2020
Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois Annual Appropriation Ordinance
Honorable Toni Preckwinkle, President Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners
For the programs and services of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County as submitted to the Finance Committee of the Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners
fpdcc.com 2020 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois Annual Appropriation Ordinance
Honorable Toni Preckwinkle,2020 President Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners
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Board of Forest Preserve District Commissioners Alma E. Anaya Donna Miller
Luis Arroyo, Jr. Stanley Moore Scott R. Britton Kevin B. Morrison John P. Daley Sean M. Morrison Dennis Deer Peter N. Silvestri
Bridget Degnen Deborah Sims Bridget Gainer Larry Suffredin Brandon Johnson Jeffrey R. Tobolski Bill Lowry
Arnold Randall General Superintendent
Stephen Hughes Chief Financial Officer
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ...... 1
Our Mission Statement ...... 1
The Forest Preserve District of Cook County Organizational Chart ...... 2
Accounting & Budgetary Practices ...... 3
The Budget Development Process ...... 4
FY 2020 Proposed Budget Calendar ...... 5
Reader’s Guide ...... 6
Forest Preserves of Cook County Profile ...... 7
Forest Preserves of Cook County Map ...... 8
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY & EXECUTIVE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION ...... 9
Executive Summary ...... 10 Forest Preserve District Of Cook County, Illinois
Annual Appropriation Ordinance ...... 14
Attachment A ...... 16
Attachment B - Corporate Fund Balance Policy ...... 17
Position Summary ...... 18
CORPORATE FUND ...... 19
Estimated Revenues and Available Sources ...... 19
Budgeted Expenditures and Other Uses ...... 20
Office of the General Superintendent ...... 21
Finance & Administration ...... 27
Human Resources ...... 35
Resource Management ...... 41
Conservation & Experiential Programming ...... 49
Permits, Rentals And Concessions ...... 55
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Landscape Maintenance ...... 61
Facilities & Fleet Maintenance ...... 67
Legal ...... 75
Law Enforcement ...... 81
Planning & Development ...... 87
District Wide Services ...... 93
CAPITAL AND RELATED FUNDING SOURCES ...... 97
Construction & Development Fund ...... 98
Capital Improvement Fund ...... 99
Real Estate Acquisition Fund ...... 100
Resident Watchmen Fund ...... 101
Bond & Interest Fund ...... 102
FIDUCIARY, AGENCY AND COMPONENT UNIT FUNDS ...... 103
Employee Annuity And Benefit Fund ...... 104
Self-Insurance Fund ...... 105
Chicago Zoological Society Fund ...... 106
Chicago Horticultural Fund ...... 107
Chicago Zoological Society & Brookfield Zoo ...... 108
Chicago Botanic Garden ...... 121
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION ...... 135
Chart of Accounts ...... 136
Budgetary Accounts ...... 136
Glossary ...... 144
Revenue Glossary ...... 146
Major Funds Glossary ...... 148
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Supplementary Schedules...... 149
Schedule 1 – Non-Union Salary Schedule ...... 149
Schedule 2 – Teamsters Local 700 Salary Schedule ...... 150
Schedule 3 – Police Salary Schedule ...... 151
Schedule 4 – “X” Grade Salary Schedule ...... 152
Schedule 5 – Non-Union Hourly Rate Schedule ...... 152.
Schedule 6 – Tax Rates for Real Property ...... 153
Schedule 7 – Property Tax Rates Comparison – City of Chicago ...... 154.
Schedule 8 – Property Tax Rates Comparison – Suburban Snapshot ...... 154
Schedule 9 – Property Tax Distribution Net of Uncollectible / Refunds ...... 157.
Schedule 10 – Total Operating and Debt Service ...... 158
Schedule 11 – Annual Appropriation Comparative Summary ...... 159.
Schedule 12 – Staffing History ...... 160
Schedule 13 – Property Tax Levy Summary from 2012 - 2019 ...... 161
Schedule 14 – Property Tax Levies and Collections ...... 162
Schedule 15 – Direct and Overlapping Governmental Activities Debt ...... 163
Schedule 16 – Legal Debt Margin Information ...... 164
Schedule 17 – Picnic Permit Fee Schedule ...... 165
Schedule 18 – Pool Fees and Other License and Permits ...... 168
Schedule 19 – Pavilions and Facilities Fee Schedule ...... 169
Schedule 20 – Golf Fee Schedule ...... 170
Schedule 21 – Campground Fee Schedule ...... 171
Schedule 22 – Bicycle Fee Schedule ...... 173
Schedule 23 – Boat Fee Schedule ...... 173
Schedule 24 – Aerial Adventure Course Fee Schedule ...... 174
Schedule 25 – Stable Fees ...... 174
Schedule 26 – Special Access/Construction Permit Fees ...... 175
Photography Credits...... 176
iv FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS Our Mission Statement Mission Our 2020
Our Mission Statement
To acquire, restore and manage lands for the purpose of protecting and preserving public open space with its natural wonders, significant prairies, forests, wetlands, rivers, streams, and other landscapes with all of its associated wildlife, in a natural state for the education, pleasure and recreation of the public now and in the future.
FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS 1 2020 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE The Forest Preserve District of Cook County Organizational Chart
The Forest Preserve District of Cook County Organizational Chart
Residents of Cook County
President & Board of Commissioners
General Superintendent
Compliance Legal Department
Deputy Superintendent
Office of Finance Conservation Permits, Facilities Planning Human Resource Landscape Law General & & Experiential Rentals & & Fleet & Resources Management Maintenance Enforcement Superintendent Administration Programming Concessions Maintenance Development
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Accounting & Budgetary Practices
The accounts of the District are organized on a basis of funds The District’s budget is developed in accordance with and an account group to present the financial position and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) as applied results of operations of each fund . The accounting system of to government units . With respect to government-wide funds, the District is also designed to provide budgetary control over expendable trust funds and agency funds, the District follows the revenues and expenditures of each fund . The accounting the modified accrual basis of accounting in which revenues are principles of the District conform to accounting principles recognized when they become both measurable and available generally accepted in the United States of America as appli- as net current assets . Available means collectible within cable to governmental units or, in the case of the discretely the current period or 60 days thereafter to pay liabilities of presented component units, the Chicago Horticultural Society the current period . Taxpayer assessed taxes, gross receipts (“Chicago Botanic Garden”) and Chicago Zoological Society and personal property replacement taxes are considered (“Brookfield Zoo”), as applicable to not-for-profits. The accepted “measurable” when they are in the hands of intermediary standard-setting body for establishing governmental account- collecting governments and are recognized as revenue at ing and financial reporting principles is the Governmental that time . Anticipated refunds of such taxes are recorded as Accounting Standards Board (GASB) and for establishing liabilities and reductions of revenue when they are measurable not- for-profit accounting and financial reporting principles is and their validity seems certain . Revenues considered to be the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) . susceptible to accrual are: real estate taxes, personal property replacement taxes, land sale proceeds, concession receivables and interest receivables .
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The Budget Development Process
The Forest Preserve District of Cook County Board of The Board must hold at least one public hearing on the budget Commissioners must adopt the annual operating budget prior to legally enacting it through the passage of the Annual before or within sixty (60) days after the commencement Appropriation Ordinance . of any fiscal year, which begins January 1. The Annual Appropriation Ordinance includes proposed expenditures The Chief Financial Officer is authorized to transfer budgeted and the means of financing them. amounts between various line items within any fund . The Board must approve any revisions increasing the total expenditures The budget development process begins with each of any fund. The budget information referenced in the financial department submitting a detailed request for appropriations statements includes adjustments, if any, made during the year . to the Comptroller . These requests are reviewed with the Chief Financial Officer and General Superintendent. Further The level of control where expenditures may not exceed the review occurs during meetings among the President, General budget is the fund level of activity . With the exception of Superintendent and Finance Committee of the Board . unspent Capital Improvement, Construction and Development and Bond Funds, budgeted amounts lapse at year-end and are The President’s Appropriation Ordinance recommendations not carried forward to succeeding years . State statute permits are then submitted to the Board and referred to the Finance the Capital Improvement Fund to remain open for five years. Committee . The Finance Committee holds public hearings Unspent budgeted amounts for the Capital Improvement Fund throughout the County . The Finance Committee may offer are carried forward for four (4) succeeding years until the fund amendments to the President’s recommendations before is closed . submitting the Appropriation Ordinance to the Board for final approval. A comparison of actual results of operations to the budget can be found in the District’s Comprehensive Annual Financial The budget is available for public review for at least ten (10) Report under the section entitled “Required Supplementary days prior to the Board’s passage of the Annual Appropriation Information ”. Ordinance .
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FY 2020 Budget Calendar
Budget Kickoff FPCC department heads and their deputies all gather together to learn about BUDGET EVENTS expectations for the upcoming budget year, along with sharing departmental accomplishments, goals, and challenges .
§ July 26 Department Requests Submission Budget Kickoff FPCC departments submit personnel, non-personnel, and other funds (if applicable) requests for FY 2020 . § August 12 Department Requests Department Hearings Submission Departments are given the opportunity to further elaborate upon their requests with the General Superintendent, Deputy Superintendent, Chief Financial Officer, Comptroller and the rest of the Budget Team . § August 19-30 Department Hearings
Budget Introduction § October 22 The President of the Board of Commissioners introduces the recommended Budget Introduction FY 2020 Budget . § October 30 Public Hearing Public Hearings These ensue two times before there is a vote on the Annual Appropriation Ordinance . § At the hearings, the public can voice concerns and/or support for funding initiatives November 4 outlined in recommended appropriation for FY 2020 . Public Hearing
§ November 19 Vote on Annual Appropriation Ordinance Vote on Annual During the FPDCC President and Board of Commissioners’ meeting, a vote takes place Appropriation on whether or not to approve the Annual Appropriation Ordinance as amended (if Ordinance applicable) .
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Reader’s Guide
This section is designed to introduce and explain the contents § Fiduciary, Agency and Component Unit Funds This section of the FY 2020 Annual Appropriation in the order of appear- summarizes appropriations for the Employee Annuity and ance in this document . Benefit Fund, the Self-Insurance Fund, the Zoological Fund and the Botanic Garden Fund . § District Profile, Map and Organization Chart This section examines the history of the District, its management and § Budgetary Chart of Accounts This section identifies and governance; the District map delineates the District by explains the numbered account system under which all region; and the organization chart depicts the composition appropriations are represented including salaries and of the District . wages, professional contractual services, materials and supplies, utilities, self-insurance and employee benefits, § Annual Appropriation Ordinance This section contains the equipment and fixtures, building and construction, and annual appropriation ordinance and corresponding other expenses . attachments . § Glossary This section defines budgetary terminology. § Executive Summary This section provides an overview of the FY 2020 Budget . It addresses the current priorities § Funds and Accounting Practices This section explains each of the District; resources to be allocated to achieve these budgetary fund and accounting practices of the District . goals; sources of funding; descriptions, charts, graphs and productivity analysis related to staffing, tax levy and § Position Classification and Compensation Schedule This section distribution; and the budgetary process . describes District personnel practices and classification of positions and compensation . It includes position grading § Corporate Fund Summary These pages list estimated 2020 and step increases for full-time employees based on time tax and non-tax Corporate Fund revenues; budgeted of service, salary schedules of hourly employees, and expenditures by department and other uses; position salary schedules for law enforcement personnel . summary and salaries by department . § Fee Schedule This section delineates fee categories for § Corporate Fund Appropriations by Department This section public usage of District facilities including picnics, pools, details each department by its duties and composition, snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, camping, horse and prior year’s accomplishments, 2020 goals, organization dog licensing, pavilion rentals, special usage fees (permits chart, positions and salaries, and non-personnel services . for special events and special use categories) and the golf fee schedule . § Capital and Related Funding Sources This section contains a description of and data related to the Capital Improvement § Revenue Glossary This section identifies and explains Fund, Construction and Development Fund, Real Estate revenue that is received by the District for various services Acquisition Fund, Bond and Interest Fund and Monetary rendered . Awards (grants received) .
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Profile: Forest Preserves of Cook County
The Forest Preserves of Cook County, with nearly 70,000 In February 1915, the Board of Forest Preserve Commissioners acres, is a regional treasure and a critical resource for held its first meeting, and the Forest Preserves acquired its Cook County. The preserves help control floods in our first piece of property in 1916—500 acres in what is now neighborhoods, clean our water and air, provide an escape into known as the Deer Grove Forest Preserve . nature, and improve the health and quality of life of millions of people . Healthy preserves also help attract business and While the District has experienced many changes over the investment in the region . decades, three central tenets were established more than 100 years ago which continue to guide our work today: The Forest Preserves of Cook County provides an escape into a world teeming with wildlife and rich with outdoor Preservation: The Forest Preserves acquire, restore and manage recreation and environmental education opportunities . Within land to preserve public open space and the habitats that its boundaries are rare habitats that offer plant and animal wildlife and plants need to thrive . diversity on par with the rainforests of the world . Thanks to Education: The Forest Preserves provide environmental dedicated restoration and conservation efforts, native plants education programming for all ages, with a particular focus on and wildlife—including North American river otters, blue offering information and experiences that will inspire the next spotted salamanders, native orchids, and birds such as bald generation to take responsibility for protecting the land, plants eagles and bobolinks—continue to return to or flourish on and wildlife of our region . our lands . Recreation: Not only are the Forest Preserves close to home, Each year, the Forest Preserves receives an estimated 62 but they are also fun and affordable, offering accessible million visits, as people use these lands and facilities to enjoy recreation opportunities to all residents of Cook County . nature, bicycle, hike, fish, cross-country ski, picnic, canoe, or simply relax . Facilities located in the preserves include nature The Forest Preserve District is a separate body and political centers, boat rentals, equestrian stables, golf courses and subdivision of the State of Illinois . The Forest Preserves has driving ranges, and aquatic centers . Among the treasures independent taxing powers and its boundaries are the same of the Forest Preserves of Cook County are the Brookfield as those of Cook County . It is governed by a President elected Zoo and the Chicago Botanic Garden, two world-class by voters across Cook County, and a Board of Commissioners institutions located on FPCC land and supported by funding elected by Cook County voters from 17 districts within the of the Forest Preserves . county . The President and Commissioners are elected for four-year terms . The President and Commissioners also serve More than 100 years ago, as our young metropolis was quickly on the Cook County Board in the same capacities . expanding, civic leaders in Chicago had the wisdom and foresight to protect natural lands . The founders of our Forest The Forest Preserves of Cook County is administered by a Preserves predicted the explosive population growth and General Superintendent and Department Heads from each anticipated the wave of urban development that would sprawl of ten departments: Finance and Administration; Human far beyond the city limits of Chicago into the open prairie, Resources; Resource Management; Conservation and forest, wetland and farm field. Experiential Programming; Permits, Rentals and Concessions; Landscape Maintenance; Fleet and Facilities Maintenance; They dreamed of a region that preserved its natural character Legal; Law Enforcement; and Planning and Development . and sense of place, where city and suburb flowed together The Office of the General Superintendent serves as an along vast expanses of open land traversing Cook County . 11th Department .
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Forest Preserves of Cook County Map
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Introduction
The Forest Preserves of Cook County has reached a critical At the same time, however, the Forest Preserves has not had inflection point in its more than 100-year history. The proposed the resources necessary to meet long-term needs that no FY 2020 budget reflects a status-quo of insufficient funding longer can be only partially addressed . If the Forest Preserves that cannot continue beyond this year . To be on a sustainable does not increase its payments towards pensions, the fund will fiscal path, the Forest Preserves must move in one direction or be depleted by 2040 . The District has a moral and ethical duty another: Either scale up to provide the resources and amenities to meet its pension obligations . The average pension payment that thoroughly support preservation of natural open land for to a Forest Preserves retiree is $30,566 per year, and most future generations, protection of our land, water and air, and of these retirees do not receive Social Security . The District opportunities to connect residents to nature—or cut back Forest currently contributes a little more than $4 million each year to Preserves services and programs, as well as its capacity to pensions, meeting its legally required pension payment . But protect the habitats and wildlife in its care . to adequately fund pension obligations, an additional $9 .2 million per year over the next 30 years is needed to eliminate In 2014, the Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners an existing deficit. adopted the Next Century Conservation Plan (NCCP), a bold set of actions to be implemented over the next 25 The Forest Preserves also has an extensive backlog of capital years to further cement Cook County’s role as a national needs, including deferred maintenance on older facilities leader in urban conservation . Created by a commission and and its expansive network of parking lots and roadways advisors representing corporate, government and nonprofit throughout the county . The estimate for basic capital needs organizations, the NCCP lays out a blueprint to restore such as repairs to trails, cabins, picnic shelters and comfort protected lands to ecological health, to acquire and protect stations stands today at $90 million, including more than $35 more land, and to make the preserves more accessible to the million for urgent needs such as roof replacements, parking lot diverse people of Cook County . repairs, boiler replacements and other immediate maintenance that if left untended will create much more expensive problems In the ensuing five years, the Forest Preserves and its many in the near future . Furthermore, FPCC’s two key partners, the partners and volunteers have made steadfast progress Brookfield Zoo and the Chicago Botanic Garden, each have towards the NCCP’s goals, building on advances instituted their own critical capital needs . since the start of the current administration of the Forest The arrow for the Forest Preserves is pointing up . With Preserve District of Cook County in 2010 . Today 13,000 expanded and deeper partnerships in communities and in the acres of land are in restoration or active maintenance . The conservation field, more efficient and transparent operations, Conservation Corps has expanded, and new initiatives are and better management of its natural lands, the Preserves adding educational and outdoor recreation experiences, is a government agency that has transformed itself and what with an emphasis on reaching out to communities in the it offers the residents of Cook County . The work is far from City of Chicago and southern and western segments of the complete, but staff, partners, volunteers and advocates have county where residents have traditionally been less likely to the blueprint and the momentum to continue on this rising visit the preserves . As important, the District has improved trajectory . Accomplishments to date within the constraints of accountability and incorporated best practices to ensure a relatively limited budget show that the Forest Preserves has existing resources are being used efficiently and effectively. the vision and capacity to ably invest increased resources in a manner that will benefit the residents, natural world, human health, and long-term quality of life of Cook County .
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Executive Summary
The proposed 2020 budget for the Forest Preserves of Cook Support for the Brookfield Zoo and the Chicago Botanic Garden. County largely retains the status quo of the budget from The proposed FPCC 2020 budget of just over $124 .6 million last year, and from years before . It does not provide the includes $23 .3 million to continue to fund our world-class additional resources that will make significant and full progress institutional partners. In 2019, the Brookfield Zoo is budgeted toward the vision of the Next Century Conservation Plan or for $14 .4 million in FPCC support, and the Chicago Botanic address the pension shortfall or deferred maintenance needs Garden at $8 .9 million, both the same level as last year . of the Forest Preserves . Staff Levels. The FY 2020 budget assumes no layoffs . The The Forest Preserves of Cook County total budget request for all number of full-time equivalent positions is planned to be funds for FY 2020 is $124,651,512, an increase of 3 .8% over 633 .8, an increase of 3 .9 FTEs over last year and 40 .2 fewer FY 2019 . Revenues to support this budget include property than in 2016. The filling of vacant positions will be closely taxes totaling $96 .8 million, non-tax revenues totaling $9 .3 monitored throughout the year while the Forest Preserves million, reserves totaling $10 .7 million, and $7 .4 million from continues to follow successful cost savings measures and the Personal Property Replacement Tax, a tax collected from hiring practices implemented in prior years . corporations, subchapter S corporations, partnerships, trusts, and public utilities by the state and paid to local governments . Reducing Costs and Increasing Earned Revenue. Operation of the The Corporate budget request, which funds the day to day aquatic centers has been outsourced to become more efficient operations of the Distract, is $63,529,304, an increase of by using third-party operators with core competencies in the 1 .4% over last year . field for management. In 2020, expanded services and fee adjustments are projected to generate $610,000 from the Capturing Inflationary Growth. Approximately 80% of FPCC’s aquatic centers. In addition, a cost-benefit analysis of services operating budget comes from property taxes . In 2020, the and fees resulted in adjustments to permit fees, and vehicles percentage allocated to the Forest Preserves will remain the across the district are being converted to propane, resulting in about the same on individual property tax bills—typically less significant savings. than 1% of a homeowner’s property tax bill . For the owner of a median-priced home, this equates to $35 to $45 per year, Pension fund contribution. The 2019 budget does not provide depending upon which municipality the home is located in . the recommended additional $9 .2 million per year needed to meet pension obligations, nor does current law allow FPCC to For its 2020 budget, the Forest Preserves of Cook County increase its payment . Due to state law formulas that limit the proposes a tax levy increase that captures the rate of inflation, allowed contribution to the Forest Preserves pension fund, the as it has in each budget for the last decade or so for its non- Preserves will actually reduce its appropriation to pensions debt service funds . For 2020, this increase of $1 .5 million from $4 .3 million in 2019 to $4 1. million in 2020 . is 1 .8% more than the Forest Preserves property tax levy of 2019, or about 50 cents per household . The increase will cover Reserve funds. In 2018, revenues in the reserves fund grew by anticipated cost-of-living adjustments included in collective approximately $5 .5 million, from $34 to $39 .5 million, due to bargaining agreements, increasing health care costs, workers’ operating revenues exceeding expenditures . In recent years, compensation and other insurance claims, with an additional the Forest Preserves has reformed its practice of relying on $760,000 allocated to the Construction and Development its reserve funds to pay for various recurring programs and fund for necessary capital projects . In addition to capturing services, a change that remains in the proposed 2020 budget . inflationary growth, the levy will increase by $683,000 for debt The increase in the reserves will be used in part to fund needed service from the 2019 bond issue totaling $8 .0 million for demolition work of existing structures on recently acquired capital improvements, as required by the bond ordinance . properties and additional funding for anticipated insurance This results in a total FY 2020 levy increase of $2 .2 million . claims and settlements .
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Five-Year Accomplishments
In the five years since the adoption of its Next Century Welcoming and Accessible Conservation Plan (NCCP), the Forest Preserves of Cook The Forest Preserves has added new amenities and programs County has made notable advancements on many fronts . to reach the NCCP goal to invite, excite and engage diverse Building on the work since 2010 to become a more visitors from all walks of life in the preserves . In 2014, the transparent, accountable and strategic government Forest Preserves opened five new campgrounds, and as of agency—including the creation of the NCCP itself—the Forest July 2019 more than 215,000 people have camped at these Preserves has worked with the relatively limited resources facilities, generating $2 million in revenue . available to improve programs, the preserves and operations . To reach out to families and individuals with no experiences Native Landscapes going camping, many from urban communities, the Forest The Next Century Conservation Plan calls for 30,000 acres Preserves created the Camping Leadership Immersion Course to be restored to ecological health, with healthy woodlands, in 2015 to teach leaders at community groups how to bring wetlands and prairies filled with thriving native trees, grasses, their members out to the campgrounds . The model has been so flowers, birds and other animals. Today, 13,000 acres are successful that the Preserves replicated it for kayaking in 2017 under restoration or active maintenance . Since 2015, the with the award-winning Greater Maywood Paddling Program . Forest Preserves has dedicated three new Illinois Nature Preserves (and expanded another) and two Illinois Land & The Forest Preserves has invested in key sites around the Water Reserves with the Illinois Nature Preserves Commission, county over the last five years to offer more to visitors and raising the total to 9,870 acres protected into perpetuity . transform key sites. The Preserves opened new fitness stairs, a nature play site, and a visitors center at Dan Ryan Woods; In the last five years, the Resource Management department a pavilion and improved fitness stairs at Swallow Cliff; the has done large-scale restoration work in 20 of the 22 Maple Lake Boathouse; a pavilion and pro disc golf course properties identified as priority locations for restoration in at Rolling Knolls; new canoe launches at Kickapoo and the Natural and Cultural Resources Master Plan created in Northwestern woods; and two new off-leash dog areas . The partnership with the University of Illinois’s Prairie Research Preserves reconstructed three model airplane flying fields, Institute (PRI) . The department has expanded the prescribed repaired shorelines and dams at 18 fishing lakes, and installed burn program to 42,563 acres over that time, an increase of new wayfinding and information signs at five “gateway” sites. more than 155 percent over the previous period . There are now more than 350 miles of trails in the preserves, including an addition of 29 miles of new paved trails since The Forest Preserves has implemented a long-term vegetation 2015, a 23 percent increase . monitoring program and developed a formal seed policy in collaboration with PRI and regional experts, including volunteer The Preserves has also launched innovative new concessions stewards and the Chicago Botanic Garden, to be able to source opportunities since 2015, including the Go Ape Treetop native seed material that is ecologically, genetically, and Adventure Course, a new boat rental program at Saganashkee geographically suited to a given site . Slough, dockless bike rental at 50 groves, and food and The Conservation Corps program, operated in conjunction beverage concessions at multiple sites . Concessions revenue with a wide variety of operational and funding partners, over the last five years has risen by 21 percent. provides paid, hands-on experiences working in the preserves to participants from across Cook County’s diverse In 2014, the Forest Preserves created the Conservation and communities—including youth and those with barriers to Experiential Programming (CEP) department to increase and employment . The programs have more than doubled in size institutionalize public programming and engagement . Activities in the last five years, from engaging 164 participants in 2014 have increased more than 100-fold since the department’s to more than 329 in 2019 . inception, with more than 2 .5 million participants . New programs include youth-engagement programs like It’s Cooler The Forest Preserves continues to look for ways to support in the Forest, tentpole events like Party in the Preserves and the nature in its care . For example, to increase the habitat for Kids Fest, programs at six Nature Centers like Stars, Stories insects, plants and wildlife at recreation and administration and S’mores and art lessons, and community partnerships like sites, in 2015 the Preserves implemented a “low/no mow” Better Beaubein . zone program, with more than 160 acres now in the program .
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The Forest Preserves continues to not only be open and with the goal of decreasing taxpayer subsidy of private events . welcoming to all visitors, but to actively invite and be inclusive Following those recommendations, from 2015 to 2018 permits to those who may not have used the preserves in the past . revenue increased by more than 30 percent . In 2017 CEP moved to a zone model to work more closely with local partners to build awareness and engage users . Marketing Under the current administration, Forest Preserves improvements efforts over the last three years have included an increased include opening a human resources department, creating focus on diverse populations and underserved communities . clear employee job descriptions and performance reviews, In 2018, the Forest Preserves has expanded its commitment and establishing a M/WBE ordinance and M/WBE contract to accessibility, including hiring an advisor, launching ADA compliance program . In 2018, 47% of awarded contracts working groups, and completing training of all FPCC staff achieved M/WBE business participation and 55% of contract on working with people with disabilities . payments were made to M/WBE businesses . In 2014 the Forest Preserves was one of the first city or county agencies to Operations and Administration be found by a judge to be in substantial compliance with the Under the leadership of President Toni Preckwinkle and General Shakman Consent Decrees, and continued good governance Superintendent Arnold Randall, the Forest Preserves has includes established employment guidelines and the oversight recommitted to active, effective stewardship of the preserves of a full-time director of compliance . and fundamentally rebuilt administration and operating systems . Since the adoption of the Next Century Conservation Administrative improvements over the last five years range from Plan, the pace of change has continued, including establishing new financial management systems to an intergovernmental the independent Conservation and Policy Council, which agreement with Cook County that conducts internal audits each advises the President, Board of Commissioners and General year in areas such as concessions, inventory and warehouse Superintendent and reviews and makes recommendations for management, and cash handling . For the 11th consecutive the annual budget, conservation policies and practices and year, the Preserves received the Certificate of Achievement for long-term strategic issues . Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association. Prioritizing financial efficiency, the Forest Preserves has explored more than 50 initiatives to reduce costs and/or to use In 2018, the Preserves adopted its first Sustainability & Climate resources more effectively. In five years, cost savings have been Resiliency Plan, and efforts to lower its carbon footprint to generated by establishing in-house pavement repair teams, date include purchasing 20 percent of electricity from green reducing printing, converting to a fuel-efficient fleet, renewable sources, conversion of vehicles and equipment to and refinancing bonds. propane, and a green office challenge for employees. That same year, the Preserves started its Racial Equity Diversity The budget for non-tax revenue for the Forest Preserves has & Inclusion (REDI) Committee to promote a work culture that nearly doubled since 2014, from $4 .7 million to $9 .2 million embraces diversity and is inclusive and welcoming to all FPCC in 2019 . Revenue sources over this period include more employees, visitors, and partners . The committee is assessing than $11 million in state, local and philanthropic grants FPCC operations including hiring, promotions, discipline, (and note that external partners have raised another $13 communications and outreach . million dedicated to projects that invest in improvements in the preserves) . The Forest Preserve Foundation continues to expand its support for conservation, education and recreation in the Preserves, increasing grants to the Forest Preserves from $166,000 in 2015 to $266,000 in 2018 .
By outsourcing management of campgrounds in 2015, aquatic centers in 2016, and indoor room rental in 2018 to vendors that have the expertise in these specialized areas, the Forest Preserves has seen revenue growth in the operations of these facilities. The Forest Preserves also conducted its first comprehensive cost-benefit model for the permits program
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Awards
In the last five years, the Forest Preserves of Cook County and Notably, General Superintendent Arnold Randall received the its staff and partners have received more than 50 awards for 2017 Outstanding Public Official Award from the National Forest Preserves projects and management, ranging from youth Association of County Park and Recreation Officials, and programming to natural area conservation to good governance The Forest Preserves of Cook County received the 2016 Illinois and conservation leadership . Recognition has come from Governor’s Sustainability Award from the Illinois Sustainability national, regional and local associations, government agencies Technology Center honoring its commitment to sustainable and nonprofits. business and operations .
2019 AWARDS The Forest Preserves of Cook County received the Best in Green Practices Award from the Illinois Association of Park Districts for its Sustainability and Climate Resiliency Plan .
The Forest Preserves of Cook County and the Housing Authority of Cook County received the Intergovernmental Award from the Illinois Association of Park Districts for their partnership on the Conservation Corps’ Forest Preserve Experience Program .
Friends of the Forest Preserves’ Chicago Conservation Leadership Corps received the Urban Forestry Award-Youth Engagement Award for the Chicago Region Trees Initiative .
The Forest Preserves of Cook County’s Conservation Corps received a Force of Nature Award from the Chicago Wilderness which highlights bold and exceptional work being done on behalf of nature in our region .
The Greater Maywood Paddling Program received the Project Excellence Award from the Society of Outdoor Recreation Professionals, presented to exemplary outdoor recreation projects .
The Greater Maywood Paddling Program received a Park and Recreation Program – Class II category Award from the National Association of County Park and Recreation Officials for its unique and exceptional program.
Flora of the Chicago Region by Laura Rericha and Gerould Wilhelm received the Award of Excellence in the category of Botany and Flora from the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries’ Annual Literature Awards, which recognizes work that makes a significant contribution to the literature of botany or horticulture.
Flora of the Chicago Region received a Force of Nature Award from the Chicago Wilderness alliance as a remarkable piece of work that provides a guide to the natural world .
General Superintendent Arnold Randall received the Agency Leadership Award from the Public Lands Alliance, which recognizes a land management agency employee for outstanding accomplishments in championing, cultivating and leading a partnership .
John Navin, who has volunteered more than 20,000 hours as a steward at Poplar Creek Forest Preserve, received the Outstanding Citizen Volunteer Award from the Illinois Association of Park Districts for his dedication and commitment to restoring natural ecosystems .
The Forest Preserves of Cook County received the 2019 BusCon PERC Award from the Propane Education & Research Council for its work utilizing the clean fuel source propane for its vehicles and equipment .
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Forest Preserve District Of Cook County, Illinois Annual Appropriation Ordinance
For Fiscal Year Beginning January 1, 2020
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County:
That this Ordinance be and the same is hereby termed the “Annual Appropriation Ordinance” of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County (the “District”) for the fiscal year beginning on the first day of January, A.D. 2020.
That the amounts herein set forth be and the same are hereby appropriated for the several objects and purposes specified herein for the fiscal year beginning on the first day of January, A.D. 2020.
That, for the purpose of administrative detail and accounting control, the appropriations herein specified are made in accordance with the standard classification of accounts as adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the District. The Chief Financial Officer and the heads of departments of the District shall administer the amounts appropriated in this Annual Appropriation Ordinance by accounts and by code numbers conforming to such standard classifications within the discretion of the Chief Financial Officer, if necessary .
That the salaries or rates of compensation of all officers and employees of the District as hereinafter named, when not otherwise provided by law, shall be in accordance with the salaries and rates of compensation of the officers and places of employment as fixed in the Resolutions adopted by the Board of Commissioners of the District prior to the adoption of the Annual Appropriation Ordinance and shall not be changed during the year for which the Appropriation is made, except that the Board of Commissioners may direct the officers of the District by Resolution to expend all or any portion of the appropriation herein contained entitled “Personnel Services Adjustments” according to prearranged plans of classification and/or salary adjustments, and except further that the Board of Commissioners may direct the officers of the District to expend all or any portion of the Appropriation herein contained reserved for wage adjustment for per diem or monthly employees to conform to prevailing rates .
That, whenever appropriations for salaries or wages of any office or place of employment are supported by detailed schedule, all expenditures against such appropriations shall be made in accordance with such schedule subject to modification by direction or approval of said position and classification plan by the Board of Commissioners of the District.
That, no payroll item shall be approved by the Comptroller or paid by the Treasurer for a sum exceeding the amount in said schedule, or modified schedule, except that the Board of Commissioners may direct the proper officials of the District to expend all or any part of the appropriation herein contained for scheduled salary adjustments in wages of employees, when approved by the Board of Commissioners of the District .
That the amounts appropriated under classification other than salaries and wages to any department of the District shall be fixed under the following conditions:
A . Insofar as practicable, all contract and open market orders for purchases to be charged against such appropriation shall be based upon specifications for various classes of supplies, materials, parts or equipment already provided or hereinafter to be provided by the Board of Commissioners of the District .
B . All open market orders issued by any department for supplies, materials, parts or equipment, for which specifications shall have been prescribed, shall contain a description of the goods ordered conforming to such standard specifications.
C . The Purchasing Agent shall, in auditing claims for goods delivered on open market order, determine through inspection or otherwise, whether the goods to be delivered conform to such standard specifications.
D . Before entering into contracts for goods or services for one hundred-fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00) or more, the pro- posed contract and specifications shall be submitted to the Board of Commissioners of the District for approval.
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That the heads of departments are hereby prohibited from incurring any liabilities against any account in excess of the amount herein authorized for such account, except as otherwise approved by the Board of Commissioners of the District .
That for fiscal year 2020, estimates of assets, revenues and fees available for appropriation, and amounts appropriated, specify- ing purposes therefore are as detailed on Attachment A.
That the budgeted Fund Balance level for the corporate fund is in accordance with the Board- adopted Fund Balance policy . (See Attachment B)
That the Chief Financial Officer and the Comptroller are authorized to correct any factual errors in the Annual Appropriation Ordinance and to implement the adopted Amendments with any required internal modification.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication according to the terms of law .
APPROVED:
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Toni Preckwinkle, President Board of Commissioners of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois
Alma E . Anaya Donna Miller
Luis Arroyo, Jr. Stanley Moore Scott R . Britton Kevin B . Morrison John P. Daley Sean M . Morrison Dennis Deer Peter N . Silvestri
Bridget Degnen Deborah Sims Bridget Gainer Larry Suffredin Brandon Johnson Jeffrey R. Tobolski Bill Lowry
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ATTACHMENT A Attachment A
FORESTFOREST PRESERVEPRESERVE DISTRICT DISTRICT OFOF COOKCOOK COUNTY, COUNTY, ILLINOIS ILLINOIS SUMMARYSUMMARY OFOF APPROPRIATION,APPROPRIATION SOURCES, AND TAX LEVY FOR FISCALFOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY JANUARY 1, 2020 1, 2020
Breakdown of Proposed Budget By Funding Source Breakdown of Proposed Budget by Funding Source Proposed Tax Uncollectible PPRT Non-Tax Fund Fund Budget Fund Levy & Refunds Tax Revenue Balance Transfer Total
51001-CCF Corporate 52,562,375 (1,576,871) 2,233,500 9,310,300 1,000,000 (3,500,000) 63,529,304 51003-Bond & Interest 12,834,300 0 3,996,250 0 0 16,830,550 51004-Employee Annuity & Benefit 3,659,331 0 407,044 0 0 4,066,375 51005-Chicago Zoological 14,284,927 (428,548) 533,126 0 0 14,389,505 51006-Real Estate Acquisition 0 0 0 0 850,000 850,000 51008-Chicago Horticultural 8,948,070 (268,442) 253,150 0 0 8,932,778 51011-Self Insurance 0 0 0 190,000 5,350,000 3,000,000 8,540,000 51028 Construction & Development 7,000,000 (210,000) 0 0 0 6,790,000 51009- Capital Improvement 0 0 0 0 0 500,000 500,000 54017-Resident Watchmen 0 0 0 223,000 0 223,000 TOTAL $99,289,003($2,483,861) -$2,483,861 $7,423,070 $9,723,300 $7,200,000 $0 $124,651,512
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Attachment B Corporate Fund Balance Policy
INTRODUCTION
The District’s Corporate Fund is used to fund and account for the general operations of the District, and is funded primarily by tax receipts and certain other non-tax revenues. In governmental accounting, the balance sheet shows the current financial resources and liabilities of the fund. Accordingly, the balance sheet of the District’s Corporate Fund shows the current financial resources of the District together with its current liabilities. The difference between the current financial resources available in the Corporate Fund and its liabilities is the Fund Balance . The Fund Balance is generally divided into Reserved and Unreserved . This policy establishes a guideline for the Corporate unreserved fund balance, and how the guideline is implemented .
