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:
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Cook County State’s Attorney (Kimberly Foxx) Proposed 2024 Expenditures: $292.7 M 2023: $195.1 M General Funds: $132.9 M 2023: $127.8 M Special Purpose Funds: $ 26.1 M 2023: $ 23.2 M Restricted (Grants): $ 43.8 M 2023: $ 44.2 M 2024 Total FTEs: 1,441.0 2023: 1,470.0 General Funds: 1,244.2 2023: 1,244.0 Special Purpose Funds: 39.0 2023: 43.0 Restricted (Grants): 157.8 2023: 183.6 Following are some key items from this meeting:
Cook County Board of Review (George A. Cardenas, Samantha Steele, Larry R. Rogers, Jr.) Proposed 2024 Expenditures: $20.1 M 2023: $18.0 M General Funds: $19.6 M 2023: $18.0 M Special Purpose Funds: $ 0.5 M 2023: $ 0 2024 Total FTEs: 163 2023: 157 General Funds: 163 2023: 157 Following are some key items from this meeting:
Cook County Treasurer (Maria Pappas) Proposed 2024 Expenditures: $15.5 M 2023: $13.5 M General Funds: $ 0.7 M 2023: $ 0.7 M Special Purpose Funds: $14.8 M 2023: $12.8 M 2024 Total FTEs: 76.0 2023: 75.5 General Funds: 6.0 2023: 7.0 Special Purpose Funds: 70.0 2023: 68.5 Following are some key items from the meeting:
Chicago Board of Elections (“BOE”) (Charles Holiday, Jr., Executive Director) Proposed 2024 Expenditures: $26.4 M 2023: $ 1.7 M (all Election Fund) 2024 Total FTEs: 4.0 2023: 4.0 Note: The Chicago Board of Elections runs elections in the City of Chicago, while the Cook County Clerk is responsible for elections in suburban Cook County. A portion of the funding for the Board of Elections is paid for by the City of Chicago, including the cost of all but 4 of the employees of the Board. Cook County pays the costs of the 3 Election Board Commissioners and the Executive Director each year. A much greater amount is allocated by Cook County to the Board of Elections during even years to cover a little less than half of the costs of the Primary and General elections. The proposed 2024 budget at the City for the Board is an additional $34.5 M.
Land Bank Authority (Jessica Caffrey) Proposed 2024 Expenditures: $ 7.0 M 2023: $5.4 M Special Purpose Funds: $ 6.3 M 2023: $5.0 M Restricted (Grants) $ 0.7 M 2023: $0.4 M 2024 Total FTEs: 18 2023: 15 Special Purpose Funds: 18 2023: 15 Following are some key items from this meeting:
Veterans Assistance Commission (Agency Head, Maj. Deanna Love, USA, ret.) Proposed 2024 Expenditures: $1.14 M (all General Funds) 2024 Total FTEs: 11.0 This Commission was reorganized as a result of a new state law and related County ordinance, which is why no information for 2023 is provided.
Observer: Priscilla Mims 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 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 Finance Committee – Mid-Year Budget Hearings July 26, 2023 – Cook County Health - Israel Rocha, CEO. 2024 Preliminary Budget: $4,034.9 Billion Revenue Mr. Rocha began by stating that Strategic Plan mission is to compete head on with any health care system in the world. The primary issues discussed during the two-hour hearing were:
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