Meeting Name: Finance Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 11/18/2015 1:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Cook County Building, Board Room, 118 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois
Recessed and reconvened meeting on various dates since 10/14/2015 to consider amendments tp the FY2016 Budget and final budget approval
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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Attachments: FY2016 Tentative Amendments.pdf, FY2016 Amendment No. 20-S.pdf, FY2016 Amendment No. 22-S.pdf, FY2016 Amendment No. 24-S.pdf
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15-6633 1 FY2016 Amendment No. 1Budget AmendmentPROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT FY2016 Amendment No. 1 SOURCE OF FUNDING: N/A EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT: Countywide Technical Amendment IMPACT OF AMENDMENT: $0 BUDGETARY UNIT: Various Departments COMMENTS: N/AapprovePass Action details Not available
15-6635 1 FY2016 Amendment No. 2Budget AmendmentPROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT FY2016 Amendment No. 2 SOURCE OF FUNDING: Restricted Grants EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT: Elimination of Grant department 799 and move revenue to Special Purpose Fund Department 586 as a business process improvement. IMPACT OF AMENDMENT: $0 BUDGETARY UNIT: Grants COMMENTS: Transfer of appropriation from 799 to 586: Total amount of revenue to transfer is $2,957,671. Details are attached.approvePass Action details Not available
15-6636 1 FY2016 Amendment No. 3Budget AmendmentPROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT FY2016 Amendment No. 3 SOURCE OF FUNDING: N/A EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT: CCHHS-wide technical amendments IMPACT OF AMENDMENT: $0 BUDGETARY UNIT: Multiple Departments COMMENTS: N/AapprovePass Action details Not available
15-6637 1 FY2016 Amendment No. 4Budget AmendmentPROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT FY2016 Amendment No. 4 SOURCE OF FUNDING: Amusement Tax; Hotel Accommodations Tax; Firearm and Firearm Ammunition Tax EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT: Amendment to decrease the "Amusement Tax" revenue estimate due to withdrawal of expanding the "Amusement Tax" to in-home cable television. The Amendment also creates a "Hotel Accommodations Tax" and amends the "Firearm Tax" ordinance to include "Firearm and Firearm Ammunition Tax." Balances Amendment #1401. IMPACT OF AMENDMENT: ($3,970,000) BUDGETARY UNIT: Revenue Estimates COMMENTS: N/AapprovePass Action details Not available
15-6638 1 FY2016 Amendment No. 5Budget AmendmentPROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT FY2016 Amendment No. 5 SOURCE OF FUNDING: Amusement Tax; Hotel Accommodations Tax; Firearm and Firearm Ammunition Tax EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT: Amendment to offset the withdrawal of expanding the "Amusement Tax" to in-home cable television. Amendment also offsets increases in supplies at the Cook County Health & Hospital System, the restoration of salaries at the Department of Facilities Management, an increase in funding for the Veterans' Assistance Commission, increase in funding at the Office of the State's Attorney toward alternative sentencing programs, and the repayment of an Illinois Emergency Management Agency Grant. Balances Amendment # 1394. IMPACT OF AMENDMENT: $3,970,000 BUDGETARY UNIT: All Departments with Non-Union Personnel Account Salaries 110, Department 499 Account Health Insurance 176, Department 200 Account Salaries 110, Department 452 Account Services for the Indigent 237, Department 499 Account Appropriation Adjustment 814,CCHHS. COMMENTS: The offset accomplished with the delay of Non-Union Cost of Living Adjustments to approvePass Action details Not available
15-6642 1 FY2016 Amendment No. 6Budget AmendmentPROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT FY2016 Amendment No. 6 SOURCE OF FUNDING: N/A EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT: Revise Section-5 of the budget Resolution to Eliminate the 2% COLA Effective 12/1/2015 and Provide a 2% COLA Effective 6/1/2016. IMPACT OF AMENDMENT: $0 BUDGETARY UNIT: Volume I - Resolution; Volume III - Classification & Compensation Schedule. COMMENTS: Amend Resolution and Classification & Compensation Schedule to ELIMINATE 2% COLA effective 12-1-15 and provide a 2% COLA EFFECTIVE 6-1-16. Section 5 of the Resolution providing for the Annual Appropriation for the Fiscal Year 2016 and for the closing of accounts of the County of Cook, Illinois, under the Annual Appropriation Bill for the Fiscal Year 2015 shall be amended as follows: Section 5. That the salaries or rates of compensation of all officers and employees of the County or Agencies when not otherwise provided by law, shall be governed and administered by the compensation plans in force and effective in the Fiscal Year 2016 Appropriation Bill. As referenced in Resolution 15-4619, a 2% cost of living approvePass Action details Not available
15-6650 1 FY2016 Amendment No. 7Budget AmendmentPROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT FY2016 Amendment No. 7 SOURCE OF FUNDING: N/A EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT: Amends the Budget Resolution to allow for hiring positions that have been appropriated if a department has not met its Turnover Adjustment. IMPACT OF AMENDMENT: $0 BUDGETARY UNIT: Resolution COMMENTS: Section 26. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Resolution and Annual Appropriation Bill for Fiscal Year 2016, the maximum amounts available for appropriation to each budgetary unit or groups of budgetary units shall be set at 97% of the Final Adopted Appropriation for personnel and non-personnel accounts. In addition, the Budget and Management Services Director shall establish quarterly allotments of non-personnel funding. The Budget and Management Services Director has the sole discretion and is hereby authorized to release a portion of this holdback or allotment upon request and justification by the Agency. Should an Agency’s request for a release of the holdback be denied by the Budget and Management Services Director, the Agency may request a release directly fapproveFail Action details Not available
