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Cook County Board Finalizes 2023 Budget at $8.8 Billion

11/27/2022

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Cook County Finance Committee and Special Board Meetings
November 17, 2022


The Finance Committee considered and passed 26 amendments to the proposed 2023 Cook County Budget of $8.75 Billion.  The Board then immediately met and voted to approve the budget, as amended.  These amendments increased the total amount by about $73 Million, resulting in the final $8.8 Billion 2023 budget.  (Item 22-5700)  The final budget continued to have no increases in taxes or fees or layoffs, while continuing the supplemental payments to the Pension Fund.

Some of the key amendments which utilized these funds or transferred funds from other line items included
  • The carry-over capital dollars of $11.4 Million for lease of a helicopter for use by the Sheriff’s office.  This sparked some conversation with Commissioners Anaya and Johnson voting no as they stated the dollars could be better spent on social services to prevent crime. (Amend. # 16)
  • Adding 2 social worker positions to the Sheriff’s budget used for the 911 call center so that calls that involved primarily mental health crises could be dealt with by these trained experts.  Several of the public speakers voiced concern about this amendment as not providing sufficient resources and keeping the funding within the Sheriff’s budget to deal with mental health issues.  Another issue was that these positions are initially temporary until a long-term funding source can be identified.  Commissioners Johnson and Lowry voted against passage. (Amend. #17)
  • Additional dollars to the Public Health Fund (Amend. #13)
  • Additional dollars for improvements to the CORE Center (Amend. #11)
  • Additional dollars for CCH to provide services, including housing, for domestic violence victims (Amend. #10)
  • Additional dollars for implementing the SAFE-T Act (Amend. #14)
  • Use of some unallocated ARPA dollars to add 2 FTEs to the Auditor’s budget for contemporaneously auditing the use of ARPA dollars for approved programs. (Amend. #18)
  • Adding 3 more FTEs to the President’s Office and allocating dollars for a tax policy consulting service (Amend #20)
  • Adding a General Counsel/Ethics Officer to the Board of Review (Amend. # 22)

Additionally, the Budget Resolution was amended to allow Cook County Health to use up to 30% of any excess Net Patient Services revenue over budget in 2023 to address increased costs related to direct patient care. (Amend. #26)

The additional dollars for these amendments came primarily from
  • The County’s share of a declaration by the City of Chicago of a surplus in TIF District funds (Amend. #1)
  • Use of additional special purpose fund balances (Amend. #4)
  • Additional grants (Amend. #6)
  • Additional capital dollars from bonds (Amend. #7)
  • Additional estimated dollars from the State (Amend. #8)
  • An opioid settlement (Amend. #12)
  • Transfer of some dollars remaining in a long-discontinued TB Sanitarium District special purpose fund (Amend. #13)
  • Increases in turnover adjustments (that free up dollars that would otherwise be spent on salaries and benefit costs based on the estimate that certain positions would remain vacant for some time periods during the budget year) (Amend. #14)
  • A carryover of dollars from the capital budget in 2022, which is not usually done (Amend. #16)

During the public comment period, several speakers spoke against use of money for leasing the helicopter and adding 2 positions to the 911 call center, and advocated for the need for more funding to create a non-police response to mental health crises. The Civic Federation spoke in favor of the proposed budget, nevertheless noting concerns, including 
  • The need for a unified tax administrative office as shown by the issues involved with the delay of the 2nd installment property tax bills
  • The need for CCH to publicize the pension and debt subsidies being provided by the County
  • The need for more transparency regarding the use of Provident Hospital 
  • Unincorporated areas not paying their fair share of the costs to their services

​League Observer:  Priscilla Mims

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