County leaders are hoping the 2022 budget for the Cook County Forest Preserve District is the last annual appropriation before voters approve a tax hike to shore up the district’s finances. [Facebook/Cook County Forest Preserve District]

Cook County commissioners will get a long-awaited chance on Thursday to grill county finance officials on their still-developing plans to spend the $1 billion on tap from the American Rescue Plan as the county’s annual budget hearings wrap up on Thursday.