Cook County board allows remote participation, approves consent calendar including several honorific resolutions

At its Jan. 22 meeting the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved a motion to permit remote participation and then approved the consent calendar in a roll-call vote that the clerk reported as 15 ayes and 2 absent.

A motion to allow remote participation — put forward to add Commissioner McCaskill as a remote participant — was moved and seconded and approved by roll call (the clerk announced 15 yeas and 2 absent). Shortly afterward the chair moved approval of the entire consent calendar; the clerk again reported 15 ayes and 2 absent and the chair declared the ayes have it.

Items adopted on the consent calendar and highlighted during the meeting included: resolution 26-0452 honoring LaShawn DeFeo for more than 24 years in county labor relations; a resolution recognizing Deputy Chief Dionne Trotter for distinguished service and leadership of the Child Protection Response Unit and Child Rescue Unit; a resolution saluting the centennial legacy of the Savoy Big 5 and the Harlem Globetrotters; and a resolution honoring David Kelly for accomplishments in the accounting profession (resolution 26-0577 as presented by Commissioner Miller). Several other resolutions were noted to be presented in-district.

Deputy Chief Dionne Trotter, who was recognized from the dais, described his career in the sheriff’s office and cited the child-recovery work of his unit. No additional county policy or budget actions were announced in connection with the consent items.

Roll-call outcomes recorded in the meeting: motion to permit remote participation — recorded as 15 yeas and 2 absent; consent calendar approval — recorded as 15 ayes and 2 absent. The clerk and secretary handled adjustments to resolution numbering and requests to present some resolutions in district.

The board closed the business portion of the meeting and invited attendees to a celebratory reception.