Community Needs Assessment Shows Housing Affordability and Utility Costs Top Community Concerns1/26/2024 Cook County Board Committee Meetings
January 24, 2024 CEDA (Community and Economic Development Association of Cook County) presented their report of community needs.
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Observer - Karin Hribar
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Cook County Board Finance Committee Departmental Budget Hearings
October 25, 2023 - morning session Clerk Of The Court—Iris Martinez 2024 Total: $135,144,132 2023: $127,821,336 2024 FTEs: 1,429 2023: 1,509 Following are some key items from this meeting:
Secretary To The Board—Lynne Turner 2024 TOTAL: $2,155,000 2023: $2,045,000 2024 FTEs: 12 2023: 12 Following are some key items from this meeting:
Sheriff—Tom Dart 2024 Total: $708,458,429 2023: $674,966,716 2024 FTEs: 5,744 (a decrease) 2023: 5,839 Following are some key items from this meeting:
Karin Hribar, Observer Cook County Board of Commissioners Finance Committee Budget Hearing
October 24, 2023 Cook County Public Defender (Sharone R. Michell, Jr.) 2024 Total: $102.3 M 2023: $96.6 M General Funds: $ 86.0 M 2023: $81.8 M Special Purpose: $ 15.7 M 2023: $13.5 M Restricted (Grants): $ 0.6 M 2023: $ 1.3 M 2024 Total FTEs: 831 2023: 810 General Funds: 823 2023: 791 Special Purpose: 5 2023: 6 Restricted (Grants) 3 2023: 13 Following are some key items from this meeting:
Observer: Priscilla Mims Cook County Board Of Commissioners
Health & Hospitals Committee Meeting October 17, 2023 The Public Health Department: presented both a verbal and written 3rd Quarter Report which is also being presented to the Cook County Health Board on Friday, October 27, 2023 and will be available to the public after the meeting.
The Joint Finance and CCH Health Meeting to discuss the use of contract staff rather than permanent hires was called to order and after 4-5 public speakers [union employees] was recessed at 4:45 p.m. with a reconvened date and time to be announced. Observer: Diane Edmundson Cook County Board of Directors Committee Meetings
October 17, 2023 Business & Economic Development Committee The entire meeting was used to present item # 23-3872 - Ordinance Creating Assessment Classification for Industrial or Commercial Community Solar Energy System Installations Goals:
Commissioner Degnan stated that "this is a great example of getting [bureaucracy] out of the way" for private business to contribute to the public good. The meeting was then recessed until Thursday, October 19, 2023 to work on a substitute amendment to the originally introduced ordinance. On Thursday morning, the committee voted unanimously to adopt the substitute and then adopted the ordinance to be presented to the board for approval. Technology Committee
Observer: Diane Edmundson Committee Meetings for Cook County Board of Commissioners October 18, 2023 Finance Committee:
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