MOTION FOR BOARD MEETING OF FEBRUARY 6, 2020
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MOTION to authorize the Executive Director to Delete Legislative Initiative No. 2, Agenda Item #38, File ID 20-0053
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I move to amend the District Act and other sections of the Illinois Compiled Statutes, as needed, to extend the right to vote for the District’s Board of Commissioners to all registered voters in Cook County. Currently, the right to vote for the District’s Board of Commissioners is limited to those registered voters within the corporate boundaries of the District.
The District has the legislative authority for stormwater management throughout Cook County while only extending the right to vote in Cook County to those registered voters within the corporate boundaries of the District, thereby creating a disconnect wherein registered voters within Cook County but outside of the District’s corporate boundaries cannot vote for the District’s Board of Commissioners. The rationale for this legislative change is to bring the District’s political boundaries into line with its stormwater management boundaries.
Dated: February 6, 2020
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Commissioner