Forest Preserve District Online Check Register
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At today's Forest Preserve Board Meeting, I sponsored a resolution "To Create an Online Monthly Check Register."
This resolution
will bring the Forest Preserve District up to speed with similar legislation the Board passed in March on the County side.
The hosting of an online check register will allow citizens to see how their tax dollars are being used. This just one of the ways I am working to build a more transparent and accountable government for Cook County and the Forest Preserve District. This item was approved.
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Health Reform: White House Conference Call
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The White House Offices of Intergovernmental
Affairs and Health Reform invited a small group of health policy
leaders to a conference call on health reform. As chairman of the National
Association of Counties Hospital Task Force, I was pleased to participate and provide the county perspective as we discussed finding a solution to the health care crisis.
President Obama intends to have a health
care reform plan presented to Congress by July of this year, and his
agenda focuses on three principles: reducing costs to make health care
affordable; protecting a patient's choice of doctors, hospitals, and
insurance plans; and assuring quality affordable health care for all
Americans.
"County governments are integral to
our current health system and will be crucial partners in achieving
successful reform," his office promised.
Over the past two years, the County
Hospital Task Force has been studying the challenges and issues affecting
the delivery of quality health services for public hospitals. After
extensive meetings with officials, administrators and community members,
our group has identified best practices of successful county hospitals,
valuable information that I've presented to the Healthcare Reform
Group developing specific policy recommendations for the Obama Administration.
Yesterday's conference call was the
start of an important process, as the Administration now begins to develop
the details of reform. The Health Reform Website includes in-depth information about health
reform and an opportunity for individuals to participate in the discussion
and help shape the final plan.
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In the District
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Approved disbursement to Tallgrass Restoration,
Schaumburg, Illinois, for invoice totaling $1,006.82, payment
for Herbicide Invasive Vegetation - North Region (Landscape Restoration
Account).
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