UNRESERVED FUND BALANCE LEVEL
The District will endeavor to have a sufficient unreserved fund balance for the Corporate Fund to mitigate the risk stemming from 1) revenue fluctuations, 2) unexpected emergency expenditures, and temporary periods of negative cash flow. To this end, a minimum fund balance shall be budgeted annually that is the total of the following percentages:1
1 . Revenue Fluctuations: 5 .5 percent of Corporate Fund Gross Revenues 2 . Unexpected Expenditures: 1 percent of Corporate Fund Expenditures 3 . Insufficient Operating Cash: 8 percent of Corporate Fund Expenditures
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FUND BALANCE POLICY
The District’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is responsible for implementing this policy and the District’s designated Auditor must certify the necessary calculations . In any given year, the President may request that the Board waive this policy as operations demand . However, it is the intention of the President and the Board that this policy is adhered to in normal years . If, in any given year, the fund balance declines below the level specified by this policy, budgeted increases in the Fund Balance should be made over a maximum three-year period to bring the fund balance in accordance with the policy .
1 These percentages assume an allowance for uncollectible receivables based on a moving 5-year average of uncollected receivables and a minimum employee turnover of 5 percent . Use of the Working Cash fund is also assumed .
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Position Summary
20192019 2020 APPROPRIATIONAPPROPRIAT RECOMMENDATION ION TOTALTOTAL TOTALTOTAL TOTALTOTAL TOTALTOTAL Full-Time Employee Corporate FTEsFTEs SALARIESSALARIES FTEsFTEs SALARIESSALARIES 5110-Office of the General Superintendent (Office) 24 2,114,886 26 $2,249,901 5120-Finance & Adminstration (Office) 19 1,782,059 19 1,799,572 5122-Human Resources (Office) 7 605,015 7 587,337 5131-Resource Management (Office) 59 3,899,409 59 3,912,697 5135-CEP (Office) 52 3,374,447 52 3,358,194 5140-Permits, Rentals & Concessions (Office) 11 805,764 12 847,003 5152-Landscape Maintenance (Office) 145 7,683,589 145 7,656,070 515354 - Facilities & Fleet Maintenence 57 4,001,455 57 3,985,096 5160-Legal (Office) 10 1,025,062 10 1,004,056 5170-Law Enforcement (Office) 129 8,639,827 130 8,779,377 5180-Planning & Development (Office) 18 1,562,832 18 1,577,737 Full-Time Employee Total 531 35,494,345 535 $35,757,042
Part Time/Seasonal Employee 5110-Office of the General Superintendent (Office) 4.0 142,532 2.5 $80,080 5120-Finance & Adminstration (Office) 0.3 5,200 0.5 10,400 5122-Human Resources (Office) 0.5 17,928 0.9 18,720 5131-Resource Management (Office) 2.9 91,204 2.4 75,479 5135-CEP (Office) 36.5 1,050,585 35.7 1,046,359 5140-Permits, Rentals & Concessions (Office) 5.0 157,893 4.1 128,951 5152-Landscape Maintenance (Office) 42.0 1,612,686 45.2 1,678,483 515354 - Facilities & Fleet Maintenence 3.9 197,865 4.6 198,403 5160-Legal (Office) 1.0 14,560 0.7 14,560 5170-Law Enforcement (Office) 0.5 15,084 0.7 15,080 5180-Planning & Development (Office) 2.2 80,504 1.5 39,936 Part-Time/Seasonal Total 98.9 3,386,042 98.8 $3,306,451
Corporate Total 629.9 38,880,387 633.8 $39,063,492
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Estimated Revenues and Available Sources FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COMPARISON OF ESTIMATED CORPORATE FUND REVENUE AND AVAILABLE FORESTSOURCES PRESERVE FOR FISCAL DISTRICT YEAR OF BEGINNING COOK COUNTY, JANUARY ILLINOIS 1, 2020 COMPARISON OF ESTIMATED CORPORATE FUND REVENUE AND AVAILABLE SOURCES FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2019
Tax Revenue 2019 2020 % Change 411010-Property Tax Revenue $50,263,810 $50,985,504 1% 411050-Property Replacement Tax 2,200,230 2,233,500 2% Total Tax Revenue $52,464,040 $53,219,004 1%
Non-Tax Revenues 411310-Concessions $428,000 $435,000 2% 411330-Equestrian Licenses 49,000 51,000 4% 411070-Investment Earnings 875,000 1,125,000 29% 411210-Golf Revenue 684,000 644,000 -6% 411230-Picnic Permits 1,590,000 1,625,500 2% 411270-Campgrounds 530,000 580,000 9% 411340-Winter Sports Activities 14,000 14,000 0% 411350-Pool Revenue 810,000 610,000 -25% 411360-Fees 2,695,320 2,722,300 1% 411390-Fines 401,000 403,000 0% 411460-Other Revenue 1,141,800 1,100,500 -4% Total Non-Tax Revenue $9,218,120 $9,310,300 1%
Total Tax and Non Tax Revenues $61,682,160 $62,529,304 %2
Other Financing Sources 411490-Fund Balance Contributions $1,000,000 $1,000,000 0%
Total All Revenues $62,682,160 $63,529,304 1%
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Budgeted Expenditures and Other Uses FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS CORPORATE FUND BUDGETED EXPENDITURES AND OTHER USES FORESTFOR FISCAL PRESERVE YEAR DISTRICT BEGINNING OF COOK JANUARY COUNTY, 1, ILLINOIS2020 CORPORATE FUND BUDGETED EXPENDITURES AND OTHER USES FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2020 Personnel Program Category / Department Services* Expenses** Total 5110-Office of the General Superintendent $2,565,236 $610,070 $3,175,306 5120-Finance & Adminstration 2,069,498 110,600 2,180,098 5122-Human Resources 714,072 80,425 794,497 5131-Resource Management 4,722,238 271,840 4,994,078 5135-CEP 5,012,694 573,225 5,585,919 5140-Permits, Rentals & Concessions 1,125,358 622,500 1,747,858 5152-Landscape Maintenance 10,798,340 572,500 11,370,840 515354-Facilities & Fleet Maintenence 4,960,853 4,522,569 9,483,422 5160-Legal 1,255,870 371,000 1,626,870 5170-Law Enforcement 10,473,623 340,500 10,814,123 5180-Planning & Development 1,909,448 152,192 2,061,640 5199-District-Wide Services 2,857,402 6,837,251 9,694,653 Total $48,464,632 $15,064,672 $63,529,304
** IncludesIncludes Salary,Salary, Employee Health Insurance, Transportation Life Insurance, and Travel, DentalHealth Plan,Insurance, Vision Life Plan, Insurance, and Vacancy/Turnover Dental Plan, Vision Adjustment. Plan, and Vacancy/Turnover Adjustment.
** Includes Professional Contractual Services, Material & Supplies, Utilities, Equipment and Fixtures, Building and Construction, and Other Expenses. ** Includes Employee Transportation and Travel, Professional Contractural Services, Material & Supplies, Utilities, Equipment and Fixtures, Building and Construction, and Other Expenses,
20 FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS Office of the Generalthe of Office 2020 Superintendent
Office of the General Superintendent
MISSION: To ensure that the overall mission of the Forest Preserve District is advanced through the plans, programs and activities of all departments.
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Office of the General Superintendent Organizational Chart
Office of the General Superintendent Organizational Chart
General Superintendent
Executive Assistant
Deputy General Administrative Assistant II Superintendent
Policy & Special Administrative Assistant Projects Manager to the Deputy General Superintendent
Sustainability Fellow
Director of Director of Manager of Director of Director of Assistant Director of Compliance External/ Volunteer Legislative & Special to Deputy Communications Strategic Resources Governmental Projects General Initiatives Affairs Superintendent Special Projects Graphic Stewardship Designer Grant Coordinator Administrator
Volunteer Web Manager Program Project Coordinator Analyst
Volunteer Communications Program Manager Specialist
Clerk V
Part-Time Stewardship Aide
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Office of the General Superintendent
The Office of the General Superintendent (OGS) is responsible Communications generates media coverage of activities, for ensuring all, programs, policies and department work plans initiatives, and events by disseminating news to electronic, print are aligned with the Forest Preserves’ mission . OGS secures and broadcast media. Communications serves as the official public and private resources to advance the mission and spokesperson to the media and provides information to the ensures that these resources are used effectively, efficiently public via on-site signage, an electronic newsletter, the Forest and in full compliance with policies, procedures and legal Preserves’ website and social media . requirements . OGS oversees all communications provided to the public, facilitates broad civic stewardship of the preserves, Compliance ensures that the Forest Preserves is in full and cultivates partnerships with government agencies, cultural compliance with legal requirements and policies and institutions, universities, non-profit advocates, and a wide procedures . Compliance provides annual training concerning range of organizations that support biodiversity conservation, the Employment Plan and Supplement Policies Manual and environmental education and outdoor recreation . serves as liaison to the Office of the Independent Inspector General . Finally, Compliance ensures that no political The Office of the General Superintendent is comprised of the considerations are factored into employment actions for non- following functional areas: Executive Office, Communications, exempt employees . Compliance, and Volunteer Resources . Volunteer Resources provides meaningful volunteer opportunities The Executive Office oversees the entire Forest Preserves staff for individuals and groups that enhance the health, safety and guides efforts to implement the Next Century Conservation and beauty of the Forest Preserves . Volunteer Resources Plan (NCCP), an ambitious 25-year plan to protect and coordinates ecological stewardship and High School Service restore nature and make the preserves more welcoming and Learning and collaborates with other local and national accessible to all the residents of Cook County . The Executive volunteer organizations . These volunteer programs support Office provides strategic support to the Office of the President restoration and maintenance of trails, streams, lakeshores, and and Forest Preserves Board of Commissioners, and provides natural areas . direction on all plans, operations and programs . The Executive Office also directs internal and external strategic initiatives, develops policies and procedures, oversees sustainability efforts, secures grant funding, and serves as a partner to the Forest Preserve Foundation in efforts to raise additional resources to support the Forest Preserves . 2019 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Welcoming and Accessible Preserves § Created the Racial Equity/Diversity and Inclusion (REDI) committee to create a work culture that embraces diversity and is inclusive and welcoming to all Forest Preserves employees, visitors, and partners .
§ Launched a new mobile-friendly Forest Preserves website that features a translation service and conforms to level “AA” of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2 .0, making it easier for visitors to access information about the Forest Preserves . A new accessibility page provides information on accessibility policies and the ADA notice and grievance procedure .
§ Created a marketing campaign that emphasized the health, recreation and ecological benefits of the Forest Preserves for all residents of Cook County that was delivered by radio, social media, television, billboard, print, and email .
§ Presented information about the Forest Preserves to more than 70 village boards, rotary clubs and other civic organizations to raise awareness and connect more people to nature .
§ Completed over 6,000 individual Trail Watch patrols . Trail Watch volunteers serve as additional eyes and ears for the Law Enforcement Department and are a visible presence to help make the Forest Preserves safe, welcoming and inviting to all visitors .
§ Was awarded the Agency Leadership Award from the Public Lands Alliance.
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Protecting the Forest Preserves
§ Developed four draft position papers with the Conservation and Policy Council that set clear guidelines related to land acquisition and disposition, racial equity, compatible recreation, and scaling up volunteers .
§ Launched the Green Sustainability Committee and began implementing the Sustainability & Climate Resiliency Plan, which commits the Forest Preserves to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050 and establishes a roadmap for the Forest Preserves’ lands to be resilient in a changing climate .
§ Secured a partnership agreement with Morton Arboretum to provide volunteer Path to Stewardship online courses, which helps the Forest Preserves reach the NCCP’s goal of significantly increasing certified stewardship workday leaders.
2020 GOALS
Implementation of the NCCP remains a major goal for OGS and all Forest Preserves departments . OGS will continue to work with partners to leverage resources already being invested . In addition, OGS will work with the Conservation and Policy Council to identify sustainable funding strategies to implement this long-term plan . § Develop strategies to raise the resources needed to successfully implement the NCCP, address the capital needs of the Forest Preserves, Brookfield Zoo and Chicago Botanic Garden, and meet pension obligations.
§ Establish a Green Building & Sustainable Site Standards Protocol & Plan and a Green Fleet Transition & Purchasing Plan to meet the goal of operating all Forest Preserves’ building and vehicles with 100% renewable energy by 2050 .
§ Facilitate communication with new leadership in the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) to identify increased collaboration opportunities between the Forest Preserves and IDNR as well as other forest preserves and conservation districts in Illinois .
§ Continue to meet with state legislators and local government officials locally and in Springfield to increase awareness of the benefits, amenities, and value of the Forest Preserves of to the residents of Cook County and Illinois.
§ Complete accessibility improvements at six additional picnic groves .
§ Update the Forest Preserves website with expanded information about locations throughout the County, including all available accessible amenities, including picnic groves, campgrounds and trails .
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01 - Corporate Fund 5110-Office of the General Superintendent (Office) 2019 2020 Appropriation Recommendation Total Total Total Total Title GRADE FTEs Salaries FTEs Salaries 2507-Deputy Superintendent 24 1 163,800 1 163,800 2530-General Superintendent 24 1 182,145 1 182,145 6044-Director of Compliance 24 1 105,251 1 105,251 6878-Dir Legislative and Gov Affair 24 1 111,000 1 111,000 2513-Director of Communications/FPD 23 1 112,613 1 112,613 4382-Dir of Extern and Strategi Aff 23 1 112,023 1 113,741 6877-Director of Special Projects 23 1 111,488 1 111,488 2512-Executive Assistant 22 1 105,344 1 105,344 2600-Grant Administrator 22 1 110,396 1 110,396 6018-Admin Asst to Deputy Supt 22 1 87,393 1 91,607 6014-Mgr of Volunteer Resources 20 1 91,607 1 91,607 4626-Graphic Designer-FPD 19 1 66,011 1 69,256 5933-Stewardship Program Coordinat 19 1 76,039 1 79,647 6256-Web Manager 19 1 79,647 1 79,647 6518-Communications Manager-FPD 19 1 72,448 1 76,039 6875-Policy & Special Projects Mgr 19 1 76,039 1 79,647 6654-Project Analyst-FPD 18 1 69,256 1 72,448 6234-Volunteer Program Coordinator 17 2 133,578 2 136,485 6274-Volunteer Program Specialist 15 2 109,685 3 163,869 6932-Administrative Asst II-FPD 14 1 54,802 1 57,418 6940-Clerk V-FPD 11 2 84,323 3 136,452 Full Time Personnel Total 24 $2,114,886 26 $2,249,901
2439-Intern FPD XFPD 1.5 38,532 1.0 20,800 6452-Stewardship Program Aide XFPD 2.5 104,000 1.0 41,600 7776-Sustainability Fellow XFPD - - 0.5 17,680 Part-Time/Seasonal Personnel Total 4.0 $142,532 2.5 $80,080
Personnel Wages Total 28.0 $2,257,418 28.5 $2,329,981
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01 - Corporate Fund 10 - OFFICE OF THE GENERAL SUPERINTENDANT
2019 2020 Acct#/Description Appropriation Recommendation Difference Personnel Services 501010-Sal/Wag Of Reg Employees $2,114,886 $2,249,901 $135,015 501030-Turnover Adjustment (178,532) (160,679) 17,853 501135-Sal/Wages Seasonal Empl 142,532 80,080 (62,452) 501511-Mandatory Medicare Cost 32,733 33,785 1,052 501590-Group Life Insurance 3,611 3,756 145 501610-Group Health Insurance 306,452 321,417 14,965 501640-Group Dental Insurance 7,623 7,655 32 501690-Vision Care 1,926 1,621 (306) 501836-Transp & Travel Expenses 8,000 10,000 2,000 Total Personnel Services $2,439,232 $2,547,536 $108,304
Contractual & Professional Services 520260-Postage 16,600 16,600 - 520610-Advertising & Promotions 133,320 315,820 182,500 520830-Professional Services 26,000 148,000 122,000 521313-Special or Coop Programs 96,600 96,600 - 501766-Professional Develop/Fees - 17,700 17,700 501790-Prof /Tech Membership Fees 27,000 27,000 - 501805-Training Program Staff 6,400 - (6,400) Total Contractual & Professional Services $305,920 $621,720 $315,800
Materials & Supplies 530600-Office Supplies 5,800 5,800 - 530635-Books, Periodicals & Publish 250 250 - Total Materials & Supplies $6,050 $6,050 -
Department Total $2,751,202 $3,175,306 $424,104
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Finance & Administration
MISSION: To oversee and manage all financial affairs and administrative functions related to financial accounting, internal and external auditing, and purchasing, with an increased emphasis on the implementation of controls, accountability, information technology and cross training.
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FinanceFinance & Administration & Administration Organizational Organizational Chart Chart
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Finance Project Manager
Director of Budget Comptroller Purchasing Agent Payroll Manager & Management Director of Financial & Information Technology Finance Coordinator Administrative Accounting Manager Contract Compliance Analyst IV Administrator Information Technology Manager
Accountant V Assistant to Purchasing Agent Accountant IV
Assistant to Purchasing Agent Accounts Payable Coordinator
Administrative Assistant IV
Clerk V
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Finance & Administration
The Finance & Administration (F&A) Department is responsible businesses to ensure the Forest Preserves’ procurement for the financial management and fiscal stewardship of the process is competitive and open to all qualified vendors. Forest Preserves . Additionally, the F&A Information Technology (IT) team F&A supports all Forest Preserves departments in achieving provides hardware, software, telecommunication and other the goals of the Next Century Conservation Plan by technological tools to assist with daily operations . implementing sound financial management principles through annual budgeting, accurate financial record keeping, payroll, The Finance & Administration Department has received a competitively procured goods and services, and timely Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting payment to vendors . The department maintains a database from the Government Finance Officers Association annually of potential vendors, including minority and women owned since 2009 .
2019 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Financial Management & Procurement
§ Received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association for the 11th consecutive year .
§ Issued $8 million in General Obligation Bonds to support the Forest Preserves’ most urgent capital needs .
§ Implemented a new procurement database with workflows to improve the monitoring and processing of contracts.
§ Achieved 45 percent minority and women owned business (MWBE) participation for awarded contracts and made 36 percent of all contract payments to MWBEs .
§ Assisted eight former MWBE sub-contractors who are now performing as prime contractors .
§ Assisted Law Enforcement in the procurement of a new evidence inventory database .
§ Implemented electronic ACH payments to 30 vendors .
§ Completed a successful pilot of Oracle’s I-Supplier electronic bid process .
§ Placed procurement opportunities on local and state news outlets to attract additional vendors to do business with the Forest Preserves .
Information Technology § Implemented online payments for Law Enforcement fines.
§ Successfully upgraded the hardware of 70 desktop & laptop computers .
§ Implemented new internet based (VOIP) phone system for more than 110 employees .
§ Rolled out IT security awareness online training to over 500 employees .
§ Assisted Human Resources Department with implementation of an online training platform and assisted with online employee training during onboarding .
§ Worked with Fleet & Facilities Department’s fuel management system .
§ Supported Forest Preserves’ video conferencing capabilities to reduce staff travel time .
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2020 GOALS
Financial Management & Procurement
§ Maintain or improve current bond ratings by addressing structural budget issues .
§ Improve the Independent Audit Processes and Audit Cycle to shorten the length of time to produce the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report .
§ Create an accounting policies and procedures manual and continue to seek opportunities for process improvements .
§ Design and implement a financial transparency website.
§ Provide MWBE certification assistance to potential vendors and increase the participation of new MWBEs in the procurement process .
§ Place procurement ads in local news outlets on a regular and ongoing basis to increase awareness among potential vendors .
§ Ensure adequate monitoring of Forest Preserves employment vacancies and continued improvement of the request-to-hire and budget transfer processes .
Information Technology
§ Improve SharePoint Workflow Automation with the goal of ensuring its effective use by all departments in the Forest Preserves .
§ Upgrade nearly 100 desktop and laptop computers that are more than four years old .
§ Continue to improve cell phone signal booster and Wi-Fi coverage for priority locations .
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01 - Corporate Fund 5120-Finance & Adminstration (Office) 2019 2020 Appropriation Recommendation Total Total Total Total Title GRADE FTEs Salaries FTEs Salaries 0120-Chief Financial Officer 24 1 146,728 1 146,728 2501-Comptroller 24 1 119,569 1 119,569 2504-Purchasing Agent FPD 24 1 114,055 1 114,055 6013-Dir of Financial and Info Tech 24 1 103,449 1 103,449 1057-Information Technology Mgr/FPD 22 2 206,877 2 211,592 2519-Accounting Manager I-FPD 22 1 113,142 1 113,142 6019-Contract Compliance Administ 22 1 95,965 1 100,680 6788-Payroll Manager 22 1 100,680 1 105,344 6937-Accountant V-FPD 22 1 113,142 1 113,142 6812-Finance Project Manager 20 1 87,393 1 91,607 6948-Accounts Payable Coord-FPD 20 1 91,607 1 92,084 7049-Administrative Analyst IV-FPD 20 1 92,084 1 92,084 1211-Asst to th Purchasing Agent 19 2 153,078 2 156,270 6934-Administrative Asst IV-FPD 18 1 76,806 1 76,806 6936-Accountant IV-FPD 17 1 67,800 1 56,154 7791-Finance Coordinator 17 - - 1 58,976 7014-Payroll Assistant 14 1 52,291 - - 6940-Clerk V-FPD 11 1 47,393 1 47,890 6012-Dir of Budget and Management 22 - -- - Full Time Personnel Total 19 $1,782,059 19 $1,799,572
2439-Intern FPD XFPD 0.3 5,200 0.5 10,400 Part-Time/Seasonal Personnel Total 0.3 $5,200 0.5 $10,400
Personnel Wages Total 19.3 $1,787,259 19.5 $1,809,972
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01 - Corporate Fund 20 - FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION
2019 2020 Acct#/Description Appropriation Recommendation Difference Personnel Services 501010-Sal/Wag Of Reg Employees $1,782,059 $1,799,572 $17,513 501030-Turnover Adjustment (156,191) (117,143) 39,048 501135-Sal/Wages Seasonal Empl 5,200 10,400 5,200 501511-Mandatory Medicare Cost 25,915 26,245 329 501590-Group Life Insurance 2,733 2,843 110 501610-Group Health Insurance 356,629 331,678 (24,951) 501640-Group Dental Insurance 10,199 10,244 45 501690-Vision Care 2,567 2,159 (408) 501836-Transp & Travel Expenses 3,500 3,500 - Total Personnel Services $2,032,612 $2,069,498 $36,886
Contractual & Professional Services 520260-Postage 2,500 2,500 - 520830-Professional Services 9,500 9,500 - 520894-Auditing Services 73,000 78,000 5,000 501790-Prof /Tech Membership Fees 3,000 3,000 - 501805-Training Program Staff 7,600 7,600 - Total Contractual & Professional Services $95,600 $100,600 $5,000
Materials & Supplies 530170-Institutional Supplies 2,000 2,000 - 530600-Office Supplies 5,000 5,000 - 530635-Books, Periodicals & Publish 3,000 3,000 - Total Materials & Supplies $10,000 $10,000 -
Department Total $2,138,212 $2,180,098 $41,886
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34 FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS 2020
Human Resources
MISSION: Human Resources To develop and maintain a high functioning workforce through strategic, flexible, progressive and cost-effective human resource systems linked to the strategic goals of the District.
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Human Resources Organizational Chart Human Resources Organizational Chart
Director of Human Resources
Training & Development Human Resources Manager Analyst
Training Coordinator Seasonal HR Staff
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Human Resources
The Human Resources (HR) Department is responsible for Employee/Staff Support assesses organizational goals and the Forest Preserves’ hiring, employee relations, change individual development needs . This includes training programs, management, conflict resolution, labor relations, performance department performance evaluations, and opportunities for management and employee recognition . The HR department employees to participate in a variety of special programs, is comprised of two functional areas: Personnel Services and including charitable, civic and social activities . Employee/Staff Support .
Personnel Services establishes human resources policies and procedures, recommends staffing levels, and recruitment options . Personnel Services also implements equal employment opportunity practices, administers disciplinary procedures and assists with internal investigations and compliance reviews .
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2019 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Compliance
§ Continue compliance with Employment Plan and Supplemental Policies Manual for HR related employment actions .
Hiring
§ Validated over 2,500 applications, scheduled more than 1,430 interviews and facilitated more than 450 hiring processes, ultimately leading to 250 new full- and part-time hires .
§ Conducted interviews for 97 percent of positions within 45 days of job opening .
Training
§ Facilitated annual Anti-Sexual Harassment Training for all employees .
§ Hosted online Employee Assistance Program information sessions .
§ Conducted more than 30 group orientation sessions for new employees .
2020 GOALS
§ Introduce Unconscious and Implicit Bias Awareness Curriculum for all employees .
§ Facilitate annual Sexual Harassment Training and Employee Assistance Program information sessions .
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01 - Corporate Fund 5122-Human Resources (Office) 2019 2020 Appropriation Recommendation Total Total Total Total Title GRADE FTEs Salaries FTEs Salaries 1043-Director of Human Resources 24 1 121,800 1 121,800 5667-Training & Development Manager 21 1 100,680 1 100,680 6257-Human Resources AnalystFPD 19 4 304,192 4 308,703 6934-Administrative Asst IV-FPD 18 1 78,343 - - 7952-Training Coordinator 17 - - 1 56,154 Full Time Personnel Total 7 $605,015 7 $587,337
2439-Intern FPD XFPD 0.5 17,928 0.9 18,720 Part-Time/Seasonal Personnel Total 0.5 $17,928 0.9 $18,720
Personnel Wages Total 7.5 $622,943 7.9 $606,057
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01 - Corporate Fund 22 - HUMAN RESOURCES
2019 2020 Acct#/Description Appropriation Recommendation Difference Personnel Services 501010-Sal/Wag Of Reg Employees $605,015 $587,337 ($17,678) 501030-Turnover Adjustment (43,526) (32,645) 10,881 501135-Sal/Wages Seasonal Empl 17,928 18,720 792 501511-Mandatory Medicare Cost 9,033 8,788 (245) 501590-Group Life Insurance 1,023 1,056 33 501610-Group Health Insurance 126,231 126,860 629 501640-Group Dental Insurance 2,822 2,828 6 501690-Vision Care 747 628 (119) 501836-Transp & Travel Expenses 500 500 - Total Personnel Services $719,772 $714,072 ($5,700)
Contractual & Professional Services 520490-Graphics & Reproduction Svcs 1,000 1,000 - 520610-Advertising & Promotions 1,000 1,000 - 520830-Professional Services 49,425 49,425 - 501790-Prof /Tech Membership Fees 2,000 2,000 - 501805-Training Program Staff 25,000 25,000 - Total Contractual & Professional Services $78,425 $78,425 -
Materials & Supplies 530170-Institutional Supplies 2,000 2,000 - Total Materials & Supplies $2,000 $2,000 -
Department Total $800,197 $794,497 ($5,700)
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Resource Management
MISSION: To protect, restore and preserve the biodiversity and beauty of the natural communities of the District as nearly as may be in their natural condition, for the education, pleasure and recreation of the public. Resource Management Resource
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Resource Management Organizational Chart Resource Management Organizational Chart
Director of Resource Management
Deputy Director of Resource Management
Resource Management Project Analyst Administrative Assistant III Resource Management Aide
Resource Senior Senior Resource Resource Fisheries Management Resource Wildlife Project Operations Biologist III Administrator Ecologist Biologist Manager Manager
Resource Assistant Trails Management Resource Fisheries Wildlife Resource Manager Assistant Ecologist II Biologist II Biologist II Project Manager
Northwest, Skokie, GIS Resource Fisheries Wildlife Resource Salt Creek, Tinley Creek Specialist I Ecologist I Technician Biologist I Specialist I & Palos Regions
Resource Wildlife Horticulture Resource Management Technician Technician Supervisor Aide
Senior Resource Technician
Resource Technician
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Resource Management
The Resource Management Department is responsible for maintaining more than 350 miles of trails, performing a variety the preservation, restoration, and protection of the Forest of surface repair and drainage work that may be impacting trail Preserves’ natural areas and public open spaces . The depart- usage . The Crews conduct prescription burns, utilize special- ment provides an environment for the region’s native plants ized machinery to mow and cut various types of vegetation, and wildlife to thrive in an urban landscape, conducting and and control invasive vegetation through the application of administering contractual and cooperative agreements over- herbicides . seeing the restoration of the FPCC’s many prairies, savannas, woodlands, wetlands and other significant habitats. The Resource Project Management division coordinates the work of private contractors and cooperative agencies to design The Resource Management General Office division monitors all and execute restoration and vegetation removal projects . field locations in an administrative capacity, facilitating product Additionally, this division assists other department divisions requisition, contract and work order processing . This division with work coordination and monitoring . interfaces with the public and interacts with the Board of Commissioners, other Forest Preserves departments and The Resource Programming division administers and manages outside agencies on behalf of the Resource Management conservation-based internship programs to engage youth, out- Department . of-school youth and adults in the FPCC Conservation Corps, a key component of the Next Century Conservation Plan . This The Fisheries Management division maintains Forest Preserves division coordinates programs with a variety of workforce, lakes and ponds to provide recreational fishing opportunities justice system, and community partner agencies . This division for the public. This division conducts a variety of fishery and also works with other Resource Management divisions, FPCC lake management programs, which include fish population departments, and volunteer stewards to coordinate intern-ap- analyses, water monitoring, nuisance aquatic vegetation propriate habitat restoration projects and provide safety, work control, brood stock propagation, invasive species monitoring skills, and conservation-based training opportunities for staff and educational programming . and volunteers .
The Resource Ecology section recommends and designs The Wildlife Management division works in conjunction with ecological restoration projects . This section monitors habitats, other governmental agencies, researchers and universities assesses the ecological health of the FPCC’s holdings, and to investigate zoonotic disease transmittal and control produces management plans to inform responsible land usage . programs . This division is responsible for monitoring and Its staff work with other conservation organizations and agen- collecting data on wildlife populations on Forest Preserves cies to protect and preserve the diverse habitats of the Forest holdings, working directly with other FPCC departments and Preserves, and with the Project Management division to help Resource Management divisions to respond to wildlife issues, design restoration work done by FPCC staff, private contractors and conduct educational programs for the general public, and volunteers . organizations, and scientific peer groups. They work closely with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the U .S . Resource Management Crews are responsible for the execution Department of Agriculture on white-tailed deer, coyote and of large-scale land management, vegetation removal and other wildlife population management . trail maintenance projects . The primary functions of these five crews include hazardous tree removal, management of woody and herbaceous vegetation, and response to public work requests . They are also responsible for inspecting and
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2020 Budget Overview
The Resource Management department’s 2020 budget to provide supplies, wages, and general funding for these request prioritizes our obligations to restore some of programs . Additional challenges have arisen related to the FPCC’s most critical sites, with due consideration of increased demand for materials as a result of expanding the advanced timelines established by the Next Century Conservation Corps programs, which are being addressed Conservation Plan (NCCP) . To this end, the department has through budgetary reallocation and the investigation re-established several contracts that are essential to achieving of partnerships . the restoration goals outlined in the NCCP, including the habitat enhancement and Conservation Corps programs, which are Although the basic operations budget also remains unchanged now secured for the next several years . compared to the previous year, reductions over the past several years will continue to limit programmatic offerings . The budget allocation for ecological restoration and habitat The department coordinates and runs more than 100 enhancement during the upcoming budget cycle is not environmental education classes annually, many of which are projected to change significantly from 2019. Due to creative valid for continuing education credits (CEUs) used to maintain project planning, contractual efficiencies and positive environmental licenses and certifications. At current budget partnerships, progress was made in 2019 towards restoring levels, we will be able to provide for core training, but lack the the FPCC’s highest priority landscapes . However, without flexibility to capitalize on unexpected training opportunities or additional resources, the current restoration footprint cannot offer supplemental trainings in response to demand from other be significantly expanded beyond current levels and the departments, partners, volunteers or intern programs . ongoing focus will be on maintaining—not expanding—existing restoration sites . Projects have and will continue to be proportionally scaled back to suit budget reductions . Less funding to purchase Similarly, funding in support of the Conservation Corps materials and other supplies means we will continue to have program will remain on par with 2019 in favor of large-scale to selectively prioritize areas in the most critical need of repair, restoration, which is the most efficient and cost-effective and budget the distribution of supplies to staff and volunteers means of achieving and maintaining ecological health . Partner that were traditionally purchased by the department on behalf philanthropy has been and will continue to be relied upon of the entire FPCC .
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2019 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Restoration § Dedicated Harms Woods and Wampum Lake as new Illinois Nature Preserves, and added a 100-acre addition to Thornton- Lansing Road Nature Preserve .
§ Planned and contracted a 500-acre mitigation project at Tinley Creek Ravines .
§ Completed a project connecting Mill Creek to the Cal-Sag Channel in partnership with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and Friends of the Chicago River .
§ Conducted the most successful prescribed burn season in FPCC history, breaking a previous record set in 2017 . Over the course of 12 days, staff and contractors used this valuable ecological management tool to burn approximately 8,950 acres .
§ Secured grant funding for restoration projects at Cap Sauers Holding Nature Preserve, Eggers Grove, Cranberry Slough, Galloping Hill Fen, Thornton-Lansing Nature Preserve, Powderhorn Prairie Nature Preserve, Turnbull Woods, and the Crooked Creek Watershed in the Palos region .
§ Constructed a water control system at Eggers Grove that will allow the Forest Preserves to drain and adjust the water levels in the area on a more natural cycle, and restore one of the few remaining wetlands in the Calumet region .
§ Completed restoration work across 207 acres of the Crooked Creek Watershed in partnership with Friends of the Chicago River to restore the natural infiltration provided by deep-rooted native perennial forbs and grasses, and improving habitat for wildlife both within the creek and the larger watershed .
§ Removed invasive brush and trees from approximately 870 acres .
§ Continued rapid assessment vegetation monitoring protocols with volunteer stewards at six stewardship sites, promoting collaboration and partnership with the volunteer stewardship community .
Administration and Training
§ The Conservation Corps received the Innovation in Conservation Award from the National Recreation and Park Association, which recognizes agencies that have improved and empowered their communities through innovative practices in park design, health and wellness, environmental conservation, and social equity .
§ Expanded the summer high school Conservation Corps programs to engage more than 208 participants from across Cook County with emphasis on engaging low-income youth in hands-on work in their local forest preserves .
§ Successfully grew our partnership with the Housing Authority of Cook County (HACC) to engage an additional 28 youth in the Forest Preserve Experience summer youth employment program compared to 2018, a 33 percent increase . A total of 112 participants were engaged in the program in 2019 . Via HACC, the program received an honorable mention in the Resident Service Large Agency Award category from the Nan Mckay & Associates Housing Awards .
§ Added a new Conservation Corps program that engages young men with barriers to employment through a new partnership with the Friends of the Forest Preserves, CRED Chicago, and the Emerson Collective .
§ The Chicago Conservation Leadership Corps, in partnership with Friends of the Forest Preserves, received the Urban Forestry Award-Youth Engagement Award for the Chicago Region Trees Initiative .
§ Developed and published a tree protection manual with the support of a grant provided by the Morton Arboretum and the U .S . Forest Service .
§ Conducted college level programming with American Fisheries Society (AFS) clubs .
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Research
§ Established new vegetation monitoring plots at 22 sites across FPCC priority landscapes to capture baseline data at recently restored or soon-to-be restored sites . The data will be used to measure ecological change over time and inform restoration projects as a part of the Natural and Cultural Resources Master Plan .
§ Completed a preliminary herptile disease surveillance survey in partnership with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the University of Illinois Zoological Pathology Program .
§ Initiated a study on canine Distemper Virus with researchers from the University of Illinois and the University of Minnesota .
§ Completed a telemetry study on the endangered Blanding’s turtle .
§ Expanded our bat monitoring program to two new preserves: Bemis Woods and Salt Creek Nature Preserve .
§ Placed 43 artificial habitats at three fishing lakes with various scouting programs.
§ Partnered with the Illinois Natural History Survey on a long-term project to assess the value of artificial habitats in lakes.
2020 GOALS
Restoration § Establish a framework to expand capacity for restoration across the Forest Preserves .
§ Establish a Districtwide tree planting plan for future plantings in groves and near facilities .
§ Assess and install improvements to the water control structures at Powderhorn Lake .
Administration and Training § Support Conservation Corps programs to help maintain more than 2,000 acres of habitat for native plants and animals through land management activities such as invasive species removal . Continue partnerships to increase our engagement of high school youth in summer Conservation Corps programs by 15 percent .
§ Expand forest health monitoring program by providing supplemental training and continuing education opportunities for staff and volunteers .
§ Continue to implement and improve tree inspection protocols for annually tracking 25 percent of all FPCC trails, groves, and roadsides .
§ Implement the newly developed tree protection manual, updating it as necessary with information learned from contractors and internal use .
Research § Survey grassland birds at several preserves last monitored in 2014/15, to compare change over the five-year period.
§ Continue to expand the network of long-term vegetation monitoring plots, adding at least 15 sites across FPCC priority landscapes .
§ Continue research in partnership with the Illinois Natural History Survey into the effects of artificial habitat enhancement on fish recruitment and reproduction in Forest Preserves waterbodies.
