This article discusses the Civic Federation's support for Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle's FY2011 proposed budget, based in part on its moves to reduce the size of its operations. It mentions that the Federation has concerns about the County's pension obligations.
This editorial supports Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle’s move to have the 51 square miles of unincorporated areas of the County incorporated by nearby municipalities. It cites the Civic Federation, which found that consolidation could save $54.7 million a year.
In this article about Chicago’s city worker residency requirements, the Civic Federation says that it has seen no evidence that the residency requirement has deterred workers from moving to Chicago or increased City costs.
Today the Civic Federation released its analysis of Cook County’s FY2011 Executive Budget Recommendation. The Federation supports Cook County’s $3.0 billion proposed budget plan as it reflects a significant effort by the new County administration to usher in an era of significant reform of governmental operations. The Federation commends Board President Preckwinkle and her team for their commitment to adopt a plan to fully roll back the sales tax increase by 2013 as part of the FY2011 budget…
(CHICAGO) The Civic Federation will announce its support for the proposed $3.0 billion FY2011 Cook County budget at a public hearing today. The plan cuts expenditures and employee headcount while committing to a full repeal of the sales tax increase. The full 61-page report is available on the Civic Federation website, www.civicfed.org. “The Civic Federation commends Board President Preckwinkle and her team for starting the long-overdue process of reforming Cook County operations,” said…
The Civic Federation supports Cook County’s $3.0 billion FY2011 Executive Budget Recommendation as it reflects a significant effort to reduce expenditures. The new County administration also appears to be on a path toward significant reform of governmental operations, as recommended by the Civic Federation in the Cook County Modernization report, which can be read here. The Civic Federation believes that the County still faces significant challenges. Although the recommended budget includes…
This report identifies the most significant financial challenges facing the City of Chicago and provides recommendations to the new Mayor of Chicago for ways to improve and stabilize the City’s finances in the short- and long-term. Those challenges include addressing the City’s significant budget deficit expected to be at least $500 million for FY2012, a growing bonded debt load, and crisis-ridden employee pensions. Click here to read the press release for this report. For more information…
The new Mayor of the City of Chicago faces three major fiscal challenges that will require the immediate attention of the new administration, according to a new report released today by the Civic Federation. The daunting difficulties include addressing the City’s significant structural budget deficit, a growing bonded debt load and crisis-ridden employee pensions. The Federation’s report includes both short- and long-term recommendations the new Mayor should implement to close a FY2012 budget…
The staff and President of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County filed a FY2011 proposed budget for review by the District’s governing board on October 6, 2010, almost three months before the start of the new fiscal year on January 1, 2011. Despite the staff’s timely preparation of a budget, the Board declined to review the proposal in October. Instead, a new budget was presented more than three weeks after the start of the new fiscal year on January 26, 2011 in order to reflect the…
This article is about large employee severance packages at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. The Civic Federation says that the District’s severance system was economically illogical and the changes to the program were appropriate.
