Well, the hour having reached 9 30 a.m.

I'd like to call the order.

The meeting of the Cook County Rules and Administration Committee, Madam Secretary, please read the role.

Thank you, Chairman.

Commissioner Anaya.

Commissioner Britton.

Here.

Commissioner Daly.

Commissioner Decknan.

Commissioner Miller.

Here.

Commissioner Marita.

Commissioner Marita is present participating remotely.

Commissioner Sean Morrison is excused.

Commissioner Scott.

And Mr.

Chairman.

You have all members present with the exception of an excused absence for uh Commissioner Sean Morrison.

And there is a quorum, sir.

Thank you.

Any additions to the agenda?

I have no changes for your agenda.

Public speakers.

Yes, we do have a total of two.

Uh Taiwan Sims.

Add to the role.

Would you add Commissioner Trevor to the role, please?

Thank you.

Thank you.

Uh Taiwan Sims.

Let me remind you of rules for public speaking.

Persons authorized to provide public testimony shall not use vulgar.

Abusive, discriminatory, profane or otherwise inappropriate language when addressing the body.

Failure to act appropriately or failure to adhere to the time requirements may result in expulsion from the meeting and or disqualify the person from providing future testimony.

Taiwan Sims is first, followed by Jessica Jackson.

Thank you.

Mr.

Sims.

Yes, okay.

Oh, I got it.

Don't worry.

I'm just gonna film it.

I just want to get the voice.

Um whenever y'all are ready.

We're ready, please.

Sir, so the time has started.

We're waiting for you.

Okay, awesome.

I was hoping to address the domestic violence task force if they're here today.

If anybody is representing them today, I was told that this would be the meeting.

So a case 23D79597, in which I went in March 2023 to file an OP, and later was made into the respondent when the case was consolidated into well initially the case would be 230P72315.

The case was consolidated into 23D79597, in which I was made the respondent from the petitioner.

This has been going on for three years now.

Just Monday, I was told that I would be jailed if I did not take a BCX, which is a behavioral clinical exam, in which they want to check my competency.

This request was made by Emma Burns of the Public Defender's Office.

I spoke with the public defender Sharon Mitchell some two years ago about this.

Detailed the case out to him and everything.

However, this BCX seems to be a hindrance now.

And if I would have gone to court Monday, they would have jailed me.

So I wouldn't have been here right now making this public comment.

And so I'm asking not for uh adjudication or litigation.

I'm simply asking for oversight as to why I'm now being asked to have this competent exam and why it's so extreme that I'll be put in jail and forced to take the exam by the judge, Judge Wren.

She has heard me speak because I've been in her courtroom now for six years.

A previous case which involved my mother, which took three years to adjudicate or finalize my mother's dead now.

So this individual understands that I'm very competent that I can help these individuals with the case because I've helped them extensively with the case.

But to have them now try me or test my competency or question it seems a bit um asinine to me.

And so I want to get to the bottom of it.

I want to understand why, but first I would like to understand why I need to be jailed to take a test that I don't need.

It's unnecessary.

This case should have been over with because I'm the petitioner starting at 23 OP 72315.

When the case was then consolidated into 23 D 79597, I was made the respondent.

So the individual who attacked me, slapped me, destroyed my property, she was never jailed.

There was no consequences.

I've been suffering all the consequences for the last three years, and I would like to understand, and there's a task force that speaks to this.

And I was hoping to speak with them today, or somebody that represents that task force.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Time is started.

Okay.

I was um I was coming here this morning because yesterday, and good that this is the rules committee.

Because yesterday, Scott Britton made a lot of very he made a very disturbing remark, saying that this body, and particularly because he's the commissioner that's over litigation.

And this is the most appropriate meeting because this is the rules committee.

For him to say that this body, and for him to be the litigation department, to say that there is no jurisdiction, that they have no jurisdiction over the misconduct of judges.

And then he referred the people to the judicial inquiry board.

Now, this morning I have with me, since this is the rules committee, the judicial inquiry board manual.

On page five of the judicial inquiry board manual, it reads the board has only limited authority to correct perceived shortcomings in the administration of justice.

Have a judge removed from a case, review judicial decisions, take action against judges for being too hard or too soft in sentencing or for setting bond too high or too low.

The board has no jurisdiction to investigate allegations of misconduct and or incapacity against retired judges, lawyers, police officers, court personnel, administrative law judges, federal judges, arbitrators, hearing officers, or anyone other than active judges of the state of Illinois.

So the mere fact that he is the commissioner that's open litigation for him to spread that lie and go uncheck, Bill Laurie, then the ARDC in the landmark case of Himmel, it established that an attorney who fails to report another lawyer's misconduct can face disciplinary sanctions, including the susp uh suspension.

Rule 8.4 B and A point C says it is a mandatory duty of an attorney to report misconduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation of another attorney.

So Bill Laurie, you're an attorney.

Mark Williams is an attorney.

You need to get him out of that seat right now.

Petition for him to be removed from that seat because he's incompetent or either he's corrupt.

Clearly, he does not know his job, and he's willing to mislead people who coming in here with their grievances, seeking help from this body.

He, Britt Scott, Brittany Scott is false, giving false information.

Remove office.

Speaker's time has expired.

That does conclude your list of speakers for this meeting, sir.

Thank you, Madam Secretary.

Commissioner Britton now moves to approve item 26-1685.