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01 - Corporate Fund 5131-Resource Management (Office) 2019 2020 Appropriation Recommendation Total Total Total Total Title GRADE FTEs Salaries FTEs Salaries 6261-Senior Resource Technician XF6261 5 287,912 5 287,270 4340-Resource Technician XF4340 22 1,168,088 22 1,167,818 4315-Director of Resource Mgment 24 1 115,404 1 115,404 4320-Dep Director of Resource Mgmt 22 1 113,142 1 113,142 4375-Senior Wildlife Biologist 21 1 102,130 1 103,168 6258-Resource Project Manager 21 1 87,393 1 87,393 6353-Resource Mgment Administrator 21 1 91,607 1 95,965 6516-Resource Operations Manager 21 1 87,393 1 91,607 6988-Senior Resource Ecologist 21 1 87,393 1 91,607 4350-Trails Manager - FPD 20 1 93,912 1 93,912 4365-Fisheries Biologist III - FPD 19 1 83,822 1 83,822 6259-Resource Supervisor 19 5 405,263 5 403,482 6260-Assistant Resource Project Mgr 18 1 76,039 1 76,039 6862-Resource Mgmt Project Analyst 18 1 63,024 1 66,011 4360-Fisheries Biologist II - FPD 17 1 73,235 1 73,235 4370-Wildlife Mgmt Biologist II 17 1 73,235 1 73,235 4385-Resource Ecologist II - FPD 17 3 212,878 3 216,195 2467-Horticulture Technician 16 1 67,966 1 67,966 2479-Resource Ecologist I 16 2 117,826 2 123,429 4310-GIS Specialist I 16 1 66,011 1 66,011 5780-Resource Specialist I 16 2 123,429 1 60,116 6933-Administrative Asst III-FPD 16 1 67,298 1 67,966 8672-Resource Management Assistant 16 - - 1 52,291 2539-Wildlife Biologist I 15 2 124,675 2 125,280 2487-Wildlife Technician 14 1 58,042 1 58,042 2488-Fisheries Technician 14 1 52,291 1 52,291 Full Time Personnel Total 59 $3,899,409 59 $3,912,697
4345-Resource Management Aide -FPD XFPD 2.9 91,204 2.4 75,479 Part-Time/Seasonal Personnel Total 2.9 $91,204 2.4 $75,479
Personnel Wages Total 61.9 $3,990,612 61.4 $3,988,177
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01 - Corporate Fund 31 - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
2019 2020 Acct#/Description Appropriation Recommendation Difference Personnel Services 501010-Sal/Wag Of Reg Employees $3,899,409 $3,912,697 $13,289 501030-Turnover Adjustment (317,111) (285,400) 31,711 501135-Sal/Wages Seasonal Empl 91,204 75,479 (15,725) 501511-Mandatory Medicare Cost 57,864 57,829 (35) 501590-Group Life Insurance 6,494 6,754 260 501610-Group Health Insurance 895,060 910,370 15,310 501640-Group Dental Insurance 24,782 24,739 (43) 501690-Vision Care 6,859 5,769 (1,090) 501836-Transp & Travel Expenses 14,000 14,000 - Total Personnel Services $4,678,561 $4,722,238 $43,676
Contractual & Professional Services 521313-Special or Coop Programs 119,000 119,000 - Total Contractual & Professional Services $119,000 $119,000 -
Materials & Supplies 530170-Institutional Supplies 55,000 55,000 - Total Materials & Supplies $55,000 $55,000 -
Operations & Maintenance 540130-Maint & Subscription Svcs 20,000 20,000 - 540350-Property Maint & Operations 77,840 77,840 - Total Operations & Maintenance $97,840 $97,840 -
Department Total $4,950,401 $4,994,078 $43,676
48 FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS Experiential Programming Experiential Conservation & & Conservation 2020
Conservation & Experiential Programming
MISSION: To support the Forest Preserve’s mission by connecting people to nature through educational and outdoor recreation through collaborative efforts.
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Conservation & Experiential Programming Organizational Chart Conservation & Experiential Programming Organizational Chart
Director of Conservation & Experiential Programming
Administrative Assistant II
Deputy Director of Conservation & Experiential Programming
Community Outreach Administrative Recreation (Operations) Public Engagement Coordinator Assistant II Manager Manager
Nature Center Director Nature Center Director Zone Program Coordinator Community Engagement - Campus Specialist Naturalist II Program Specialist Naturalist II Naturalist I Naturalist I Rec Aides Special Events Coordinator PT Naturalist Aide PT Naturalist Aides Seasonal Rec Aide Naturalist I PT Rec Aide Laborer PT Rec Aide Youth Ambassador Nature Center Attendant Interns PT Naturalist Aide
Seasonal Rec Aide
Laborer
Nature Center Attendant
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Conservation & Experiential Programming
The Conservation & Experiential Programming (CEP) The CEP Department has aligned its public programming with Department connects diverse audiences to nature through the goals of the Forest Preserves’ Next Century Conservation a wide range of educational and outdoor recreation Plan to: experiences, focused at six nature centers, three aquatic § Provide programs in the preserves that emphasize centers, five campgrounds and other sites throughout the the benefits of nature for healthy people and Forest Preserves . healthy communities . § Invite, excite and engage diverse visitors to the CEP provides the Forest Preserves’ public programming: Forest Preserves from all walks of life . education and outdoor recreation events and programs, outdoor adventures, camping, water fun and swim lessons, § Make the Forest Preserves accessible to all . and cultural and seasonal special events . § Educate visitors and the community about the Forest Preserves’ natural treasures . The department is also responsible for community engagement and committed to developing relationships with citizens to Together with partners, the CEP Department is focused on energize them and connect them to nature . CEP works with advancing these goals through community outreach processes, program partners at the local level on programming, building development of new partnerships, and the continuation of relationships with groups to become long-term advocates, experiential programs delivered by staff and partners that stewards and ambassadors of the Forest Preserves . expose the community to the benefits and wonders of nature.
2019 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Programming & Community Engagement § Continued community engagement and programming activities to expand and diversify the Forest Preserves’ users and advocates through geographic program and engagement focus .
§ Created and launched a new program partnership proposal process to expand programming activities for new users and user groups that support the mission of the Forest Preserves .
§ Continued to develop a programming and engagement strategy that activates Beaubien Woods, with a focus on the nearby communities of Altgeld Gardens, Golden Gate and Riverdale on the South Side of Chicago .
§ Continued ongoing collaborations with the Chicago Zoological Society and the Chicago Botanic Garden and collaborated on new opportunities: § Collaborated with the Zoo and Misericordia to develop a new program model that furthers the mission of all three organizations . § Collaborated with the Zoo on the Teen Leadership Conference . § Continued work with the Garden on new Citizen Scientist program related to Budburst . § Provided programming to the Garden for their adult camping program .
§ Continued work with University of Illinois Extension on Master Naturalists, Master Gardeners and Conservation@Home . Expanded Conservation@Home to schools and received funds for nine school gardens .
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Planning & Evaluation § Finalized site specific interpretive plans and began implementation strategies.
§ Began work on new Nature Play area at River Trail Nature Center focused on outdoor adventures for middle school youth . Received funds for a new programmatic pollinator garden .
§ Evaluated and assessed the Mighty Acorns program .
2020 GOALS
Programming & Community Engagement § Expand efforts and partnerships to welcome, invite and support more people and new communities from all over Cook County to enjoy the many offerings and natural amenities of the Forest Preserves .
§ Begin the development of an inclusive program model that reflects the cultural and ethnic diversity of Cook County while continuing community engagement and programming activities that expand and diversify the Forest Preserves’ users and advocates through geographic program and community engagement focus .
§ Develop institutional processes and structures for more partner, community and gear lending programming .
§ Continue to work within the Riverdale neighborhood to understand and develop ways that the Forest Preserves, Beaubien Woods and nature can play a positive role in the community in conjunction with new and ongoing community development initiatives .
Planning & Evaluation § Create the plan for new OSLAD grant-funded interpretation at the Sand Ridge Campus .
§ Evaluate programs, activities, events and engagement through the lens of the Interpretive Plan .
§ Through planning and research begin to develop standards, guidelines, processes and advocacy for outdoor classrooms and nature-based learning experiences that include partners, training and collaboration models .
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01 - Corporate Fund 5135-CEP (Office) 2019 2020 Appropriation Recommendation Total Total Total Total Title GRADE FTEs Salaries FTEs Salaries 6946-Laborer-FPD 700 7 326,516 7 324,713 6332-Dir of Conser & Exper Program 24 1 113,348 1 113,348 6333-Dep Dir of Cons & Exp Program 22 1 110,396 1 110,396 4325-Education Manager IV-FPD 21 1 103,168 - - 6341-Recreation & Event Manager 21 1 91,607 1 95,965 7753-Public Engagement & Program Manager 21 - - 1 79,647 6593-Nature Center Director 19 6 507,181 6 475,114 2543-Naturalist II 17 6 430,487 6 434,531 5917-Special Events Coordinator 17 1 67,800 1 71,117 6265-Program Coordinator/FPD 17 4 259,218 4 268,041 6363-Community Outreach Coordinator 17 1 64,642 1 67,800 6071-Community Engagement Analyst 16 1 63,024 1 63,024 2542-Naturalist I 15 17 999,066 17 1,005,480 6438-Program Specialist-FPD 14 4 190,395 4 199,214 6932-Administrative Asst II-FPD 14 1 47,599 1 49,804 Full Time Personnel Total 52 $3,374,447 52 $3,358,194
2494-Nature Center Attendant XFPD 3.6 105,560 3.6 104,832 2546-Naturalist Aide XFPD 13.4 410,472 11.6 357,386 4386-Intern-FPD XFPD 6.2 129,620 5.7 119,080 6016-Seasonal Recreation Aide XFPD 3.5 108,894 2.7 84,521 6793-YOA Intern II XFPD 1.8 45,228 - - 6959-Part-Time Recreational Aide XFPD 8.0 250,811 12.1 380,540 Part-Time/Seasonal Personnel Total 36.5 $1,050,585 35.7 $1,046,359
Personnel Wages Total 88.5 $4,425,032 87.7 $4,404,552
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01 - Corporate Fund 35 - CONSERVATION & EXPERIENTIAL PROGRAMMING
2019 2020 Acct#/Description Appropriation Recommendation Difference Personnel Services 501010-Sal/Wag Of Reg Employees $3,374,447 $3,358,194 ($16,253) 501030-Turnover Adjustment (358,893) (323,004) 35,889 501135-Sal/Wages Seasonal Empl 1,050,585 1,046,359 (4,226) 501511-Mandatory Medicare Cost 64,163 63,866 (297) 501590-Group Life Insurance 5,790 6,022 232 501610-Group Health Insurance 741,292 822,589 81,296 501640-Group Dental Insurance 20,218 20,254 36 501690-Vision Care 5,368 4,516 (853) 501836-Transp & Travel Expenses 8,900 13,900 5,000 Total Personnel Services $4,911,870 $5,012,694 $100,824
Contractual & Professional Services 520610-Advertising & Promotions 214,500 214,500 - 521313-Special or Coop Programs 130,725 130,725 - 501805-Training Program Staff 10,000 10,000 - Total Contractual & Professional Services $355,225 $355,225 -
Materials & Supplies 530170-Institutional Supplies 160,000 160,000 - 530600-Office Supplies 8,000 8,000 - 531900-Other Supplies & Material 5,000 50,000 45,000 Total Materials & Supplies $173,000 $218,000 $45,000
Department Total $5,440,095 $5,585,919 $145,824
54 FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS and Concessions 2020 Rentals Permits,
Permits, Rentals and Concessions MISSION: To support the Forest Preserve District’s mission by connecting Cook County residents with their Preserves through appropriate recreational activities and permitted picnics.
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Permits, Rentals and Concessions Organizational Chart Permits, Rentals and Concessions Organizational Chart
Director of Permits, Rentals & Concessions
Deputy Director of Permits, Rentals & Concessions Permits, Rentals & Concessions Project Manager
Golf & Concessions Manager Permits & Revenue Collection Business Development Manager Manager of Permits & Revenue
Permits & Revenue Supervisor
Administrative Assistant II Permit Assistant
Concessions Aide Permit Aide
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Permits, Rentals and Concessions
The Permits, Rentals and Concessions (PRC) Department Concessions actively seeks out new opportunities to partner with provides opportunities for new and returning visitors to enjoy concessionaires to provide residents with access to outdoor the Forest Preserves of Cook County while also generating recreational activities and other amenities . Concessions significant non-tax revenue. Each year the PRC Department monitors the performance of Billy Casper Golf Management to issues thousands of permits for picnics, special events and ensure full compliance with all contractual obligations in the athletic leagues in our indoor and outdoor spaces, and operation of the Forest Preserves’ ten golf courses . It is also oversees a concessions portfolio that includes golf courses, responsible for monitoring and ensuring contract compliance boat rentals, bike rentals and more . The PRC Department for five canoe and kayak rental locations, a dockless bicycle is comprised of the two functional areas: Permits & Rentals rental program, a treetop adventure course, food and beverage and Concessions . concessions, outdoor recreational activity vendors, a tennis center and an equestrian stable . Permits & Rentals issued nearly 7,000 permits in 2019 for private use of Forest Preserves spaces, including 289 picnic In recent years, the PRC Department has also taken the lead groves, five indoor facilities, paved and unpaved trail systems, on new revenue generating opportunities, such as long-term and athletic fields. Permits & Rentals also administers leasing of parking lots, installation of cell towers, corporate membership programs for use of off-leash dog areas and trails sponsorships and expanded commercial filming in the Forest by equestrians and snowmobiles, and oversees the nine model Preserves . airplane fields located throughout the Forest Preserves. As part of these efforts, the PRC Department maintains the online permit reservation system and point-of-sale systems .
2019 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Permits & Rentals § Issued more than 6,900 permits as of August 31, 2019. Permit revenue since November 15, 2018 is approximately $1.4 million, roughly flat from 2018.
§ Successfully transitioned the indoor room rental program to a third-party vendor, increasing both rentals and revenues while decreasing costs . Rentals are up 17% as of August 31, 2019 .
§ Grew awareness and utilization of the Approved Vendor List, which streamlines the process of securing Special Use Items for customers by removing the step of obtaining liability insurance for third-party vendors and generates a modest additional revenue stream . According to customer satisfaction surveys, 64 .7 percent of people used the list to obtain their vendor and 64 .4 percent were aware of the program in its second year of existence .
§ Continued offering portable restroom rental through the permitting process as a convenience for customers . Approximately 140 customers took advantage of the program this year .
§ Offered permits for sale at our satellite location in the Dan Ryan Visitor Center on the South Side of Chicago on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays during the summer months . This satellite location provides residents who are not in close proximity to the General Headquarters in River Forest with a more convenient option .
§ Modernized off-leash dog area access by installing a keyless system that no longer requires the Forest Preserves to print and mail keys to thousands of members each year .
§ Conducted the fourth year of a major survey of permit holders to better understand the customer experience in the Forest Preserves. The July monthly report showed the highest ever overall satisfaction rates for all divisions, and also demonstrated continued improvement over five months (spanning two seasons.)
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Concessions
§ Partnered with Bike and Roll Chicago to offer bicycles for rental at 23 sites throughout the Forest Preserves .
§ Working with the Legal Department and Board of Commissioners to establish a new section of the municipal code governing revenue-generating contracts, giving PRC increased flexibility to earn critical non-tax dollars
§ Issued RFPs and RFIs to secure a new corporate sponsorship consultant, identify locations for possible cell towers, and reimagine the Forest Preserves’ bike rental program for 2020 .
§ Opened a new juice and smoothie concession at the Swallow Cliff Pavilion & Cafe .
2020 GOALS
Permits & Rentals
§ Rebuild the online permit reservation system with the current vendor to improve the customer experience and increase efficiency.
§ Grow indoor room reservations and revenues at the Forest Preserves’ newest locations, Swallow Cliff and Rolling Knolls .
§ Begin a multi-year transition to mandatory utilization of the Forest Preserves’ approved vendor list .
§ Expand permit staff availability at the Dan Ryan Visitor Center . Currently the site is only open for permit requests two and a half days per week from Memorial Day through Labor Day .
§ Streamline the equestrian tag and license program .
Concessions
§ Implement a concessions permit program to create new opportunities for small businesses to offer food, beverages and recreational offerings in the Forest Preserves .
§ Award contracts to operate both a new bike rental program and management of two boathouses to be launched by the summer of 2020 .
§ Onboard a sponsorship sales consultant to generate additional financial support for Forest Preserves programs, facilities and events .
§ Expand other sources of non-tax revenue, including cell towers, to increase the percentage of the Forest Preserves’ operating budget derived from earned income .
§ Conduct public hearings on the key recommendations offered by the National Golf Foundation in the draft report of the Forest Preserves’ Golf System Analysis .
§ Secure a long-term vendor for the Swallow Cliff Pavilion & Cafe .
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01 - Corporate Fund 5140-Permits, Rentals & Concessions (Office) 2019 2020 Appropriation Recommendation Total Total Total Total Title GRADE FTEs Salaries FTEs Salaries 2482-Dir of Recreat Vol Res Permits 24 1 111,736 1 111,736 2535-Dep Dirof Rec Vol Res Permit 22 1 110,396 1 110,396 5941-Concession Manager 21 1 83,450 - - 6273-Manager of Permits & Revenue 21 1 87,393 1 91,607 7653-Business Development Manager 21 - - 1 79,647 6949-Perm Rntals & Conces Proj Mgr 20 1 87,393 1 87,393 4630-Permit Coordinator - FPD 17 1 67,800 - - 7823-Permits & Revenue Supervisor 17 - - 2 127,271 6271-Event & Facility Supervisor 16 1 66,011 - - 6932-Administrative Asst II-FPD 14 1 47,599 1 55,409 6437-Permit Assistant 13 3 143,986 4 183,543 Full Time Personnel Total 11 $805,764 12 $847,003
5943-Seasonal Permit Aide XFPD 0.9 29,170 - - 6262-Permit Aide XFPD 3.4 105,923 3.4 106,150 6451-Concession Aide XFPD 0.7 22,801 0.7 22,801 Part-Time/Seasonal Personnel Total 5.0 $157,893 4.1 $128,951
Personnel Wages Total 16.0 $963,657 16.1 $975,954
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01 - Corporate Fund 40 - PERMITS RENTALS & CONCESSIONS
2019 2020 Acct#/Description Appropriation Recommendation Difference Personnel Services 501010-Sal/Wag Of Reg Employees $805,764 $847,003 $41,240 501030-Turnover Adjustment (93,149) (83,834) 9,315 501135-Sal/Wages Seasonal Empl 157,893 128,951 (28,942) 501511-Mandatory Medicare Cost 13,973 14,151 178 501590-Group Life Insurance 1,187 1,236 49 501610-Group Health Insurance 207,795 207,485 (310) 501640-Group Dental Insurance 6,922 6,937 15 501690-Vision Care 1,698 1,428 (270) 501836-Transp & Travel Expenses 2,000 2,000 - Total Personnel Services $1,104,084 $1,125,358 $21,274
Contractual & Professional Services 520490-Graphics & Reproduction Svcs 6,500 6,500 - 520610-Advertising & Promotions 2,000 2,500 500 520830-Professional Services 525,000 595,500 70,500 501805-Training Program Staff 5,000 5,000 - Total Contractual & Professional Services $538,500 $609,500 $71,000
Materials & Supplies 530170-Institutional Supplies - 5,000 5,000 530600-Office Supplies 8,000 8,000 - Total Materials & Supplies $8,000 $13,000 $5,000
Department Total $1,650,584 $1,747,858 $97,274
60 FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS 2020 Landscape Maintenance Landscape
Landscape Maintenance
MISSION: To maintain the recreational areas throughout the Forest Preserve District.
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Landscape Maintenance Organizational Chart
Landscape Maintenance Organizational Chart
Director of Landscape Maintenance
Deputy Director of Landscape Maintenance
Regional Superintendents
Administrative Assistant V Landscape Maintenance Project Coordinator Administrative Assistant IV
Divisional Superintendents
Assistant Divisional Superintendents
Serviceman III
Serviceman II
Serviceman I
Light Maintenance Equipment Operator
Laborer
Clerk
Intern
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Landscape Maintenance
The mission of the Landscape Maintenance Department is to Landscape Maintenance responsibilities include maintaining provide a safe, clean and aesthetically inviting environment picnic groves, mowing the grounds, repairing asphalt, for users of the Forest Preserves, and to continually promote landscape beautification, removing refuse, plowing parking best practices for the preservation and public appreciation of lots, installing signage, and assisting in setting-up and breaking outdoor and public spaces . down special events at the groves and pavilions . In addition to maintenance operations, the department provides support The Landscape Maintenance Department is responsible to inter-departmental programming, activities, rentals and for ground and facility maintenance, which includes General special events . Headquarters of the Forest Preserves and four regional areas with eight operational division and two sub-divisions .
2019 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Sustainability and Resiliency
§ Successfully implemented a recycling campaign that included the addition of 200 blue recycling garbage cans at various picnic groves throughout the district. Since initiating the program, 16 tons of refuse have been diverted from landfills.
§ Promoted the benefits of environmental and sustainable industry practices within the department through the 2019 Green Office Challenge.
§ Transitioned from fuel to battery-operated landscaping equipment such as chainsaws, string trimmers, leaf blowers, hedge trimmers and brush cutters to cut down on our carbon footprint .
Ground Maintenance
§ Planted sustainable-use fertilizer to help with water run-off at Whelan Pool .
§ Nominated for the Chicago Excellence in Gardening Award for sustainable planting techniques and the use of battery-operated equipment .
§ Installed native planting from in-house designs to help reduce the carbon footprint at all the aquatic centers and several maintenance division throughout the Forest Preserves .
Training
§ Updated the seasonal laborer training manual to include topics on safety, sustainability and industry-best practices . More than 80 seasonal employees received training certificates.
§ Trained eleven employees of the Cook County Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to receive their Commercial Drivers Licenses (CDL) as part of the Forest Preserve training opportunities .
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2020 GOALS
Sustainability and Resiliency
§ Continue to implement sustainability and resiliency best practices throughout all Landscape Maintenance divisions, such as reducing vehicle idling .
§ Continue to expand recycling and energy efficiency programs within our buildings.
Ground maintenance
§ Continue to implement training methods and safety awareness to reduce injuries and vehicle incidents within the department .
§ Continue to provide timely response and efficient maintenance services to forest preserve users and departments.
§ Continue to identify new areas for paving and landscaping projects . Identify 40 new paving projects for parking lot and sewer repairs, cross culvert and trail maintenance .
§ Expand landscaping projects to include installation of native planting at 15 sites throughout the county .
§ Implement a strategic plan to decrease the amount of “fly-dumping” within the Forest Preserves of Cook County.
Training
§ Work with department superintendents to create a more cohesive team by holding quarterly meetings to implement strategies on department goals and projects .
§ Continue to fully utilize available training opportunities offered within the Forest Preserve to foster internal professional growth among our employees .
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01 - Corporate Fund 5152-Landscape Maintenance (Office) 2019 2020 Appropriation Recommendation Total Total Total Total Title GRADE FTEs Salaries FTEs Salaries 2587-Serviceman III XF2587 2 116,289 1 58,144 2586-Serviceman II XF2586 3 158,931 3 158,931 2585-Serviceman I XF2585 22 1,080,564 23 1,128,689 2397-Light Equipment Operator XF2397 9 441,393 9 441,879 6946-Laborer-FPD 700 71 3,275,761 71 3,276,801 2577-Director of Maintenance 24 1 120,649 1 115,400 6879-Dep Dir of Landscape Maintenan 22 1 110,396 1 110,396 2508-Regional Superintendent 21 4 355,940 4 374,980 6935-Administrative Asst V-FPD 20 1 87,393 1 91,607 2572-Division Superintendent 19 8 640,001 8 615,408 6934-Administrative Asst IV-FPD 18 1 72,448 1 76,039 2571-Asst Div Superintendent 17 12 768,714 12 756,632 7056-Landscape Maint Project Coord 17 1 56,154 1 58,976 6940-Clerk V-FPD 11 9 398,956 9 392,188 Full Time Personnel Total 145 $7,683,589 145 $7,656,070
2399-Seasonal Laborer 700 40.0 1,536,288 40.0 1,536,576 2439-Intern FPD XFPD 0.5 14,560 0.7 14,560 7023-Seasonal Serviceman XFPD 1.5 61,838 4.5 127,347 Part-Time/Seasonal Personnel Total 42.0 $1,612,686 45.2 $1,678,483
Personnel Wages Total 187.0 $9,296,275 190.2 $9,334,553
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01 - Corporate Fund 52 - LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE
2019 2020 Acct#/Description Appropriation Recommendation Difference Personnel Services 501010-Sal/Wag Of Reg Employees $7,683,589 $7,656,070 ($27,519) 501030-Turnover Adjustment (751,011) (675,910) 75,101 501135-Sal/Wages Seasonal Empl 1,612,686 1,678,483 65,797 501511-Mandatory Medicare Cost 134,796 135,351 555 501590-Group Life Insurance 11,708 12,176 468 501610-Group Health Insurance 1,902,379 1,933,329 30,951 501640-Group Dental Insurance 47,566 46,472 (1,095) 501690-Vision Care 14,647 12,369 (2,278) Total Personnel Services $10,656,360 $10,798,340 $141,979
Contractual & Professional Services 520050-Refuse Disposal 200,000 200,000 - 520490-Graphics & Reproduction Svcs 500 500 - 520830-Professional Services 280,000 280,000 - 501805-Training Program Staff 5,000 5,000 - 501770-Seminar For Professional Empl. 5,000 5,000 - Total Contractual & Professional Services $490,500 $490,500 -
Materials & Supplies 530100-Wearing Apparel 32,000 32,000 - 530170-Institutional Supplies 32,000 32,000 - 530600-Office Supplies 11,000 11,000 - 530635-Books, Periodicals & Publish 2,000 2,000 - Total Materials & Supplies $77,000 $77,000 -
Operations & Maintenance 540250-Automotive Operation & Maint 5,000 5,000 - Total Operations & Maintenance $5,000 $5,000 -
Department Total $11,228,860 $11,370,840 $141,979
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Facilities &
Fleet Maintenance Maintenance Fleet & Facilities Facilities MISSION: To provide a variety of routine maintenance, repairs, renovations and services to help ensure properly maintained facilities, fleet, equipment, and infrastructures, while utilizing the latest energy efficient technologies, improving productivity and responsiveness.
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Facilities & Fleet Organizational Chart
Director of Facilities & Fleet
Administrative Assistant IV Intern
Technology Analyst
Warehouse Manager Facilities Manager Maintenance Supervisor III
Watchman Administrative Assistant II Equipment Supervisor I
Facilities Maintenance Foreman Garage Supervisor
Electrician Administrative Assistant IV
Painter Administrative Assistant III
Plumber Tow Truck Operator /Tire Repairman - Fleet Maintenance Service Technician Fleet Technician Laborer Heavy Equipment Technician Pump & Well Repairman II Clerk V HVAC Repairman Maintenance Service Technician Serviceman III (Metal)
Sign Shop Foreman Garage Attendant
Engineer Assistant II Laborer
Maintenance Equipment Repairman Tractor Mechanic
Maintenance Equipment Operator Parts Counterman
Seasonal Painter Serviceman II
Maintenance Mechanic
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Facilities & Fleet
The Facilities & Fleet Department performs two main The Facilities & Fleet Department supports the Next Century functions for the Forest Preserves of Cook County . The Fleet Conservation Plan goals by providing other departments with division purchases, maintains and repairs District vehicles the tools, equipment, vehicles and operational facilities needed and equipment . The Facilities division maintains and repairs to support the vision of this strategic plan . buildings, lighting, plumbing, in-house construction, and other trade services across the Forest Preserves . This department The Facilities & Fleet Department’s green initiatives include: also procures, constructs and distributes materials and propane conversions, green cleaning solutions and LED lighting supplies, including picnic tables . replacement . The LED lighting replacement will have future savings . The greatest cost savings are the current low fuel While supporting other departments, the Facilities & Fleet prices . If fuel prices escalate, it will have sizeable impact on the Department researches and tests products, vehicles and department’s budget—the current savings allow the Facilities & equipment that will help the Forest Preserves achieve its vision Fleet Department to accommodate 2020 budget constraints . for a greener and cleaner organization . The Facilities & Fleet Department also provides more proactive routine maintenance, repairs, renovations, and services while utilizing the latest energy-efficient technologies.
2019 ACCOMPLISHMENTS Green Initiatives Developed a five-year plan that has the potential to reduce energy costs and lighting output in Forest Preserves buildings by up to 80 percent by changing all halide and fluorescent lighting systems to a cellular-controlled, dimmable LED lighting system . This initiative supports our greenhouse gas reduction goals and the dark skies light reduction program created in conjunction with the Adler Planetarium .
Received the 2019 Autogas Fleet Award from the Propane Education & Research Council . The Forest Preserves was nominated by ICOM North America, an alternative fuel system manufacturer, to recognize our efforts to develop a greener fleet and support sustainability through the use of propane .
Purchased eight Ford Explorer Electric Hybrid Police Vehicles, which are designed by Ford to be equally responsive when compared to traditional gas fueled police cruisers, but provides the Forest Preserves with a reduction in fuel consumption and GHG emissions .
Maintenance and Construction Responded to critical needs on an immediate and emergency basis, including a power outage at General Headquarters, multiple heating responses during the polar vortex event, and reconstruction of a main circulation line at Whealan Pool discovered two weeks before opening day .
Supported the completion of construction of the Nature Play site at Dan Ryan Woods .
2020 GOALS Green Initiatives Continue to reduce the reliance on carbon-based fuels within the Fleet division .
Ensure the Facilities & Fleet Department complies with industry standards for environmental and sustainable practices outlined in the Sustainability & Climate Resiliency Plan .
Continue to work toward LED light replacement program while incorporating the “Dark Sky” initiatives .
Administration Develop and implement a comprehensive preventive maintenance schedule that will allow for a more efficient deployment of staff when responding to work order requests .
Develop and implement a five-year plan for the replacement and refurbishment of the District’s mechanical systems within its infrastructure .
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01 - Corporate Fund 5153-Facilities Maintenance (Office) 2019 2020 Appropriation Recommendation Total Total Total Total Title GRADE FTEs Salaries FTEs Salaries 6754-Sign Shop Foreman XF6754 1 59,463 1 59,742 6269-Maintenance Facilities Foreman XF6269 1 75,706 1 76,097 4805-Maintenance Service Technician XF4805 4 246,018 4 246,969 2591-Maintenance Equipment Repair XF2591 1 62,356 1 62,356 2590-Maintenance Equipment Opeator XF2590 2 150,694 2 151,799 2587-Serviceman III XF2587 1 58,144 1 58,144 2584-Pump and Well Repairman II XF2584 1 56,270 1 55,160 2499-Watchman XF2499 4 186,466 4 187,346 2489-HVAC Repairman X 1 92,040 - - 6401-Pipe Fitter X - - 1 104,520 6943-Electrician-FPD X 3 301,704 3 301,704 6944-Plumber-FPD X 3 313,560 3 313,560 6945-Painter-FPD X 2 193,648 2 193,648 6946-Laborer-FPD 700 2 93,199 3 138,409 6881-Director of Facilities & Fleet 24 1 111,736 1 111,736 7024-Facilities Manager-FPD 22 1 87,393 1 87,393 2581-Maintenance Supervisor III 21 1 79,647 - - 6247-Warehouse Manager-FPD 19 1 66,011 1 66,011 6510-Technology Analyst 18 1 66,011 1 69,256 6934-Administrative Asst IV-FPD 18 1 69,256 1 72,448 6942-Engineering Assistant II-FPD 18 1 78,343 1 78,343 6932-Administrative Asst II-FPD 14 1 59,207 1 45,340 Full Time Personnel Total 34 $2,506,873 34 $2,479,981
2399-Seasonal Laborer 700 0.5 18,829 0.5 19,204 2439-Intern FPD XFPD 1.4 29,245 1.4 29,120 6681-Seasonal Painter X 0.5 96,824 1.0 96,824 Part-Time/Seasonal Personnel Total 2.4 $144,898 2.9 $145,148
Personnel Wages Total 36.4 $2,651,771 36.9 $2,625,129
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01 - Corporate Fund 5154-Fleet Maintenance (Office) 2019 2020 Appropriation Recommendation Total Total Total Total Title GRADE FTEs Salaries FTEs Salaries 6508-Tractor Mechanic XF6508 1 73,439 1 73,786 6356-Parts Counterman XF6356 1 55,299 1 55,598 6267-Fleet Technician XF6267 1 59,948 3 177,484 6266-Heavy Equipment Technician XF6266 1 79,593 1 79,984 2586-Serviceman II XF2586 1 53,146 1 53,146 2498-Maintenance Mechanic 700 5 366,823 5 367,933 4806-Maintenance Technician Metal 700 1 65,595 1 65,595 4807-Garage Attendant 700 2 109,533 - - 6268-Tow Truck Oper Tire Repairman 700 1 58,760 1 58,768 6946-Laborer-FPD 700 3 138,640 3 136,072 2581-Maintenance Supervisor III 21 1 103,168 1 103,168 6509-Garage Supervisor 21 1 91,607 1 95,965 2588-Equipment Supervisor I 19 1 79,647 1 83,327 6934-Administrative Asst IV-FPD 18 1 60,116 1 63,024 6933-Administrative Asst III-FPD 16 1 52,291 1 52,291 6940-Clerk V-FPD 11 1 46,977 1 46,977 Full Time Personnel Total 23 $1,494,582 23 $1,513,119
2399-Seasonal Laborer 700 1.0 38,407 1.0 38,695 2439-Intern FPD XFPD 0.5 14,560 0.7 14,560 Part-Time/Seasonal Personnel Total 1.5 $52,967 1.7 $53,255
Personnel Wages Total 24.5 $1,547,549 24.7 $1,566,374
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01 - Corporate Fund 53 - FACILITIES MAINTENANCE
2019 2020 Acct#/Description Appropriation Recommendation Difference Personnel Services 501010-Sal/Wag Of Reg Employees $2,506,873 $2,479,981 ($26,892) 501030-Turnover Adjustment (175,719) (158,147) 17,572 501135-Sal/Wages Seasonal Empl 144,898 145,148 250 501511-Mandatory Medicare Cost 37,749 38,064 316 501590-Group Life Insurance 4,073 4,235 162 501610-Group Health Insurance 721,373 748,520 27,147 501640-Group Dental Insurance 20,101 20,829 728 501690-Vision Care 4,849 4,077 (772) Total Personnel Services $3,264,196 $3,282,708 $18,512
Contractual & Professional Services 520830-Professional Services 575,000 575,000 - Total Contractual & Professional Services $575,000 $575,000 -
Materials & Supplies 530100-Wearing Apparel 7,000 9,000 2,000 530170-Institutional Supplies 420,000 420,000 - 530600-Office Supplies 11,000 11,000 - 530635-Books, Periodicals & Publish 2,000 5,000 3,000 Total Materials & Supplies $440,000 $445,000 $5,000
Operations & Maintenance 540016-Water 144,000 200,000 56,000 540022-Utilities Electricity 853,200 853,200 - 540250-Automotive Operation & Maint 1,095,000 1,095,000 - 540350-Property Maint & Operations 453,000 453,000 - Total Operations & Maintenance $2,545,200 $2,601,200 $56,000
Department Total $6,824,396 $6,903,908 $79,512
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01 - Corporate Fund 54 - FLEET MAINTENANCE
2019 2020 Acct#/Description Appropriation Recommendation Difference Personnel Services 501010-Sal/Wag Of Reg Employees $1,494,582 $1,505,115 $10,533 501030-Turnover Adjustment (180,519) (162,467) 18,052 501135-Sal/Wages Seasonal Empl 52,967 53,255 288 501511-Mandatory Medicare Cost 22,439 22,596 157 501590-Group Life Insurance 1,555 1,618 63 501610-Group Health Insurance 265,582 251,143 (14,439) 501640-Group Dental Insurance 7,469 5,709 (1,760) 501690-Vision Care 1,771 1,176 (595) Total Personnel Services $1,665,847 $1,678,145 $12,299
Materials & Supplies 530170-Institutional Supplies 125,000 125,000 - Total Materials & Supplies $125,000 $125,000 -
Operations & Maintenance 540250-Automotive Operation & Maint 784,377 776,369 (8,008) Total Operations & Maintenance $784,377 $776,369 ($8,008)
Department Total $2,575,224 $2,579,514 $4,291
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Legal
MISSION: To provide quality, timely, effective, and efficient legal services to the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. Legal
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Legal Organizational Chart Legal Organizational Chart
Chief Attorney
Deputy Chief Attorney
Real Estate Assistant to Legal Staff Research Senior Senior Attorney Agent General Assistant Analyst Paralegal Superintendent Labor Matters
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Legal
The Legal Department represents the Forest Preserves § Closing real estate transactions of Cook County in lawsuits filed against, or by, the Forest Preserves, including lawsuits involving personal injuries to § Addressing Freedom of Information Act requests Forest Preserves visitors, disputes with adjoining landowners, § Facilitating the employee disciplinary process in employment matters and contract disputes . The Legal conjunction with the Human Resources Department Department also is responsible for drafting and enforcing ordinances . Additionally, the Legal Department handles employee complaints and litigation matters that involve administrative Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to: bodies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Illinois Labor Relations Board and the Cook § Providing legal advice and legislative support to the County Commission on Human Rights . President, members of the Board of Commissioners,
the General Superintendent, and staff of the Forest
Preserves
§ Reviewing, drafting, and negotiating license agreements, intergovernmental agreements and various other contracts
2019 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Policy
§ Facilitated approval of several amendments to the Forest Preserves’ Code of Ordinances .
§ Worked with other departments on various policy matters .
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
§ Provided legal advice and direction to various departments within the Forest Preserves regarding grievances, discipline and other employment/labor matters, with particular focus on compliance of employment actions with Forest Preserves’ Employment Plan .
§ Worked with Planning & Development Department to resolve issues relating to construction contractors .
§ Achieved favorable resolution of worker’s compensation, property damage and personal injury claims .
Negotiation
§ Negotiated easement and license agreements in connection with the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority’s Mile Long Bridge project .
§ Negotiated several intergovernmental agreements involving the Forest Preserves and other governmental entities to address shared concerns .
§ Completed interest arbitration with one collective bargaining unit and continued negotiations with several others .
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2020 GOALS
Policy
§ Facilitate amendment to Forest Preserves Enabling Act to expand construction contracting methods .
