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Votes at a glance: Cook County Board actions, Jan. 23, 2025
Summary
Key actions recorded during the Jan. 23 Cook County Board meeting included approval of multiple consent items and resolutions and the failure of a proposed fiscal-year 2025 tax levy ordinance after conflicting roll-call results.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners conducted multiple committee referrals, approvals and ceremonial resolutions at its Jan. 23 meeting. Below are the principal votes and outcomes recorded in the meeting transcript.
Votes at a glance
- Proposed ordinance: levy for taxes for fiscal year 2025 (agenda item 25-053). Motion to approve was called and a roll call was taken; the transcript shows conflicting roll-call tallies and the chair subsequently announced the motion failed after a reverse roll-call. Outcome: failed (motion failed; roll-call irregularity recorded).
- Reappointment of G. A. Finch as chairperson of the Cook County Employee Appeals Board (agenda item 25-0758). Moved by Vice Chair Lowery and seconded; approved by voice vote. Outcome: approved.
- Referral: proposed resolution requesting a Health and Hospitals Committee hearing to receive an update on maternal health care (agenda item 25-0917). Action: referred to Health and Hospitals Committee.
- Consent calendar: A broad consent calendar that included grants, contract amendments, appointments and honorary resolutions was moved and approved by voice vote, with multiple commissioners speaking in support of individual resolutions. Outcome: consent calendar approved.
- New items: The board approved a set of new items, including the resolution supporting intergovernmental collaboration to better understand and prevent trans femicide (agenda item 25-0941), which passed during the new-items vote. Outcome: approved.
How the votes were recorded
Most items on the consent calendar and committee motions were adopted by voice or general roll-call where the clerk recorded “ayes have it.” The two notable exceptions were the tax-levy ordinance (25-053), which showed inconsistent tallies in the transcript and was ultimately announced as failing after a reverse roll-call procedure, and Commissioner Britton recording “present” on one settlement item (noted in the finance committee section).
What it means
Approval on the consent calendar advanced several contracts, grants and routine county appointments and included honorary resolutions such as those recognizing maternal-health and cervical-health awareness dates. The failed levy motion means the specific proposed ordinance to set the fiscal-year 2025 tax levy did not pass at this meeting; boards and staff may revise and reintroduce levy proposals in later meetings.
The board also approved intergovernmental and referral motions that will prompt committee briefings and staff follow-up; commissioners signaled they expect reports and further oversight on items such as maternal health, the trans femicide working-group collaboration and other new items approved on the floor.
Detailed recorded actions
