The commissioners voted to approve the contracts for the Justice Advisory Council. Three contracts deal with Violence Prevention, Intervention, and Reduction Services. Discussion revolved around how vendors were awarded the contracts. Juliana Stratton, Executive Director of the Justice Advisory Council, stated that the vendors were selected because they had the ability to track and determine results. Commissioner Collins stated that we need crisis intervention before, not after, a child is already in the juvenile justice system. The last contract approved for the Justice Advisory Council was to accept grants to fund exploratory analysis of youth from Chicago committed to Illinois Dept. of Juvenile Justice (IDJJ).
A resolution was approved to support Cross Rail Chicago. This
resolution supports a long range transportation plan that connects public
transportation between suburbs and from suburbs to Ohare airport.
The proposed Cook County Health and Hospital System Preliminary
Budget was approved. There was brief discussion that the HHS budget would be
part of the county budget as a whole.
There was approval of the Cook County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard
Mitigation Plan for the Department of Homeland Security and Emergency
Management. The plan was set up with the
assistance of 113 planning partners from the county. Commissioners commented on
how well Michael Masters, Executive Director, worked with all the planning
partners.
Submitted by Laura Davis
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