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PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO RESOLUTION
2020 BOARD AGENDA MEETING ANNUAL CALENDAR DATES AND LOCATIONS (Amending and Restating Resolution 19-0437 as amended by Resolution 20-0201)
WHEREAS, in accordance with Title 1, Chapter 5, Section 4-1(a) of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County Code of Ordinances, the Forest Preserve District of Cook County Board of Commissioners shall hold regular meetings pursuant to an annual calendar adopted by resolution of the Board; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 2.03 of the Illinois Open Meetings Act, every public body shall give public notice of the schedule of regular meetings at the beginning of each calendar or fiscal year and shall state the regular dates, times and places of such meetings; and
WHEREAS, on March 16, 2020 President Preckwinkle issued Executive Order 2020-3 which cancelled all Forest Preserve District of Cook County Board of Commissioner meetings for the month of March; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Governor Pritzker’s Executive Order 2020-07 (March 16, 2020), the Forest Preserve District of Cook County Board of Commissioners held virtual board meetings in April and May; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Governor Pritzker’s Executive Order 2020-39 (May 29, 2020), various provisions of the Open Meetings Act continue to be suspended to allow public bodies to meet and conduct business without being physically present in order to comply with physical/social distancing; and
WHEREAS, subsequently to the aforementioned, Public Act 101-0640 (effective June 12, 2020) amended the Open Meetings Act to allow meetings of members of a public body subject to the Act to occur without a quorum being physically present at the meeting in certain limited circumstances; and
WHEREAS, the Forest Preserve District desires to modify the previously scheduled off-site location (the Farm on Ogden, 3555 W. Ogden Ave., Chicago) for the September 2020 meeting of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County Board of Commissioners; and
WHEREAS, this body approved Resolution 19-0437, 2020 Board Agenda Meeting Annual Calendar Dates and Locations, on November 19, 2019 and amended it in Resolution 20-0201 on April 23, 2020 to accommodate circumstances presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County Board of Commissioners, Illinois (the “Board”) that the 2020 annual calendar Resolution 19-0437, as amended by Resolution 20-0201, is amended and restated as follows:
1. That the Board shall hold its regular meetings of the Board on the following dates during 2020, the time for holding the specified meetings is 10:00 a.m., local time:
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
2. That the place is the County Building, Room 569, 118 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois, or via teleconference or videoconference as permitted by law.
That the same dates and locations listed here will be used to schedule the following standing committee meetings, set to begin at 9:30 a.m., local time: the Subcommittee on Workers’ Compensation; the Committee on Rules; the Committee on Finance; and the Committee on Real Estate, unless otherwise cancelled or rescheduled pursuant to lawful authority.
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