Preckwinkle Releases FY 2016 Preliminary Budget Forecast; Cautions Difficult...
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today released the preliminary forecast for the County’s Fiscal 2016 budget, cautioning that difficult financial choices will face County decision-makers as...
View ArticleFinance Committee, County Board to Consider Proposal to Fund Pension Fund,...
The Finance Committee of the Cook County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing and committee meeting on Board President Toni’s Preckwinkle’s proposal to increase the County’s share of the...
View ArticlePreckwinkle Presents FY 2016 Executive Budget Recommendation
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle today presented her Executive Budget Recommendation for the Fiscal Year 2016 budget to the Cook County Board of Commissioners. The proposed budget...
View ArticleModest Hotel/Motel Tax Would Support Critical Public Safety Functions While...
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said today she will propose a 1% tax on hotels and motels in the County to provide revenue critically needed to close a gap in the County’s FY 2016 budget...
View ArticlePresident Preckwinkle: FY 16 County Budget is ‘Reasonable, Responsible’
The Cook County Board of Commissioners today approved the FY 16 budget, a comprehensive plan to increase efficiency, cut the County’s tax-supported expenditures by almost $112 million and address...
View ArticleStatement by Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Passage of the...
Today, with the support of the Board of Commissioners, we successfully culminated months of work with passage of the FY 16 budget. I want to thank Chairman Daley and the commissioners who stood with us...
View ArticleStatement on Fitch Ratings’ Positive Commentary Regarding Cook County Budget
We appreciate that Fitch Ratings recognizes our efforts to help address the solvency of the Cook County Pension Fund. Raising the sales tax rate by 1 percent was a difficult but critically important...
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