15-6651 1 FY2016 Amendment No. 8Budget AmendmentPROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT FY2016 Amendment No. 8 SOURCE OF FUNDING: N/A EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT: Revise Section-9 of the Budget Resolution to allow the newly appointed Superintendent the time and flexibility to address operational needs based upon a thorough assessment of the JTDC. IMPACT OF AMENDMENT: $0 BUDGETARY UNIT: Volume I - Resolution, Section-9 COMMENTS: Section 9. In order to make necessary transfers of $10,000 or less within and between the 100 (excluding the 110 account), 200, 300, 400, 500, 600 and 800 accounts/account series, the Elected Officials, Heads of Departments, Offices, Institutions or Agencies are hereby required to request and receive advance approval from the Director of Budget and Management Services. Upon request and justification from the Agency, the Director of Budget and Management is hereby authorized to review said transfer requests and approve said transfer requests in an amount equal to $10,000 or less within and between accounts without Board approval. A report of such approved transfers shall be made to the Cook County BoapprovePass Action details Not available
15-6656 1 FY2016 Amendment No. 13Budget AmendmentPROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT FY2016 Amendment No. 13 SOURCE OF FUNDING: N/A EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT: Realignment of internal budget IMPACT OF AMENDMENT: $0 BUDGETARY UNIT: 088 - Board of Commissioners, 8th District COMMENTS: N/AapprovePass Action details Not available
15-6657 1 FY2016 Amendment No. 14Budget AmendmentPROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT FY2016 Amendment No. 14 SOURCE OF FUNDING: Turnover Ratio EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT: Reinstates 6 Operating Engineer FTEs in the Department of Facilities Management IMPACT OF AMENDMENT: $0 BUDGETARY UNIT: 200 COMMENTS: N/AapprovePass Action details Not available
15-6659 1 FY2016 Amendment No. 16Budget AmendmentPROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT FY2016 Amendment No. 16 SOURCE OF FUNDING: Existing balances in Court Fees accounts. EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT: Balanced amendment (amendment has no impact on operating funds) to restore the Mortgage Foreclosure Mediation Program to the scaled-back plan value of $2,442,450, representing approximately 60% of the 2015 program budget of $4,058,240. Program budget increases are paid with credits from increased allocation of probation fee collections from probation fee funds to pay probation programming. Revenue will come from increased fee disbursements from the existing balances in the 532 - Adult Probation/Probation Service Fee and 541-Social Service/Probation and Court Services Fee Funds. IMPACT OF AMENDMENT: $0 BUDGETARY UNIT: 310 - Office of the Chief Judge COMMENTS: To increase the reimbursement to Designated Fund (Account 818).approvePass Action details Not available
15-6660 1 FY2016 Amendment No. 17Budget AmendmentPROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT FY2016 Amendment No. 17 SOURCE OF FUNDING: N/A EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT: A balanced omnibus amendment for miscellaneous salaries and impersonal account corrections and adjustments. IMPACT OF AMENDMENT: $0 BUDGETARY UNIT: 310 - Office of the Chief Judge COMMENTS: N/AapprovePass Action details Not available
15-6667 1 FY2016 Amendment No. 20Budget AmendmentPROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT FY2016 Amendment No. 20 SOURCE OF FUNDING: Turnover Adjustment EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT: Restores positions to the Office of the State's Attorney by increasing the Turnover Adjustment ("adjustment). For 2016, the President Recommended that the adjustment would be 3.5%. This amendment would increase the adjustment to 5%. The adjustment was 3% in 2015, 3% in 2014 and 3.5% in 2013. IMPACT OF AMENDMENT: $0 BUDGETARY UNIT: 250 - State's Attorney COMMENTS: N/AapproveFail Action details Not available
15-6668 1 FY2016 Amendment No. 21Budget AmendmentPROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT FY2016 Amendment No. 21 SOURCE OF FUNDING: Restore funding for two positions in the Department of Environmental Control EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT: Fund (1) Stenographer IV position for Asbestos and Demolition and (1) Clerk V position for Commercial. IMPACT OF AMENDMENT: $0 BUDGETARY UNIT: 161 - Environmental Control, 897 - John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County COMMENTS: N/AapproveFail Action details Not available
15-6670 1 FY2016 Amendment No. 22Budget AmendmentPROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT FY2016 Amendment No. 22 SOURCE OF FUNDING: Restore funding of Public Defender Investigators EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT: Fund (3) Investigator I positions for 05 Legal Investigations IMPACT OF AMENDMENT: $0 BUDGETARY UNIT: Department 260 - Public Defender COMMENTS: N/AapproveFail Action details Not available
15-6672 1 FY2016 Amendment No. 24Budget AmendmentPROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT FY2016 Amendment No. 24 SOURCE OF FUNDING: N/A EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENT: Restoring 4 positions in the Department of Facilities Management IMPACT OF AMENDMENT: $0 BUDGETARY UNIT: 200-897 COMMENTS: N/AapprovePass Action details Not available
15-5972 1 Executive Budget Recommendation Message of the President to the Cook County Board of Commissioners and submittal of the Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2016Executive Budget RecommendationEXECUTIVE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION Department: Office of the President Summary: Executive Budget Recommendation Message of the President to the Cook County Board of Commissioners and submittal of the Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2016.recommend for approval as amendedPass Action details Not available