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
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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 Cook County Board Finance Committee
Mid-year Budget Meetings on July 26, 2023 with Assessor, Public Defender, State’s Attorney, Clerk of the Court, Treasurer, and Secretary to the Board Assessor - Fritz Kaegi
State’s Attorney- Kimberly Foxx
Clerk of the Court - Iris Martinez
Treasurer - Maria Pappas
Secretary to the Board - Lynne Turner
Observer: - Priscilla Mims Cook County Board of Commissioners (CCBC) Meeting
February 9, 2023 Board Action:
Of Interest:
Observer - Carolyn Cosention Cook County Board of Commissioners (CCBC) Committee Meetings
Feb. 7-8, 2023 Finance Committee
Environment and Sustainability Committee
Technology and Innovation Committee
Carolyn Cosentino, Observer Cook County Board Committee Meetings
Jan. 24, 25, & 26, 2023 In several of the meetings of the Cook County Board Committees, Commissioners raised the need for more data and identifying up front what the goals and measures should be for determining whether particular programs were worth the expenditures. For example:
Other Items of Note:
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