Fresh off her reelection to four more years leading the Cook County Board, President Toni Preckwinkle received unanimous support Thursday for her $8.8 billion budget for 2023.
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle greets City Club attendees at a meeting on Sept. 28, 2022, at Maggiano’s in Chicago.
The budget on Thursday cleared the Finance Committee 17-0, then later the full County Board unanimously approved the fiscal plan by the same margin. It was the last budget vote for Commissioners Peter Silvestri, Deborah Sims, Larry Suffredin, who are all retiring, and Luis Arroyo Jr., who lost his Democratic primary in June.
The county’s workforce is slated to grow by just over 1% compared to last year under the plan. But whether the county will be able to fill those positions remains unclear: Of the more than 23,500 positions budgeted, 4,000 were vacant when Preckwinkle introduced her budget.The county has budgeted for more than 130 positions to help manage spending of its federal COVID relief funds.
Commissioners who voted yes said the equipment would help the county track carjackers, kidnappers and other criminals by air, and to match other large counties that have more and superior air equipment. While the amendment passed, Commissioners Alma Anaya and Brandon Johnson, who is running for Chicago mayor, expressed opposition for the helicopter spending. Anaya and Johnson have repeatedly expressed opposition to increased spending on law enforcement.
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