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NOV 09, 2020
Aldermen are scheduled during their penultimate day of budget hearings on Monday to grill leaders of the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities as well as the city’s Commission on Animal Care and Control, Department of Administrative Hearings and Department of Family and Support Services.
Department of Family and Support Services Comm. Lisa Morrison Butler prepares to participate in the department’s annual Point-In-Time Homeless Count in January 2020. [Facebook] -
NOV 09, 2020
Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough addresses commissioners during a budget hearing on Friday
Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough on Friday promised a smooth takeover of the county’s Recorder of Deeds office and attempted to relieve scores of recorder’s office employees who fear they’ll be out of a job next month. -
NOV 09, 2020
Department of Streets and Sanitation Comm. John Tully, along with the department’s deputy commissioners, addressed aldermen on Friday.
City officials on Friday suggested implementing a city composting program as a potential solution to address the city’s paltry recycling rate, which continues to hover near 9 percent. -
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart addressed commissioners during budget hearings on Thursday.
A plan to take a 4 percent bite out of Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart’s budget is “workable for this year only,” but the county’s largest law enforcement office will likely need to speed up hiring once the worst of the pandemic is over, Dart told county commissioners during a budget hearing on Thursday. -
NOV 06, 2020
State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough
Days after battling her way to a second term as Cook County’s top prosecutor, State’s Attorney Kim Foxx is set to kick off the last full day of county budget hearings by answering to commissioners about why her office’s budget is set to grow next year as other court-related offices shrink. -
NOV 06, 2020
John Tully, commissioner of the city’s Department of Streets and Sanitation, on Friday is expected to provide details on the department’s proposed 2021 budget.
Aldermen are scheduled Friday to finish their second full week of budget hearings by probing the budgets of the city’s Department of Streets and Sanitation and Department of Public Health. -
NOV 06, 2020
Mark Kelly, Commissioner of the city’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events on Thursday detailed the department’s proposed 2021 budget.
Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Comm. Mark Kelly on Thursday answered questions on his department’s proposed budget, which he said does not include funding for the Taste of Chicago or the Air and Water Show in 2021 due “to the realities of a pandemic budget.” The cancelations are expected to save the city $9 million. -
NOV 05, 2020
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart is scheduled to answer questions during a budget hearing scheduled to review his office on Thursday.
Cook County Commissioners are scheduled Thursday to grill leaders of two county offices in line for major budget rollbacks next year, with potentially long-lasting ramifications for the county’s jail and courts systems. -
NOV 05, 2020
Mark Kelly, commissioner of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, is expected to detail the department’s budget to aldermen on Thursday.
City Council budget hearings will continue Thursday after marathon hearings Wednesday that lasted more than ten hours. Thursday’s budget hearings will consider the proposed budgets of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Department of Buildings, Department of Procurement Services and the Office of Public Safety Administration. -
NOV 05, 2020
Plunged into a pandemic and facing potential devastation if the Affordable Care Act is overturned, the multibillion-dollar Cook County Health system is in a starkly different situation than it was during last year’s budgeting process. But the most pressing long-term crisis facing the system is the same: the mounting cost of charity care.
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NOV 05, 2020
Maurice Cox, commissioner of the Department of Planning and Development, and First Deputy Commissioner Eleanor Gorski on Wednesday addressed aldermen regarding the department’s proposed 2021 budget.
Aldermen on Wednesday alternated taking jabs at Chicago Department of Planning and Development Comm. Maurice Cox for what they called a lack of communication with the elected officials and their ward offices. -
NOV 04, 2020
Staffers lined up outside Provident Hospital, one of two hospitals operated by the $3.4 billion Cook County Health system.
The Cook County Board of Commissioners is scheduled to spend the greater part of its second full day of hearings on the 2021 budget by digging into the $3.4 billion spending plan for Cook County Health, the sprawling system that manages the county’s two public hospitals and administers its Medicaid insurance program. -
NOV 04, 2020
After taking a day off for the election, City Council budget hearings resume Wednesday morning as aldermen are set to hear from the Department of Planning and Development, Department of Housing and the Department of Assets, Information and Services.
Department of Planning and Development Comm. Maurice Cox speaks to aldermen in February. [The Daily Line/Heather Cherone] -
NOV 04, 2020
Gov. JB Pritzker warned Tuesday afternoon the outcome of the graduated income tax proposal and other races could remain undecided for several days.
With thousands of votes still unreported, Gov. JB Pritzker’s proposed graduated income tax amendment appeared to face an uphill battle late Tuesday evening. -
NOV 04, 2020
State’s Attorney Kim Foxx declares victory in a speech Tuesday night
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx fended off a challenge from Republican challenger Pat O’Brien in a bitter and expensive race by dominating among Chicago voters as suburban Cook County favored her opponent.
