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PROPOSED PREVIOUSLY APPROVED ITEM AMENDMENT
Department: Office of the General Superintendent
Request: Changing the location of the May 23, 2023 Board meeting to Sagawau Environmental Learning Center
Item Number: 22-0448
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Account(s): N/A
Original Text of Item with Edits:
2023 BOARD AGENDA MEETING ANNUAL CALENDAR DATES AND LOCATIONS
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.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by President Toni Preckwinkle and the Forest Preserves of Cook County Board of Commissioners (the “Board”):
1. That the Board shall hold its regular meetings of the Board on the following dates during 2023, the time for holding the specified meetings is 10:00 a.m., local time:
Tuesday, January 24
Tuesday, February 7
Tuesday, March 14
Tuesday, April 25
Tuesday, May 23
Tuesday, June 27
Tuesday, July 18
Tuesday, September 19
Tuesday, October 17
Tuesday, November 14
Tuesday, December 12
2. That Board meetings may be conducted remotely by video and/or teleconferencing in accordance with public health authority guidelines and applicable provisions of the Illinois Open Meetings Act, the Forest Preserve District of Cook County Code of Ordinances, and executive orders related to a proclamation of disaster by the Governor of the State of Illinois. Otherwise, the place of Board meetings is Room 569 of the Cook County Building, 118 North Clark Street, Chicago, except for the following three meeting dates stated below in Sections 3, 4 and 5 below.
3. That the Board shall hold a regular meeting of the Board on Tuesday, May 23rd at Sagawau Environmental Learning Center, 12545 West 111th Street, Lemont. the Sand Ridge Nature Center located at 15891 Paxton Avenue, South Holland.
4. That the Board shall hold a regular meeting of the Board on Tuesday, July 18th at the Brookfield Zoo, 8400 W 31st Street, Brookfield.
5. That the Board shall hold a regular meeting of the Board on Tuesday, September 19th at the Crabtree Nature Center, 3 Stover Road, Barrington Hills.
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: Subcommittee on Workers’ Compensation; Committee on Rules; Committee on Finance; and Committee on Real Estate.
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