§ Continue to assist the Human Resources Department to develop and implement various new or revised employment-related policies and procedures .
§ Continue to improve Forest Preserves document retention and management processes .
§ Conduct presentations, with the Purchasing Agent, on the updated procurement and contracting process to facilitate organization wide knowledge of the process .
Litigation & Dispute Resolution
§ Continue to reduce fees and expenses related to the use of outside counsel for litigated matters .
§ Continue to achieve favorable resolutions of worker’s compensation, property damage and personal injury claims .
Real Estate
§ Negotiate to acquire active real estate targets .
§ Continue to monitor and identify tax delinquent parcels suitable for Forest Preserves land and acquire them through Cook County’s No Cash Bid Program .
§ Continue to work with the Cook County Land Bank to convert properties acquired through the Land Bank’s Flood Mitigation Buyout Program to Forest Preserves’ land .
Negotiation
§ Facilitate resolution of outstanding collective bargaining issues and renewal of collective bargaining agreements .
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01 - Corporate Fund 5160-Legal (Office) 2019 2020 Appropriation Recommendation Total Total Total Total Title GRADE FTEs Salaries FTEs Salaries 0616-Chief Attorney FPD 24 1 156,254 1 156,254 0628-Deputy Chief Attorney 24 1 119,926 1 119,926 2483-Asst Gen Supt Labor Matters 24 1 110,000 1 110,000 4712-Real Estate Agent III 23 1 112,613 1 112,613 6941-Senior Attorney-FPD 23 2 227,492 2 206,486 4617-Research Analyst-FPD 19 1 83,822 1 83,822 7604-Senior Paralegal 19 1 76,039 1 76,039 7605-Legal Staff Assistant 17 2 138,917 2 138,917 Full Time Personnel Total 10 $1,025,062 10 $1,004,056
2439-Intern FPD XFPD 1.0 14,560 0.7 14,560 Part-Time/Seasonal Personnel Total 1.0 $14,560 0.7 $14,560
Personnel Wages Total 11.0 $1,039,622 10.7 $1,018,616
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01 - Corporate Fund 60 - LEGAL
2019 2020 Acct#/Description Appropriation Recommendation Difference Personnel Services 501010-Sal/Wag Of Reg Employees $1,025,062 $1,004,056 ($21,006) 501030-Turnover Adjustment (83,334) (62,501) 20,833 501135-Sal/Wages Seasonal Empl 14,560 14,560 - 501511-Mandatory Medicare Cost 15,075 14,770 (305) 501590-Group Life Insurance 2,042 2,124 82 501610-Group Health Insurance 244,192 271,349 27,157 501640-Group Dental Insurance 7,030 7,523 493 501690-Vision Care 1,667 1,489 (178) 501836-Transp & Travel Expenses 5,500 2,500 (3,000) Total Personnel Services $1,231,793 $1,255,870 $24,077
Contractual & Professional Services 520260-Postage 4,000 4,000 - 520490-Graphics & Reproduction Svcs 1,500 1,500 - 521054-Legal Services 347,300 300,000 (47,300) 501790-Prof /Tech Membership Fees 45,000 45,000 - 501805-Training Program Staff 12,500 12,500 - Total Contractual & Professional Services $410,300 $363,000 ($47,300)
Materials & Supplies 530170-Institutional Supplies 3,000 3,000 - 530600-Office Supplies 5,000 5,000 - Total Materials & Supplies $8,000 $8,000 -
Department Total $1,650,093 $1,626,870 ($23,223)
80 FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS Law Enforcement Law 2020
Law Enforcement
MISSION: To uphold and enforce all State, County and Forest Preserve District laws and ordinances in order to serve and protect citizens visiting the Forest Preserves, and protect the property and natural lands of the District.
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Law Enforcement Organizational Chart Law Enforcement Organizational Chart
Chief of Police
Chief of Executive Protection
First Deputy Chief of Police Security Specialist Operator
Deputy Chief of Administration
Commander of Commander of Operations Manager Operations Administration
Deputy Commander Deputy Commander Deputy Commander Light Maintenance Administrative North Central South Equipment Operator Assistant II
Sergeants Sergeants Sergeants Clerk V
North Area Central Area South Area Police Police Police Intern
82 FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS 2020 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE
Law Enforcement
The Law Enforcement Department must meet the daily Each day, Forest Preserves police officers patrol the challenge of providing police coverage and protection for all Preserves—both traditional vehicular patrols in marked police who visit and enjoy our Forest Preserves . Forest Preserves vehicles, and high-visibility alternative patrols on and off the of Cook County police officers perform a unique dual role— trails that include foot, bike, all-terrain vehicle (ATV) and boat . that of a certified law enforcement officer as well as that of While on patrol, and as needed, Forest Preserves police officers a conservation officer. The Law Enforcement Department rely on their lawful authority to enforce state statutes and operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and its police county ordinances to ensure the properties are safe for all to officers provide protection to Forest Preserves staff and the enjoy . The Law Enforcement Department also supervises the millions of visitors to the Forest Preserves each year . Forest Preserves Trail Watch program, which uses volunteers for additional support to the public and an official presence out The Law Enforcement Department consists of State of Illinois in the preserves . certified police officers who are charged with protecting the natural lands of the Forest Preserves of Cook County and the Police officers are deployed on three shifts (days, afternoons buildings and structures situated on Forest Preserves property . and midnights) to provide equitable protection for properties Forest Preserves police adhere to and stay abreast of the spread widely across the entire county . The Department of county ordinances and state laws while keeping pace with Law Enforcement is presently comprised of 94 police officers, the expansion of the Forest Preserves land holdings and the sergeants, six civilian personnel and its command staff . The remarkable growth of its programs and social activities . number of authorized police officers has remained the same since 2009 . All members of the Forest Preserves police receive specialized training in conservation and ecology from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. As conservation officers, the Forest Preserves police are ambassadors to the public, perform conservation roles like checking for fishing licenses, and help protect the habitat and wildlife, including rare and endangered species .
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2019 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Patrols and Outreach
§ Conducted more than 2,600 alternative patrols across the Forest Preserves in the first six months of 2019, a 30 percent increase from 2018 .
§ Promoted public safety and protection of the preserves with arrests and citations for activities such as public drunkenness, vandalism, destruction of native landscape, dumping garbage in the preserves, fishing without a proper license, burglary of auto, and driving a motor vehicle on trails .
§ Engaged in community outreach programs and activities to ensure citizens from surrounding communities were clear that FPCC properties are safe and inviting for all to enjoy .
§ Certified ten officers in a patrol bicycleoperators course, certified by the International Police Mountain Bike Association. Approximately one third of the Forest Preserves police force is certified as bicycle patrol operators.
Administration
§ Developed a tracking process to monitor the number of calls received from Trail Watch volunteers who report suspicious activity throughout our FPCC properties .
§ Began the process of establishing an electronic inventory program tailored specifically for the needs of tracking evidence and recovered/found property .
§ Provided active shooter training to Forest Preserves staff at employment sites across the District .
§ Participated in professional development opportunities . including police legitimacy training, to continue to serve visitors in a highly proficient manner.
2020 GOALS
Patrols and Outreach
§ Expand the K-9 program to cover more land when searching for lost visitors and evidentiary items our Forest Preserves .
§ Conduct additional water rescue training for another set of officers.
§ Increase the alternative patrols throughout the Forest Preserves, including ATV, foot and bicycle patrols .
Equipment and Training
§ Purchase body worn cameras for officers, which have been widely accepted in many law enforcement agencies to become more transparent operationally .
§ Purchase and train police officers and supervisors for use of conducted energy weapons (CEWs), non-lethal weapons typically referred to as tasers, which will provide an enhanced level of safety to our officers during their patrols.
84 FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS 2020 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE
01 - Corporate Fund 5170-Law Enforcement (Office) 2019 2020 Appropriation Recommendation Total Total Total Total Title GRADE FTEs Salaries FTEs Salaries 1310-First Deputy Chief of Police ZZ - - 1 118,000 2397-Light Equipment Operator XF2397 1 49,745 1 49,745 2566-Police Sergeant-FPD FPD02 16 1,247,553 16 1,202,637 2561-Police Officer-FPD FPD01 94 5,848,467 94 5,880,686 2562-Police Chief-FPD 24 1 113,681 1 118,000 5259-Deputy Chief of Police 24 1 111,000 1 111,000 6425-Chief of Executive Protection 24 1 128,509 1 116,000 2597-Police Commander/FPD 23 2 220,792 2 220,792 6245-Security Specialist Operator 23 3 319,765 3 333,901 2565-Police Deputy Commander 21 3 264,716 3 280,907 6986-Law Enforcement Operations Mgr 21 1 79,647 1 83,450 6932-Administrative Asst II-FPD 14 1 47,599 1 49,804 6940-Clerk V-FPD 11 5 208,354 5 214,454 1310-First Deputy Chief of Police ZZ - - 1 118,000 Full Time Personnel Total 129 $8,639,827 130 $8,779,377
2439-Intern FPD XFPD 0.5 15,084 0.7 15,080 Part-Time/Seasonal Personnel Total 0.5 $15,084 0.7 $15,080
Personnel Wages Total 129.5 $8,654,911 130.7 $8,794,457
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01 - Corporate Fund 70 - LAW ENFORCEMENT
2019 2020 Acct#/Description Appropriation Recommendation Difference Personnel Services 501010-Sal/Wag Of Reg Employees $8,639,827 $8,779,377 $139,550 501030-Turnover Adjustment (641,453) (577,308) 64,145 501135-Sal/Wages Seasonal Empl 15,084 15,080 (4) 501511-Mandatory Medicare Cost 125,496 127,520 2,023 501590-Group Life Insurance 12,877 13,392 515 501610-Group Health Insurance 2,016,515 2,041,836 25,321 501640-Group Dental Insurance 53,437 53,415 (22) 501690-Vision Care 14,794 12,411 (2,383) 501836-Transp & Travel Expenses 7,900 7,900 - Total Personnel Services $10,244,477 $10,473,623 $229,146
Contractual & Professional Services 520260-Postage 6,000 6,000 - 520490-Graphics & Reproduction Svcs 6,000 6,500 500 520830-Professional Services 50,500 49,000 (1,500) 501805-Training Program Staff 80,500 83,000 2,500 Total Contractual & Professional Services $143,000 $144,500 $1,500
Materials & Supplies 530100-Wearing Apparel 50,000 60,000 10,000 530170-Institutional Supplies 81,000 81,000 - 530600-Office Supplies 5,000 5,000 - Total Materials & Supplies $136,000 $146,000 $10,000
Operations & Maintenance 540250-Automotive Operation & Maint 50,000 50,000 - Total Operations & Maintenance $50,000 $50,000 -
Department Total $10,573,477 $10,814,123 $240,646
86 FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS 2020 Planning & Development
Planning & Development
MISSION: To plan, design and implement capital improvements and renovation programs to Forest Preserve District sites as well as oversee the District’s land acquisition program to preserve and expand the District’s lands and facilities.
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Planning & Development Organizational Chart
Planning & Development Organizational Chart
Director of Planning & Development
Deputy Director of Planning & Development
Senior Planner
Administrative Assistant IV
Chief Chief Building Architect IV GIS Manager Landscape Architect Construction Engineer
Landscape Architect III Civil Engineer IV Building Architect III GIS Specialist I
Licensing & Land Use Part-Time Civil Engineer III Records Manager GIS Assistant
Licensing & Land Project Engineer Use Speialist
Engineering Assistant I
Intern
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Planning & Development
The Planning & Development Department plans, designs and Capital improvement needs for the Forest Preserves far out- constructs capital improvements to make the Forest Preserves pace funding . Although a modest $8 million bond issue in 2019 more welcoming and accessible . In recent years, the P&D De- is dedicated to addressing some urgent needs, there is still a partment has managed significant investment in campgrounds, projected need for more than this amount on an annual basis regional trails and popular recreation sites as well as major over the next five years to replace prioritized aging buildings renovation of existing buildings and infrastructure to improve and infrastructure, make some modest improvements to life safety and accessibility . welcome new visitors at key sites, provide matching funds for grants, and support increased repairs and landscape mainte- The P&D Department also oversees plans and policies relating nance work by in-house crews . to land acquisition and land-use licenses . It maintains maps, geographic information, real estate records, design standards With this 2020 budget, limited capital funds will be used to for signs and other built structures in the preserves, and infor- keep existing facilities safe and functioning, and to a more mation on the condition of Forest Preserve buildings, parking limited extent, making the Forest Preserves more accessible lots, paved trails and other infrastructure . and welcoming to new visitors through enhanced information and wayfinding signs, other grant-supported improvements and continuing to plan and design for the future .
2019 ACCOMPLISHMENTS New Amenities
§ Celebrated opening of new fitness stairs and nature play area at Dan Ryan Woods.
§ Added 1 .3-mile trail connection to the Burnham Greenway at Sand Ridge Campus .
§ Awarded grant for new directional signs, interpretive elements to the campus, and redesign of the Sand Ridge Nature Center, to be completed by 2021 .
§ Awarded grant for design and construction of a Des Plaines River Trail bridge over UP Railroad tracks and completed preliminary engineering design and held public outreach for the project .
§ Launched engineering study for trail safety improvements and connections on the Major Taylor Trail at 87th & 91st Streets and began initial long-range planning for a new boathouse at Skokie Lagoons and site improvements at Beaubien Woods, the Chicago Portage Historic Site and Caldwell Woods/Bunker Hill gateway sites . Repairs and Improvements
§ Added ADA access and drainage improvements at six picnic groves . In design for similar improvements at Camp Bullfrog paths and fishing areas, new fishing outcroppings at Green Lake, and Paul Douglas bike trail drainage improvements on flooded portion of Paul Douglas bike trail .
§ Replaced existing capital assets to keep them safe and functioning: Dam repairs and other hydro infrastructure at six lakes; picnic shelter structural repairs at Teason’s Woods, Sauk Trail and other preserves; and roof replacement at River Trail Nature Center workshop/garage, Indian Boundary Golf Course clubhouse, and General Headquarters in River Forest .
§ Upgraded facilities for energy efficiency and sustainability: Replacement of old HVAC systems at the Central Maintenance Garage and other sites, and green infrastructure porous pavement retrofit of parking lot at Dam #4 Woods.
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Assessments, Inspections and Evaluation Coordination
§ Bid, procured and permitted thirty capital improvement projects in the 2019 Update to the 5-Year Capital Improvement Plan . Began assessment of conditions of 157 miles of paved trail across the county and targeted inspection of the most urgent building replacement needs (HVAC, roofing and masonry).
§ Coordinated interdepartmental committees: Land Acquisition, Land Use, Trail & Recreation and Sign Committees . Co-lead Utilities & Emissions Sustainability Committee .
2020 GOALS Welcome new visitors § Conduct repairs to sites with critical needs: Swallow Cliff Limestone Stairs, Tinley Creek Trail repaving, picnic shelter repairs at eight groves, and parking lot & driveway repaving at two or three locations .
§ Add new wayfinding signs and improvements at Sand Ridge Campus and Caldwell/Bunker Hill gateway sites.
§ Create new trail maps for the Burnham Greenway and Wolf Lake trails .
§ Complete engineering design for improvement of trail safety at Des Plaines River Trail UP Railroad bridge and Major Taylor Trail with crossing and connections .
§ Add access paths at 3-4 picnic grove locations and two new accessible canoe/kayak launches, with grant support
Improve operational efficiency
§ Conduct urgent roof replacement at George Dunne and Billy Caldwell golf course buildings .
§ Replace 100-year old water line serving Central Maintenance compound .
§ Replace Salt Creek Landscape Maintenance office/garage.
Planning
§ Continue to cultivate new planning partnerships with local and other stakeholders at Skokie Lagoons, Chicago Portage,Beaubien Woods and Caldwell Woods .
§ Review existing licenses and land-use agreements with 3rd parties, and update policies and criteria for new licenses and land use, including encroachments .
§ Continue to plan for land acquisition .
§ Improve operational efficiency through better visitor data including expanded deployment of trail counters, assessment of conditions of trails, parking lots and hydro infrastructure, and updating 5-Year Capital Improvement Plan update .
90 FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS 2020 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE
01 - Corporate Fund 5180-Planning & Development (Office) 2019 2020 Appropriation Recommendation Total Total Total Total Title GRADE FTEs Salaries FTEs Salaries 2509-Dir Planning and Devoptmt/FPD 24 1 114,422 1 114,422 2237-Building Architect IV 22 1 113,142 1 113,142 2517-Chief Landscape Architect 22 1 113,142 1 113,142 3000-CHF CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER-FPD 22 1 113,142 1 113,142 2219-Civil Engineer IV 21 2 180,328 1 100,680 5720-Senior Planner-FPD 21 1 95,965 1 100,680 7810-Licensing & Land Use Records Mgr 21 - - 1 89,950 2212-Civil Engineer III 20 1 79,647 1 83,450 2425-Geo Info Systems Manager 20 1 91,607 1 92,084 6017-Building Architect III 20 2 174,787 2 179,001 2242-Landscape Architect III 19 2 170,179 2 170,179 5656-Lic Surveyor For Land Use Comp 19 1 83,327 - - 7969-Project Engineer - FPD 19 - - 1 66,011 7970-Licensing & Land Use Specialist - FPD 19 - - 1 66,011 6934-Administrative Asst IV-FPD 18 1 63,024 1 67,480 4310-GIS Specialist I 16 1 63,024 1 63,024 4831-Engineering Assistant I - FPD 14 1 59,207 1 45,340 6940-Clerk V-FPD 11 1 47,890 - - 6334-Dep Dir of Planning & Develop 24 - -- - Full Time Personnel Total 18 $1,562,832 18 $1,577,737
2439-Intern FPD XFPD 0.8 15,600 0.8 16,640 6263-Project Manager/FPD XFPD 0.7 40,776 - - 6443-GIS Assistant Part-time-FPD XFPD 0.7 24,128 0.7 23,296 Part-Time/Seasonal Personnel Total 2.2 $80,504 1.5 $39,936
Personnel Wages Total 20.2 $1,643,337 19.5 $1,617,673
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01 - Corporate Fund 80 - PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT
2019 2020 Acct#/Description Appropriation Recommendation Difference Personnel Services 501010-Sal/Wag Of Reg Employees $1,562,832 $1,577,737 $14,905 501030-Turnover Adjustment (135,982) (101,987) 33,995 501135-Sal/Wages Seasonal Empl 80,504 39,936 (40,568) 501511-Mandatory Medicare Cost 23,828 23,456 (372) 501590-Group Life Insurance 2,674 2,781 107 501610-Group Health Insurance 336,815 355,585 18,770 501640-Group Dental Insurance 9,913 4,562 (5,351) 501690-Vision Care 2,224 1,870 (354) 501836-Transp & Travel Expenses 5,508 5,508 - Total Personnel Services $1,888,316 $1,909,448 $21,132
Contractual & Professional Services 520490-Graphics & Reproduction Svcs 12,500 15,000 2,500 520830-Professional Services 61,532 53,532 (8,000) 501790-Prof /Tech Membership Fees 6,000 6,210 210 501805-Training Program Staff 6,210 4,050 (2,160) Total Contractual & Professional Services $86,242 $78,792 ($7,450)
Materials & Supplies 530170-Institutional Supplies 10,950 10,400 (550) 530600-Office Supplies 5,000 5,000 - 530635-Books, Periodicals & Publish - 8,000 8,000 Total Materials & Supplies $15,950 $23,400 $7,450
Operations & Maintenance 560019-Land Improvements - 50,000 50,000 Total Operations & Maintenance - $50,000 $50,000
Department Total $1,990,508 $2,061,640 $71,132
92 FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS 2020 District Wide District
District Wide MISSION: To acquire, restore and manage lands for the purpose of protecting and preserving public open space with its natural wonders, significant prairies, forests, wetlands, rivers, streams, and other landscapes with all of its associated wildlife, in a natural state for the education, pleasure and recreation of the public now and in the future.
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District Wide
District Wide Department budgets cover expenditures that are Materials & Supplies appropriates funds for computer not associated with a specific department. Expenditures in this equipment and software district wide . Money is also budgeted category must be pre-approved by the Finance Department for a pilot program to roll out Law Enforcement body cameras before an item or service is procured, allowing the department and conducted energy weapons, commonly known as tasers . to monitor and better control costs . Major District Wide account categories are Personnel Services, Contractual & Professional Operations & Maintenance includes funds for partner Services, Materials & Supplies, Operations & Maintenance and organizations such as NeighborSpace and for targeted, Other Expenses . small-scale land improvement projects .
Personnel Services is a category that allows for anticipated Other Expenses includes funding to support business cost of living increases, other required wage/salary increases, operations related to computer software, timekeeping and the employer-required Medicare contribution and estimated the Oracle ERP system, which is used for Human Resources, employee health care contributions . Payroll, Purchasing, Accounting, Accounts Payable, and Budgeting . It also reimburses Cook County for support Contractual & Professional Services includes a variety of support services provided by its Risk Management, Inspector General, for management and operations of the Forest Preserves, Board Secretary, Human Resources and ERP departments . including telecommunication services, public notices and Office rent is also budgeted here. printing. It also includes the budget to operate the five campgrounds and three aquatic centers .
94 FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS 2020 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE
01 - Corporate Fund 99 - District Wide
2019 2020 Acct#/Description Appropriation Recommendation Difference Personnel Services 501010-Sal/Wag Of Reg Employees $2,688,425 $3,496,700 $808,275 501226-Planned Benefit Adjustment ($650,000) ($690,000) ($40,000) 501511-Mandatory Medicare Cost - 50,702 50,702 Total Personnel Services $2,038,425 $2,857,402 $818,977
Contractual & Professional Services 520150-Communication Services 575,000 600,000 25,000 520490-Graphics & Reproduction Svcs 58,100 58,100 - 520610-Advertising & Promotions 124,500 - (124,500) 520830-Professional Services 2,300,103 2,117,071 (183,032) 521313-Special or Coop Programs 100,000 100,000 - Total Contractual & Professional Services $3,157,703 $2,875,171 ($282,532)
Materials & Supplies 530635-Books, Periodicals & Publish 385,000 385,000 - Total Materials & Supplies $385,000 $385,000 -
Operations & Maintenance 540130-Maint & Subscription Svcs 20,000 20,000 - 560019-Land Improvements 400,000 420,000 20,000 Total Operations & Maintenance $420,000 $440,000 $20,000
Other Expenses 3,137,080 3,137,080 - Total Other Expenses $3,137,080 $3,137,080 -
Department Total $9,138,208 $9,694,653 $556,445
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96 FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS CAPITAL AND RELATED FUNDING SOURCES
2020
Capital and Capital and Related
Related Funding Sources Sources Funding
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Construction & Development Fund
The Construction and Development Fund is funded from annual tax levies and other resources to be used for constructing improvements in the development of forests and lands to include construction, renovation or restoration of district facilities, the acquisition of heavy equipment and vehicles and major land conservation projects. An appropriation last for a period of 5 years and any unspent appropriation at the end of the 5 year period are transferred to the Corporate Fund.
51028-2020 Construction and Development Fund Fund 2019 2020 Difference Account Appropriation Recommendation INC./(DEC.)
Available Funding Sources 411010-Property Tax Revenue $6,052,800 $6,790,000 $737,200
Total Funding Sources $6,052,800 $6,790,000 $737,200
Expenditures
520000-Contractual Service - 31 $3,957,600 $4,057,600 $100,000 520000-Contractual Service - 53 562,600 562,600 0 520000-Contractual Service - 80 1,207,600 1,794,800 587,200 560000-Capital Outlay Expenditures - 52 325,000 375,000 50,000
Total Expenditures $6,052,800 $6,790,000 $737,200 $0 $0 $0
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Capital Improvement Fund
The purpose of this fund is to account for all capital expenditures of the District that are funded by debt issued prior to 2012, or other financing sources and that are not related to land acquisitions.
51009-Capital Improvement Fund
2019 2020 Difference Account Appropriation Recommendation INC./(DEC.) Available Funding Sources
411490-Operating Transfer in from RealCorporate Estate Fund Acquisition Fund $0 $500,000 $500,000
Total Funding Sources $0 $500,000 $500,000
Expenditures
520000-Contractual Service $0 $500,000 $500,000
Total Expenditures $0 $500,000 $500,000 $0 $0 $0
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Real Estate Acquisition Fund
The fund accounts for the District’s land acquisition program. Sources available for appropriations for this fund are derived from debt proceeds, contributions, and grants. The District does not directly levy taxes for land acquisition, but may transfer funds from Corporate Fund. The District’s land acquisition was initiated in 1916 and is limited by State statue to the acquisition of up to 75,000 acres. 52006-Real Estate Acquisition Fund
Fund 51006-Real Estate Acquisition Fund 2019 2020 Difference Account Appropriation Recommendation INC./(DEC.) Available Funding Sources
411490-Fund Balance Contributions $850,000 $850,000 $0
Total Funding Sources $850,000 $850,000 $0
Expenditures
520000-Contractual Service $750,000 $750,000 $0
560000-Capital Outlay Expenditures 100,000 100,000 0
Total Expenditures $850,000 $850,000 $0 $0 $0 $0
100 FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS 2020 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE
Resident Watchmen Fund
The purpose of this Cost Center is to allocate revenues collected from the Resident Watchman program to the maintenance and improvements of District Resident Watchmen Facilities.
54017-Resident Watchmen Fund 54017-Resident Watchmen Fund
2019 2020 Difference Account Appropriation Recommendation INC./(DEC.) Available Funding Sources
411360-Fees $223,000 $223,000 $0
Total Funding Sources $223,000 $223,000 $0
Expenditures
530000-Supplies & Materials $223,000 $223,000 $0
Total Expenditures $223,000 $223,000 $0 $0 $0 $0
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Bond & Interest Fund
Debt Service Schedule and Related Tax levy for Fiscal Year Beginning January 1, 2020
Period Levy Series 2019 Series A Series B Series A Series B Series C Series Annual Ending Year 2019 2015 2015 2012 2012 2012 2004 Debt Service
12/31/2020 2019 973,729 630,493 146,969 673,750 3,844,000 3,995,250 6,856,500 17,120,691 12/31/2021 2020 965,180 626,008 153,862 7,243,750 3,845,500 3,996,250 - 16,830,550 12/31/2022 2021 908,430 626,523 155,516 7,250,250 3,843,500 3,996,000 16,780,219 12/31/2023 2022 907,695 8,156,889 152,051 3,848,000 3,999,500 17,064,135 12/31/2024 2023 906,380 8,161,958 153,585 3,843,500 3,998,250 17,063,673 12/31/2025 2024 444,485 4,460,250 3,997,250 8,901,985 12/31/2026 2025 445,350 4,462,000 3,996,250 8,903,600 12/31/2027 2026 445,925 4,457,750 3,995,000 8,898,675 12/31/2028 2027 446,210 4,462,500 3,998,250 8,906,960 12/31/2029 2028 446,205 4,460,500 3,995,500 8,902,205 12/31/2030 2029 445,910 4,461,750 3,996,750 8,904,410 12/31/2031 2030 445,325 4,460,750 3,996,500 8,902,575 12/31/2032 2031 444,450 4,462,250 3,999,500 8,906,200 12/31/2033 2032 448,285 4,460,750 3,995,250 8,904,285 12/31/2034 2033 446,685 4,461,000 3,998,750 8,906,435 12/31/2035 2034 444,795 4,462,500 3,999,250 8,906,545 12/31/2036 2035 447,615 4,459,750 3,996,500 8,903,865 12/31/2037 2036 4,462,500 3,995,250 8,457,750 12/31/2038 2037 4,462,500 3,995,250 8,457,750
Total 10,012,654 18,203,886 763,998 15,169,762 81,683,262 75,942,512 6,858,504 208,622,508
102 FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS 2020
Fiduciary, Agency And Component Unit Funds Component UnitComponent Funds Fiduciary, Agency and and Agency Fiduciary,
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Employee Annuity And Benefit Fund
Required Property Tax Levy and contribution from Personal Property Replacement Taxes in the year 2020, for the purpose of providing the amount necessary to be contributed by the Forest Preserve District as employer.
51004-Employees Annuity and Benefit 51011-Self-Insurance Fund 52004Fund - Employee Annuity And Benefit Fund
2019 2020 Difference 2019 2020 Difference Account Appropriation Recommendation INC./(DEC.) Account Appropriation Recommendation INC./(DEC.) Available Funding Sources Available Funding Sources 411010-Property Tax Revenue $3,860,832 $3,659,331 ($201,501) 411010-Operating Transfer in from Corporate Fund $1,000,000 $3,000,000 $2,000,000 411050-Property Replacement Tax 429,458 407,044 (22,414) 411070-Investment Earnings 150,000 190,000 40,000
Total Funding Sources $4,290,290 $4,066,375 ($223,915) 411490-Fund Balance Contributions 5,350,000 5,350,000 0
Total Funding Sources $6,500,000 $8,540,000 $2,040,000 Expenditures
700005-Other Expense $4,290,290 $4,066,375 ($223,915) Expenditures
501000-Personal Services $1,100,000 $1,800,000 $700,000 Total Expenditures $4,290,290 $4,066,375 ($223,915) 580000-Contingencies & Special Purp 5,000,000 6,340,000 1,340,000 $0 $0 $0 700005-Other Expense 400,000 400,000 0
Total Expenditures $6,500,000 $8,540,000 $2,040,000 $0 $0 $0
104 FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS 2020 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE
Self-Insurance Fund
The Internal Service Fund is established to account for the District’s self-insurance related activities including accumulating a fund balance sufficient to meet future estimated claims and judgments, paying worker’s compensation claims, tort judgments/settle- ments, and associated legal fees. 51004-Employees Annuity and Benefit 51011-Self-Insurance Fund Fund 52011 - Self Insurance Fund
2019 2020 Difference 2019 2020 Difference Account Appropriation Recommendation INC./(DEC.) Account Appropriation Recommendation INC./(DEC.) Available Funding Sources Available Funding Sources 411010-Property Tax Revenue $3,860,832 $3,659,331 ($201,501) 411010-Operating Transfer in from Corporate Fund $1,000,000 $3,000,000 $2,000,000 411050-Property Replacement Tax 429,458 407,044 (22,414) 411070-Investment Earnings 150,000 190,000 40,000
Total Funding Sources $4,290,290 $4,066,375 ($223,915) 411490-Fund Balance Contributions 5,350,000 5,350,000 0
Total Funding Sources $6,500,000 $8,540,000 $2,040,000 Expenditures
700005-Other Expense $4,290,290 $4,066,375 ($223,915) Expenditures
501000-Personal Services $1,100,000 $1,800,000 $700,000 Total Expenditures $4,290,290 $4,066,375 ($223,915) 580000-Contingencies & Special Purp 5,000,000 6,340,000 1,340,000 $0 $0 $0 700005-Other Expense 400,000 400,000 0
Total Expenditures $6,500,000 $8,540,000 $2,040,000 $0 $0 $0
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52005-Chicago51005-Chicago Zoological Zoological Society Society Fund Fund
2019 2020 Difference Account Appropriation Recommendation INC./(DEC.) Available Funding Sources
411010-Property Tax Revenue $13,856,379 $13,856,379 $0 411050-Property Replacement Tax 533,126 533,126 0
Total Funding Sources $14,389,505 $14,389,505 $0
Expenditures
700005-Other Expense $14,389,505 $14,389,505 $0
Total Expenditures $14,389,505 $14,389,505 $0 $0 $0 $0
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52008-Chicago51008-Chicago Horticultural Horticultural Fund Fund
2019 2020 Difference Account Appropriation Recommendation INC./(DEC.) Available Funding Sources
411010-Property Tax Revenue $8,679,628 $8,679,628 $0 411050-Property Replacement Tax 253,150 253,150 0
Total Funding Sources $8,932,778 $8,932,778 $0
Expenditures
700005-Other Expense $8,932,778 $8,932,778 $0
Total Expenditures $8,932,778 $8,932,778 $0 $0 $0 $0
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Chicago Zoological Society and Chicago Horticultural Society
No partnerships have been as important to the Forest cial support to these world-class institutions each year—nearly Preserves of Cook County as the relationships with the one fifth of the Forest Preserves current annual budget is Chicago Zoological Society (CZS), which operates the dedicated to the operation of the Zoo and Garden . Brookfield Zoo, and the Chicago Horticultural Society (CHS), which operates the Chicago Botanic Garden . These public-private partnerships have proved resilient over the years, sustaining these preeminent centers for learning The Forest Preserves and CZS opened Brookfield Zoo in 1934, and scientific research and growing them into two of the most and the Preserves and CHS opened the Chicago Botanic popular attractions in Illinois . Garden in 1972 . The Forest Preserves provided the land that houses the Zoo and Garden and contributes significant finan-
BROOKFIELD ZOO
§ Set within a 285-acre nature park and accredited arboretum on Forest Preserves land, the Brookfield Zoo connects more than 2 million guests each year to its diverse collection of wildlife living in cutting-edge naturalistic exhibits .
§ The Chicago Zoological Society is not only at the forefront of animal welfare, it also is a leader in social innovation, developing award-winning conservation, education and community outreach initiatives that serve disadvantaged neighborhoods, veterans and individuals with cognitive, physical and intellectual differences .
§ CZS teacher training and community-based education programs and events reach more than 200,000 people and encourage everyone, regardless of age and background, to understand the importance of wildlife, nature and the environment .
CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN
§ The Chicago Botanic Garden features 27 gardens, more than 100 acres of woodland, and 15 acres of re-created prairie habitat on 385 acres of Forest Preserves land . More than one million guests visit the Garden each year to view this living museum’s collection of 2 .7 million plants .
§ The Garden serves more than 270,000 people in registered and free programs, including adult education classes, symposia, professional certificate programs, and a Science Career Continuum that trains Chicago Public Schools middle- and high-school students for careers in science .
§ The Garden also helps improve employment opportunities and broaden access to fresh produce for low-income households through its youth and adult urban agriculture and jobs training programs at Windy City Harvest sites throughout Cook and Lake Counties .
§ Collaboration with the Forest Preserves
§ Both the Zoo and Garden remain close partners with the Forest Preserves, which helps support the institutions and shares their mission of preserving and providing education about the natural world . Each year, the Forest Preserves collaborates with both CZS and the Garden on ecological restoration, innovative research and public programming .
§ The Forest Preserves and CZS have partnered to track walleye, badgers and river otters to help better understand their use of local habitats and inform future restoration projects . CZS also supports research efforts by helping Forest Preserves biologists perform health checks on native wildlife .
§ Recent collaborations with the Garden include the Plants of Concern and Budburst citizen science projects, the Greencorps Chicago job-training program and amphibian-focused restoration research . The Forest Preserves and Garden also partner frequently on seed collecting, research and banking for restoration efforts .
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Chicago Zoological Society & Brookfield Zoo MISSION: The mission of the Chicago Zoological Society, which manages Brookfield Zoo, is to inspire conservation leadership by connecting people with wildlife and nature.
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The Chicago Zoological Society and Brookfield Zoo AN INTRODUCTION TO THE 2020 FOREST PRESERVES OF The public private partnership between the Society and the COOK COUNTY BUDGET DOCUMENT Forest Preserves is as successful as ever, and Brookfield Zoo continues to welcome over 2 million guests every year . Over the The mission of the Chicago Zoological Society is to inspire past 10 years, the zoo has supported nearly 2,000 jobs and conservation leadership by engaging people and communities generated over $670 million in labor income, over $1 .5 billion with wildlife and nature. in economic activity, and over $211 million in local, state and federal tax revenues . However, the Society’s ability to generate When Brookfield Zoo opened in 1934, its purpose was clear – valuable community programming and sustain and grow the the large zoological park of modern construction would feature zoo’s economic impact is based in large part on the ability to open “bar-less” enclosures that would awe and inspire guests . maintain and rebuild Brookfield Zoo’s 1920s-era infrastructure. With its diverse collection of wildlife living in cutting-edge Our immediate infrastructure needs are serious both in scope naturalistic exhibits, the zoo served as a cultural destination and related cost, with nearly $90 million of deferred capital where residents of Illinois could learn about animals they may maintenance that must be addressed in order to avoid future never encounter otherwise. In 1937, the zoo was the first in exhibit closures . With declining sources of government funding North America to exhibit a giant panda. It was also the first and limited private philanthropic support, it will remain a in the United States to successfully welcome the live birth challenge to meet these infrastructure needs . In collaboration of a black rhino in 1941, and an okapi in 1959. Brookfield with the Forest Preserves of Cook County, we are committed to Zoo continues to be an innovator in animal care and welfare pursuing additional federal and state funding opportunities or to this day, and in 2016 became the first zoo in the world to potential bond initiatives to address these capital concerns . receive the humane certified seal from the American Humane Association . DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Since the founding of the Chicago Zoological Society The Chicago Zoological Society remains committed to building (Society) in 1921 by the Forest Preserves of Cook County, the a diverse and inclusive conservation movement, where staff percentage of the world’s population living in highly urbanized and guest diversity are a top priority . As a result of the Society’s areas has doubled, and Americans are increasingly feeling efforts to advance diversity among zoo guests, people of color disconnected from the natural world . Over the years, the represent 83% of Chicago non-member attendance in 2018, Society developed centers for conservation and leadership, 66% of Cook County non-member attendance, and 42% of where humans could further connect with animals and the overall non-member attendance . natural world and become inspired to champion environmental causes . Today, we reach beyond our gates into Chicago In order to encourage broad guest diversity, the Society once area neighborhoods and provide science and environmental again provided more than 400,000 free passes in 2018 programming and activities in libraries, schools and community to children and families who are socially or economically centers in eight under resourced communities . We are one of challenged, individuals with developmental and intellectual the world’s most innovative training facilities for educators and disabilities, students, veterans groups, victims of domestic veterinarians, pioneering the research field of conservation violence and many others. By partnering with local non-profits psychology, which investigates the best ways to motivate and community groups, the Society has been able to welcome human action on behalf of wildlife . those guests who may not otherwise have had an opportunity to visit Brookfield Zoo and learn more about the natural world The Chicago Zoological Society is dedicated to setting higher that surrounds them . standards as an international leader in conservation and the care and welfare of animals, to strengthening our relevance In addition to these complimentary tickets, we continue to in the Chicago area community, and to empowering residents provide at least 52 free days a year, additional free kids days to drive positive change . None of this would be possible and free admission to the zoo for every active and retired without the continued support and partnership of the Forest member of our armed forces . On any day of the year, guests Preserves of Cook County, its President, Commissioners and can enter the zoo for free by checking out an admission pass the General Superintendent . This support has enabled the at Chicago or suburban public libraries . In total, nearly 65% Society to remain a world class institution at the forefront of of all non-member guests in 2018 received complimentary animal welfare and social innovation, developing award-winning admission through the Chicago Zoological Society’s efforts to conservation, education and community outreach initiatives keep the zoo accessible to individuals of all communities . that serve disadvantaged neighborhoods, veterans and individuals with cognitive, physical and intellectual differences .
