Record #: Or2021-194   
Type: Order Status: Failed to Pass
Intro date: 7/21/2021 Current Controlling Legislative Body: Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight
Final action: 5/24/2023
Title: Call for Chicago Office of Inspector General to negotiate and present intergovernmental agreement to provide aid and investigative capacity to Chicago Park District's Inspector General in investigating sexual assault, abuse and harassment among Chicago Park District's lifeguards
Sponsors: Waguespack, Scott, Smith, Michele, Martin, Matthew J.
Topic: CITY DEPARTMENTS/AGENCIES - Chicago Park District, - CITY DEPARTMENTS/AGENCIES - Inspector General
Attachments: 1. Or2021-194.pdf, 2. Or2021-194 (V1).pdf
Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight
July 21, 2021 City Council Meeting

ORDER REGARDING AID TO BE PROVIDED TO THE CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

WHEREAS, media reports have unveiled multiple allegations of sexual assault, abuse, and harassment with the ranks of the Chicago Park District's lifeguards; and

WHEREAS, those reports have alleged that such conduct has been prevalent within the ranks of the Chicago Park District's lifeguards for decades, indicating a systemic issue at the Chicago Park District; and

WHEREAS, the Inspector General of the Chicago Park District has indicated that her office's investigation of those allegations has been hampered by a lack of investigative resources; and

WHEREAS, the Office of the Inspector General of the City of Chicago is a very high functioning investigatory office, as evidenced by its many years of work in uncovering fraud, waste, abuse, and criminality; and

WHEREAS, Section 2-56-030(i) ofthe Municipal Code ofthe City of Chicago allows for the Office of the Inspector General of the City of Chicago to exercise its investigative powers with sister agencies through intergovernmental agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Chicago Park District is a sister agency of the City of Chicago, as provided by Section 1-23-010 of the Municipal Code ofthe City of Chicago;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDERED, that the Office ofthe Inspector General ofthe City of Chicago negotiate and bring before the City Council of the City of Chicago an intergovernmental agreement between it and the Chicago Park District and its Office of the Inspector General; and

BE IT FURTHER ORDERED, that such intergovernmental agreement provide for the Office of the Inspector General of the City of Chicago to provide aid and investigative capacity to the Chicago Park District's Office of the Inspector General in their investigation of sexual assault, abuse, and harassment among the Park District's lifeguards; and

BE IT FURTHER ORDERED, that the...

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