Cook County Independent Inspector General Patrick Blanchard and county Board of Review commissioners Larry Rogers and Michael Cabonargi during a meeting of the Board of Commissioners’ Finance Subcommittee on Litigation on Tuesday

Leaders of the Cook County Board of Review have one month to produce a point-by-point response to a watchdog’s finding of clout-based hiring in their office, county commissioners declared on Tuesday.

Commissioners voted unanimously to approve the order at the end of an hour-plus meeting of the county Board of Commissioners’ Finance Subcommittee on Litigation, which met Tuesday in an attempt to unlock a months-long stalemate between the Board of Review and county Independent Inspector General Patrick Blanchard over the board’s hiring policies.