Office of the City Clerk - Record #: O2014-4227

• Record #: O2014-4227
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• Intro date: 5/28/2014
• Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Transportation and Public Way
• Final action: 6/25/2014
• Title: Honorary street designation as "Officer Nikki Bostic-Jones Way"
• Sponsors: Chandler, Michael D.
• Topic: STREETS - Honorary Designations

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
6/25/2014	84151	City Council	Passed	Pass
6/18/2014		Committee on Transportation and Public Way	Recommended to Pass	Pass
5/28/2014	82716	City Council	Referred

Transportation and Public Way DESIGNATION OF HONORARY STREET NAMING

WHEREAS, the members of the City Council of the City of Chicago were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Correctional Officer Nikki Bostic-Jones on July 18, 2012, at the age of thirty-eight; and

WHEREAS, Officer Bostic-Jones was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver as she was reporting for duty at Cook County Jail; and

WHEREAS, Officer Bostic-Jones had served with the Cook County Sheriffs Office Department of Corrections for 12 years; and

WHEREAS, Officer Bostic-Jones is remembered for her hard work, kindness, thoughtfulness, sense of humor, generosity, and love of her family; and

WHEREAS, Officer Bostic-Jones is survived by her husband and young daughter; NOW THEREFORE

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:

SECTION 1. Pursuant to an ordinance heretofore passed by the City Council, which allows erection of honorary street-name signs, the Commissioner of Transportation shall take all necessary action for the standardization of West 30^th Place from South California Avenue to South California Boulevard as "Officer Nikki Bostic-Jones Way."

SECTION 2. This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and publication.

 

Alderman Michael Chandler, 24ⁿ Ward