ethics and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle over the board’s recommendations, Preckwinkle last year chose not to renew the appointments of two board members.    

Apr. 1
Efforts to build greater awareness of the Chicago Community Land Trust (CCLT) were highlighted at its board meeting. “CCLT is a secret in Chicago,” said Kimberley Rudd, president of Rudd Resources LLC, a certified Minority/Women-owned/Disadvantaged Business Enterprise communications firm contracted to do marketing and branding for the Land Trust. The contract comes as CCLT is creating a stand-alone website, expected to launch May 1. 

Apr. 6
Following the killing of thirteen-year-old Adam Toledo, the City Council’s Latino Caucus voted to endorse an ordinance backed by the Grassroots Alliance for Police Accountability (GAPA) and the coalition for a Civilian Police Accountability Council (CPAC) that would give community members the ability to sit in a civilian commission that has oversight of the police and a decisive voice over CPD policy.

At their meeting, members of the Task Force on Infant and Maternal Mortality Among African Americans Systems Subcommittee discussed how the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services can best implement the task force’s recommendations to improve insurance coverage of the different stages of pregnancy. A bill to expand Medicaid coverage of prenatal and postpartum doula care in Illinois has passed the state legislature and is on Governor J.B. Pritzker’s desk. 

Apr. 7
The Cook County Democratic Party’s Central Committee voted to endorse a resolution supporting an Elected Representative School Board in Chicago Public Schools, following the passage of related state Senate and House bills on March 22. Mayor Lori Lightfoot has opposed the legislation that would make the currently appointed board elected and more democratic.

Apr. 8
Cook County commissioners approved two contracts for work on redrawing the maps for the county’s legislative districts at the meeting of the 2020 Census Redistricting Committee. Delays in census data are expected to create major complications for redistricting at the state level, but consultant Peter Creticos said that preliminary data will enable the county to get started.

Olive-Harvey College will launch a “career in cannabis” certificate after the City Colleges of Chicago Board of Trustees approved an agreement with the City for nearly $1.7 million to support the program. At the meeting, Chancellor Juan Salgado also reported a July 6 target for expanding in-person instruction at CCC.  

An ad hoc committee on hate crimes against Asian Americans will be formed by the Chicago Commission on Human Relations in collaboration with the mayor’s office. At the Commission’s meeting, members discussed involving representatives from Chicago Police Department districts that cover Chinatown and Uptown, as well as the business community and legal services providers.

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