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Cook County board approves language-access contract increase, multiple CBAs, transport grants and other county contracts
Summary
The Cook County Board approved a broad slate of items including a contract amendment with LanguageLine Solutions to expand interpretation services, multiple collective bargaining agreement extensions and salary schedules across county agencies, Invest in Cook grants and intergovernmental transportation agreements, a parking-management contract, a Rand workload study for the public defender and an intergovernmental agreement with the Illinois State Police for sheriff overtime within Cook County.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners voted on a series of procurement, personnel and intergovernmental items during its Nov. 1 meeting, approving contract amendments, collective bargaining extensions, transportation grants and program funding across several bureaus.
On the procurement side, the board approved a proposed contract amendment with LanguageLine Solutions (item 254293) to increase telephonic interpretation services; Brinske Coleman, chief financial officer for the chief judge's office, said the county had seen increased use in languages including "Russian, Ukrainian, Hindi, and, of course, Spanish." The item was approved on roll call as part of the President's slate.
Commissioner Miller presented an Asset Management item to approve a parking-management contract with CPS…
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