HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS-1990-062-R-9010/04/90
62-R-90
A RESOLUTION
A Resolution in Support of the Referendum Question to the
Voters of Suburban Cook County
At the General Elections on November 6, 1990
• on the Issue of Single -Member Districts
•
•
WHEREAS, a referendum question on electing the members
of the Cook County Board by single -member districts will be
submitted to the voters of Cook County at the general elections
on November 6, 1990;
WHEREAS, such referendum question provides that single -
member districts will be predicated upon the federal government's
1990 census;
WHEREAS, the affirmation of such referendum question
shall mandate the election of members of the Cook County Board of
Commissioners by single -member district commencing with the 1994
primary and general elections.
WHEREAS, presently the members of the Cook County Board
are elected from two districts, Chicago and that part of Cook
County outside Chicago;
WHEREAS, the referendum question is an effort to strive
for optimal geographical, political and equitable representation
on the Cook County Board of Commissioners through election by
single -member districts;
WHEREAS, the results of such referendum will be given
the effect of law as provided in the Constitution of the State of
Illinois and the laws of the State of Illinois;
WHEREAS, the opinion of -the voters of Suburban Cook
County on this question is important and in the best public
interest;
-2-
WHEREAS, the residents of Suburban Cook County are
entitled to accountable and fair representation on the Cook
County Board of Commissioners;
• WHEREAS, presently the residents of Suburban Cook
County are not fairly and adequately represented on the Cook
County Board by the at -large election of Suburban County
Commissioners;
WHEREAS, affirmation of the aforementioned single -
member district referendum will provide accountable and fair
representation for Suburban Cook County;
BE IT RESOLVED, the municipality of the City of
Evanston, County of Cook, Illinois supports affirmation of the
referendum question to the voters of Suburban Cook County at the
general elections on November 6, 1990 on single -member districts.
is
ATTEST:
o
City Clerk ,7J1
Adopted: �!/�/ 0 , 1990
0
Mayor