Second-installment 2020 tax bills are on track to be sent to property owners in early August.

Second-installment property taxes are on pace to be sent to Cook County property owners about a month behind schedule this year, county officials confirmed. And county Assessor Fritz Kaegi’s late start on reassessments this year could be putting the county on pace for an even later tax collection next year, prompting fears that the county’s tax offices could skid back into an old cycle of temporary budget holes for municipalities and school districts that rely on prompt tax revenues.