https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=4699595&GUID=E773BDAF-8E60-4EBB-927C-BD13EA9E3156Legistar15https://cook-county.legistar.com/Gateway.aspx?M=LD&From=RSS&ID=4699595&GUID=E773BDAF-8E60-4EBB-927C-BD13EA9E3156E773BDAF-8E60-4EBB-927C-BD13EA9E3156-2020-12-18-22-47-35Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION REQUESTING PRESENTATIONS FROM THE COOK COUNTY TREASURER AND COOK COUNTY ASSESSOR TO DISCUSS THE IMPACT OF INCREASED PROPERTY TAXES ON CONSTITUENTS WHEREAS, property taxation in Cook County is a complex system that involves numerous stakeholders and factors; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Treasurer is tasked with overseeing the second-largest property tax collection and distribution system in the United States collecting approximately $15.6 billion each year in taxes and distributing the funds to over 2,000 local government agencies with tax collection jurisdiction; and WHEREAS, the Cook County Assessor is tasked with establishing fair and accurate property assessments and conducts a reassessment of one-third of Cook County each year; and WHEREAS, in October 2020 Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas released an analysis of real property taxation in Cook County spanning a twenty-year time period titled “The Pappas Study”; and WHEREAS, the report findings include a substantial increase in property taxes of up to 87% in Suburban Cook County and 115Fri, 18 Dec 2020 22:47:35 GMT