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In terms of the Chicago Zoological Society’s workforce, as of The Society’s Zoo Adventure Passport (ZAP!) program, September 2018, people of color represented over 42% of the targeted for families with children living in under-resourced workforce . Nearly 67% of employees hired year-to-date in 2018 neighborhoods, continues to serve hundreds of families in were people of color . Women account for more than 63% of the the Belmont Cragin, Pilsen, Cicero, Melrose Park and Fuller entire workforce, and when combined, women and people of Park/Englewood neighborhoods . The program connects urban color comprise over 77% of the Society’s workforce . families with wildlife and nature by employing activities that are meaningful and relevant to their community . The 2017-2018 When it comes to recruitment, the Society is dedicated to ZAP! program welcomed nearly 2,850 community participants . developing diverse slates of well-qualified applicants for all positions . All open positions are posted on a variety of job To encourage the next generation of science, technology, boards and communicated to community partners, including engineering, and mathematics (STEM) leaders, the Society those targeted to diverse audiences . In addition, the Society also held its 9th annual science fair for Chicago Public Schools participates in a wide array of job fair and recruitment and a second for the West Suburban Consortium of Academic events each year with partners such as the Chicago Urban Excellence in 2018 . These fairs provide an opportunity for League, Goodwill Industries, Helping Hand Center, Hiring our students in elementary school through high school to practice Hero’s, Mayor’s Office for Persons with Disabilities, Warrior scientific thinking and public speaking with judges from the Summit and many others . The Society has hosted individual scientific, engineering and local business communities. The meetings at the zoo with several of these partners to engage 2018 science fairs hosted over 254 projects by 362 students, in a concentrated and meaningful discussion focused on representing 41 different schools across 12 districts . how to best match applicants with meaningful employment opportunities while fulfilling the Society’s hiring needs. In Teen Programming: The Chicago Zoological Society’s King collaboration with local elected officials, the Society also Conservation Science Scholar Program welcomes around 250 engaged in a targeted campaign on the west side of Chicago high school students every year to learn about animals and and the western suburbs to recruit seasonal staff from local conservation, network with scientists, and make a difference area high schools and community groups . in their communities . Through interactive workshops, interpretation opportunities, research endeavors and community INNOVATIONS AND EXCELLENCE IN CONSERVATION action projects, the Scholars gain STEM knowledge along with LEADERSHIP AND ANIMAL WELFARE college readiness, leadership, and career skills . The program has served over 1,000 students since its launch, and in 2017, Center for Community Engagement and Social Innovation the scholars were 46% women and 60% from underserved With the support of the Forest Preserves of Cook County, the minorities. For the first time ever in 2018, the Society hosted Chicago Zoological Society is mobilizing the next generation eight exceptional scholars on a visit to the Sarasota Dolphin of biologists, scientists, conservationists and educators to Research Program, where the scholars engaged in research address local and global environmental issues . Our teacher activities including the collection of identification and training and community based education programs and events behavioral data on the dolphins in Sarasota Bay . reach more than 200,000 people and encourage everyone, regardless of age and background, to understand the Institute of Science Teaching Excellence: Today’s global Today’s importance of wildlife, nature and the environment . global economy increasingly demands more people highly trained in STEM fields. However at the same time, many Youth Programming: According to the National Research Council, Illinois students are failing to meet science education 95% of science learning takes place outside schools in benchmarks, and the gap is even greater for low-income and settings like zoos, aquariums, museums and nature centers . minority students . The Chicago Zoological Society is helping The Society’s research shows that children who come to love to bridge this gap with the Institute of Science Teaching animals at a young age are more likely to be conservation Excellence, which annually provides over 400 K-12 Chicago minded their entire lives. These findings, along with our goal Public School science teachers with training on teaching of reaching all learners, particularly those who are currently inquiry-based science and in developing classroom practices underserved, led the Society to develop a series of science that support science engagement by their students . The based informal learning programs, not just at the zoo, but in program gives teachers the tools, skills and resources they the communities where people live, work and play . need to confidently teach science in the classroom. The Society additionally trains over 300 educators annually through the NatureStart Professional Development Program,
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which provides educators around the country with ways to programs from around the county . The Society also hosts an incorporate proven nature play activities into their formal and annual Veteran’s Day celebration, as well as the Wounded informal education programs . Warrior Project’s Soldier Ride, a 3-day 60 mile bike ride that highlights the importance of moving forward together, where The Society continues to offer advanced science learning for zoo guests, staff, and campers cheer on veterans completing adults as well . 2018 marked the 8th year of the Advanced their first day with a ride through the zoo. The Society is also Inquiry Program, a Master’s Degree program offered by the proud to facilitate free visits by many of the surrounding VA Society in partnership with Miami University in Ohio . We Hospitals throughout the year . currently have 162 active students, and have graduated 128 students with either a Master of Arts in Teaching in the Center for the Science of Animal Welfare Biological Sciences or a Master of Arts in Biology . Inspiring our guests is one of the Society’s top priorities, but we also seek to establish the highest standards and best Inclusion Programming: According to the US Census Bureau, practices in animal care, behavioral research, nutrition, one in five Americans has a disability, which makes the exhibit design and much more . In 2018, the Chicago Society’s Zoo for All initiative critically important . For years, the Zoological Society embarked on innovative studies aimed initiative has provided support for our guests with disabilities, at understanding the welfare of animals based in managed including preschoolers on the autism spectrum, young adults care, and welcomed the births of several critically endangered with developmental disabilities, veterans with physical species . A few of the year’s highlights follow below . impairments, and seniors who have cognitive impairments . In 2018 we expanded this program by creating a new Inclusion Cetacean Welfare Study: In 1960, Brookfield Zoo became the Resource Center and Sensory Friendly Family Room, a safe first inland facility in the United States to showcase bottlenose and convenient place for families to relax and regroup before dolphins . The Society’s Sarasota Dolphin Research Program returning to the zoo . We also offer low-sensory days and now conducts the world’s longest running study of a wild events at the zoo, as well as Family Fun Saturdays, which allow dolphin population . For more than 47 years, the program has children on the autism spectrum and their families to enjoy charted the behavior, social structure, life history, ecology, activities before the zoo is open to the general public . health and community changes of more than 160 bottlenose dolphins along the coast of Florida . The program utilizes this In 2018, the Good Works program and Project SEARCH, information to foster positive outcomes for dolphins and their collaborations between the Chicago Zoological Society ecosystems both locally and internationally . and nearby community organizations, provided unique engagement opportunities for children, youth and adults with Institutions like Brookfield Zoo that work with cetaceans disabilities to develop job and customer service skills as well (porpoises, dolphins and whales) are committed to as independence while participating in volunteer positions understanding these animals’ welfare and doing so in a at Brookfield Zoo. In the Good Works program, 10 students scientifically rigorous way. In 2018 that effort expanded from local area high schools volunteered at the Hamill Family exponentially with an Institute of Museum and Library Services Play Zoo during the school year . In 2018, Project SEARCH grant to study cetacean welfare within 44 institutions located entered its second year at Brookfield Zoo, where nearly a across seven countries . The study, led by the Chicago Zoological dozen participants received hands on job training while rotating Society, aims to uncover how cetaceans here and at other through positions in various departments around the zoo . facilities around the world are impacted by three parameters: Following the completion of the first year of externships, all of their physical habitat, environmental enrichment, and training the participants were placed in local jobs . they receive from animal care specialists . The study will include observations, physical exams and blood and fecal Brookfield Zoo guests often leave the park inspired by testing . Additionally, the dolphins will wear D-tags, suction cup the connections they’ve made with animals and nature . movement monitors that provide information about the animal’s Sometimes, connecting with other guests can be just as underwater movements . The results of this study will provide inspiring . The Society hosts a variety of veteran programing zoos and aquariums worldwide with important information on throughout the year, which encourages veterans, their families, how to best provide these animals training, enrichment and and guests to connect with each other in a safe and welcoming exhibit characteristics that lead to optimal welfare . space . In 2018, the Society coordinated with the Cook County Department of Veterans Affairs to host a Cook County Veterans Outreach Forum, where veterans had the opportunity Veterinary Advances: As a world-class animal welfare to engage with local resources, social services and veteran institution, the Society is continually making advances in
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veterinary services for the animals in its care . In 2018, the PARTNERING TO SUPPORT WILDLIFE AND NATURE zoo witnessed the successful emergency appendectomy of a geriatric orangutan, which was made possible due to a unique The enduring Public Private Partnership between the Forest collaboration between animal care and veterinary staff and the Preserves of Cook County and the Chicago Zoological Society consultation of human surgeons . The Society’s veterinary staff will soon celebrate its successful 100-year tenure, and the also performed the very first Computerized Tomography (CT) partnership has never been stronger . The collaboration scan on a black rhinoceros to evaluate an obstructed nasal between the Forest Preserves and the Society continues to passageway. As the first zoo in the country to have a large grow, encouraging all Cook County residents to explore the animal CT table, Brookfield Zoo is able to complete detailed environment around them and experience a deeper connection internal examinations of even our largest animals, providing with nature . better treatment for individuals with routine health concerns, Every year, the Society’s Zoo Adventure Passport Program along with those with more unique and complicated cases . organizes group trips into the Forest Preserves to learn more The Society has also founded the first and only zoo-based about local wildlife in Cook County and help with restoration anesthesia, analgesia, and pharmacology research program, initiatives . In 2018, nearly 200 families participated in a whose primary goal is to advance the standard of care for Conservation Action Day at Zoo Woods, where they trimmed anesthesia and pain management of non-domesticated buckthorn, protected oak tree seedlings, planted new native animals . In 2018, staff traveled to institutions around the seedling, and enjoyed the natural setting . The success of this country to offer anesthesia support and evaluate a new event inspired future collaboration with the Forest Preserves anesthesia protocol for gorillas which will provide safer, more to coordinate additional restoration days at preserves located reliable anesthetic recoveries. Additionally, Brookfield Zoo is around the west and south side of the county . the first animal care and welfare institution to launch a radiology This year, the Society was also excited to continue partnering consulting service for zoos and aquariums around the world . with the Forest Preserves’ Wildlife Research Division on Notable Additions: In 2018, the Society greeted many new multiple wildlife initiatives . Most recently, the Society’s additions to the zoo . Lawrence the two-toed sloth was veterinary team participated in a Forest Preserves study introduced to Tropic World, and Leo the Red Panda joined on great egrets at Baker’s Lake in Barrington, performing Hamill Family Wild Encounters . The Society also welcomed the blood chemistry tests on the egrets to check their health . births of two binturong cubs, a prehensile-tailed porcupette (the The Society has been fortunate to assist in several wildlife official name of a baby porcupine), a baby Kirk’s dik-dik (one projects, including attaching transmitters to otters and walleye, of the world’s smallest antelope species), a western lowland which provide information about the ecology and health of the gorilla, and twin Amur leopard cubs . Amur leopards are critically species in the county . endangered with fewer than 200 animals left in the wild and The Society also encourages guests and members to learn in managed care, making their births vitally important for the more about the nature right outside their door by visiting local conservation of the species. Brookfield Zoo’s participation in the forest preserves . In 2018, the Society installed new signage in Amur Leopard Species Survival Plan, a multi-zoo conservation The Swap exhibit highlighting the location of Forest Preserve program that manages the breeding of species in zoos to wetlands and marshes, crucial habitat for some of the animals maintain a healthy, genetically diverse population, helps ensure which reside at Brookfield Zoo. This exhibit is in addition to a stable and protected future for these unique felines . signage established throughout the park, especially along The Society was also proud to welcome nine Togo slippery frog our Forest Preserve nature trail at Swan Lake, advertising the tadpoles this year, making Brookfield Zoo the only zoological Forest Preserves of Cook County . In conjunction with the Forest institution in the world to successfully breed this critically Preserves, the Society is also taking this message beyond the endangered African species . Also in 2018, the US Fish and Wildlife gates of the zoo and participating in forums around the local Service confiscated several Giant Chinese Salamanders being community which highlight the historic partnership of the zoo shipped through the mail as part of an illegal pet trade . Unable and Forest Preserves and opportunities to become involved at to be reintroduced to the wild, they were brought to Brookfield each institution . Zoo. At five feet long at adulthood, Giant Chinese Salamanders With the support and collaboration of the Forest Preserves of are the largest amphibians in the world, and also critically Cook County, the Society will continue to inspire conservation endangered due to the pet trade and habitat destruction . leadership and provide for the education, pleasure and
recreation of the public now and in the future .
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LOOKING TO THE FUTURE: OUR CHARGE FORWARD
The Chicago Zoological Society recently unveiled a five-year strategic plan encompassing the organization’s goals for 2019 through 2023 .
Increasing urbanization has left many people feeling disconnected from the natural world and struggling for meaningful ways to make a change . A 2016 published Chicago Zoological Society study demonstrated that visitors who felt a sense of connection with zoo animals that display behaviors of healthy wild animals changed their behavior to be more environmentally conscious, a change that notably transcended age, gender, ethnicity and political affiliation. When we provide close-up, one-on-one connections with wildlife, we not only provide engaging experiences, but also inspire action . In the Chicago area, under resourced and marginalized neighborhoods are less likely to have convenient access to nature, and for many people, zoos and aquariums are the only places they can see wildlife .
Working together with residents and leaders in Chicagoland’s under resourced neighborhoods, the Society is connecting children with nature in their neighborhood schools, libraries and community centers . Through programs like ZAP! and the King Conservation Science Scholars, youth from various backgrounds and neighborhoods are gaining access to nature and STEM learning from infancy through high school and beyond . As we reach out to our own surrounding communities to engage people of all ages and abilities in nature inspired science learning, we are leading the way towards an inclusive conservation movement .
The Society’s five year plan reinforces our commitment to engaging people with wildlife and nature. Building upon our strong foundation as a cherished cultural attraction, animal welfare pioneer and conservation leader, the Chicago Zoological Society is well equipped to achieve our strategic goals to:
§ Inspire Conservation Leadership - by creating an inclusive and captivating culture, we can inspire all people to care about nature and wildlife and provide them the tools to do so .
§ Engage Our Communities - by engaging and inspiring our surrounding communities, we can ensure a vibrant future for all .
§ Restore Wildlife Populations and People’s Connection to Nature - by leading the charge in animal advocacy and welfare, we can protect animals around the world along with those in our care, while creating and fostering meaningful connections between individuals, communities and nature .
The Chicago Zoological Society and its Board of Trustees is in the midst of a strategic planning process focused on updating our Master Site plan and identifying long term goals and objectives. Brookfield Zoo’s immediate infrastructure needs are considerable, and this process will include a serious deliberation on how to ensure a sustainable financial future for the organization, nearing its centennial . The Society will continue to pursue all available avenues of funding, and stands ready to partner with the Forest Preserves of Cook County on any potential capital initiatives to address these structural concerns .
In the face of mounting capital challenges, the Chicago Zoological Society, with the support of the Forest Preserves of Cook County, will continue to innovate as an international leader in conservation and the care and welfare of animals, to strengthen our relevance in the Chicago area community, and to empower residents to drive positive change in their communities across Cook County and beyond .
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CHICAGO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY CHICAGO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY COMPARISON OF ESTIMATED REVENUE COMPARISON OF ESTIMATED REVENUE ANDAND AVAILABLE AVAILABLE SOURCES SOURCES FOR FOR FISCALFISCAL YEARYEAR BEGINNING BEGINNING JANUARY JANUARY 1, 20201, 2020
Tax Revenue FY 2019 FY 2020 % CHANGE
Gross Tax Levy for Chicago Zoological Society 14,284,927 14,284,927 0% Reserves for Deferred Collections & Refunds (528,548) (528,548) 0% Deferred Collections (Prior Year Taxes) 100,000 100,000 0% Personal Property Replacement Tax (PPRT) 533,126 533,126 0% Reserves against PPRT N/A
Total Tax Revenue $14,389,505 $14,389,505 0%
Non-Tax Revenues
Merchandise & Concessions 13,730,234 13,057,756 -5% General Admissions & Parking 6,622,799 7,009,149 6% Membership & Animal Adoption 14,803,629 15,125,415 2% Unrestricted Contributions & Sponsorships 5,958,768 7,390,546 24% Special Attractions & In-Park Transportation 3,418,063 2,689,821 -21% Catering & Special Events 3,594,010 3,859,830 7% Education & Other Income 1,489,120 1,576,925 6% Endowment Investment Income 2,215,593 2,110,653 -5% Release of Restricted Program Contributions 5,035,425 4,267,219 -15%
Total Non-Tax Revenue $56,867,641 $57,087,314 0%
Total Tax and Non-Tax Revenues $71,257,146 $71,476,819
Total All Revenues $71,257,146 $71,476,819 0%
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CHICAGO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY CHICAGO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BUDGETED EXPENDITURES AND OTHER USES BUDGETEDFOR FISCAL EXPENDITURES YEAR BEGINNING AND JANUARY OTHER 1, USES 2020 FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2020
PERSONNEL PROGRAM CATEGORY / DEPARTMENT SERVICES* EXPENSES TOTAL
Animal Programs $11,797,309 $4,474,950 $16,272,259 Buildings & Grounds 7,091,188 2,393,232 $9,484,420 Conservation, Education & Training 5,191,010 1,493,552 $6,684,562 Administration & Security 6,873,794 2,771,532 $9,645,326 Guest Services 9,526,908 7,440,377 $16,967,285 Marketing, Public Relations & Design 2,181,133 4,080,613 $6,261,746 Development, Membership & Government Relations 3,496,448 2,664,773 $6,161,221
Total $46,157,790 $25,319,029 $71,476,819
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CHICAGO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETYCHICAGO ZOOLOGICAL PROGRAMS SOCIETY PROGRAMS
ANIMAL PROGRAMS
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 DIFFERENCE DESCRIPTION ACTUALS APPROPRIATION RECOMMENDATION INC./(DEC.)
Personnel Services Salaries and Wages $8,411,805 $8,603,433 $8,698,256 94,823 Benefits 3,151,344 3,238,191 3,099,053 (139,138) Total Personnel Services $11,563,149 $11,841,624 $11,797,309 ($44,315)
Program Expenses Supplies 757,211 609,302 613,568 4,266 Operating Expenses 868,448 843,751 892,921 49,170 Equipment 167,754 181,531 168,445 (13,086) Animal Food & Transport 1,106,572 1,206,212 1,201,909 (4,303) Utilities 1,479,215 1,521,547 1,433,262 (88,285) General Expense 161,323 155,302 164,845 9,543 Total Program Expenses $4,540,523 $4,517,645 $4,474,950 ($42,695)
Program Total $16,103,672 $16,359,269 $16,272,259 ($87,010)
BUILDINGS & GROUNDS
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 DIFFERENCE DESCRIPTION ACTUALS APPROPRIATION RECOMMENDATION INC./(DEC.)
Personnel Services Salaries and Wages $4,652,230 $4,995,519 $5,248,059 252,540 Benefits 1,744,634 1,848,224 1,843,129 (5,095) Total Personnel Services $6,396,864 $6,843,743 $7,091,188 $247,445
Program Expenses Supplies 778,841 810,819 769,430 (41,389) Operating Expenses 331,092 353,786 478,796 125,010 Equipment 725,935 849,468 935,124 85,656 Utilities 173,415 184,362 168,156 (16,206) General Expense 32,828 34,061 41,726 7,665 Total Program Expenses $2,042,111 $2,232,496 $2,393,232 $160,736
Program Total $8,438,975 $9,076,239 $9,484,420 $408,181
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CHICAGO ZOOLOGICALCHICAGO SOCIETY ZOOLOGICAL PROGRAMS SOCIETY (Cont.) PROGRAMS (CONT.)
CONSERVATION, EDUCATION, & TRAINING
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 DIFFERENCE DESCRIPTION ACTUALS APPROPRIATION RECOMMENDATION INC./(DEC.)
Personnel Services Salaries and Wages $3,534,538 $3,825,256 $3,909,047 83,791 Benefits 1,202,998 1,338,416 1,281,963 (56,453) Total Personnel Services $4,737,536 $5,163,672 $5,191,010 $27,338
Program Expenses Supplies 277,103 633,896 414,736 (219,160) Operating Expenses 1,059,833 1,119,674 897,547 (222,127) Equipment 64,552 158,140 49,276 (108,864) Utilities 44,264 47,394 46,138 (1,256) General Expense 38,452 53,676 31,868 (21,808) Insurance 49,135 51,388 53,987 2,599 Total Program Expenses $1,533,339 $2,064,168 $1,493,552 ($570,616)
Program Total $6,270,875 $7,227,840 $6,684,562 ($543,278)
ADMINISTRATION & SECURITY
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 DIFFERENCE DESCRIPTION ACTUALS APPROPRIATION RECOMMENDATION INC./(DEC.)
Personnel Services Salaries and Wages $4,788,447 $4,779,376 $4,902,004 122,628 Benefits 2,093,887 2,115,313 1,971,790 (143,523) Total Personnel Services $6,882,334 $6,894,689 $6,873,794 ($20,895)
Program Expenses Supplies 140,071 187,775 197,211 9,436 Operating Expenses 1,235,697 1,451,435 1,509,489 58,054 Equipment 818,000 920,211 914,525 (5,686) Utilities 51,684 55,608 51,115 (4,493) General Expense 20,517 18,162 17,562 (600) Insurance 81,029 85,174 81,630 (3,544) Total Program Expenses $2,346,998 $2,718,365 $2,771,532 $53,167
Program Total $9,229,332 $9,613,054 $9,645,326 $32,272
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CHICAGO ZOOLOGICALCHICAGO SOCIETY ZOOLOGICAL PROGRAMS SOCIETY (Cont.) PROGRAMS (CONT.)
GUEST SERVICES
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 DIFFERENCE DESCRIPTION ACTUALS APPROPRIATION RECOMMENDATION INC./(DEC.)
Personnel Services Salaries and Wages $7,358,950 7,917,742 8,118,762 201,020 Benefits 1,308,194 1,466,157 1,408,146 (58,011) Total Personnel Services $8,667,144 $9,383,899 $9,526,908 $143,009
Program Expenses Supplies 128,075 253,178 222,176 (31,002) Operating Expenses 1,198,335 1,280,343 1,287,921 7,578 Equipment 198,260 225,085 271,587 46,502 Cost of Sales 3,854,878 4,458,867 4,205,935 (252,932) Utilities 769,388 884,793 757,163 (127,630) General Expense 5,438 4,935 4,945 10 Insurance 594,404 613,048 690,650 77,602 Total Program Expenses $6,748,778 $7,720,249 $7,440,377 ($279,872)
Program Total $15,415,922 $17,104,148 $16,967,285 ($136,863)
MARKETING, PUBLIC RELATIONS & DESIGN
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 DIFFERENCE DESCRIPTION ACTUALS APPROPRIATION RECOMMENDATION INC./(DEC.)
Personnel Services Salaries and Wages $1,568,282 $1,680,987 $1,612,197 (68,790) Benefits 580,205 630,991 568,936 (62,055) Total Personnel Services $2,148,487 $2,311,978 $2,181,133 ($130,845)
Program Expenses Supplies 274,285 466,585 437,693 (28,892) Operating Expenses 2,820,557 2,903,826 3,416,460 512,634 Equipment 201,002 64,094 51,193 (12,901) Utilities 136,628 149,562 132,739 (16,823) General Expense 112,981 40,570 42,528 1,958 Total Program Expenses $3,545,453 $3,624,637 $4,080,613 $455,976
Program Total $5,693,940 $5,936,615 $6,261,746 $325,131
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(CONTINUED) CHICAGO ZOOLOGICALCHICAGO SOCIETY ZOOLOGICAL PROGRAMS SOCIETY (Cont.) PROGRAMS
DEVELOPMENT, MEMBERSHIP & GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 DIFFERENCE DESCRIPTION ACTUALS APPROPRIATION RECOMMENDATION INC./(DEC.)
Personnel Services Salaries and Wages $2,288,081 2,361,753 2,570,233 208,480 Benefits 834,885 $905,681 $926,215 20,534 Total Personnel Services $3,122,966 $3,267,434 $3,496,448 $229,014
Program Expenses Supplies 491,026 585,221 531,642 (53,579) Operating Expenses 969,487 1,349,888 1,356,979 7,091 Equipment 243,460 231,888 270,350 38,462 Utilities 15,209 16,128 16,266 138 General Expense 367,632 489,422 489,536 114 Total Program Expenses $2,086,814 $2,672,547 $2,664,773 ($7,774)
Program Total $5,209,780 $5,939,981 $6,161,221 $221,240
ZOOLOGICAL FUND
The District levies, collects and remits taxes to the Zoological Society which operates Brookfield Zoo. Brookfield Zoo opened in 1934 on 216 acres. The District owns the land and facilities. The total 2020 estimated expenditures of the Zoological Fund is projected to be $71.5 million. The Zoological Fund represents xx percent of the total proposed 2020 Appropriation.
Zoological Summary of Appropriations
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Recommendation 65,711,141 66,048,358 70,141,766 71,257,146 71,476,819
Zoological Summary of Tax Levies
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Recommendation 14,884,927 14,884,927 14,384,927 14,284,927 14,284,927
BROOKFIELD ZOO ATTENDANCE
Year Attendance 2016 2,263,568 2017 2,223,802 2018 1,909,187 Projected 2019 1,984,365 Projected 2020 2,011,981
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2020 Chicago Garden Botanic
Chicago Botanic Garden
MISSION: The mission of the Chicago Botanic Garden is to promote the enjoyment, understanding and conservation of plants and the natural world.
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Chicago Botanic Garden
OVERVIEW-September, 2019 distribution, and logistics . As these teens and adults learn about the importance of good food choices, they pass along Open admission-free daily from dawn to dusk 365 days a year, healthy eating tips through cooking demonstrations using the Chicago Botanic Garden is one of the great public gardens produce they have grown and harvested through the Garden’s of the world and welcomes more than 1 1. million visitors urban agriculture programs . Through collaborations with Loyola annually . The Garden’s membership includes 51,000 member University Health System in Maywood, PCC Wellness in Austin, families—one of the largest memberships of any botanic and a deepened partnership with Lawndale Christian Health garden in the United States and among the highest of the Center, the VeggieRx prescription produce program will provide Chicago-area cultural institutions . more than 1,000 low-income Chicagoans with free fruits and vegetables, coupled with nutrition education and cooking The Garden is located on 385 acres of Forest Preserves land . demonstrations . Public service is also advanced through the The Garden is a living museum featuring 27 gardens, more innovative and internationally recognized Horticultural Therapy than 100 acres of woodland, and 15 acres of re-created Program, which offers therapeutic classes at the Garden and at prairie habitat . The Garden’s iconic features are its 81 acres agency sites throughout the greater Chicago area to veterans of waterways and nine islands . Miles of walking trails, paths, and students (youth and adults) with emotional, intellectual, and bridges provide visitors with breathtaking views and vistas and physical challenges . from which to view the Garden’s collection of 2 7. million plants . The Garden’s science and research activities, including Education is a key component of the Garden’s mission, and a joint master’s and Ph .D . program with Northwestern the seven-acre Regenstein Learning Campus, opened in University, are housed in the Daniel F . and Ada L . Rice Plant September 2016, serves as the new home to classes and Conservation Science Center . The Plant Science Center is drop-in programs of the Joseph Regenstein, Jr. School of the a 38,000-square-foot laboratory building featuring a seed Chicago Botanic Garden . The Regenstein School offers a year- bank dedicated to preserving the native Midwest prairie, a round continuum of nature-based learning and interpretive 16,000-square-foot green roof garden, and a herbarium . The programs through more than 1,500 classes, workshops, and Plant Science Center is unique in its accessibility to the public events . Each year, more than 270,000 people participate in and earned a Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building the registered and free programs, including adult education Council for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design . classes, symposia, professional certificate programs, and a Among the Garden’s areas of research are plant conservation Science Career Continuum that trains Chicago Public Schools biology, ornamental plant development, restoration ecology, middle- and high-school students for careers in science . Over and plant collections . The Garden leads the Department of 40,000 people are served each year, without charge, through Interior’s Bureau of Land Management Conservation and Land the Garden’s Plant Information Service and the Lenhardt Management training program that has trained more than 1,100 Library, which houses 150,000 books and periodicals, early career biologists’ to work on federal lands since 2001 . including one of the nation’s premier collections of rare horticultural works . The Garden’s website (chicagobotanic . The Garden completed the second phase of the Jarantoski org) receives more than 6 6. million views annually, providing Campus late 2018, which includes greenhouses and the head information on Garden events, programs, services, science, house . In the coming year, work will beginning to complete the and horticulture . campus shade evaluation garden, which will include a winding garden with an interpretive walk and shoreline restoration . The Garden continues to expand its youth and adult urban agriculture and jobs training programs, managing thirteen Windy City Harvest sites throughout Cook and Lake Counties . CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN These programs improve the employment opportunities for 2018-2019 INSTITUTIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS OF youth and adults and help broaden access to fresh produce for SEPTEMBER 2019 low-income households . Program participants are trained in sustainable urban agriculture; the resulting produce is donated The Chicago Botanic Garden is an international leader in plant to social service organizations and sold at reduced rates conservation programs, recognized as one of the top 10 most- through neighborhood farmers’ markets . In addition to farming, visited botanic gardens in the U .S ,. and one of the top cultural trainees learn essential food preparation techniques and attractions in the Chicago area, welcoming more than 1 million develop job skills applicable across a wide range of industries, visitors a year from throughout the region and the world . including marketing; retail; food service; and transportation, We are proud to be a scientific and cultural asset to Cook
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County, a free admission institution, and one that, through Here are some highlights: our work, shapes how people value, perceive and care for the Facing Change/Board Diversity Initiative with the American Alliance environment . We are also proud of the excellent public/private of Museums; For the next two years, the Garden Board, along partnership we have with the Forest Preserves of Cook County . with 12 other institutions in Chicago, will be part of the Facing Change board diversity initiative . The program will provide The Garden anticipates ongoing growth as people recognize structured support in service of our long-standing goal to the value of spending time in nature and green space—and increase board diversity . of the importance of protecting plants and the planet . We know that botanic gardens are protecting threatened and Work in North Lawndale community through the Garden’s Farm of endangered plants – we risk losing 25 percent of the plant Ogden: The Farm brings food, health, and jobs together in one species that exist today in the United States . Of the millions location . This multiuse facility—with year-round farmstand, of acres of native Midwest prairie that existed years ago, only greenhouse, aquaponics, meeting spaces, commercial kitchen, a tiny fraction remains today . These fragments are in danger of and more—opened June 2018, and it already has become a disappearing completely, and with them, the birds, insects, and community landmark . Its farmstand regularly sells out, the other animals that depend on them . classroom spaces are heavily used, and thousands have come just to tour the facility . The Farm is a partnership of the Chicago The Garden has been growing at a record pace, as people Botanic Garden and Lawndale Christian Health Center and is seek out our beautiful landscapes as an antidote to our the homebase for Windy City Harvest, our flagship community stressful world . Since 2005, our visitor numbers have grown engagement program that produces 160,000 pounds of by more than 50 percent with the addition of seven new vegetables and fruits on urban farms, most located on the near gardens and seven new annual events while staffing numbers south and west sides of Chicago . In 2018, Lawndale Christian remain flat. These large numbers, and we are happy to have and Windy City Harvest’s Veggie Rx program distributed 1,682 them, create an enormous amount of wear and tear on our boxes of produce to food insecure patients at risk for diet- infrastructure, which now needs a significant amount of repair related diseases . and re-investment. At the same time, we are good financial stewards and a wise investment for both our public and private Collaborative Work with the Forest Preserves: As a part of effort funding partners. Combined with our conservative fiscal to conserve and re-establish threatened species, the Garden management, and our ability to both earn and raise revenue, has collected plant material to be used for propagation of we leverage our appropriation four times over which allows Corylus americanan, Diervilla lonicera, and Prunus americana us to deliver science education programing off site from the from various Preserves sites . Garden scientists are also Glencoe campus . collaborating with Shedd Aquarium scientists to learn more about how flowers and frogs depend on each other. Working The Garden work with our community-based partners has with staff and volunteers from the Forest Preserves, this continued to grow over the last year . The Garden runs an information will improve the health of pond and woodland urban agriculture program called Windy City Harvest, a habitats of chorus frogs, blue-spotted salamanders and network of 13 farms that grows food locally and provides other amphibians in the county’s natural areas since 2015 . health education and job training for youth, ex-offenders, and In addition to removing invasive brush, teams have surveyed urban farm entrepreneurs . We also manage an international amphibian populations and tested water quality . HEALTH, citizen-science project called Budburst that brings together or Healing Environments Ambassadors Learning Through researchers, educators, and gardeners to study and Horticulture, was launched last spring . Working in partnership understand how plants are affected by our changing climate . with the Forest Preserves, the Garden connects high school students, their school, and families to the health-promoting In 2018, we celebrated two great openings that reveal our benefits of nature. It is based at the Instituto del Progreso commitment to horticulture, urban agriculture, and showing Latino in Pilsen . the importance of plants to healthy lives, communities, and our planet . We also made a promise to our future with the Received $100,000 as part of the capital bill: As part of Governor development of a strategic plan that will guide the Garden for Pritzker’s historic first General Assembly session, the Garden the next five years. In 2019, we experienced some weather received a $100,000 line item in the capital bill for basic challenges, including the polar vortex , which damaged or killed infrastructure for repairs and upgrades like improvements to a number of plants requiring a number of them to be replaced our roads, paths, and possibly a new covered picnic structure . this summer . Additionally, the General Assembly re-appropriated $1 .5 million
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for two suspended museum capital grants for the Garden’s tracks in Chicago, providing clues on how to promote these previously completed nursery and learning campus projects . important pollinators in urban areas . The challenges to plants and habitats are ongoing, and one of the most important Botanical Sciences and Native Plants Material research, Restoration roles for Garden scientists is to mentor the next generation and Promotion Act (H.R. 1572, Botany Bill): With the leadership by of plant scientists through the joint graduate program, the Congressman Mike Quigley, he introduced legislation creating Conservation and Land Management internship program, and a preference program for the use of native plants on projects the Research Experiences for Undergraduates program . under the jurisdiction of the U .S . Departments of Interior and Agriculture, incentivizing private sector production of native Attendance tops one million for the sixth year in a row: In 2018, plant materials . It in turn authorizes existing federal efforts visits to the Garden reached 1,045,687, with people coming to to combat invasive plants, conserve plant biodiversity and enjoy our beautiful gardens and natural areas, attend unique encourage continued focus on supporting rare and endangered events. Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns sold out, even with the native plants . Currently, there are 50 co-sponsors and the addition of a fifth night. Attendance to In the Tropics: the Orchid House Committee on Natural Resources held a hearing in Show topped 40,000 . The third year of an expanded Super July. Hawaiian Senator Mazie Hirono introduced a companion Seed Weekend took place in January, and despite severe Senate bill that has 10 co-sponsors . cold and an impeding winter storm, more than 400 people attended . The Unearth Science Festival saw nearly 4,000 Revitalized the Garden’s citizen science program, Budburst, with visitor as snow continued into April . In early May, we hosted a 12,237registered users: Plants and pollinators need each other . new pop-up luminary event, Night Lights, with more than 6,500 What happens when changing climates disrupt the timing of guests enjoying the Garden after dark in candlelight . Through plants and pollinator interactions? That’s where the citizen early September 2019, attendance at the Garden is up 12 scientists of Budburst come in . The data they collect on the percent over 2018 . life cycle of plants can help scientists understand how plants are affected by our changing climate . A revamped Budburst Addressing the Garden’s operational needs: The Garden’s website was launched, making it easier for citizen scientists production facilities at the Jarantoski Campus are key to across the globe to submit data and share information . The maintaining the quality and beauty of this great Garden, and program also began its first research project, with Budburst with the completion of the Robert F . Finke Greenhouses on participants collecting plant data in home gardens or at the Jarantoski Campus, we have one of the most advanced research gardens at the Garden, three Forest Preserves, and production greenhouses at any botanic garden . It triples our schools in Waukegan and, soon, Chicago . production space and allows us to raise 160,000 annuals for our gardens and more than 25,000 plants to support plant Garden horticulturists travel to Texas, Latvia, the Republic of conservation research and our learning programs . Dedicated Georgia, and more to collect species for the Garden’s living collection spaces ensure better care for our renowned bonsai collection bringing our total to 13,000 taxa represented by 2 7. million and new possibilities, such as building a world-class orchid plants . Beyond their ornamental value, the plants in our collection . collection contain genetic material important as a resource for restoration, breeding new plants, and protecting the Conclusion: None of the Garden’s work would have been biodiversity of plant communities . In addition, we distributed possible without the support and encouragement of our 850 plants to 12 botanical institutions throughout the United longtime partner, the Forest Preserves . We are deeply thankful States . Botanic Gardens have a conservation role for plants for the Preserves commitment to every aspect of our great throughout the world of which many would be lost without our Garden of today and even greater Garden of tomorrow . A new efforts to collect and preserve taxa . This work is supported by five-year strategic plan, approved in 2018, articulates our private funding . future direction and identifies our goals. Together, we shall work to meet the challenge of sharing our Garden and its work Discovery of critically endangered rusty bumblebees along rail with even more people throughout Cook County and beyond . tracks in Chicago: Garden scientists are at the forefront in understanding the threats to plants and pollinators—and the consequences of their decline . Andrea Gruver, a graduate student in the joint program in plant biology and conservation through Northwestern University and the Garden, discovered critically endangered rusty patch bumblebees along rail
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CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN-Possible Challenges in 2020 Extreme weather conditions including tornadoes, floods, droughts, and life-threatening cold are an increasing • Financial Risks, including growing expenses and operating concern. Recent flooding incidents caused potential health costs due to increased annual visitation; rising employee issues, required the replacement of thousands of drowned health care expenses; and to free admission which limis plants, exacerbated shoreline erosion, damaged our ability to grow revenue Additionally, an anticipated infrastructure (such as walls, bulkheads, paths and reduction in government support to continue . And we roadways), and forced the closing of the Garden, which anticipate a turnover of long serving employees in the resulted in the loss of revenue . In the last several years, coming years . the Garden has experienced more adverse weather which has had a negative impact on physical plant, general • Site-Related Risks, including numerous negative impacts attendance and admission to special events . from invasive exotic organisms and soil-related issues . Examples of the former include zebra mussels (which • Information Systems Risks, including, but not limited require ongoing monitoring and repairs to irrigation to, those resulting from comprehensive information systems and pumps), boxwood blight (the local systems interruption and/or failure, the loss or breaching appearance of which neccesitated establishing protocols of information (member, donor, student, customer, etc .) banning boxwood from being brought on-site, and obtained via the increasing use of online activities, and quarantine procedures for our living collections), and residual risk (negative publicity and damage to reputation) . numerous species of invasive plants (including purple loosestrife, buckthorn, and garlic mustard) that threaten • Food Safety Risks, including food-borne illnesses resulting all of our cultivated and natural areas . Examples of the from produce grown or distributed via Garden activities latter include Southern blight and Phytophthora, naturally (Windy City Harvest and Fruit & Vegetable Garden) or occurring soil pathogens that are becoming more virulent illnesses resulting from consumption of toxic plants on with our warming climate . We also suffer from soil issues the Garden grounds would be problematic . Injuries to that stem, in part, from site construction and heavy visitor visitors resulting from outdoor hazards (such as trips and traffic. These include aterw retention, soil compaction, and falls) are an ongoing concern . a depauperate soil microorganism community . All increase the need for costly plant health care intervention and replacement plants .
