Cook County Fiscal Strength Presentation
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FY 2022 County Expenditures (Cont'd)
Full Time Equivalents ("FTES"): FY recommended
2022 budgeted FTE count is up 7.5% from 20211 to help
modernize and reshape the County effectively
24,000
County Budgeted Full Time Employees¹
23,500
23,000
22,500
Collective Bargaining: The County has 64 collective
bargaining agreements that represent roughly 17,500
County employees (80% of total workforce) 1
22,000
21,500
21,000
20,500
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Current collective bargaining agreements cover
2018-2020 period
20,000
וויוייו
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
County is currently in the process of negotiated successor agreements, until which time the provisions in the
expiring agreements will remain in effect. The County Board has approved 22 Collective Bargaining Agreements
and has tentative agreements with four bargaining units, representing 10,977 employees (62.7% of total workforce)
Jail Population: Reduction in pre-trial detention population remains a primary policy objective²
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As of October 2021, the resident detainee population averaged approximately 5,754.
Starting in FY 2017, the County began the process of closing and demolishing three divisions of the county jail;
Division III and XVII were demolished in Spring 2017. Division I was demolished in 2021 and Division IA is
scheduled for demolition in early 2022.
Bill Backlog: A backlog of payments from the State to the County continue to accrue; payments are related to pass-
through funds from the federal government and other reimbursements from the State
Through August 31, 2021 the County is owed $128.7 million from the State³
Source: Cook County Appropriation Bills. See also pgs. 14-15 of the Preliminary Official Statement dated November 5, 2021.
See p. 11 of the Preliminary Official Statement dated November 5, 2021.
See p. 15 of the Preliminary Official Statement dated November 5, 2021.
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