File #: 13-2196    Version: 1 Name: Amendment 19: direct $100,000 in funding to youth summer jobs throughout Cook County to be administered by the Cook County Forest Preserve.
Type: Budget Amendment Status: Approved
File created: 11/4/2013 In control: Finance Committee
On agenda: 11/8/2013 Final action: 11/8/2013
Title: PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT Amendment 19: On February 1, 2012 Commissioners Gainer, Collins, Gorman, Murphy and Sims introduced an amendment to the Amusement Tax Ordinance which closed a tax loophole that had been providing outdated tax exceptions for the Lollapollaza Music Festival. Closing this loophole has since generated approximately $700,000 in new revenue for the County. This Budget amendment will direct $100,000 in funding to youth summer jobs throughout Cook County to be administered by the Cook County Forest Preserve.
Sponsors: BRIDGET GAINER, JERRY BUTLER, EARLEAN COLLINS, JOHN P. DALEY, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, ELIZABETH "LIZ" DOODY GORMAN, GREGG GOSLIN, STANLEY MOORE, JOAN PATRICIA MURPHY, EDWIN REYES, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, ROBERT STEELE, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI
Attachments: 1. FY2014 Tentative Amendment 019
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PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT
Amendment 19: On February 1, 2012 Commissioners Gainer, Collins, Gorman, Murphy and Sims introduced an amendment to the Amusement Tax Ordinance which closed a tax loophole that had been providing outdated tax exceptions for the Lollapollaza Music Festival. Closing this loophole has since generated approximately $700,000 in new revenue for the County. This Budget amendment will direct $100,000 in funding to youth summer jobs throughout Cook County to be administered by the Cook County Forest Preserve.
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