• Traffic, deferred and preventive maintenance needs: including the serious ongoing traffic safety hazard which on busy days can occur from the Garden’s Lake Cook Road entrance to all the way onto the northbound lane of the Edens Expressway before the exit ramp . The Garden’s potable water system requires improvements to allow for water to be re-routed throughout the entire campus if a supply line break were to occur . The Garden continues to address repairs to deteriorated roads, paths, and parking lots, and garden structures such as fences, walls, arbors, and masonry features . We are currently developing both short- and long-term strategies to fund those needs, as well as for expansion of overburndened restroom facilties, and repairs to public greenhouse and building systems, envelopes and infrastrucuture that have exceeded their expected lifespan .
• Natural Disaster/Extreme Weather Conditions, including
damage to facilities and the living collections; and human safety, business, residual risk issues associated with a catastrophic natural disaster at the Garden .
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CHICAGO BOTANIC GARDEN 2020 GOALS
The Chicago Botanic Garden’s 2020 goals are drawn directly from our Strategic Plan 2019-2023 . Our mission — we cultivate the power of plants to sustain and enrich life — is evergreen, and our outstanding core experience — our Garden in Glencoe — is the foundation from which all else builds . Our long-term ambition is to be globally recognized for the role our Garden and its plant-based learning experiences play in shaping how people value, perceive, and care for the environment . Our opportunity is to take our core product — the Garden and its plant-based learning experiences — to a broader audience. As important, the defining characteristic across all our work is the quality of our products, services, and visitor experience . In updating our strategy, we are guided by the Garden’s long-standing, core beliefs:
We believe: people live better, healthier lives when they can create, care for, and enjoy gardens and green space . We believe: beautiful gardens and natural environments are fundamentally important to the mental and physical well-being of all people . We believe: that the future of life on Earth depends on how well we understand, value, and protect plants, other wildlife, and the natural habitats that sustain our world .
In order to complete our strategic plan, we are guided by the following broadly defined goals. Our focus is to: Elevate, leverage, and sustain the beauty of our Garden to ensure that it is vibrant, thriving cultural institution for future generations:
1 . Invest in the maintenance, improvement, and sustainability of our landscapes, collections, buildings, and site while keeping to the spirit of the original master site plan and architectural vocabulary .
2. Make our natural areas — water, woodland, and prairie — obvious and accessible points of connection to our conservation and restoration work .
3 . Make our living collection distinctive and resilient .
4 . Use the Garden to reveal our behind-the-scenes and off-site work .
5 . Draw on the natural synergy between the arts, humanities, and sciences, using our collection, exhibitions, and programs to help us tell this story and exploit the natural crossover between audiences interested in the connections among these topics .
6 . Partner to deliver on-site enhancements of the Garden experience .
7 . Invest in our indoor facilities to raise attendance between October and May .
Advance the Garden’s role as a leading center for learning in plant science and conservation, horticulture, and education, shaping the way indi- viduals and communities value, perceive, and care for the environment.
1 . Continually review and assess the strength and viability of our programs to improve focus, maximize impact, and demonstrate the relevance of our work on the lives of individuals and communities .
2. Document and share program impacts through rigorous evaluation, research partnerships, and advocacy .
3 . Maximize partnerships and collaborations with those who add value to our brand and help us achieve our goal to provide learning experiences about plant science, conservation, and gardening to children, adults, and families at the Garden and beyond .
4 . Create the next-generation leadership in plant science, conservation, restoration, horticulture, and urban agriculture .
5 . Leverage our science and conservation work through practical applications within the Forest Preserves of Cook County and other urban green spaces .
6 . Using the latest technology, maximize the reach, excitement, and accessibility of our citizen science initiatives .
7 . Leverage existing networks to strengthen the Garden through recognition, recruitment, and support .
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8 . Refine horticultural therapy practice and focus on target audiences with greatest need.
9. Make Windy City Harvest the partner of choice in the Chicago region for urban agriculture and a global model of best practices .
10. Increase the impact and visibility of our community outreach by using our Windy City Harvest sites as strategic hubs for coordinated programming .
Expand the Garden’s reach to engage more people in the full breadth and depth of our work.
1 . Shift people’s expectations of the Garden from a destination to a generous idea focusing on the power of plants to sustain and enrich life .
2. Grow and diversify our audiences in order to attract the next generation of members, visitors, and donors .
3 . Invest in drawing audiences that have potential for lifelong relationships with the Garden by maintaining our loyal membership and growing our visitorship, especially from families .
4 . Establish the Garden as a must-visit destination for the residents of Cook County and the greater Chicago metropolitan area .
5 . Ensure that our site can accommodate a growing visitor base while maintaining the quality of the experience and providing excep- tional accessibility .
6 . Provide a welcoming, inclusive experience for all who visit the Garden and participate in our programs .
7 . Recruit Board, staff, and volunteers to reflect the breadth of the audience we strive to serve.
Make certain that our people and our processes are capable of meeting the needs of a large, forward-thinking, and evolving organization.
1 . Review future opportunities to ensure that the work aligns with the Garden’s strategic priorities and that we have the people, skills, and expertise to deliver with excellence .
2. Working with strategic partners, create a pipeline of talent in plant science, conservation, restoration, horticulture, and urban agriculture to meet the future skill requirements of the Garden .
3 . Review and re-engineer key processes for efficient and effective operations.
4 . Invest in essential requirements in finance, external communications, information systems, data collection and management, and analytics, and ensure that staff skill sets in key positions effectively meet these needs .
5 . Ensure that we have competitive recruitment practices and policies that position us to attract and retain the most talented staff and volunteers for the Garden .
Grow and diversify revenue to secure our financial future.
1 . Demonstrate the value of the Forest Preserves of Cook County’s investment in the Garden .
2. Strengthen our ability and competitiveness to win both public and private grants in science, education, and urban agriculture .
3 . Grow the Garden’s endowment to provide financial opportunity and to mitigate financial risks.
4 . Invest in increasing earned and raised revenue from 60% to 80% of the operating budget by 2023 .
5 . Continually review and assess the strength and viability of our programs to improve focus and maximize impact .
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CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY COMPARISONCHICAGO HORTICULTURAL OF ESTIMATED SOCIETY REVENUE AND AVAILABLE SOURCESCOMPARISON FOR FISCAL OF ESTIMATED YEAR BEGINNING REVENUE JANUARY 1, 2020 AND AVAILABLE SOURCES FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2020
Tax Revenue FY 2019 FY 2020 % CHANGE
Gross Tax Levy for Chicago Horticulture Society $8,948,070 $8,948,070 0.0% Reserves for Deferred Collections & Refunds (268,442) (268,442) 0.0% Personal Property Replacement Tax (PPRT) 253,150 253,150 0.0% Reserves against PPRT 0 0 0.0%
Total Tax Revenue $8,932,778 $8,932,778 0.0%
Non-Tax Revenues
Unrestricted Contributions $4,367,297 $5,005,891 14.6% Government Grants and Contracts 3,858,216 3,074,827 -20.3% Membership 4,950,861 5,278,014 6.6% Parking 1,992,254 1,888,000 -5.2% Restricted Program Contributions 2,385,432 2,615,447 9.6% Sponsorships 1,295,700 1,325,000 2.3% Investment Income 2,816,592 3,136,171 11.3% Education Fees 2,369,828 2,453,582 3.5% Visitor Program & Events 3,549,379 3,722,404 4.9% Tram 239,500 206,000 -14.0% Food Service Fees 500,000 524,000 4.8% Miscellaneous 509,900 220,000 -56.9%
Total Non-Tax Revenue $28,834,959 $29,449,336 2.1%
Total Tax and Non-Tax Revenues $37,767,737 $38,382,114
Total All Revenues $37,767,737 $38,382,114 1.6%
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CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY BUDGETEDCHICAGO EXPENDITURES HORTICULTURAL AND SOCIETY OTHER USES FOR FISCALBUDGETED YEAR EXPENDITURES BEGINNING AND JANUARY OTHER USES 1, 2020 FOR FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2020
PERSONNEL PROGRAM CATEGORY / DEPARTMENT SERVICES* EXPENSES TOTAL
Administration & Information Services $2,501,884 $2,840,391 $5,342,275 Horticulture & Collections 5,217,417 1,483,235 6,700,652 Science & Conservation 3,964,316 1,199,973 5,164,289 Facilities & Planning 2,348,034 1,999,543 4,347,577 Communications 1,978,680 1,345,905 3,324,585 Institutional Advancement 2,642,292 1,329,327 3,971,619 Education 1,849,364 844,700 2,694,064 Visitor Services 2,386,535 1,593,639 3,980,174 Outreach/Community Programs 2,110,980 745,900 2,856,880
Major Repairs & Maintenance 0 0
Total $24,999,501 $13,382,613 $38,382,114
* Includes Salary, Wages, & Benefits
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CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY PROGRAMS CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY PROGRAMS
ADMINISTRATION & INFORMATION SERVICES
FY 2019 FY 2019 FY 2020 DIFFERENCE DESCRIPTION ESTIMATED ACTUALS APPROPRIATION RECOMMENDATION INC./(DEC.)
Personnel Services Salaries and Wages $1,929,624 $1,867,934 $2,034,052 166,118 Benefits 444,947 525,850 467,832 (58,018) Total Personnel Services $2,374,571 $2,393,784 $2,501,884 $108,100
Program Expenses Operating Expenses 2,270,238 2,468,675 2,680,391 211,716 Equipment Expenses 145,500 160,000 160,000 0 Total Program Expenses $2,415,738 $2,628,675 $2,840,391 $211,716
Program Total $4,790,309 $5,022,459 $5,342,275 $319,816
HORTICULTURE & COLLECTIONS
FY 2019 FY 2019 FY 2020 DIFFERENCE DESCRIPTION ESTIMATED ACTUALS APPROPRIATION RECOMMENDATION INC./(DEC.)
Personnel Services Salaries and Wages $4,159,360 $3,909,596 $4,218,454 308,857 Benefits 941,888 911,893 998,963 87,071 Total Personnel Services $5,101,248 $4,821,489 $5,217,417 $395,928
Program Expenses Operating Expenses 995,745 1,270,885 1,423,235 152,350 Equipment Expenses 24,686 42,000 60,000 18,000 Total Program Expenses $1,020,431 $1,312,885 $1,483,235 $170,350
Program Total $6,121,679 $6,134,374 $6,700,652 $566,278
DESCRIPTION ESTIMATED ACTUALS APPROPRIATION RECOMMENDATION INC./(DEC.)
Personnel Services Salaries and Wages $3,261,133 $4,147,449 $3,249,440 (898,009) Benefits 696,992 1,045,659 714,877 (330,783) Total Personnel Services $3,958,125 $5,193,108 $3,964,316 ($1,228,792)
Program Expenses Operating Expenses 1,088,407 1,202,604 1,174,973 (27,631) Equipment Expenses 16,812 15,000 25,000 10,000 Total Program Expenses $1,105,219 $1,217,604 $1,199,973 ($17,631)
Program Total $5,063,344 $6,410,712 $5,164,289 ($1,246,423)
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CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY PROGRAMS (CONT.) CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY PROGRAMS (Cont.)
FACILITIES & PLANNING
FY 2019 FY 2019 FY 2020 DIFFERENCE DESCRIPTION ESTIMATED ACTUALS APPROPRIATION RECOMMENDATION INC./(DEC.)
Personnel Services Salaries and Wages $1,784,084 $1,787,247 $1,820,181 32,934 Benefits 492,705 474,726 527,853 53,127 Total Personnel Services $2,276,789 $2,261,973 $2,348,034 $86,061
Program Expenses Operating Expenses 1,779,717 1,690,762 1,879,543 188,781 Equipment Expenses 158,911 120,000 120,000 0 Total Program Expenses $1,938,628 $1,810,762 $1,999,543 $188,781
Program Total $4,215,417 $4,072,735 $4,347,577 $274,842
COMMUNICATIONS
FY 2019 FY 2019 FY 2020 DIFFERENCE DESCRIPTION ESTIMATED ACTUALS APPROPRIATION RECOMMENDATION INC./(DEC.)
Personnel Services Salaries and Wages $1,443,472 $1,430,894 $1,594,096 163,202 Benefits 346,625 401,658 384,583 (17,075) Total Personnel Services $1,790,097 $1,832,552 $1,978,680 $146,127
Program Expenses Operating Expenses 1,038,259 996,092 1,340,905 344,813 Equipment Expenses 2,326 0 5,000 5,000 Total Program Expenses $1,040,585 $996,092 $1,345,905 $349,813
Program Total $2,830,682 $2,828,644 $3,324,585 $495,941
INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT
FY 2019 FY 2019 FY 2020 DIFFERENCE DESCRIPTION ESTIMATED ACTUALS APPROPRIATION RECOMMENDATION INC./(DEC.)
Personnel Services Salaries and Wages $2,005,447 $2,053,626 $2,080,545 26,919 Benefits 491,604 545,669 561,747 16,078 Total Personnel Services $2,497,051 $2,599,294 $2,642,292 $42,998
Program Expenses Operating Expenses 1,472,367 1,210,844 1,329,327 118,483 Equipment Expenses 0 0 0 0 Total Program Expenses $1,472,367 $1,210,844 $1,329,327 $118,483
Program Total $3,969,418 $3,810,138 $3,971,619 $161,481
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CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY PROGRAMS (CONT.)
CHICAGO HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY PROGRAMS (Cont.)
EDUCATION
FY 2019 FY 2019 FY 2020 DIFFERENCE DESCRIPTION ESTIMATED ACTUALS APPROPRIATION RECOMMENDATION INC./(DEC.)
Personnel Services Salaries and Wages $1,598,677 $1,625,852 $1,479,491 (146,360) Benefits 391,520 362,765 369,873 7,108 Total Personnel Services $1,990,197 $1,988,616 $1,849,364 ($139,252)
Program Expenses Operating Expenses 830,791 542,136 844,700 302,564 Equipment Expenses 11,799 0 0 0 Total Program Expenses $842,590 $542,136 $844,700 $302,564
Program Total $2,832,787 $2,530,752 $2,694,064 $163,312
VISITOR SERVICES
FY 2019 FY 2019 FY 2020 DIFFERENCE DESCRIPTION ESTIMATED ACTUALS APPROPRIATION RECOMMENDATION INC./(DEC.)
Personnel Services Salaries and Wages $1,866,944 $1,993,628 $1,924,625 (69,003) Benefits 448,684 470,056 461,910 (8,146) Total Personnel Services $2,315,628 $2,463,684 $2,386,535 ($77,149)
Program Expenses Operating Expenses 1,448,288 1,737,062 1,593,639 (143,423) Equipment Expenses 4,089 0 0 0 Total Program Expenses $1,452,377 $1,737,062 $1,593,639 ($143,423)
Program Total $3,768,005 $4,200,746 $3,980,174 ($220,572)
OUTREACH/COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
FY 2019 FY 2019 FY 2020 DIFFERENCE DESCRIPTION ESTIMATED ACTUALS APPROPRIATION RECOMMENDATION INC./(DEC.)
Personnel Services Salaries and Wages $1,612,499 $1,725,006 $1,702,403 (22,603) Benefits 388,416 365,322 408,577 43,255 Total Personnel Services $2,000,915 $2,090,327 $2,110,980 $20,652
Program Expenses Operating Expenses 677,055 666,850 745,900 79,050 Equipment Expenses 0 0 0 0 Total Program Expenses $677,055 $666,850 $745,900 $79,050
132 FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS Program Total $2,677,970 $2,757,177 $2,856,880 $99,703 2020 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE
CHICAGO HORTICULTURALCHICAGO SOCIETY HORTICULTURAL PROGRAMS SOCIETY (Cont.) PROGRAMS (CONT.)
BOTANIC GARDEN FUND
The District levies, collects and remits taxes to the Chicago Horticultural Society which operates the Botanic Garden on a 385 acre site. The District owns the land and facilities. The total 2020 estimated expenditures of the Botanic Garden Fund are projected to be $38.3 million. The Botanic Garden Fund's share of the 2020 tax levy appropriation represents approximately 9 percent of the total proposed 2020 tax levy appropriation for all funds.
Botanic Garden Summary of Appropriations
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Recommendation 34,361,429 36,257,319 37,854,937 37,767,737 38,382,114
Botanic Garden Summary of Tax Levies 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Recommendation 9,348,070 9,348,070 8,948,070 8,948,070 8,948,070
BOTANIC GARDEN ATTENDANCE
Year Annual Attendance 2016 1,074,000 2017 1,111,000 2018 1,046,000 Projected 2019 1,170,000 Projected 2020 1,193,000
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134 FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS 2020 Supplementary Information
Supplementary Information
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Chart of Accounts
This detailed description of classification and coding by object and purpose of account has been prepared to assist the departments in planning for appropriation request as guided by their individual needs and expenditure history. By appropriate fiscal planning, and use of these account descriptions, departments can best determine the allocation of resources and assist the Forest Preserve District of Cook County in accurately planning for the distribution of funds to all elements of the District .
The Department of Finance and Administration has prepared these descriptions to establish guidelines for account usage in the budgeting, accounting and purchasing functions . This Department and its staff will assist departments of the District with questions concerning the Chart of Accounts, or the guidelines, and can recommend placement of funding requests .
This Chart of Accounts offers a detailed description of classifications and coding by object and purpose of accounts as a guideline for appropriate account usage in budgeting functions for the Forest Preserve District of Cook County .
Budgetary Accounts SALARIES AND WAGES
The category of accounts designated as Salaries and Wages include accounts from which payment is made for the District’s employee expenses .
ORACLE DESCRIPTION
501010 Salaries and Wages: Full Time amounts paid to permanent District employees as identified in the approved and adopted budget . This amount includes gross salary for personal services including authorized amounts which are components of the base salary .
501010 Salaries and Wages (Part Time): Amounts paid to part-time District employees as identified in the approved and adopted budget .
501610 Health Insurance: Payments made to providers of health care coverage on behalf of eligible District employees .
501590 Life Insurance: Payments made to carriers for life insurance coverage on behalf of eligible District employees .
501640 Dental Care Plan: Payments for insurance coverage on behalf of eligible District employees .
501690 Vision Care Plan: Payments for insurance coverage on behalf of eligible District employees .
501190 Personnel Service Adjustment: Estimated reserve amounts for anticipated salary and wage increases which may occur during the course of the fiscal year but are not.
501010 Vacancy/Turnover Adjustment: Amount calculated by the Finance and Administration Department to offset personnel expenses; estimated based upon a combination of historic and target vacancy rates .
501511 Employer Medicare Tax Cont.: Payments made to reimburse the cost of Medicare .
501836 Employee Trans & Travel: Payment of cost associated with the travel expenses of employees to other District facilities, work locations, training seminars and meetings . These costs may include reimbursement for automobile usage, public transportation or private carriers and are either a strict reimbursement for costs incurred or (in the instance of personal vehicle mileage) paid at a rate determined by the Federal government .
501660 Unemployment Insurance: Payments made to the State of Illinois to reimburse the cost of employment benefits made to eligible former District employees .
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PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTUAL SERVICES
The category of accounts designed as Professional Contractual Services includes accounts funded for payment of services that by their nature can be performed only by persons or firms with specialized skills and knowledge.
Included are services that support the various policy-making and managerial activities of the District, professional services sup- porting various District facilities, and services that are not regarded as professional but that require basic scientific knowledge or specialized skills . Expenditures for operation, maintenance and repair of equipment or facilities are not included in these categories .
ORACLE DESCRIPTION
520000 Contractual Services: Expenditures for general specialized services including Intergovernmental Services .
521054 Legal Services: Charges for the services of law firms or attorneys to represent or advise the District in matters relating to labor law, statutory compliance and union negotiation .
521054 Legal Services: Charges for the services of law firms or attorneys to represent or advise the District in matters relating to labor law, statutory compliance and union negotiation .
520894 Annual Reports/Audit: Fees paid to outside auditors for the performance of the District’s financial annual audit, as well as other possible one-time audits for grants, etc .
501805 Professional Training: Payments for training of District employees including classes, seminars etc . related to staff functions .
520830 Other Professional Services: Charges for general specialized services that are not part of the regular contractual services .
521313 Ecological Stewardship: Expenses related to management of the Volunteer Resources Stewardship program .
521313 Restoration Intern Program: Hiring of interns for ecological management .
521313 Mighty Acorn (YELAR): Funds set aside for the MIGHTY ACORN project educational program .
521313 Next Gen. Youth Ambassadors (YELAR): Funds set aside for the Next Generation Youth Ambassadors project educational program .
521313 YELARY-Youth Education L/Acquisition: Funds from license fees that are set aside for Youth Education, Land Acquisition and Restoration .
521313 Grant Match Funding: Funds set aside to match grants .
521313 Certified Arborist Training: Payments for professional training and certification of resource management staff responsible for tree care .
521313 Volunteer Resources Program: Expenditure for support of volunteer program .
521313 Wildlife Management Program: Payments for projects involving observation and management of wild animals .
521313 Fisheries Management Program: Payments for projects involving fish management.
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521313 Resource Ecology Program: Expenditures for resource ecology .
521313 Trails Management Program: Payments for projects regarding trails maintenance and management initiatives .
521313 Special Events & Special Programs: Expenditure for materials and supplies needed for festivals and programs .
520830 General Consulting Services: Payments for Habitat enhancement projects .
520830 Law Enforcement Pre-Employment Processing: Expenditures related to screening candidates for employment in Law Enforcement .
520675 Security Contract Services: Professional service contract for off-duty security .
521313 Conservation Corps Program: Expenditures related to the administration of the Conservation Corp .
520830 Permit Services Contract: Expenditures related to picnic and other event permit services .
520490 Printing: Expenditures for printing and publishing of District records such as bound volumes of Board Proceedings, printing of forms, stationery, business cards, stamps, seals and labels . Expenditures for print advertising should not be charged to this account .
520490 Publication: Volunteer Steward program, advertising and promotions .
520490 Stationery and Office Forms: Payments for purchases related to off-the-shelf forms, and stationery needed for official duties.
501790 Dues and Subscriptions: Charges for professional membership dues and subscriptions to newspapers and magazines .
520610 Special Events & Special Programs: Expenditure for materials and supplies needed for festivals and programs .
520610 Publications, Advertising and Promotion: Expenditures for the publishing of District bids and promotion of special events .
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MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES
These accounts represent line item expenses related to office support materials, and those items needed for the maintenance of the building such as water, plumbing, heating, electrical supply and other sundry items . These are not the actual utility cost but those things needed for the upkeep .
ORACLE DESCRIPTION
530188 Capital Maintenance Outlays: Expenditures for toilet facilities products and other materials and supplies .
530605 Office Supplies: Payments for work related office supplies utilized by employees of the District.
531670 Computer Supplies: Payments for purchases related to computers and computer supplies .
520260 Postage: Cost of United States postage stamps for general office and institutional use, including postage meter setting payments, stamped envelopes, stamped post cards, postal permit deposits, overnight/ express mail and postal registry .
530790 Medical Supplies: Payments for medical supplies and first aid kits mandated by EPA, USDA and other regulatory authorities .
530228 Materials and Supplies: Payments for office support materials.
530259 Chemical Supplies: Payments for the chemicals used for pool maintenance and herbicides for invasive species management .
530259 Janitorial Supplies: Payments for toilet paper and other cleaning supplies for the District’s rest rooms .
530188 Plumbing/Electrical/Heating: Payments for the materials and supplies used for plumbing, electrical, and heating activities .
530259 Propane Gas and Heating: Payments for propane gas .
530259 Nature Center Supplies: Payments related to the supplies used to manage the operations of the Nature Centers .
530259 Campground Program Supplies: Payments related to the supplies used to manage the operations of the Campgrounds .
530228 Other Materials and Supplies: Charges for other items which do not fit other categories and/or expenditures anticipated to be too small to warrant their own category .
530228 ID Cards and Film: Charges for materials and supplies for employee and patron identification cards.
530105 Uniforms: Expenditures for purchases related to uniforms to be worn by employees of the District who need them in order to perform their tasks .
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530188 Engineering Equipment and Supplies: Payments for supplies and equipment used for engineering purposes .
540130 Office Equipment & Fixtures: Payments for professionally performed repairs on the District’s equipment .
531670 Computer Supplies & Services: Payments for purchases related to computers and computer software and licenses .
540129 Equipment Purchases & Repairs: Charges for costs related to purchasing and repairing District equipment .
540350 Building Repair Services: Charges for the cost of repairing District buildings .
530259 Resident Watchman Facilities Contractual Services: Professional services to repair Resident Watchman facilities .
530228 Resident Watchman Buildings and Supplies: Materials and supplies purchased for staff to repair Resident Watchman facilities .
UTILITIES
These accounts are used to track the line item expenditures set aside for the payment of utility bills, various governmental and publicly-regulated utilities . It also includes expenses for repairing utility-related equipment .
ORACLE DESCRIPTION
540022 Electricity and Natural Gas - Electricity: Charges made by utility companies to provide electric and gas services to District facilities . The cost of special wiring or equipment installed and maintained by these companies should be charged to appropriate accounts in the same manner as such services or equipment would be charged if provided by any other contractor or vendor .
540028 Electricity and Natural Gas – Natural Gas: Charges made by utility companies to provide electric and gas services to District facilities . The cost of special wiring or equipment installed and maintained by these companies should be charged to appropriate accounts in the same manner as such services or equipment would be charged if provided by any other contractor or vendor .
540010 Gas & Oil for Auto & Equip.: Payments related to District-wide consumption of gas and oil for vehicles and heavy machinery, as well as equipment such as gas tanks .
520150 Telephone Services: Expenditures for telephone services of the District .
540016 Water/Sanitary Services: Charges for water and sewer services for District facilities .
520050 Refuse Disposal: Payments for refuse pick-up and disposal throughout the District .
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SELF INSURANCE AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
These categories are used to identify the District’s self-insured obligations .
ORACLE DESCRIPTION
580140 Self Insurance: Insurance charges related to the District’s self-insurance program .
580110 Workman Compensation Claims/Judgment: Payments of Temporary Total Disability Benefits to employees for work related injuries, payments to medical providers, and payments of awards or settlements mandated by the Industrial Commission of the State of Illinois .
EQUIPMENT AND FIXTURES
This account category represents payments related to depreciable fixed assets.
ORACLE DESCRIPTION
530605 Office Equipment & Furniture: Charges for small office equipment.
540129 Equipment Maintenance Service: Charges for the maintenance and repair of office equipment such as copiers and similar office equipment. The costs may include any charges for usage, parts, labor, travel, etc ,. as billed by the vendor or provider of the maintenance or repair service . Charges for accessories, non-replacement parts or “upgrade” purchased from any supplier or vendor, which include or exclude installation, should not be charged to this account but to the appropriate supply or equipment account .
530259 Equipment & Tools: Charges for the acquisition of new tools and new equipment .
540250 Equipment & Vehicle Modifications: Charges for the acquisition of new vehicles/new equipment & modifications of existing vehicles & equipment .
540250 Vehicle Licenses & Registration: Charges for the licensing of existing District vehicles and for those planned new vehicles .
540250 Equipment Supplies & Maintenance Service: Expenditures related to professional services on the maintenance of existing equipment and the supplies needed for the effective functionality of District vehicles .
530259 Police Supply & Equipment Services: Payments for radio maintenance .
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BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
This account category is used to affect expenditures related to non-depreciable long-term assets, and the repairs affecting those assets .
ORACLE DESCRIPTION
560105 Buildings: Payment for construction and maintenance of building structures .
520830 General Consulting Services: Funds set aside for the acquisition of specialized skills from vendors with those capabilities .
521313 Habitat Enhancement: Payments for the maintenance, restoration and rehabilitation of wildlife habitats and natural landscapes .
560019 Neighborhood Space: Planned expenditures for Intergovernmental projects .
560105 Buildings & Facilities: Charges for the cost of renovating, upgrading or constructing District buildings and facilities .
560019 Site Amenities: Payments for fences, gates and concrete units; parking projects; sewer & water lines; and site identification/signage.
560019 Trails: Planned expenditures for the construction of new and existing trails systems, bridges and culverts .
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
These accounts are used for payment of Real Estate expenditures .
ORACLE DESCRIPTION
560010 Land Acquisition: Payments for the acquisition of new land .
560010 Land Acquisition Professional Services: Fees paid to independent appraisers and court costs associated with the acquisition of land .
560010 Land Acquisition Property Tax
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OTHER EXPENSES
This category is used to manage payments related to appropriation adjustment, payment of costs associated with the travel expense of employees to other County facilities, work locations, training seminars and meetings . These costs may include reim- bursement for automobile usage, public transportation or private carriers and are paid at a rate determined by the Department of Finance and Administration .
ORACLE DESCRIPTION
700005 Intergovernmental Services: Various small intergovernmental expenditures .
700005 Office of Inspector General: Inspector General Expenditures .
700005 State’s Attorney Service
700005 Intergovernmental Affairs: Intergovernmental Affairs Expenditures .
700005 Board Secretary Services: Board Secretary Services Expenditures .
700005 Bureau of Technology: Charges for IT administrative support, network connectivity, telecommunications and Internet services .
700005 Copy Equipment Rental: Charges for copiers, scanning and fax equipment .
700005 Office Rental – 69 W Washington: Operating expense charges for administrative office space at 69 West Washington for Legal, Finance and the Office of the General Superintendent.
700005 UIC Extension: Funding for programs run through a partnership with the University of Illinois-Chicago Agricultural Extension Office.
700005 911 Telecommunications: Charges for emergency communications services .
700005 Office Rental – 1140 Lake St: Operating expense charges for administrative office space at 1140 Lake Street for Conservation & Experiential Program .
700005 Forest Preserve Foundation: Partnership Agreement payment .
700005 Board of Commissioners’ Services
700005 Internal Audit: Internal Audit Expenditures .
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Glossary
Appropriation An amount of money in the budget, authorized by the Forest Preserve District’s Board of Commissioners, for expenditure by departments for a specific purpose. Appropriations are made by account group within each department and fund .
Assessed Valuation The value placed on all taxable property within the boundaries of Cook County . The Assessed Valuation is used as the basis for computing the Property Tax Levy .
Bonded Debt The portion of an issuer’s total indebtedness represented by outstanding bonds .
Bond The document or documents representing action of the issuer authorizing the Resolution issuance and sale of general obligation bonds .
Budget A plan of financial operations embodying an estimate of proposed expenditures and revenues for a period of twelve (12) months .
Corporate Fund A fund used to account for resources other than those accounted for in other funds .
Debt Service The payment of principal and interest on borrowed funds . The District has debt service for general obligation bonds and Cook County Tender Note Program .
Encumbrances Commitments related to unperformed (executory) contracts for goods and services .
Equalizer The equalizer for the County is the ratio of the state-mandated assessment level to the median level of assessment for the County for the preceding three years as determined by the Illinois Department of Revenue .
Equalized Value The assessed value of the property multiplied by the equalizer Assessed gives the Equalized Assessed Value . The Equalized Assessed Value is the property tax base .
Fiscal Year (FY) In the Forest Preserve District, the fiscal year is January 1 through December 31.
Full-Time A part-time position converted to the decimal equivalent of a full-time position upon 2,080 hours of work Equivalent (FTE) per year . For example, a part-time naturalist aide working 20 hours per week would be equivalent to half of a full-time position .
Fund An independent accounting entity containing self-balancing accounts used to record revenue and expenditures .
Fund Balance The difference between revenue and expenditures . A negative fund balance is sometimes referred to as a deficit.
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General Fund See Corporate Fund .
Non-Personnel Expenditures within this classification are included with budgetary Service accounts 520830 thru 700005.
Personnel Service Expenditures within this classification are included with budgetary accounts 501020 thru 501700. Expenditures included are cost related to salaries, wages, benefits and other personnel costs.
Property Tax A tax levied on the equalized assessed value of real property in Cook County . The Tax is collected by Cook County with assistance from the Illinois Department of Revenue . Authorization for the Forest Preserve property tax occurs through annual appropriation .
Revenues Amount of monies collected from taxes, fines and fees for the purpose of financing governmental operations and services .
Tax Levy Amount of estimated revenue to be generated from the property tax that will be used to finance government operations and services .
Tax Rate The rate that will be necessary to generate the amount of revenue from property tax levies . The rate will be levied for each $100 of assessed valuation .
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Revenue Glossary
Aerial Adventure Lease fee from Go Ape for the operation of the aerial adventure and zip-line course at Bemis Woods South .
Aquatic Center Revenue collected from the sale of various items at the aquatic center concession stands . Concessions
Bicycle Rental Revenue received from a monthly lease payment and percentage of sales for Bike and Roll Chicago for installed bicycle rental kiosks at five (5) locations along the North Branch Trail and Dan Ryan Woods. Additional locations added in 2016 .
Billy Casper Golf Billy Casper Golf Management operates, manages and collects fees at the FPCC’s ten (10) golf courses and four (4) driving ranges .
Boat House Monthly lease payments received from T&M Lakes, REI and Chicago Canoe and Kayak in exchange for Concessions operating the Busse Woods, Maple lake, Sagawau Lake and Tampier Boat Houses .
Campgrounds Rental fees are for: cabins, tent pads and RV locations per night (5 camp ground sites) and banquet hall at Camp Reinberg .
Camp Ground Operated by Billy Casper Golf campground concessions include: grab and go offering snacks and drinks, Concessions camping equipment sales and rentals, fishing equipment, and firewood.
Chicago Canoe & Revenue collected from the monthly lease payments for Chicago Canoe and Kayak to operate Kayak canoe and kayak rentals at Skokie Lagoons and Busse Woods .
Cross-Country Fees for rental of equipment (ski boots, ski poles and skis) . Skiing
Dog Fees Off-Leash Dog Area fees collected at Beck Lake, Bremen Grove, and Miller Meadow for letting visitors to allow their dogs to enjoy the preserves without a leash . All fees collected are used for capital improvements and procuring supplies for the off-leash dog areas .
Stable Revenue collected from the vendor at Glen Grove for leasing of the equestrian stable in Morton Grove . Fees Glen Grove pays the FPCC a flat monthly rate in exchange for the leasing of the FPCC’s stable.
Horse Fees Equestrian tag and membership fees collected for the purposes of patrons riding their horses along FPCC trails . All fees collected are used for capital improvements and procuring supplies to improve trails and installing equestrian hitching posts .
Ice Cream Vendors Revenue collected from the annual permits given to third party ice cream vendors to sell ice cream on FPCC property .
License Agreements The fee for licenses issued under Ordinance No . 05-O-12-07-03 that is determined by multiplying the acres used by the cost per acre . All fees due are paid in a lump- sum up-front one-time payment .
Mobile Food Revenue received from vendors that operate mobile concessions within the District at high volume Concessions locations .
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Nature Center Nature Centers charge a nominal fee averaging between one and five dollars for specific program fees. Program Fees
Oak Park Tennis Bi-annual fee collected in exchange for the Oak Park Tennis Center to operate the tennis facility at Cummings Square in River Forest .
