12.13.06
The Civic Federation supported the MWRD's FY2007 Budget because it minimizes the burden on taxpayers and implements sound financial planning techniques. Notably, the MWRD has adopted a policy...
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09.18.06
This report examines trends in expenditures, revenues, fund balance, personnel, and long-term debt for 1099 local governments in Cook, Lake, DuPage, Kane, McHenry, and Will counties. It includes...
08.14.06
This report compares property tax rates in selected communities around metropolitan Chicago, and finds that the effective rate for most communities studied fell between 1999 and 2004.
06.12.06
This report provides estimates of the total market value of real property in Cook County from 1995-2004 and shows how property value is spread among the City of Chicago, the northern and the...
05.04.06
The Civic Federation praised the Illinois General Assembly for voting to eliminate the Suburban Cook County Tuberculosis Sanitarium District, and celebrated the end of a 3-year campaign to abolish...
02.27.06
This report provides a trend analysis of indicators that measure the financial health and performance of ten major local government pension funds from 1997 to 2004. It finds a combined $14.4...
02.09.06
This issue brief provides a "plain English" description of how GASB 43 and 45 will require government financial reporting on non-pension post-employment benefits (OPEB). It is illustrated with...