The committee minutes from the meeting held on May 13, 2026, seconded by Chairman Daly.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

All opposed.

The opinion of the chair of the ayes have it.

Chairman Daly now moves to approve item 26-1674, the Journal of Proceedings for the regular meeting held on May 14, 2026, seconded by Commissioner Scott.

All those in favor.

Thank you, sir.

So Chairman Daly will move to approve item 26-1674 Journal of Proceedings for the regular meeting held on May 14, 2026.

That's seconded by Commissioner Scott and Chairman Daly.

We have a we have a remote participant.

I'm sorry, yes, we do.

All right, then I'm going to take a motion to allow remote participation.

Move by Commissioner Scott, seconded by Commissioner Britton.

Roll call.

Commissioner Naya, your vote.

Commissioner Britton, your vote.

Commissioner Daly?

Commissioner Degnum.

Commissioner Miller.

Commissioner Marita.

Commissioner Sean Morrison is absent.

Commissioner Scott.

I thank you.

Commissioner Naya is absent.

Commissioner Miller.

Is absent.

Chairman, your vote.

Chairman, your vote.

Chairman is five.

Chairman.

Chairman's vote is five.

Chairman, I need one other person.

In the move in the room, he's not on this committee.

I need one other person in the mood.

Please, thank you.

Thank you, Commissioner.

Commissioner Naya is absent.

Commissioner Miller is absent.

I do need one more person in the room.

I need to redo the data.

No.

And it says in require aid.

Is Anaya available?

Because she's remote, she doesn't care.

So Chairman, we're waiting for Naya, Degnan, or Miller to return.

We do we need one.

Yes, just need one.

We're looking for it here.

Our zoning committee will uh follow immediately behind this committee.

Okay.

All right.

Yeah, I'll call that.

Chairman may have a word with you.

Okay.

All right, we're about to get started.

So Chairman, this is how the vendors receive if they vote.

All right.

Let's go.

Okay, we're gonna get we're gonna resume uh the meeting of the uh Cook County Rules and Administration Committee.

Okay, we're gonna get we're gonna resume uh the meeting of the uh Cook County Rules and Administration Committee and we're taking the roll call relative to remote participation is that correctly.

Okay, sir.

So the motion on the floor is remote roll call participation.

It was moved by Commissioner Scott, uh second by Commissioner Britton and from the beginning.

Commissioner Anaya is absent.

Commissioner Britton, your vote, sir?

Aye.

Commissioner Daly, your vote.

Thank you.

Commissioner Degnan, your vote.

I'm sorry, I was uh out of the room using ladies.

Where uh who is remote, I'm sorry?

Marita is remote today.

Okay.

Well, I'm a yes on this, but we're all here at 9 30 to be here at 9 30.

So unless there's a prevailing opinion, I haven't received any communication as the rules require.

Allowing remote participation, did you chair?

We did not.

Okay.

Well, I'm a yes for this, but for any subsequent meetings where people are supposed to be following the rules and submitting.

Excuse me, um the required requests.

I'm gonna vote probably no, so thank you.

Your vote at this time is what, ma'am?

Yeah.

Commissioner Commissioner Degnan is voting yes.

Thank you.

Commissioner Miller.

So just to clarify, there was we're not following the rules of the committee to have remote participation if there's no letter submitted.

To be clear, I have not received a letter as the rules prescribe.

With that noted, it is up to us to decide to move forward or not, and that's why we're doing our individual votes.

No letter was received.

Commissioner, as this is the vote even without the letter.

And Chairman, for for reference, my office did receive a communication late last night after nine o'clock.

We do um tell the chief of staff and or the commissioner to make sure that they share this information with the chair of each committee.

So you did receive a letter.

Absolutely.

My office did and it was not within 24 hours, correct.

Thank you.

I'll vote present.

Okay.

Commissioner Miller is a present vote.

Commissioner Marita, your vote, ma'am.

Morita A.

Commissioner Marita is aye.

Commissioner Sean Morrison is excused.

Commissioner Scott, your vote again, sir?

Aye.

Commissioner Scott is aye.

Chairman, your vote?

Aye.

Chairman's vote is aye.

Thank you, sir.

So we have absent two, one present vote, and seven.

I'm sorry, five ayes.

It does pass.

Okay, thank you.

Chairman Daly now moves to approve item two six-1674.

The Journal of Proceedings for the regular meeting held on May 14th, 2026, seconded by Commissioner Scott.

And Chairman Daly moves to approve item two six-1675.

Journal of Proceedings for the consent calendar meeting held on May 14th, 2026, seconded by Commissioner Scott.

All those in favor?

Oh, roll call.

Chairman, is it is a roll call vote.

And again, this is bundled by Commissioner Daly, seconded by Commissioner Scott.

Items number 1674 and 1675.

Commissioner Anaya is absent.

Commissioner Britton, your vote, sir.

Aye.

Commissioner Daly.

Commissioner Degnan.

Aye.

Commissioner Miller.

Aye.

Commissioner Marita.

Morita A.

Commissioner Sean Morrison is excused.

Commissioner Scott.

Aye.

Thank you.

Chairman?

Aye.

Chairman.

Seven ayes to absent.

Having no further business before this committee.

Commissioner Britton moves to adjourn, seconded by Commissioner Scott.

All those in favor say aye.

Aye.

All opposed, we adjourn.