Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle speaks before the County Board of Commissioners following its vote to approve the county budget Thursday. [Michael McDevitt/The Daily Line]

The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved the county’s annual budget for 2023 by a unanimous 17-0 vote during a special meeting Thursday. The full board’s approval of the budget came after the spending plan passed the County Finance Committee by the same margin with more than two dozen amendments.