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Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors Human Resources Committee met Aug. 18

Cook County Health and Hospitals System Board of Directors Human Resources Committee met Aug. 18.

Here is the agenda provided by the committee:

I. Attendance/Call to Order

II. Public Speaker Testimony

Members of the public can submit written testimony to be included in the official meeting record, or can register to virtually present oral testimony at the meeting. The written testimony or registration to testify should be submitted prior to August 17, 2022 at 3:00 P.M. Testimony is limited to three (3) minutes per person. Further information on how to submit written testimony or register to provide testimony in person is included in the Meeting Notice and on the CCH website at https://cookcountyhealth.org/about/board-of directors/

III. Report from Chief Human Resources Officer

IV. Action Items

A. Minutes of the Human Resources Committee Special Meeting, May 19, 2022

B. *Proposed Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) including an economic package (wage increases and healthcare) between the County of Cook and

• Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 73, CTW/CLC, representing Service and Maintenance Employees at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital, Cermak Health Services, and Oak Forest Health Center

• SEIU Local 73, CTW/CLC, representing Health Care Professionals

• SEIU Local 73, CTW/CLC, representing Hospital Technicians and Technologists at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital, Provident Hospital, and Cermak Health Services

* Also included as a potential Closed Meeting Item/Discussion under Section V.

IV. Action Items (IV(B) Proposed CBAs continued)

• International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 700, representing Stroger Hospital Police Sergeants and Police Sergeants/Investigators

• Cook County Pharmacy Association, Chicago Joint Board/Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) Local 200, representing Administrative Staff

V. Closed Meeting Items 

A. Discussion of personnel matters

B. Update on labor negotiations

C. Discussion of litigation matters

D. Proposed CBAs listed under Agenda Item IV(B)

Closed Meeting

Motion to recess the open meeting and convene into a closed meeting, pursuant to the following exceptions to the Open Meetings Act:

5 ILCS 120/2(c)(1), regarding “the appointment, employment, compensation, discipline, performance, or dismissal of specific employees of the public body or legal counsel for the public body, including hearing testimony on a complaint lodged against an employee of the public body or against legal counsel for the public body to determine its validity,”

5 ILCS 120/2(c)(2), regarding “collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their representatives, or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of employees,”

5 ILCS 120/2(c)(11), regarding “litigation, when an action against, affecting or on behalf of the particular body has been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal, or when the public body finds that an action is probable or imminent, in which case the basis for the finding shall be recorded and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting,” and

5 ILCS 120/2(c)(17), regarding “the recruitment, credentialing, discipline or formal peer review of physicians or other health care professionals, or for the discussion of matters protected under the federal Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, including 42 C.F.R. Part 3 (73 FR 70732), or the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, and the regulations promulgated thereunder, including 45 C.F.R. Parts 160, 162, and 164, by a hospital, or other institution providing medical care, that is operated by the public body.”

VI. Adjourn

The next regular meeting of the Human Resources Committee will be held on Friday, November 18, 2022 at 12:00 P.M.

https://cook-county.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx

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