Today we’ll be hearing proposed items from the Rules and Administration, Finance, Zoning and Building, and Technology and Innovation Committees, before voting on which items should go on to the full board vote on Thursday

Rules and Administration have no additional agenda items, having a quick meeting before adjourning

Zoning and building committee begin next, approving minutes of past meeting within the first 10 minutes

also approving the possible expansion of a Franklin Park restaurant to include a drive-thru https://t.co/Flv0v7NDTQ

The Finance committee is now reporting on the legal fees reported throughout December, such as expert fees, settlements, workers comp. Etc. https://t.co/nauJkBcxX8

These would be some of the first workers comp cases tried by the outside administrator hired to reform the process created by Alderman Burke
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Commissioner Sean Morrison asks for clarifications on how long the surplus in funds such as the health fund could last, as well as where it could be coming from, with most of the funds reportedly coming from unspent federal grants. https://t.co/CUKXTuNtjk

Finally we have the Technology committee, presenting their Countywide Technology Strategic Plan 2022 https://t.co/j2E6cOIXdf

- BOT will be having monthly meetings going over initiatives regarding IT contracts, enterprise decisions, & new proposed
- Equitable access to broadband is reportedly a key focus, specifically in rural communities https://t.co/dY93QjqJM1

The committee says they’ll focus on expanding Docusign, reportings, having sharable data feeds, updating township accessors on the technological changes in more rural districts, and giving the field team 40 tablets powered by Verizon to help with outreach https://t.co/nVw5Y2O68E

A data compilation subscription service was also launched, digitizing the pay system and property tax appeal systems

the electronic poll book system will be removed in time for the primaries in June

Chief Judge rep. reports funding from the supreme court is going to requested to improve connectivity in suburban courthouses, after many had to connect through Zoom to get proper connectivity https://t.co/8RO78kwRZF

Rep. from the chief information office for the cook county sheriff's office shares that in 2022 initiatives highlighter will be modernizing automatization and standardized data to reduce the amount of paperwork coming from arresting agencies as well as heading to bond court https://t.co/KHnxlhnBDq

The representative for the state attorney’s office updates improvements planned for the hardware systems such as evidence storage such as phone and video evidence, software update needs, Data, such as prosecutor performance indexes, and 2-factor authentication security https://t.co/Es1BpO77sd

Finally, the treasury office’s presenting their IT plans, upgrading their payment systems to make payments easier, as well as payment processing and data backups https://t.co/7hgGOpr30K

Technology and innovation committee adjourns at 11:56am concluding my committee reportings. For more city meeting coverage, follow @CHIdocumenters 🤗