Cook County Board Finance Committee
Departmental Budget Hearings Oct. 24, 2023 Finance Committee meetings with
Budget Overview (Tanya Anthony, Kanako Ishida Musselwhite, Dean Constantinou) Proposed 2024 Expenditures: $9.14 B 2023: $8.79 B Healthcare: $4.37 B 2023: $4.1 B Public Safety: $1.56 B 2023: $1.5 B Finance & Admin. $ 958 M 2023: $ 862 M Capital Projects: $ 756 M 2023: $ 723 M Annuity & Benefits: $ 439 M 2023: $ 513 M Debt Payments: $ 312 M 2023: $ 305 M Economic Development $ 296 M 2023: $ 328 M Fixed Charges & Other: $ 294 M 2023: $ 270 M Property & Taxation: $ 144 M 2023: $ 132 M Following are some key items from this meeting:
Offices under the President (Lanetta Haynes Turner, Chief of Staff) 2024 Total: $2.18 B 2023: $2.10 B The Offices are the Bureaus of Administration, Finance, Human Resources, Technology, Economic Development, and Asset Management; Departments of Administrative Hearings and Human Rights & Ethics; Justice Advisory Council; and Office of the County Auditor Following are some key items from this meeting:
Cook County Health (Israel Rocha, Jr., Pam Cassera) 2024 Total: $4.38 B 2023: $4.12 B Health Enterprise: $4.25 B 2023: $3.99 B Special Purpose: $0.05 B 2023: $0.06 B Restricted (Grants) $0.07 B 2023: $0.06 B 2024 Total FTEs: 7,682 2023: 7,988 Health Enterprise: 7,326 2023: 7,634 Special Purpose: 176 2023: 115 Restricted (Grants) 180 2023: 239 Following are some key items from this meeting:
Office of the Public Administrator (Louis G. Apostol) 2024 Total: $1.72 M 2023: $1.7 M 2024 Total FTEs: 15 2023: 15 Following are some key items from this meeting:
Observer: Susan Gregory
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Cook County Board Finance Committee Budget Hearings
October 25, 2023 - 1pm Cook County Clerk - Karen Yarborough 2024 Request Total: $76,772,474 2023 Approved: $65,849,554 2024 Total FTEs: 349 2023 FTEs: 351 Key Items from the Meeting:
Office of the Independent Inspector General - Interim IIG - Steve Cyronoski 2024 Request Total: $2,456,335 2023 Approved: $2,307,093 2024 Total FTEs: 19 2023 FTEs: 19 Key Items from Meeting:
Assessor - Fritz Kaegi 2024 Request Total: $35,848,794 2023 Approved: $35,000,768 2024 Total FTEs: 296 2023 FTEs: 286 Key points from the meeting:
Chief Judge (CJ) - Tim Evans 2024 Request Total: $343,259,173 2023 Approved: $329,470,661 2024 FTEs: 3,031 2023 FTEs: 3,020.3 Key points from the meeting:
Capital Budget - Tanya Anthony/ Jennifer Killen/ Tom Lynch/ Elizabeth Granato 2024 Proposed Total: $539.1M $238.6M for Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for County facilities $154.3M for Transportation and Highways Program (THP) $146.2M for Capital Equipment Program (CEP) for County departments PowerPoint presented outlining all these programs. Key Point from Questions:Comm. Miller asked Tom Lynch, Bureau of Technology, for clarification on cost and time frame for the various technology projects. He stated the following:
The meeting was recessed at 7:15pm. Very few commissioners still remained in the room. Observer: Cynthia Schilsky 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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