This table provides an estimate of the total market value of property in Cook County and shows how property value is spread among the City of Chicago, the northern and the southern suburbs. In tax year 2003, the City of Chicago full value…
This issue brief provides a "plain English" description of how GASB 34 has increased transparency in government financial reporting. It is illustrated with examples from the City of Chicago's FY2002 CAFR, as well as State of Illinois and…
The Civic Federation's legislative priorities for 2004 include the Suburban Cook County Tuberculosis Sanitarium District, property tax assessment appeals, Neighborhood Preservation Homeowners' Exemption, public employee pensions, and…
This table provides an estimate of the total market value of property in Cook County and shows how property value is spread among the City of Chicago, the northern and the southern suburbs.
This report provides a 6-year trend analysis of indicators that measure the financial health and performance of 9 major local government pension funds from 1997 to 2002.
The Civic Federation offered qualified support for Cook County Assessor Houlihan's proposal to limit homestead assessment increases to 7% annually. The proposal is contained in Amendment #2 to Senate Bill 1498, and would replace the…
This report presents a macro-level overview of expenditure, revenue, debt and personnel trends of 1,043 governments in Cook, Lake, DuPage, Kane, McHenry, and Will Counties. It includes FY1997 and FY2000 comparative information for…
The Civic Federation opposed the County’s $2.99 billion FY2004 budget because it does not reduce operational expenditures or implement increased efficiencies and It is balanced by means of two new and unnecessary revenue enhancements: an…
The Civic Federation was unable to support this proposal because a lack of both available information and formal legislative language to which we could refer prevented us from fully analyzing the consequences of this property tax exemption.
This report analyzes the Suburban Cook County TB Sanitarium District and finds that this special taxing District is no longer necessary because of comparatively inefficient delivery of services and questionable financial management. The…
