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Cook County meeting features public complaints about courts, praise for reentry and child advocacy programs, and series of ceremonial resolutions
Summary
At its April 16 meeting the Cook County Board heard public comments alleging improper court actions and loss of family access, praised reentry and child-advocacy programs, and approved or introduced multiple ceremonial resolutions recognizing retirees, community organizations and awareness months; a consent-calendar motion was made but no vote tally is recorded in the transcript.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners opened its April 16 meeting with a land acknowledgment and a public-comment period that included heated accusations about court actions and several speakers who urged support for workforce, child-advocacy and reentry programs.
Christina Burles McEntee, who identified herself as a plumber with Local 130, endorsed a resolution to declare April 30 Women in Apprenticeship Day and urged more focus on recruiting and retaining women in construction trades. “We make up half of the work industry,” she said, adding that women in construction make up about 4 percent of trade workers and apprentices about 5 percent.
Sam Mulro, who said he is executive vice president at A Safe Haven, thanked the board and county agencies for supporting reentry services during Second Chance Month and highlighted the county-supported “No Place to Stay” residential program. “Hope is what we do,” Mulro said, describing how the program combines substance-use…
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