County Board Meeting 1-15-2026

Cook County Board of Commissioners · January 15, 2026

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Call to order, roll call and quorum

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Chair called the meeting to order and the clerk called roll. Chair confirmed a quorum and announced there were no remote participants at the start of the meeting.

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Public commenters—many suburban school superintendents—urged Cook County commissioners to address delayed property tax bill distributions tied to a software rollout; the board took multiple votes, approved a temporary contract for juvenile shelter services, accepted HUD disaster recovery grants, and adopted an environmental justice policy framework.

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