Pavilions & Facility rental fees collected from five indoor rental locations, the Mathew Bieszczat Volunteer Facilities Resource Center, Thatcher Pavilion, and Dan Ryan Pavilion; along with two additional spaces, Swallow Cliff and Rolling Knolls which will be in service for 2016 .
Permit Fees Fees collected from patrons for the use of FPCC land, athletics fields and other special event activities.
Aquatic Center Admission to the three (3) FPCC aquatic centers, fees can vary between seasonal passes and individual Fees day admission .
Snowmobile Snowmobile decal fees collected to allow patrons to snowmobile at five (5) designated locations throughout the FPCC during the winter months .
Recreation Vendors Revenue received from recreation instructors that perform classes on District property .
Pay & Display Revenue received from daily commuter parking at FPCC facilities .
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Major Funds Glossary
Corporate Bond and Interest
The Corporate Fund is the District’s general operating fund . The debt service and corresponding tax levy for this fund is It supports the various departments and other District oper- for scheduled debt service payments for the 2004 and 2012 ations and services . The majority of the tax receipts received Series bonds . A tax levy pledge of approximately $4 million for by the District, excluding receipts for the Brookfield Zoo and Personal Property Replacement Tax (PPRT) - backed bonds will Chicago Botanic Garden, and almost all non-tax revenues go be abated when the total amount is available for payment of into this fund . the debt service .
Construction and Development Employee Annuity and Benefit
The Construction and Development Fund is established to The Employee Annuity and Benefit Fund is the amount to account for annual tax levies and certain other revenues to be levied and received in Personal Property Replacement be used for the acquisition or construction of major capital Taxes (PPRT) as required for the purpose of providing the facilities . The proceeds of taxes levied must be expended over amount necessary to be contributed to meet FPCC Employer a five-year period and any unspent proceeds at the end of the Pension Obligations . five-year period are transferred to the Corporate Fund. Self-Insurance Capital Improvement The Self-Insurance Fund was established to account for The Capital Improvement Fund accounts for all capital the District’s self-insurance related expenditures including expenditures of the District that are funded by debt or other all worker’s compensation claims, tort judgments/settle- financing sources and that are not related to land acquisitions ments, and associated legal fees . It is actually funded on a or accounted for in another fund . biannual basis .
Real Estate Acquisition Zoological
The Real Estate Acquisition Fund accounts for the District’s The Zoological Fund is the fund from which appropriations land acquisition program . Sources available for appropri- are made to the Chicago Zoological Society for the operation ations for this fund are derived from debt proceeds, of Brookfield Zoo. contributions and grants . The District does not levy taxes for land acquisition . Only expenses directly related to the acquisi- Botanic Garden tion of land are charged to this fund . The Botanic Garden Fund is the fund from which appropriations Resident Watchman are made to the Chicago Horticultural Society for the operation of the Chicago Botanic Garden . The Resident Watchman Fund is the fund which allocates revenues collected from the Resident Watchman program to the maintenance and improvements of the District’s Resident Watchman Facilities .
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Schedule 1 – Non-Union Salary Schedule Schedule 1 NON-UNION SALARIES FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT
After 1 After 1 After 1 Yr at 1st Yr at 2nd Yr at 3rd 102.00% After 2 Longevity Longevity Longevity 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Years at Rate & 10 Rate & 15 Rate & 20 Grade Step Step Step Step Step 5th Step Yrs Servc Yrs Servc Yrs Servc Hourly 15.27 15.99 16.80 17.61 18.46 19.34 19.72 19.93 20.12 Bi-Weekly 1,221.52 1,279.12 1,343.76 1,409.12 1,477.12 1,547.28 1,577.84 1,594.56 1,609.60 9 Annual 31,760 33,257 34,938 36,637 38,405 40,229 41,024 41,459 41,850 Hourly 16.40 17.17 18.00 18.91 19.83 20.76 20.96 21.18 21.38 Bi-Weekly 1,311.84 1,373.44 1,439.60 1,513.04 1,586.64 1,660.64 1,676.72 1,694.24 1,710.16 10 Annual 34,108 35,709 37,430 39,339 41,253 43,177 43,595 44,050 44,464 Hourly 17.61 18.46 19.34 20.27 21.29 22.37 22.59 22.79 23.02 Bi-Weekly 1,409.12 1,477.12 1,547.28 1,621.52 1,703.04 1,789.20 1,806.80 1,822.80 1,841.84 11 Annual 36,637 38,405 40,229 42,160 44,279 46,519 46,977 47,393 47,888 Hourly 18.91 19.83 20.76 21.80 22.88 23.94 24.17 24.40 24.66 Bi-Weekly 1,513.04 1,586.64 1,660.64 1,743.84 1,830.72 1,915.44 1,933.68 1,952.08 1,972.96 12 Annual 39,339 41,253 43,177 45,340 47,599 49,801 50,276 50,754 51,297 Hourly 20.27 21.29 22.37 23.42 24.51 25.73 25.96 26.22 26.49 Bi-Weekly 1,621.52 1,703.04 1,789.20 1,873.92 1,960.96 2,058.24 2,076.56 2,097.52 2,119.04 13 Annual 42,160 44,279 46,519 48,722 50,985 53,514 53,991 54,536 55,095 Hourly 21.80 22.88 23.94 25.14 26.35 27.60 27.91 28.19 28.46 Bi-Weekly 1,743.84 1,830.72 1,915.44 2,011.20 2,107.76 2,208.32 2,232.40 2,254.80 2,277.12 14 Annual 45,340 47,599 49,801 52,291 54,802 57,416 58,042 58,625 59,205 Hourly 23.42 24.51 25.73 27.01 28.35 29.68 29.97 30.26 30.58 Bi-Weekly 1,873.92 1,960.96 2,058.24 2,160.48 2,268.32 2,374.40 2,397.68 2,420.80 2,446.40 15 Annual 48,722 50,985 53,514 56,172 58,976 61,734 62,340 62,941 63,606 Hourly 25.14 26.35 27.60 28.90 30.30 31.74 32.04 32.35 32.68 Bi-Weekly 2,011.20 2,107.76 2,208.32 2,312.16 2,424.00 2,538.88 2,562.88 2,588.32 2,614.08 16 Annual 52,291 54,802 57,416 60,116 63,024 66,011 66,635 67,296 67,966 Hourly 27.00 28.35 29.68 31.08 32.60 34.19 34.54 34.88 35.21 Bi-Weekly 2,159.76 2,268.32 2,374.40 2,486.16 2,607.68 2,735.28 2,763.20 2,790.40 2,816.72 17 Annual 56,154 58,976 61,734 64,640 67,800 71,117 71,843 72,550 73,235 Hourly 28.90 30.30 31.74 33.30 34.83 36.56 36.93 37.30 37.67 Bi-Weekly 2,312.16 2,424.00 2,538.88 2,663.68 2,786.48 2,924.56 2,954.08 2,983.60 3,013.20 18 Annual 60,116 63,024 66,011 69,256 72,448 76,039 76,806 77,574 78,343 Hourly 31.74 33.30 34.83 36.56 38.29 40.06 40.30 40.71 41.11 Bi-Weekly 2,538.88 2,663.68 2,786.48 2,924.56 3,063.44 3,204.96 3,223.92 3,256.64 3,288.72 19 Annual 66,011 69,256 72,448 76,039 79,649 83,329 83,822 84,673 85,507 Hourly 34.83 36.56 38.29 40.12 42.02 44.04 44.27 44.70 45.150 Bi-Weekly 2,786.48 2,924.56 3,063.44 3,209.60 3,361.28 3,523.44 3,541.68 3,576.00 3,612.00 20 Annual 72,448 76,039 79,649 83,450 87,393 91,609 92,084 92,976 93,912 Hourly 38.29 40.12 42.02 44.04 46.14 48.40 48.62 49.10 49.60 Bi-Weekly 3,063.44 3,209.60 3,361.28 3,523.44 3,690.96 3,872.32 3,889.84 3,928.16 3,968.00 21 Annual 79,649 83,450 87,393 91,609 95,965 100,680 101,136 102,132 103,168 Hourly 42.02 44.04 46.14 48.40 50.65 53.08 53.32 53.86 54.40 Bi-Weekly 3,361.28 3,523.44 3,690.96 3,872.32 4,051.68 4,246.00 4,265.84 4,308.56 4,351.60 22 Annual 87,393 91,609 95,965 100,680 105,344 110, 396 110,912 112,021 113,141 Hourly 44.04 46.14 48.40 50.65 53.08 53.61 54.14 54.68 55.23 Bi-Weekly 3,523.44 3,690.96 3,872.32 4,051.68 4,246.00 4,288.40 4,331.36 4,374.64 4,418.48 23 Annual 91,609 95,965 100,680 105,344 110,396 111,500 112,615 113,741 114,879
FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS 149 2020 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE (AS OF 12/31/17)
Schedule 2 – Teamsters Local 700 Salary Schedule TEAMSTERS LOCAL 700 Schedule 2 FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT
102.00% 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 1st long 2nd long 3rd long 4th long Step Step Step Step Step (Step 6) (Step 7) (Step 8) (Step 9) Facilities Maintenance Foreman (Hourly) 35.86 36.04 36.23 36.40 36.59 36.95 37.32 37.69 38.08 Bi-Weekly 2,869.04 2,883.28 2,898.32 2,911.76 2,926.80 2,956.24 2,985.60 3,014.96 3,046.16 Annual 74,595 74,965 75,356 75,706 76,097 76,862 77,626 78,389 79,200 Fleet Technician (Hourly) 28.25 28.39 28.53 28.68 28.82 29.11 29.40 29.68 29.98 Bi-Weekly 2,260.32 2,271.04 2,282.56 2,294.16 2,305.68 2,328.88 2,351.92 2,374.24 2,398.32 Annual 58,768 59,047 59,347 59,648 59,948 60,551 61,150 61,730 62,356 Garage Attendant (Hourly) 26.33 26.46 26.59 26.73 26.85 27.12 27.40 27.68 27.95 Bi-Weekly 2,106.32 2,117.04 2,126.80 2,138.40 2,148.24 2,169.60 2,191.76 2,214.08 2,236.32 Annual 54,764 55,043 55,297 55,598 55,854 56,410 56,986 57,566 58,144 Heavy Equipment Technician (Hourly) 38.08 38.27 38.45 38.65 38.84 39.24 39.62 40.03 40.43 Bi-Weekly 3,046.24 3,061.28 3,076.32 3,092.16 3,107.20 3,138.80 3,169.76 3,202.32 3,234.32 Annual 79,202 79,593 79,984 80,396 80,787 81,609 82,414 83,260 84,092 Laborer (Hourly) 21.74 21.85 21.95 22.07 22.17 22.39 22.60 22.84 23.07 Bi-Weekly 1,738.80 1,747.76 1,755.76 1,765.60 1,773.60 1,791.36 1,808.24 1,826.96 1,845.60 Annual 45,209 45,442 45,650 45,906 46,114 46,575 47,014 47,501 47,986 Light Equipment Operator (Hourly) 22.54 22.66 22.77 22.87 22.99 23.22 23.45 23.68 23.92 Bi-Weekly 1,802.96 1,812.72 1,821.60 1,829.60 1,839.44 1,857.20 1,875.92 1,894.56 1,913.28 Annual 46,877 47,131 47,362 47,570 47,825 48,287 48,774 49,259 49,745 Maintenance Equip OP (Hourly) 35.86 36.04 36.23 36.40 36.59 36.95 37.32 37.69 38.08 Bi-Weekly 2,869.04 2,883.28 2,898.32 2,911.76 2,926.80 2,956.24 2,985.60 3,014.96 3,046.16 Annual 74,595 74,965 75,356 75,706 76,097 76,862 77,626 78,389 79,200 Maintenance Equip Repair (Hourly) 28.25 28.39 28.53 28.68 28.82 29.11 29.40 29.68 29.98 Bi-Weekly 2,260.32 2,271.04 2,282.56 2,294.16 2,305.68 2,328.88 2,351.92 2,374.24 2,398.32 Annual 58,768 59,047 59,347 59,648 59,948 60,551 61,150 61,730 62,356 Maintance Foreman II (Hourly) 28.49 28.63 28.77 28.92 29.06 29.34 29.63 29.93 30.23 Bi-Weekly 2,279.04 2,290.56 2,301.28 2,313.68 2,324.40 2,347.52 2,370.64 2,394.72 2,418.72 Annual 59,255 59,555 59,833 60,156 60,434 61,036 61,637 62,263 62,887 Maintenance Mechanic (Hourly) 34.95 35.13 35.31 35.47 35.66 36.02 36.37 36.74 37.12 Bi-Weekly 2,796.00 2,810.32 2,824.48 2,837.92 2,852.96 2,881.44 2,909.92 2,939.28 2,969.60 Annual 72,696 73,068 73,436 73,786 74,177 74,917 75,658 76,421 77,210 Maintenance Service Tech (Hourly) 29.10 29.24 29.40 29.53 29.68 29.98 30.28 30.58 30.89 Bi-Weekly 2,328.00 2,339.52 2,351.92 2,362.64 2,374.24 2,398.32 2,422.32 2,446.32 2,471.28 Annual 60,528 60,828 61,150 61,429 61,730 62,356 62,980 63,604 64,253 Maintenance Tech Metal (Hourly) 31.54 31.69 31.86 32.00 32.17 32.48 32.80 33.13 33.46 Bi-Weekly 2,522.80 2,535.28 2,548.64 2,560.24 2,573.60 2,598.56 2,624.32 2,650.16 2,676.80 Annual 65,593 65,917 66,265 66,566 66,914 67,563 68,232 68,904 69,597 Parts Counterman (Hourly) 26.33 26.46 26.59 26.73 26.85 27.12 27.40 27.68 27.95 Bi-Weekly 2,106.32 2,117.04 2,126.80 2,138.40 2,148.24 2,169.60 2,191.76 2,214.08 2,236.32 Annual 54,764 55,043 55,297 55,598 55,854 56,410 56,986 57,566 58,144 Pump & Well Repairman II (Hourly) 26.52 26.65 26.79 26.91 27.05 27.32 27.60 27.88 28.14 Bi-Weekly 2,121.52 2,132.24 2,142.88 2,152.72 2,164.16 2,185.60 2,207.84 2,230.08 2,251.44 Annual 55,160 55,438 55,715 55,971 56,268 56,826 57,404 57,982 58,537 Resource Tech (Hourly) 24.93 25.04 25.17 25.30 25.43 25.67 25.93 26.19 26.45 Bi-Weekly 1,994.24 2,003.12 2,013.84 2,023.60 2,034.32 2,053.84 2,074.32 2,094.80 2,116.16 Annual 51,850 52,081 52,360 52,614 52,892 53,400 53,932 54,465 55,020 Senior Resource Tech (Hourly) 27.25 27.37 27.51 27.63 27.76 28.01 28.26 28.52 28.79 Bi-Weekly 2,180.16 2,189.36 2,201.04 2,210.24 2,221.04 2,241.04 2,261.12 2,281.92 2,302.80 Annual 56,684 56,923 57,227 57,466 57,747 58,267 58,789 59,330 59,873 Serviceman (Hourly) 23.35 23.47 23.59 23.71 23.82 24.05 24.29 24.54 24.78 Bi-Weekly 1,867.92 1,877.68 1,887.52 1,896.40 1,905.28 1,924.00 1,943.52 1,963.12 1,982.72 Annual 48,566 48,820 49,076 49,306 49,537 50,024 50,532 51,041 51,551 Serviceman I (Hourly) 23.35 23.47 23.59 23.71 23.82 24.05 24.29 24.54 24.78 Bi-Weekly 1,867.92 1,877.68 1,887.52 1,896.40 1,905.28 1,924.00 1,943.52 1,963.12 1,982.72 Annual 48,566 48,820 49,076 49,306 49,537 50,024 50,532 51,041 51,551 Serviceman II (Hourly) 24.09 24.22 24.34 24.45 24.58 24.83 25.06 25.31 25.55 Bi-Weekly 1,927.44 1,937.28 1,947.04 1,955.92 1,966.64 1,986.24 2,004.88 2,024.48 2,044.08 Annual 50,113 50,369 50,623 50,854 51,133 51,642 52,127 52,636 53,146 Serviceman III (Hourly) 26.33 26.46 26.59 26.73 26.85 27.12 27.40 27.68 27.95 Bi-Weekly 2,106.32 2,117.04 2,126.80 2,138.40 2,148.24 2,169.60 2,191.76 2,214.08 2,236.32 Annual 54,764 55,043 55,297 55,598 55,854 56,410 56,986 57,566 58,144 Seviceman IV (Hourly) 28.44 28.59 28.72 28.87 29.01 29.30 29.59 29.88 30.18 Bi-Weekly 2,275.52 2,287.04 2,297.68 2,309.28 2,320.88 2,344.00 2,367.12 2,390.24 2,414.32 Annual 59,164 59,463 59,740 60,041 60,343 60,944 61,545 62,146 62,772 Sign Maker (Hourly) 23.35 23.47 23.59 23.71 23.82 24.05 24.29 24.54 24.78 Bi-Weekly 1,867.92 1,877.68 1,887.52 1,896.40 1,905.28 1,924.00 1,943.52 1,963.12 1,982.72 Annual 48,566 48,820 49,076 49,306 49,537 50,024 50,532 51,041 51,551 Sign Shop Foreman (Hourly) 28.44 28.59 28.72 28.87 29.01 29.30 29.59 29.88 30.18 Bi-Weekly 2,275.52 2,287.04 2,297.68 2,309.28 2,320.88 2,344.00 2,367.12 2,390.24 2,414.32 Annual 59,164 59,463 59,740 60,041 60,343 60,944 61,545 62,146 62,772 Tow Truck Operator/Tire Repairmen (Hourly) 28.25 28.39 28.53 28.68 28.82 29.11 29.40 29.68 29.98 Bi-Weekly 2,260.32 2,271.04 2,282.56 2,294.16 2,305.68 2,328.88 2,351.92 2,374.24 2,398.32 Annual 58,768 59,047 59,347 59,648 59,948 60,551 61,150 61,730 62,356 Tractor Mechanic (Hourly) 34.95 35.13 35.31 35.47 35.66 36.02 36.37 36.74 37.12 Bi-Weekly 2,796.00 2,810.32 2,824.48 2,837.92 2,852.96 2,881.44 2,909.92 2,939.28 2,969.60 Annual 72,696 73,068 73,436 73,786 74,177 74,917 75,658 76,421 77,210 Watchman (Hourly) 21.74 21.85 21.94 22.07 22.17 22.39 22.61 22.84 23.07 Bi-Weekly 1,738.80 1,747.92 1,755.44 1,765.52 1,773.84 1,791.36 1,808.88 1,827.28 1,845.60 Annual 45,209 45,446 45,641 45,904 46,120 46,575 47,031 47,509 47,986
150 FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS 2020 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE
POLICE OFFICERS UNION SCHEDULE Schedule 3A FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT (Effective 1/1/2020) Schedule 3A – Police Salary Schedule (AS OF 01/01/20)
102.00% After After After After 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 10 Years 15 Years 20 Years 25 Years Grade Step Step Step Step Step Step Service Service Service Service FPD-1 Hourly 26.019 28.962 30.116 31.313 32.559 33.853 35.210 36.602 38.061 39.583 Police Bi-Weekly 2,081.50 2,316.92 2,409.29 2,505.03 2,604.71 2,708.26 2,816.77 2,928.13 3,044.88 3,166.67 Officer Annually 54,119 60,240 62,642 65,131 67,722 70,415 73,236 76,131 79,167 82,333
POLICE SERGEANTS UNION SCHEDULE Schedule 3B FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT (as of 12/31/2017) Schedule 3B (AS OF 12/31/17)
102.00% After After After After 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 10 Years 15 Years 20 Years 25 Years Grade Step Step Step Step Step Step Service Service Service Service FPD-2 Hourly 27.803 29.896 31.296 32.769 34.369 36.051 36.420 37.703 39.212 40.780 Sergeant Bi-Weekly 2,224.24 2,391.68 2,503.68 2,621.52 2,749.52 2,884.08 2,913.60 3,016.24 3,136.96 3,262.40 Annually 57,830 62,184 65,096 68,160 71,488 74,986 75,754 78,422 81,561 84,822
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Schedule 4 -"X" GRADE Salary Schedule
Schedule 4 – “X” Grade Salary Schedule
SCHEDULE 4 - Trades Salary ScheduleHourly Bi-Weekly Annual Title Rate Salary Salary 48.35 3,868.00 100,568.00 Electrician Title Hourly Rate Bi-weekly Annual PlumberElectrician 49.35 50.25 4,020.00 3,948.00 104,520.00 102,648.00 PainterPlumber 51.00 46.55 3,724.00 4,080.00 96,824.00 106,080.00 HVACPainter Repairman 47.3 44.25 3,540.00 3,784.00 92,040.00 98,384.00 HVAC Repairman 45.5 3,640.00 94,640.00
Schedule 5 - NON-UNION HOURLY RATE SCHEDULE Schedule 5 – Non-Union Hourly Rate Schedule
Hourly Title Rate Naturalist Aide 15.12 Nature Center Attendant 14.00 Seasonal Recreation Aide 15.12 Permit Aide/Seasonal Permit Aide 15.12 Seasonal Concession Aide 15.12 Event Aide 15.12 Project Manager 27.04 Stewardship Program Aide 20.00 Resource Management Aide 15.12 Seasonal Laborer 18.46
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Schedule 6 – Tax Rates for Real Property (Per $100 Equalized Assessed Valuation)
Schedule 6
Schedule 6 - Tax Rates for Real Property (Per $100 Equalized Assessed Valuation)
Tax Rate Assessment Year
1998 $0.072
$0.080 1999 $0.070
2000 $0.069
$0.070 2001 $0.067 $0.069 $0.069 $0.069 2002 $0.060 $0.063 $0.063 $0.062 2003 $0.059 $0.060 $0.060 $0.058 2004 $0.059
$0.051 2005 $0.051 $0.059 $0.050 $0.049 2006 $0.057
2007 $0.053
$0.040 2008 $0.051
2009 $0.049
$0.030 2010 $0.051 2011 $0.058 2012 $0.063 $0.020 2013 $0.069 2014 $0.069 $0.010 2015 $0.069 2016 $0.063
2017 $0.062 Tax Year $0.000 2008 20092018* 2010 $0.0602011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018*
*Projected based on 2018 Actual Agency Tax Rate
*Projected based on 2018 Actual Agency Tax Rate
FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS 153 2020 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE Schedule 7
Schedule 7 – Property Tax Rates Comparison – City of Chicago Per $100 of equalized Assessed Valuation FUND Education $3.699 57 369.90 56.57% 58 0.565683 4.054 BOE & CCD City of Chicag $1.565 24 156.50 23.93% 24 0.239333 1.652 Metropolitan W $0.396 6 39.60 6.06% 6 0.06056 0.402 Cook County $0.489 7 48.90 7.48% 77 0.074782 0.496 Cook County Chicago Park District Chicago Park $0.330 5 33.00 5.05% 5 0.050466 0.352 $0.489 $0.330 Forest Preser 1 6.00 0.92% 1 0.009176 0.062 $0.060 7% 5% $6.539 $100.0 653.90 Forest7.018 Preserve District Metropolitan Water $0.060 Reclamation 1% $0.396 6%
City of Chicago $1.565 24%
Education $3.699 57%
Source: Office of the Clerk of Cook County (2019 Rates Not Available)
Source: Office of the Clerk of Cook County (2019 Rates Not Available)
154 FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS 2020 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE
ScheduleSchedule 8 8- Property– Property Tax TaxRates Rates Comparison Comparison - Suburban – Suburban Snapshot Snapshot (Per(Per $100 $100 ofof EqualizedEqualized Assessed Assessed Value) Value)
Village of Maywood Village of Evergreen Park Entity Per $100 EAV Percentage Entity Per $100 EAV Percentage Village of Maywood $12.32 48.7% Education $9.80 42.5% Education $11.44 45.2% Village of Evergreen Park $12.20 52.9% Cook County $0.49 1.9% Cook County $0.49 2.1% Metropolitan Water Reclamation $0.40 1.6% Metropolitan Water Reclamation $0.40 1.7% Park District $0.29 1.2% Worth Township $0.12 0.5% Proviso Township $0.31 1.2% Forest Preserve District $0.06 0.3% Forest Preserve District $0.06 0.2% Miscellaneous $0.01 0.0% Miscellaneous $0.02 0.1% TOTAL $23.07 100% TOTAL $25.32 100%
Village of Burnham Village of Robbins Entity Per $100 EAV Percentage Entity Per $100 EAV Percentage Education $33.69 77.2% Education $22.47 78.2% Village of Burnham $7.23 16.6% Village of Robbins $4.36 15.2% Thornton Township $0.92 2.1% Park District $0.66 2.3% Park District $0.82 1.9% Cook County $0.49 1.7% Cook County $0.49 1.1% Metropolitan Water Reclamation $0.40 1.4% Metropolitan Water Reclamation $0.40 0.9% Bremen Township $0.16 0.6% Forest Preserve District $0.06 0.1% Worth Township $0.12 0.4% Miscellaneous $0.02 0.0% Forest Preserve District $0.06 0.2% Miscellaneous $0.02 0.1% TOTAL $43.62 100% TOTAL $28.73 100%
Village of Steger Village of Harwoods Heights Entity Per $100 EAV Percentage Entity Per $100 EAV Percentage Education $15.22 80.5% Education $13.91 82.3% Village of Steger $2.11 11.2% Village of Harwoods Heights $0.80 4.7% Cook County $0.49 2.6% Norwood Park Fire District $0.77 4.6% Bloom Township $0.36 1.9% Cook County $0.49 2.9% Steger S. Chicago Heights District $0.26 1.4% Metropolitan Water Reclamation $0.40 2.3% Metropolitan Water Reclamation $0.40 2.1% Norwood Park Township $0.08 0.5% Forest Preserve District $0.06 0.3% Forest Preserve District $0.06 0.4% Miscellaneous $0.02 0.1% Park District $0.38 2.3%
TOTAL $18.92 100% TOTAL $16.89 100%
Source: Office of the Clerk of Cook County
Source: Office of the Clerk of Cook County
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Schedule 9 Schedule 8 - Property Tax Rates Comparison - Suburban Snapshot (Cont.) Schedule(Per $100 of Equalized 8 – Property Assessed Tax Value) Rates Comparison – Suburban Snapshot (Cont.) (Per $100 of Equalized Assessed Value)
Village of Bedford Park Village of Skokie Entity Per $100 EAV Percentage Entity Per $100 EAV Percentage Corporate $50,985,504 Education $26.62 77.7% Education $41.41 88.7% Annuity & Benefit Village of Bedford Park $3.47 10.1% Village of Skokie $2.68 5.7% Const. & Development $6,790,000 $3,659,331 Lyons Township $0.20 0.6% Cook County $0.49 1.0% Bond & Interest $12,834,300 4% Bond & Interest Stickney Township $0.76 2.2% Park District $1.58 3.4% Annuity & Benefit $3,659,331 Cook County $0.49 1.4% Metropolitan Water Reclamation $0.40 0.8% $12,834,300 Self Insurance $0 Zoological Metropolitan Water Reclamation $0.40 1.2% Forest Preserve District $0.06 0.1% 13% Zoological $13,856,379 $13,856,379 Park District $2.25 6.6% Niles Township $0.06 0.1% 14% Forest Preserve District $0.06 0.2% Miscellaneous $0.01 0.0% Botanic Garden $8,679,628 Miscellaneous $0.02 0.0% TOTAL $46.68 100% $96,805,142 TOTAL $34.25 100% Const. & Development Village of Schaumburg $6,790,000 Village of South Barrington Entity Per $100 EAV Percentage 7% Entity Per $100 EAV Percentage Education $19.06 69.9% Education $18.55 63.8% Park District $3.33 12.2% South Barrington $4.32 14.9% Village of Schaumburg $3.07 11.3% Cook County $0.49 1.7% Cook County $0.49 1.8% Botanic Garden Park District $1.80 6.2% Elk Grove Township $0.10 0.3% $8,679,628 Palatine Township $0.15 0.5% Hanover Township $0.45 1.6% 9% Hanover Township $0.45 1.5% Palatine Township $0.15 0.5% Barrington Township $0.03 0.1% Schaumburg Township $0.16 0.6% Fire District $2.84 9.8% Metropolitan Water Reclamation $0.40 1.5% Metropolitan Water Reclamation $0.40 1.4% Forest Preserve District $0.06 0.2% Forest Preserve District $0.06 0.2% Miscellaneous $0.01 0.0% Miscellaneous $0.07 0.2% TOTAL $27.26 100% TOTAL $29.08 100% Village of Burr Ridge Entity Per $100 EAV Percentage City of Berwyn Education $9.51 77.4% Entity Per $100 EAV Percentage Pleasant View Fire District $0.79 6.4% Corporate Education $11.18 60.8% Cook County $0.49 4.0% $50,985,504 City of Berwyn $4.75 25.8% Metropolitan Water Reclamation $0.40 3.2% 53% Cook County $0.49 2.7% Lyons Township $0.20 1.6% Park District $1.24 6.8% Park District $0.73 5.9% Metropolitan Water Reclamation $0.40 2.2% Village of Burr Ridge $0.11 0.9% Berwyn Township $0.28 1.5% Forest Preserve District $0.06 0.5% Miscellaneous $0.02 0.1% Forest Preserve District $0.06 0.3% TOTAL: $96,805,142 TOTAL $18.39 100% TOTAL $12.30 100%
Source: Office of the Clerk of Cook County
Source: Office of the Clerk of Cook County
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Schedule 9 Schedule 9 – Property Tax Distribution Net of Uncollectible / Refunds
Schedule 9
Corporate $50,985,504 Annuity & Benefit Const. & Development $6,790,000 $3,659,331 Bond & Interest $12,834,300 4% Corporate Bond & Interest$50,985,504 Annuity & Benefit $3,659,331 Annuity & Benefit Const. & Development$12,834,300$6,790,000 Self Insurance $0 $3,659,331 Zoological Bond & Interest 13% $12,834,300 4% Bond & Interest $13,856,379 AnnuityZoological & Benefit $3,659,331$13,856,379 $12,834,300 14% SelfBotanic Insurance Garden13% $8,679,628$0 Zoological Zoological $13,856,379 $13,856,379 14% Botanic Garden $8,679,628$96,805,142 Const. & Development $6,790,000 $96,805,142 Const. & Development7% $6,790,000 7%
Botanic Garden Botanic Garden $8,679,628 $8,679,628 9% 9%
Corporate $50,985,504 53%Corporate $50,985,504 53%
TOTAL: $96,805,142 TOTAL: $96,805,142
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Schedule 10 – Total Operating and Debt Service
Schedule 10
Bond & Interest $16,830,550 Schedule 10 14% Bond & Interest Annuity & Benefit Schedule 10 $16,830,550 $4,066,375 Bond & Interest Corporate Self$63,529,304-Insurance 3% 14% $16,830,550 Const. & Deve $8,540,000 $6,790,000 14% Annuity & Benefit Other $1,573,0007% $4,066,375Annuity & Benefit Corporate $63,529,304 Self-Insurance Self-Insurance$8,540,000 3% $4,066,375 Zoological Const. & Deve Corporate$8,540,000$6,790,000Self$63,529,304-Insurance 3% Bond & Intere $16,830,550 $14,389,505 Other Const.$1,573,000 7%& Deve $8,540,000$6,790,000 12% Annuity & Ben Other$4,066,375 7% Self-Insurance$1,573,000Other $8,540,000 $1,573,000 Zoological Zoological $14,389,505 Bond & Intere Self-Insurance1%$16,830,550 $8,540,000 $14,389,505Zoological Botanic Garde OtherBond &$8,932,778 Intere $16,830,550 12%$14,389,505 Annuity & Ben $4,066,375 12% $1,573,000Annuity & Ben Other$4,066,375 Zoological $14,389,505$1,573,000 Const. & DevelopmentZoological1%$124,651,512$14,389,505 Botanic Garde $8,932,7781% $6,790,000Botanic Garde $8,932,778 5% Const. & Development$124,651,512 Botanic Garden Const. & Development$124,651,512 Botanic Gar $6,790,000 $6,790,000 $8,932,778 5% $8,932,777% 5% 7% Botanic GarBotanic Gar $8,932,77$8,932,77 7% 7%
Corporate $63,529,304 51% Corporate Corporate $63,529,304 $63,529,304 51% 51% TOTAL: $124,651,512 TOTAL: $124,651,512 TOTAL: $124,651,512 *See Attachment A (Page 16)
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Schedule 11 Schedule 11 – Annual Appropriation Comparative Summary
Schedule 11 - Annual Appropriation Comparative Summary
FY 2019 FY 2020 Fund Appropriation Recommendation Difference % Change
Operating and Debt Service Corporate * $61,712,160 $63,529,304 $1,817,144 2.94% Self Insurance 6,470,000 8,540,000 2,070,000 31.99% Bond and Interest 16,146,962 16,830,550 683,588 4.23% Employee Annuity and Benefit 4,290,290 4,066,375 (223,915) -5.22% Resident Watchmen 223,000 223,000 - 0.00% Real Estate Acquisition 850,000 850,000 - 0.00% Zoological 14,389,505 14,389,505 - 0.00% Botanic Garden 8,932,778 8,932,778 - 0.00% Total for Operations $113,014,695 $117,361,512 $4,346,817 3.85%
Capital Improvement Construction and Development $6,052,800 $6,790,000 $737,200 12.18% Capital Improvement - 500,000 500,000 0.00% Total for Capital $6,052,800 $7,290,000 $1,237,200 20.44%
Total Recommendations $119,067,495 $124,651,512 $5,584,017 4.69%
*FY 2019 & FY 2020 Includes $1M for corporate reserves from prior year cost of living increases still under negotiations.
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Schedule 12 - Staff History Number of Full-Time Equivalents Schedule 12 – Staffing History Year Full-time Equivalent Number800 of Full-Time Equivalents 2006 502 2007 502 2008 524 2009 536 700 2010 538 670 674 2011 544 647 2012 574 635 629 634 2013 590 604 600 590 2014 604 574 2015 670 544 2016 674 536 538 524 2017 647 2018500 635 2019 629 2020 634
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Note: Part-Time and Seasonal hours are converted to a Full-Time Equivalent
NOTE: Part-Time and Seasonal hours are converted to a Full-Time Equivalent
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Schedule 13 – Property Tax Levy Summary from 2014 – 2020 Schedule 13
Schedule 13 - Property Tax Levy Summary from 2014 - 2020 Following the approval of the Annual Appropriation Ordinance, the Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners authorizes the Following the approval of the Annual Appropriation Ordinance, the Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners authorizes the raising of revenue by direct raisingtaxes on realof revenueproperty. This by isdirect known taxesas the Property on real Tax property Levy. . This is known as the Property Tax Levy .
OOncence property property taxes taxes are collected are collected and remitted and to the remitted District, they to are the distributed District, to six they funds: are Corporate, distributed Construction to six & funds:Development, Corporate, Bond & Interest, Construction Employee & Development,Annuity & Benefit, Zoological Bond & and Interest, Botanic Garden. Employee Annuity & Benefit, Zoological and Botanic Garden.
