The office investigates waste, fraud and abuse across county government, including at the Forest Preserves and Metropolitan Water Reclamation District.
The Cook County flag hangs outside Chicago City Hall and the Cook County Building on Sept. 24, 2022. It looks like Cook County’s lead government watchdog agency will get a permanent boss for the first time since the fall of 2022.
Paxton’s nomination will head to the Cook County Board’s Legislation and Intergovernmental Relations Committee. If approved by the committee and the full Cook County Board, his six-year term would begin in June. Paxton has worked at the office since 2010. He is currently deputy inspector general of the Compliance & Program Review Division, where he conducts investigations, program reviews and surveys.
The final pick was held up, at least in part, because the original ordinance mandated two commissioners from each political party serve on the selection committee. The county board only has one Republican, so commissioners had to tweak the rules last summer.
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