Cost-Cutting Proposals on Tap for MWRD – Part II
Last week the Civic Federation blogged about the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District’s reaction to its estimated $24 million…
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District recently announced that it is facing a $24 million budget deficit for FY2011. After hearing a report of the FY2011…
On June 17, 2010 the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District held a…
Last week the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Board of Commissioners held a public…
All ten Chicago-area local government pension funds analyzed annually by the Civic Federation had negative investment returns in fiscal year 2008 for a total investment…
The total unfunded liabilities of the ten major Chicago-area public pension funds reached $18.5 billion in fiscal year 2008. That is an increase…
As reported in the Civic Federation’s latest report on ten local government pension funds, the most recent audited financial statements of the…
This report analyzes basic financial data on ten major local government employee pension funds in Cook County. It is intended to provide lawmakers, pension trustees, pension fund members and taxpayers with the information they need to…
The redesign of the Civic Federation website in July has provided the public, government officials, and the media better access to the Federation’s analyses of government services in Illinois. The regularly-updated Civic Federation blog…
As noted on page 9 of its FY2010 Tentative Budget, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago will begin to…