Fund 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Corporate 47,809,540 48,387,904 49,081,783 49,911,783 49,812,175 51,612,175 52,562,375 Const. & Development 3,000,000 3,000,000 4,000,000 3,750,000 6,000,000 0 7,000,000 Bond & Interest 15,935,863 12,118,288 12,111,222 11,850,948 12,144,905 12,151,712 12,834,300 Bond & Interest Abatement (7,308,839) (1,200,000) (2,500,000) (1,500,000) (500,000) 0 0 Annuity & Benefit 2,839,012 3,143,687 3,094,498 3,242,300 3,724,926 3,860,832 3,659,331 Zoological 14,884,927 14,884,927 14,884,927 14,884,927 14,284,927 14,284,927 14,284,927 Botanic Garden 9,348,070 9,348,070 9,348,070 9,348,070 8,948,070 8,948,070 8,948,070
Total 86,508,573 89,682,876 90,020,500 91,488,028 94,415,003 90,857,716 99,289,003
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ScheduleSchedule 14 - 14Property – Property Tax Levies Tax and Levies Collections and Collections LastLast Ten Ten Fiscal Fiscal Years Years
Collected within the Taxes Levied Fiscal Year of the Levy Collections in Total Collections to Date Levy for the Percentage Subsequent Percentage Year Fiscal Year (1) Amount of Levy Years Amount of Levy
2017 93,655,716 91,288,667 97.47% $ - (2) $ 88,535,413 94.53% 2016 91,388,420 88,535,413 96.88% $ 737,638 $ 89,273,051 97.69% 2015 89,682,876 86,136,131 96.05% $ 644,321 $ 86,780,452 96.76% 2014 88,093,777 82,811,764 94.00% $ 627,003 $ 83,438,767 94.72% 2013 86,508,573 84,977,230 98.23% $ 670,315 $ 85,647,545 99.00% 2012 85,790,895 83,976,813 97.89%$ 3,213,272 $ 87,190,085 101.63% 2011 86,944,154 82,493,356 94.88%$ 3,012,101 $ 85,505,457 98.35% 2010 86,944,102 80,243,940 92.29%$ 1,894,463 $ 82,138,403 94.47% 2009 86,783,200 71,821,455 82.76%$ 10,353,919 $ 82,175,374 94.69% 2008 87,647,885 81,716,672 93.23%$ 4,062,180 $ 85,778,852 97.87%
(1) Tax levied for Fiscal Year 2004-2010 includes levy for Forest District and Series 2004; 2012 & 2015 General Obligation Bonds Escrow Account (2) Subsequent tax collections for 2017 tax levy collected during 2017 and future years
Sources: Cook County Clerk, Tax Extension Division & Cook County Treasurer Department
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ScheduleSchedule 1515 - Dir– Direct ect and Over and lapping Overlapping Gover nmental Governmental Activities Debt Activities Debt As ofAs December of December 31, 2018 31, 2018
General Obligation Overlapping Direct Debt Debt Outstanding Percentage
Forest Preserve District $ 142,360,000 84.8%
Overlapping Debt(1)(6) Governmental Unit (4) Cook County Government 3,213,142 1.9% (2) City of Chicago 9,805,104 5.8% (2) City Colleges 241,830 0.1% (2)(3) Chicago Board of Education 8,409,347 5.0% (2)(3) Chicago Park District 1,108,465 0.7% 5 Metropolitan Water Reclamation District 2,750,357 1.6%
Subtotal, overlapping debt 25,528,245 15.2%
Total direct and overlapping debt $ 167,888,245 100.0%
Selected Debt Statistics(2)
2018 Estimated Population 5,180,493 2018 Equalized Assessed Valuation $ 158,584,064,770 2017 Estimated Fair Market Value (7) $ 559,685,159,940
% of Equalized Per Capita(5) Assessed % of Estimated Fair Market Valuation Value
Direct Debt $ 27.48 0.09% 0.03% (5) Direct and Overlapping Debt $ 32.41 0.11% 0.03%
Notes: (1) Debt of Overlapping Taxing Districts (2) Excludes Outstanding Tax Anticipation Notes and Warrants (3) Includes "Alternate Bonds"; which are secured by a dedicated pledge of Revenues and the general obligation taxing ability of the issuer (4) Excludes short-term cash flow notes (5) Includes Loans Payable to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (6) Excludes Municipalities and Districts outside of the City of Chicago (7) 2018 Estimated Fair Market Value not available
Source: Forest Preserves 2018 CAFR
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Schedule 16 – Legal Debt Margin Information ScheduleLast Ten 16 Years - Legal Debt Margin Information L ast Ten Fi scal Y ears
Legal Debt Margin Calculation for Fiscal Year 2018 Assessed value $ 158,584,064,770 (1) Debt limit (.345% assessed value) $ 547,115,023 Debt applicable to limit: General obligation bonds 142,360,000 Less: Amount set aside for repayment of general obligation debt (9,370,000) Total net debt applicable to limit 132,990,000 Legal debt margin $ 414,125,023
Total Net Debt Applicable Total Net Debt Legal Debt to Limit as a Percentage Fiscal Year Debt Limit Applicable to Limit Margin of Debt Limit 2018 $ 547,115,023 $ 132,990,000 $ 414,125,023 76% 2017 520,318,918 143,220,000 377,098,918 72% 2016 457,866,234 151,010,000 306,856,234 67% 2015 457,866,234 150,260,000 307,606,234 67% 2014 434,406,194 165,330,000 269,076,194 62% 2013 469,807,284 172,535,000 297,272,284 63% 2012 524,638,228 179,655,000 344,983,228 66% 2011 587,895,915 87,500,000 500,395,915 85% 2010 614,343,550 89,276,658 525,066,892 85% 2009 599,043,453 95,896,783 503,146,670 84%
(1) Assessed valuation for 2018 not available
Sources: Annual Financial Reports 2009 - 2017 and Cook County Clerk's Office, Tax Extension Division
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Schedule 17 – Picnic Permit Fee Schedule Schedule 17
PERMITS ** PICNIC PERMITS WITH SMALL GROVE
Category Size Rate
Non-Shelter 25 - 99 people $63
Shelter 25 - 99 people $84
Non-Shelter 100 - 200 people $104
Shelter 100 - 200 people $126
PICNIC PERMITS WITH LARGE GROVE
Category Size Rate
Non-Shelter 25 - 99 people $136
Shelter 25 - 99 people $156
Non-Shelter 100 - 200 people $166
Shelter 100 - 200 people $198
Non-Shelter 201 - 399 people $188
Shelter 201- 399 people $224
SPECIAL/ATHLETIC EVENT PERMITS
Size Rate Application Fee
25 - 99 people $235
100 - 200 people $287
201 - 399 people $338 $ 25.00
400 - 999 people $728
1000+ people $1,248
FILMING/PHOTOGRAPHY PERMIT
Size Rate Application Fee
Filming - Commerical/TV (Hourly) $156
Still Photography (Hourly) $73 $ 25.00 Low Budget Films (Hourly) $131
Feature Films (Hourly) $208
DAY CAMP PERMITS 25 - 99 people $42
100 - 200 people $52 $ 25.00
201 - 399 people $63
OVERFLOW PARKING
Category Rate Application Fee
Monday - Friday $32 $ 25.00 Saturday - Sunday $235
**Permits: one grove per permit, large groups may require multiple permits and/or security deposit.
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Schedule 17 – Picnic Permit Fee Schedule (Cont.) Schedule 17 (Continued)
OTHER LICENSES AND PERMITS
Horses and Dogs Fee Resident Annual Equestrian Membership* $35
Non-Resident Annual Equestrian Membership* $50
Resident Annual Horse Tag $30
Non-Resident Annual Horse Tag $45
Riders License (Annual Per Person) $5
Day Pass $5
Resident Annual Dog License** $60 per dog
Non-Resident Annual Dog License** $120 per dog
*Annual Equestrian Memberships include the Annual Horse Tag and Rider License **25% discount on Annual Memberships after the first dog or horse in household ***50% off for the last 3 months of the season
Snowmobile Fee Resident Permit $50
Non-Resident Permit $100
Cross-Country Skiing Fee
Ski Rental $15
Ski Rental - Senior $10
Ski Rental - Family (Up to 4 members) $40
Ski Rental - Group $5 per person
Lesson and Ski Rental $30
Lesson $20
Other Fees Maximum Vending Fee $500 per vendor Model Airplane Event $42 per hour + $25 Application Fee Special Use Permit $25 + $10 per item Permit Change Fee $5 Youth Field Permit (soccer, football, etc.) $16 per hour + $25 Application Fee Adult Field Permit (soccer, football, etc.) $27 per hour + $25 Application Fee Administration Fee* $25 Monthly Fitness Instructor $52 per month + $25 Application Fee Portable Toilet Rental (1 to 7 units) $205 per unit Portable Toilet Rental (8 or more units units) $155 per unit Accessible Portable Toilet Rental $260 per unit District Police Security Fee $45 per hour per officer Early/Late Entry Fee (special, athletic and filming) $80 per hour Approved Vendor Fee $150 per year Conservation@Home membership $50 (one time fee)
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Schedule 17 – Picnic Permit Fee Schedule (Cont.) Schedule 17 (Continued)
*Fee is assessed for changes or new permit requests made within two weeks of event date
*Non-profit organizations and veteran organizations, with proper documentation as stated in Section 2-4-2 of this Code, may qualify for a reduced rate of fifty (50) percent on base fees for Picnic, Special/Athletic Event, Hourly Athletic Field, Monthly Fitness Instructor, Model Airplane, Day Camp, Overflow Parking, Filming/Photography and Indoor Room Rental permits. Picnics and Special/Athletic Event fees for permits booked for use Monday through Thursday (excluding Holidays) are eligible for a 25-percent discount. Additional discounts or reduced promotional fees may be applied as stated in this Code or the then current Annual Appropriations Ordinance, or as made available by the General Superintendent or District concessionaires. Any applicable discount does not apply to application fees, cost of District provided security, special use fees, security deposits, and vending.
*Picnics and Special/Athletic Event fees for permits booked for use Monday through Thursday (excluding Holidays) are eligible for a 25% discount. Any applicable discount does not apply to application fees, cost of District provided security, special use fees, security deposits and vending.
*Additional ten percent Non-County Resident Premiums apply to base permit fees for Picnic, Special/Athletic Event, Hourly Athletic Field, Monthly Fitness Instructor, Model Airplane, Day Camp, Overflow Parking, and Filming/Photography. Additional Non-County Resident Premiums may apply as stated in this Code or the then current Annual Appropriations Ordinance.
*Special/Athletic Events, Model Airplane Events, Day Camps, Overflow Parking, Hourly Athletic Field, Monthly Fitness Instructor, Filming/Photography and Indoor Room Rentals, plus basic picnics with special use items, require a certificate of liability insurance with the endorsement attached naming the Forest Preserve District of Cook County as an additional insured in the amount of $1,000,000.00 per occurrence, or other proof of insurance as may be required by the District. Events with 1,000+ attendees require $2,000,000.00 per occurrence. *A standard security deposit ranging from $100.00-$2,000.00 is required for Special/Athletic Events, Model Airplane Events, Day Camps, Overflow Parking, Filming/Photography and Indoor Room Rentals based on the size and nature of the event. Security deposits are intended to protect the District in the event of damage to the site or to address permit violations. Events with a previous history of causing damage to the District or potential to cause greater degree of damage may be charged a higher security deposit. Additional Security Deposits may apply as stated in this Code or the then current Annual Appropriations Ordinance.
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Schedule 18 – Pool Fees and Other License and Permits
AQUATIC CENTER FEES Schedule 18
Fee Type Fee SINGLE DAY ADMISSION Child 3 and Under Free Child 4 - 12 Years $5.00 Adult 13 and Older $7.00 Groups of 10 or more (Purchased in Advance) $4.00/person** SEASON PASS Individual Season Pass $42.00 Family up to 4 and fewer $158.00 Family up to 5 $189.00 Family of 6 or more $220.00 PARTY RENTALS 3 hours (up to 20 people, including admission fee) $200.00 Up to two hours after hours for entire facility $400.00
*Swim lessons, aqua fit, water rehabilitation and other class fees start at $5 for one class and will not exceed $175 for a series of classes. **Regular fee if purchased on location. ***All pool rentals with over 25 guests require $90 security fee.
PAVILION & FACILITY Schedule 19
All pavilion reservations will be subject to an additional $25.00 Application fee.
Thatcher Woods - Pavilion Cook County Non-Cook County Type Capacity Days Residents & Residents & Businesses Businesses East Room 80 Mon-Thur $79/Hr. $104/Hr. East Room 80 Fri-Sun $109/Hr. $135/Hr. West Room 40 Mon-Thur $63/Hr. $94/Hr. West Room 40 Fri-Sun $94/Hr. $120/Hr.
Dan Ryan Woods Cook County Non-Cook County Type Capacity Days Residents & Residents & Businesses Businesses Pavilion 100 Mon-Thur $79/Hr. $104/Hr. Pavilion 100 Fri-Sun $109/Hr. $135/Hr.
Swallow Cliff Cook County Non-Cook County Type Capacity Days Residents & Residents & Businesses Businesses Pavilion 40 Mon-Thur $30/Hr. $51/Hr. Pavilion 40 Fri-Sun $56/Hr. $78/Hr.
Rolling Knolls Cook County Non-Cook County Type Capacity Days Residents & Residents & Businesses Businesses Small Room 25 Mon-Thur $21/Hr. $52/Hr. Small Room 25 Fri-Sun $37/Hr. $73/Hr. Large Room 100 Mon-Thur $79/Hr. $104/Hr. 168 Large Room FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT100 OF COOKFri-Sun COUNTY, ILLINOIS$99/Hr. $125/Hr.
Matthew Bieszczat Volunteer Resource Center Cook County Non-Cook County Type Capacity Days Residents & Residents & Businesses Businesses Community Room* 100 Mon-Thurs $68/Hr. $94/Hr. Community Room* 100 Fri-Sun $99/Hr. $125/Hr. Classroom 40 Mon-Thurs $21/Hr. $52/Hr. Classroom 40 Fri-Sun $46/Hr. $73/Hr.
Sagawau Environmental Learning Center Cook County Non-Cook County Type Capacity Days Residents & Residents & Businesses Businesses Pavilion 100 Mon-Thur $135/Hr $163/Hr Pavilion 100 Fri-Sun $150/Hr $178/Hr
*Edgebrook golf outings are available Monday through Friday at the Mathew Bieszczat Volunteer Resource Center. 40 golfers or less per two hours is $126. Between 40 and 144 golfers per two hours is $258. *All pavilion rentals require a 4-hour minimum rental. *Stated rates and minimum rental times may not apply to Indoor Room Rentals for District Volunteer Stewards, units of local government and permit applicants who have an executed partnership agreement with the District.----- AQUATIC CENTER FEES Schedule 18
Fee Type Fee SINGLE DAY ADMISSION Child 3 and Under Free Child 4 - 12 Years $5.00 Adult 13 and Older $7.00 Groups of 10 or more (Purchased in Advance) $4.00/person** SEASON PASS Individual Season Pass $42.00 Family up to 4 and fewer $158.00 2020 ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE Family up to 5 $189.00 Family of 6 or more $220.00 PARTY RENTALS 3 hours (up to 20 people, including admission fee) $200.00 Up to two hours after hours for entire facility $400.00
*Swim lessons, aqua fit, water rehabilitation and other class fees start at $5 for one class and will not exceed $175 for a Scheduleseries of classes. 19 – Pavilions and Facilities Fee Schedule **Regular fee if purchased on location. ***All pool rentals with over 25 guests require $90 security fee.
PAVILION & FACILITY Schedule 19
All pavilion reservations will be subject to an additional $25.00 Application fee.
Thatcher Woods - Pavilion Cook County Non-Cook County Type Capacity Days Residents & Residents & Businesses Businesses East Room 80 Mon-Thur $79/Hr. $104/Hr. East Room 80 Fri-Sun $109/Hr. $135/Hr. West Room 40 Mon-Thur $63/Hr. $94/Hr. West Room 40 Fri-Sun $94/Hr. $120/Hr.
Dan Ryan Woods Cook County Non-Cook County Type Capacity Days Residents & Residents & Businesses Businesses Pavilion 100 Mon-Thur $79/Hr. $104/Hr. Pavilion 100 Fri-Sun $109/Hr. $135/Hr.
Swallow Cliff Cook County Non-Cook County Type Capacity Days Residents & Residents & Businesses Businesses Pavilion 40 Mon-Thur $30/Hr. $51/Hr. Pavilion 40 Fri-Sun $56/Hr. $78/Hr.
Rolling Knolls Cook County Non-Cook County Type Capacity Days Residents & Residents & Businesses Businesses Small Room 25 Mon-Thur $21/Hr. $52/Hr. Small Room 25 Fri-Sun $37/Hr. $73/Hr. Large Room 100 Mon-Thur $79/Hr. $104/Hr. Large Room 100 Fri-Sun $99/Hr. $125/Hr.
Matthew Bieszczat Volunteer Resource Center Cook County Non-Cook County Type Capacity Days Residents & Residents & Businesses Businesses Community Room* 100 Mon-Thurs $68/Hr. $94/Hr. Community Room* 100 Fri-Sun $99/Hr. $125/Hr. Classroom 40 Mon-Thurs $21/Hr. $52/Hr. Classroom 40 Fri-Sun $46/Hr. $73/Hr.
Sagawau Environmental Learning Center Cook County Non-Cook County Type Capacity Days Residents & Residents & Businesses Businesses Pavilion 100 Mon-Thur $135/Hr $163/Hr Pavilion 100 Fri-Sun $150/Hr $178/Hr
*Edgebrook golf outings are available Monday through Friday at the Mathew Bieszczat Volunteer Resource Center. 40 golfers or less per two hours is $126. Between 40 and 144 golfers per two hours is $258. *All pavilion rentals require a 4-hour minimum rental. *Stated rates and minimum rental times may not apply to Indoor Room Rentals for District Volunteer Stewards, units of local government and permit applicants who have an executed partnership agreement with the District.-----
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Schedule 20 Schedule 20 – Golf Fee Schedule GOLF FEES
Maximum Golf Course Green Fees (Weekdays)
Golf Course 18 - Holes 9 - Holes Twilight Sr./Jr. Golf Public Golf Card Public Golf Card Public Golf Card Card Billy Caldwell - - $18 $15 $15 $12 $11 Burnham Woods $25 $20 $17 $15 $18 $16 $13 Chick Evans $30 $25 $20 $18 $23 $20 $15 Edgebrook $26 $21 $17 $16 $19 $17 $13 George W. Dunne National $49 $44 $33 $27 $29 $24 $21 Highland Woods $38 $33 $25 $23 $26 $24 $19 Indian Boundary $30 $25 $20 $18 $23 $20 $15 Joe Louis "The Champ" $26 $21 $17 $16 $19 $17 $13 Meadowlark - - $18 $15 $15 $12 $11 River Oaks $26 $21 $17 $16 $19 $17 $13
Maximum Golf Course Green Fees (Weekend) 18 - Holes 9 - Holes Twilight Public Golf Card Public Golf Card Public Golf Card Billy Caldwell - - $20 $17 $15 $12 Burnham Woods $30 $24 $19 $16 $19 $16 Chick Evans $33 $27 $22 $19 $25 $22 Edgebrook $30 $25 $20 $17 $20 $17 George W. Dunne National $55 $50 $34 $28 $33 $25 Highland Woods $43 $38 $27 $24 $27 $24 Indian Boundary $38 $27 $22 $19 $25 $22 Joe Louis "The Champ" $30 $25 $20 $17 $20 $17 Meadowlark - - $20 $17 $15 $12 River Oaks $30 $25 $20 $17 $20 $17
Maximum Driving Range Fee Public Golf Card SM M L XL Burnham Woods $6 $5 - - - - George Dunn $6 $5 - - - - High Land Woods $6 $5 - - - - Harry Semrow* - - $5.25 $8.25 $10.25 $14.25
*Plus $2.00 for grass tees
All Courses Identification Cards Fee Standard - Resident $37 Standard - Non-Resident $42 Platinum - Resident $84 Platinum - Non-Resident $89
Cart Fees - Per Rider 18 - Holes $17 9 - Holes $11
Golf Card rate available with purchase of Golf Card. Weekdays (Mon-Fri); Weekends (Sat-Sun); Holidays (Officially Observed). Seniors age 62 and over; Junior age 17 and under. Add 9% Chicago city sales tax on green fee and 8% Chicago city sales tax on cart fee for Indian Boundary, Edgebrook and Billy Caldwell. Senior/Junior rate only available for Golf Card.
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Schedule 21 Schedule 21 – Campground Fee Schedule
CAMPGROUND FEES Camp Bullfrog, Sullivan and Reinberg
Type Capacity Months Nights Resident* Non-Resident* Tent or RV Electric 6 Nov - Mar All Nights $27 $36 Tent or RV Electric 6 Apr - Oct Sun - Wed $36 $46 Tent or RV Electric 6 Apr - Oct Thurs - Sat $51 $61
Tent or RV Non-Electric 6 Nov - Mar All Nights $21 $31 Tent or RV Non-Electric 6 Apr - Oct Sun - Wed $31 $41 Tent or RV Non-Electric 6 Apr - Oct Thurs - Sat $36 $46
Small Cabin 8 Nov - Mar All Nights $42 $52 Small Cabin 8 Apr - Oct Sun - Wed $52 $63 Small Cabin 8 Apr - Oct Thurs - Sat $84 $94
Large Cabin 10 Nov - Mar All Nights $102 $114 Large Cabin 10 Apr - Oct Sun - Wed $102 $114 Large Cabin 10 Apr - Oct Thurs - Sat $127 $141
Small Bunkhouse 16 Nov - Mar All Nights $119 $131 Small Bunkhouse 16 Apr - Oct Sun - Wed $119 $131 Small Bunkhouse 16 Apr - Oct Thurs - Sat $171 $182
Large Bunkhouse 36 Nov - Mar All Nights $156 $166 Large Bunkhouse 36 Apr - Oct Sun - Wed $156 $166 Large Bunkhouse 36 Apr - Oct Thurs - Sat $261 $270
Group sites (tents only) 30-60 Year Round All Nights $21 $31
Gear Library 32 Year Round All Nights $102 $102
Camp Shabonna and Dan Beard
Type Capacity Months Nights Resident* Non-Resident*
Tent or RV Non-Electric 6 Nov - Mar All Nights $21 $31 Tent or RV Non-Electric 6 Apr - Oct Sun - Wed $31 $41 Tent or RV Non-Electric 6 Apr - Oct Thurs - Sat $36 $46
Small Cabin 8 Nov - Mar All Nights $42 $53 Small Cabin 8 Apr - Oct Sun - Wed $53 $62 Small Cabin 8 Apr - Oct Thurs - Sat $83 $94
Large Cabin 10 Nov - Mar All Nights $89 $99 Large Cabin 10 Apr - Oct Sun - Wed $89 $99 Large Cabin 10 Apr - Oct Thurs - Sat $104 $114
Group sites (tents only) 30-60 Apr - Oct All Nights $21 $31
*Camp Shabbona is a seasonal site and opens April - October.
*All November - March Fees are specifically for Camp Dan Beard.
*A security deposit of $100 is required at the time of reservation for all cabin and bunkhouse reservations.
*Non-profit organizations, individual veterans and veteran organization with proper documentation may qualify for a reduced rate of 50% for all Cabin and Bunkhouse reservations for use Sunday through Thursday night and qualify for a reduced rate of 50% on stated Tent or RV non-electric fees, anytime. These reduced rates only apply to sites being occupied by the qualifying veteran or organizations.
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Schedule 21 (Continued) Schedule 21 (Continued)
CAMPGROUND EXCLUSIVE USE FEES ScheduleCAMPGROUND 21 – Campground EXCLUSIVE Fee USE Schedule, FEES continued Exclusive use includes all campsites, pavilions, dining hall and barn, as applicable based on campground site. Exclusive use includes all campsites, pavilions, dining hall and barn, as applicable based on campground site. RESIDENT RESIDENT
Camp Capactity Sun Mon-Wed Night Thurs - Sat Night
Bullfrog Camp 340 $3,115Capactity $3,842Sun Mon-Wed$4,673 Night Thurs - Sat Night Reinberg Bullfrog 205 $2,596340 $3,323$3,115 $3,842$4,153 $4,673 Sullivan Reinberg 314 $4,673205 $5,400$2,596 $3,323$6,230 $4,153 Dan Beard Sullivan 248 $1,057314 $1,765$4,673 $5,400$2,596 $6,230 Shabbona 159 $1,057 $1,765 $2,596 Dan Beard 248 $1,057 $1,765 $2,596 Shabbona 159 $1,057 $1,765 $2,596 NON-RESIDENT
NON-RESIDENT Camp Capactity Sun Mon-Wed Night Thurs - Sat Night Bullfrog 340 $3,634 $4,361 $5,192 Camp Capactity Sun Mon-Wed Night Thurs - Sat Night Reinberg 205 $3,115 $4,860 $4,581 Bullfrog 340 $3,634 $4,361 $5,192 Sullivan 314 $5,192 $5,919 $6,749 Reinberg 205 $3,115 $4,860 $4,581 Dan Beard 248 $1,558 $2,284 $3,115 Sullivan 314 $5,192 $5,919 $6,749 Shabbona 159 $1,558 $2,284 $3,115 Dan Beard 248 $1,558 $2,284 $3,115
Exclusive use fees areShabbona on a daily basis 159 $1,558 $2,284 $3,115 * All campground exclusive use rentals are subject to a security deposit $100 per bunkhouse, cabin, pavilion, barn and dining hall as is applicable to each site Exclusive use fees are on a daily basis * All campground exclusive use rentals are subject to a security deposit $100 per bunkhouse, cabin, pavilion, barn and dining hall as is applicable to each OTHER CAMPGROUNDsite FEES
DiningOTHER Hall CAMPGROUND Rental FEES Capacity Mon - Thurs Fri - Sat Reinberg* Resident 103 $51 $76 Reinberg* Dining Hall RentalNon-Resident 103 Capacity$71 Mon - $97Thurs Fri - Sat Reinberg*Barn Rental Resident 103 $51 $76 Sullivan Barn** Reinberg* Resident Non-Resident109 $51 103 $71$76 $97 Sullivan Barn** Barn Rental Non-Resident 109 $71 $97 Sullivan Barn** Resident 109 $51 $76 * Rental includes exclusiveSullivan use of Barn** the dining hall with tables and chairs with access to a kitchenNon-Resident with stove and refrigerator. 109 $71 $97 ** Rental fee excludes the use of climbing wall and includes the exclusive use of Sullivan Barn upper level with kitchen, tables and chairs.
All campground facility* rentalsRental areincludes subject exclusive to a minimum use of $100 the dining to maximum hall with $500 tables security and chairs deposit with access to a kitchen with stove and refrigerator.
** Rental fee excludes the use of climbing wall and includes the exclusive use of Sullivan Barn upper level with kitchen, tables and chairs.
Camp SullivanAll campground facility rentals are subject to a minimum $100 to maximum $500 security deposit RESIDENT Event Camp Sullivan Capacity Mon - Thurs Fri - Sun up to 20 climbers (max 40) RESIDENT$323 $366 camp & climbing Eventwall day event* 21 - 40 climbers (max 80) Capacity $397 Mon -$438 Thurs Fri - Sun camp & climbing overnight event** - $255 $295 up to 20 climbers (max 40) $323 $366 NON - RESIDENT camp & climbing wall day event* 21 - 40 climbers (max 80) $397 $438 Event Capacity Mon - Thurs Fri - Sun camp & climbing overnight event** - $255 $295 up to 20 climbers (max 40) $366 $428 NON - RESIDENT camp & climbing wall day event* 21 - 40 climbers (max 80) $448 $509 Event Capacity Mon - Thurs Fri - Sun camp & climbing overnight event** - $305 $366 up to 20 climbers (max 40) $366 $428
*Includes exclusive usecamp for 2 hours& climbing on upper wall level ofday barn, event* tables, chairs, 2 hours staff led climbing21 - 40 activities. climbers Bring (max your own 80) food and drink, use of upper$448 deck and $509 use of the kitchen camp & climbing overnight event** - $305 $366 **Includes overnight camping plus exclusive use for 2 hours on upper level of barn, tables, chairs, 2 hours staff led climbing wall activities, bring your own food and drink, use of upper deck amd use of kitchen. Reservation must include separate rental of campsite large enough to accommodate number of campers plus two additional. *Includes exclusive use for 2 hours on upper level of barn, tables, chairs, 2 hours staff led climbing activities. Bring your own food and drink, use of upper deck and Fee for Camp Sullivanuse Camp of the & Climb kitchen overnight event includes an additional campsite fee. **Includes overnight camping plus exclusive use for 2 hours on upper level of barn, tables, chairs, 2 hours staff led climbing wall activities, bring your own food and drink, use of upper deck amd use of kitchen. Reservation must include separate rental of campsite large enough to accommodate number of campers plus two additional. Fee for Camp Sullivan Camp & Climb overnight event includes an additional campsite fee.
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Schedule 22 – Bicycle Fee Schedule
BICYCLE RENTAL FEES Schedule 22
TYPE Half Hour Rate Adult Bicycle $2.50
For special events, additional bicycles types or amenities may be offered for cost not to exceed $25 per half-hour, $35 per hour or $40 per day
*Annual "Bike The Preserves" Membership: $60/annually (only applies to Adult Bicycle rentals)
*Veterans, Students, and Seniors with proper documentation will qualify for a reduced rate of 10% on the annual membership. BICYCLEFees listed above RENTALrepresent not to exceedFEES fees that the District's vendor may charge Schedule 22 BOAT HOUSE RENTAL FEES Schedule 23 TYPE Half Hour Rate Adult Bicycle $2.50 TYPE Hourly Rate Discount Hourly Rate
ForRow special Boat events, additional bicycles types or amenities may be offered for cost not$20 to exceed $25 per half-hour, $15$35 per hour or $40 per day
*AnnualSingle "Bike Kayak The Preserves" Membership: $60/annually (only applies to Adult Bicycle$20 rentals) $15 Tandem Kayak $25 $20 *Veterans, Students, and Seniors with proper documentation will qualify for a reduced rate of 10% on the annual membership. Canoe $20 $15 ScheduleFees listed above represent23 – Boat not to exceed Fee fees Schedule that the District's vendor may charge Paddle Boat $20 $15
BOATElectric Motor HOUSE Boat RENTAL FEES $25 $20 Schedule 23 Pedal Kayak $25 $20 Pedal Tandem Kayak TYPE Hourly$25 Rate Discount N/AHourly Rate
Row Boat $20 $15 *Veterans, students and seniors, with proper documentation, may qualify for a reduced rate of 10% on stated Boat House rental fees Single*Fees listed Kayak above represent not to exceed fees that the District's vendor may charge$20 $15 Tandem Kayak $25 $20
CanoeAERIAL ADVENTURE COURSE & ZIPLINE FEES$20 $15 Schedule 24 Paddle Boat $20 $15
Electric Motor Boat TYPE Rate$25 $20 PedalTree Top Kayak Adventure Course (Adults Ages 16+) $25$59 $20 PedalTree Top Tandem Adventure Kayak Course (Child Ages 10-15) $25$39 N/A Tree Top Junior Course (All Ages) $29 *Veterans,Stand Alone students Zipline and seniors, (All Ages) with proper documentation, may qualify for a reduced$12 rate of 10% on stated Boat House rental fees *Fees listed above represent not to exceed fees that the District's vendor may charge *Non-profit organizations with proper documentation may qualify for a reduced rate of 30% on designated charges. AERIAL*A reduction of ADVENTURE30% applies toward the last COURSE two weeks of April & ZIPLINEand for the first twoFEES weeks of November Schedule 24 `
TYPE Rate STABLE FEES Schedule 25 Tree Top Adventure Course (Adults Ages 16+) $59 Tree Top Adventure Course (Child Ages 10-15) $39 FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICTTYPE OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS Rate 173 Tree Top Junior Course (All Ages) $29 Private Rate Lesson Fee $55 Stand Alone Zipline (All Ages) $12 Semi Private Rate $50 Group Rate $70 *Non-profitSpecial Advancedorganizations Jumpingwith proper Ratedocumentation may qualify for a reduced rate$80 of 30% on designated charges. *A reduction of 30% applies toward the last two weeks of April and for the first two weeks of November `
STABLE FEES Schedule 25
TYPE Rate Private Rate Lesson Fee $55 Semi Private Rate $50 Group Rate $70 Special Advanced Jumping Rate $80 BICYCLE RENTAL FEES Schedule 22
BICYCLE RENTALTYPE FEES Half Hour Rate Schedule 22 Adult Bicycle $2.50 TYPE Half Hour Rate For special events, additional bicycles types or amenities may be offered for cost not to exceed $25 per half-hour, $35 per hour or $40 perAdult day Bicycle $2.50
*Annual "Bike The Preserves" Membership: $60/annually (only applies to Adult Bicycle rentals) For special events, additional bicycles types or amenities may be offered for cost not to exceed $25 per half-hour, $35 per hour or $40 *Veterans,per day Students, and Seniors with proper documentation will qualify for a reduced rate of 10% on the annual membership.
Fees*Annual listed "Bike above The represent Preserves" not Membership: to exceed fees $60/annually that the District's (only appliesvendor mayto Adult charge Bicycle rentals)
*Veterans,BOAT Students,HOUSE and SeniorsRENTAL with proper FEES documentation will qualify for a reduced rate of 10% on the annual membership. Schedule 23 Fees listed above represent not to exceed fees that the District's vendor may charge
BOAT HOUSE RENTALTYPE FEES Hourly Rate Discount Hourly Rate Schedule 23 Row Boat $20 $15
Single Kayak TYPE Hourly$20 Rate Discount$15 Hourly Rate TandemRow Boat Kayak $25$20 $20$15
CanoeSingle Kayak $20$20 $15$15 Paddle Boat $20 $15 Tandem Kayak $25 $20 Electric Motor Boat $25 $20 Canoe $20 $15 Pedal2020 KayakANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE $25 $20 Paddle Boat $20 $15 Pedal Tandem Kayak $25 N/A Electric Motor Boat $25 $20
*Veterans,Pedal Kayak students and seniors, with proper documentation, may qualify for a reduced$25 rate of 10% on stated Boat House$20 rental fees Schedule*FeesPedal listed Tandem above 24 represent Kayak – Aerial not to Adventureexceed fees that theCourse District's vendorFee Schedulemay charge$25 N/A
*Veterans,AERIAL students ADVENTURE and seniors, with proper COURSE documentation, & mayZIPLINE qualify for aFEES reduced rate of 10% on stated Boat House rental fees Schedule 24 *Fees listed above represent not to exceed fees that the District's vendor may charge
TYPE Rate AERIAL ADVENTURE COURSE & ZIPLINE FEES Schedule 24 Tree Top Adventure Course (Adults Ages 16+) $59 Tree Top Adventure Course (Child Ages 10-15) $39 Tree Top Junior Course TYPE(All Ages) $29Rate StandTree Top Alone Adventure Zipline (All Course Ages) (Adults Ages 16+) $12$59 Tree Top Adventure Course (Child Ages 10-15) $39 *Non-profitTree Top organizations Junior Course with proper (All documentation Ages) may qualify for a reduced rate $29of 30% on designated charges. *AStand reduction Alone of 30% Zipline applies (All toward Ages) the last two weeks of April and for the first two weeks$12 of November `
*Non-profit organizations with proper documentation may qualify for a reduced rate of 30% on designated charges. *ASTABLE reduction of 30%FEES applies toward the last two weeks of April and for the first two weeks of November Schedule 25 Schedule 25 – Stable Fees ` TYPE Rate PrivateSTABLE Rate LessonFEES Fee $55 Schedule 25 Semi Private Rate $50 Group Rate TYPE $70Rate Special Advanced Jumping Rate $80 Private Rate Lesson Fee $55 Semi Private Rate $50 Group Rate $70 Schedule 25 Special Advanced Jumping Rate $80
TYPE Rate Stall in Front Barn $835 monthly Stall in Large Isle $875 monthly Grooming Packages $175/$200
TYPE Rate Two Lessons or Training Riders Per Week $450 Three Lessons or Training Riders Per Week $660 Four Lessons or Training Riders Per Week $880
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Schedule 26 - Special Access/Construction Permit Fees Schedule 26
SPECIAL ACCESS/CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FEES
UsingUsing the the Per Per Acre Acre LicenseLicense FeeFee for for a aPer Per Acre Acre 1 Year1 Year Permit Permit Fee Fee
30 Day Permit Low Impact Year Permit Fee/Acre Per Acre/Per Day Per Day/Per SF 100 500 1,000 2,000 10,000 20,000 S.F. S.F. S.F. S.F. S.F. S.F. 2019 $86,000.00 $235.62 0.00541 $16.23 $81.14 $162.27 $324.54 $1,622.70 $3,245.41 2020 $88,000.00 $241.10 0.00553 $16.60 $83.02 $166.04 $332.09 $1,660.44 $3,320.88 2021 $90,000.00 $246.58 0.00566 $16.98 $84.91 $169.82 $339.64 $1,698.18 $3,396.35 2022 $92,000.00 $252.05 0.00579 $17.36 $86.80 $173.59 $347.18 $1,735.91 $3,471.83 2023 $94,000.00 $257.53 0.00591 $17.74 $88.68 $177.37 $354.73 $1,773.65 $3,547.30
30 Day Permit High Impact (4 times Low Impact) Year Permit Fee/Acre Per Acre/Per Day Per Day/Per SF 100 500 1,000 2,000 10,000 20,000 S.F. S.F. S.F. S.F. S.F. S.F. 2019 $344,000.00 $942.47 0.02164 $64.91 $324.54 $649.08 $1,298.16 $6,490.81 $12,981.62 2020 $352,000.00 $964.38 0.02214 $66.42 $332.09 $664.18 $1,328.35 $6,641.76 $13,283.52 2021 $360,000.00 $986.30 0.02264 $67.93 $339.64 $679.27 $1,358.54 $6,792.71 $13,585.42 2022 $368,000.00 $1,008.22 0.02315 $69.44 $347.18 $694.37 $1,388.73 $6,943.66 $13,887.32 2023 $376,000.00 $1,030.14 0.02365 $70.95 $354.73 $709.46 $1,418.92 $7,094.61 $14,189.21
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Cover Phillip Stosberg “Sunset at Saganashkee Slough”
Our Mission Statement Chad Reno “Fire Pink”
Office of the General Superintendent Kevin Coyote-Trust “Ravine of Awe”
Finance & Administration Ben Julian “Red-headed Woodpecker”
Human Resources Ralph Chichester “Doe Lying in Grass”
Resource Management Timothy Minnick “Golden-winged Warbler”
Conservation & Experiential Programming Fidencio Marbella “Hearty Kayakers”
Permits, Rentals & Concessions Leonardo Estrada “Got it, Mommy; Sandhill Crane and Colts”
Landscape Maintenance Christine Albrecht “A Scenic Winter Afternoon Along the Des Plaines River”
Facilities & Fleet Kelly C . Ballantyne “Muskrat”
Legal Janet Haugen “Differential Grasshopper”
Law Enforcement Elaine Masciale, “Deer Grove West”
Planning & Development Fidencio Marbella “Hummingbird and Cardinal Flowers”
District Wide Tommy DiGiovanni “Deer in the Snow”
Capital & Related Funding Sources Laura Rowan “A Foggy Morning”
Fiduciary, Agency & Component Unit Funds Gabriell Prochaska “Monarch Butterfly Snacking on a Tall Boneset
Chicago Zoological Society/Brookfield Zoo Kaitlin Klingbeil “Green Snakes”
Chicago Botanical Garden Dunya Petros “Grackle Feeding its Babies”
Supplemental Information Liz Worth “Silphium Near Sunset”
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Honorable Toni Preckwinkle, President Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners and Board of Forest Preserve District Commissioners
Alma E. Anaya Bridget Gainer Sean M. Morrison Luis Arroyo, Jr. Brandon Johnson Peter N. Silvestri Scott R. Britton Bill Lowry Deborah Sims John P. Daley Donna Miller Larry Suffredin Dennis Deer Stanley Moore Jeffrey R. Tobolski Bridget Degnen Kevin B. Morrison
Arnold Randall Stephen Hughes General Superintendent Chief Financial Officer 2020
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