We're gonna call in finance, then take the 10 minute break.

I'm sorry, say it again.

I'll do the finance and then the break, Madam President.

All right, fine.

Finance before break.

Go ahead.

The finance committee, the cook county board will come to order, and the secretary will call the roll.

Commissioner Aguilar.

Commissioner Naya.

Commissioner Britton is absent.

Commissioner Dagnan.

Commissioner Thank you.

Commissioner Gaynor is excused.

Commissioner Laurie.

Present.

Thank you, sir.

Commissioner McCasco.

Thank you, ma'am.

Commissioner Miller.

Commissioner Miller is present.

Thank you.

Commissioner Moore is excused.

Commissioner Marita.

Commissioner Kevin Morrison.

Thank you.

Commissioner Sean Morrison is excused.

Commissioner Scott.

Commissioner Stamps.

Commissioner Stamps.

Commissioner Trevor.

Commissioner Vasquez.

Chairman Daly is present.

Chairman, you do have a quorum.

We will revisit your roll call when we reconvene.

I don't know.

We will do it when she comes back.

She did not respond.

Okay.

Commissioner Lowry.

Thank you, Chairman.

At this point, uh I move to receive and file item 26-1868.

It's been moved by Commissioner.

Let me just finish that's the FY27 preliminary budget forecast.

Okay.

Move back, Commissioner Lowry.

Second by Commissioner Night to receive and file 261868, which is a fiscal year 27 preliminary budget.

No vote.

Okay.

Um secretary, please record the please uh read it.

The schedule in the record.

Thank you, Chairman.

For um mid-year budget hearing schedule for July 2026.

The following departments will meet on these days.

Tuesday, July 21, 2026, 10 a.m.

Bureau of Finance with the budget overview.

11 o'clock, offices under the president.

1230, Cook County Health, 2 30, Secretary of the Board of Commissioners.

3 o'clock, Land Bank Authority.

3 30, Cook County Clerk.

On Wednesday, July 22.

9 a.m., Cook County Sheriff.

10 30, Clerk of the Circuit Court.

11 30, Cook County Public Defender.

12 30, Cook County Public Administrator.

1 p.m.

Cook County Board of Review.

2 30, Office of the Independent Inspector General.

On Thursday, July 23, Cook County Treasure, 9 30, Office of the Cook County Assessor.

10 30.

Cook County State's Attorney's Office.

12 o'clock, Veterans Assistant Commission.

1 o'clock, Office of the Chief Judge.

And respectfully, this subject, this schedule is subject to change.

Chairman.

Chairman, you had one public speaker, George Blakemore.

Citizens of Cook County.

Money.

Go to the ghetto.

No economic development.

Poor schools.

But we have finance for illegal.

Illegal.

What is legal?

What is illegal?

What is the immigrant?

Black people was brought over here in chains.

They had no choice.

They didn't wait across the real grade.

I'll come on a on a boat.

They came a slave.

And they still have the negative effect of slavery on their mind.

On their bodies in their soul.

No economic development.

No business.

Teen takeover.

High crime.

Abandoned buildings.

No economic development.

But you go to the other ethnic group neighborhoods.

And you see the finance is going there.

That's why it's very, very important.

Bigmore Caliber, 84 years old, to come to these meetings.

You see all these black faces in high places.

Elected officials, go to the ghetto.

Go to the black ghetto.

I come from the ghetto of Fort Worth, Texas.

We had doctors, we are lawyers, we're engineers, we had banks, we are grocery stores, and we have peace and love and harmony in our ghetto.

Something is wrong here.

Something is evil here.

But all of this black elected officials go to their neighborhoods.

Black people, you have dropped the ball.

And you have these elected officials.

A black mayor.

We're being petrified out of the county, out of the city.

The cost of poor, poor, poor leadership, black leadership.

Chairman, just for the record, um, we will revisit your roll call.

There are two members that did not respond.

Okay.

But the motion on the floor is to stay in connection.

No, and I will recess at the end of the meeting.

Yes.

Again, the item is receive and file 26, 1868.

Okay.

So did you have to add any members?

Do you say?

They're currently not in the room.

Commissioner Stamps did not respond.

Commissioner Stamps, are you connected?

Thus, when she returns at your next meeting, we will add her to the role.

Commissioner Scott.

Okay.

Commissioner Scott is out of the room.

We'll add him when he returns.

We will stand in recess to the hour of 10 a.m.

on Tuesday, July 21st, when we will begin with the presentation from the Chief Financial Officer, Angela Manning Herman.

Thank you.

We are recessed from finance.

We're going to take a 10-minute break and come back for consent.