Thank you very much.

We will recess.

We have the office of the secret secretary, the board board.

Len Lynn Turner.

Chairman, Vice Chairman, Board of Commissioners, President's Office.

It's a pleasure to present before you.

And before I forget, before I before I uh start, I am reminded of something that my mother told me years ago because I'm standing in the time gap, and she said, stay ready so you don't have to get ready.

So here we go.

Good advice.

I want to first say thank you to everyone for this opportunity.

I want to do a shout out to our amazing team.

Smith, Victoria, Gil, Rose, Joe, Yolanda, Diane, Pandra, Palestine, Kinet, and Brenda.

They keep this machine moving.

However, we could not do this alone.

We have some amazing partners.

BOA and the production manager, Eric Batoy, facilities and team.

Tony is with us today.

Steve is on vacation.

Also to the sheriff and BOT, Karen and her team.

This year, our budget is 2.7, slightly 275,000 over from last year, which was 2.4.

We run a very lean operation, and we're always happy to serve the board and the related officers.

I want Brandy to read for you a summary of some of the things that we do for the board and for the county.

Brandy.

Good morning, everyone.

The secretary to the board, key responsibilities, staff and oversee all meetings of the Cook County Board and Forest Reserve District of Cook County, prepare and distribute meeting notices, agendas, consent calendars, eradas, and other required items for board and committee sessions, maintain official records, including voting records, minutes, audio video recordings, and meeting transcripts.

Oversee the board's administrative budget and assist commissioners in managing their office budgets.

Serve as liaison with the county clerk's office, the president's office, agency heads, and the public.

Coordinate public hearings, the annual budget meetings, provide research and information in the departments, residents, and stakeholders, act as parliamentary and offense meetings act design when required, maintain the public website, streaming services for board proceedings, draft resolutions, ordinances, and memoranda as needed, and handle certain lobbying functions for the president's office.

The secretary's office works closely with the president of the board, 17 commissioners, committee chairs, and various county agencies.

This includes confidential preparation of agendas, oversight of committee work, and coordination of legislative actions.

The role also involves record keeping, compliance with Illinois public meeting laws, and ensuring that all board actions are properly documented and accessible to the public.

In short, the secretary to the board is both the administrative lead and legislative support hub for the county's governing body, ensuring that the board's business is conducted smoothly, legally, and transparently.

Thank you.

So that's a short summary of all of the things that we do for the board and for the county.

I want to focus now on the increase in our budget line item.

And again, we went from 2.4 million to 2.7.

That's approximately 275,000.

And that is driven by an increase in our software provider, Granicus.

It also includes boardroom enhancements for our new boardroom.

We also purchase a paper for our resolutions and uh consent calendar, and those are called specialty papers.

And we also are participating in the RFP for photography.

Um, those are basically the items that are driving our increase for FY27.

I do want our manager of archives to give us a quick summary of the work that they're doing in the archives department.

Victoria?

Good morning, everybody.

Um,

thank you for the opportunity to provide an update on Cook County Historic Archives and Records Office, better known as Cairo.

Um, over the past several months, Cairo has continued to make progress in preserving, organizing, and increasing our access to Cook County's historical records.

A significant milestone in the is the completion of Iron Mountain's inventory and condition report.

The findings indicate that our archival collections are in critical condition and require immediate intention attention to safeguard these irreplaceable records and artifacts.

With the inventory complete, we are beginning to build a systematic um process um collecting um data to figure out the best way to build a digital archive as well as a uh best way to use kind of like a like a Granicus for the archives.

Um we are also working with Bureau of Asset Management to establish a new home for Cairo, so that's some good news.

Um so we will be moving from the 10th floor and 3M to the fourth floor sometime next year, 2027.

So packing of the 10th floor and 3M will happen beginning of December, and then um we'll transition more into January.

Um we have an exhibition coming up.

We're hosting the Declaration 1776, the Big Bang of Modern Exhibition or Big Bang of Modern Democracy.

Um that will be running through November 30th to January 8th.

Um, this is a public exhibition like the one previous.

We'll begin on the first floor lobby and then move its way to the fifth floor.

Um, like I said, we're developing our digital archive in collaboration with our technology team with the goal of making Cairo's digital materials accessible through the county's government website just to make it easier, seamless, and accessible for everybody.