Cook County Fy2020 Executive Budget Recommendation
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COOK COUNTY FY2020 EXECUTIVE BUDGET RECOMMENDATION: Analysis and Recommendations November 4, 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ......................................................................................................................................... 4 CIVIC FEDERATION POSITION ........................................................................................................................... 7 ISSUES THE CIVIC FEDERATION SUPPORTS ................................................................................................................ 8 Cook County Health’s Initiatives to Attract More Insured Patients .................................................................... 8 Rational Basis for Budgeting for Cook County Health’s Direct Tax Allocation.................................................. 9 Independent Revenue Forecasting Commission ................................................................................................. 10 Continued Practice of Making Supplemental Pension Contributions ................................................................ 11 Contributing to Pension Stabilization Account for the Second Year .................................................................. 12 CIVIC FEDERATION CONCERNS ................................................................................................................................ 12 Growth in Uncompensated Care ........................................................................................................................ 12 Plans to Build a New Provident Hospital .......................................................................................................... 14 Financial Challenges Ahead as Revenue Sources Lag Expenditure Needs ....................................................... 17 CIVIC FEDERATION RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................................ 17 COOK COUNTY HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS ........................................................................................................ 18 Reconsider the Provident Hospital Project ........................................................................................................ 18 Improve Cook County Health’s Financial Transparency .................................................................................. 18 PENSION RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................................................. 19 Obtain Statutory Authority for Supplemental Pension Contributions ................................................................ 19 Enact Multi-Year Intergovernmental Agreement with the Pension Fund for Supplemental Contributions in the Absence of State Legislation .............................................................................................................................. 20 ADMINISTRATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS ................................................................................................................... 20 Revise the Inspector General’s Ordinance or Rules to Require the Inclusion of Agency Responses in Program Investigations ..................................................................................................................................................... 20 Expand the Scope and Impact of the Independent Revenue Forecasting Commission ...................................... 21 Make Public Safety Efficiency and Capital Planning Reports Publicly Available ............................................. 22 Define Performance Based Budgeting Metrics .................................................................................................. 23 Streamline Property Tax Functions Through a Unified Property Tax Administration Office ........................... 24 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...................................................................................................................................... 26 FY2020 BUDGET DEFICIT & GAP-CLOSING MEASURES ............................................................................ 27 APPROPRIATIONS ................................................................................................................................................. 30 ALL FUNDS APPROPRIATIONS BY FUND................................................................................................................... 30 OPERATING FUNDS APPROPRIATIONS BY OBJECT .................................................................................................... 33 ALL FUNDS APPROPRIATIONS BY CONTROL OFFICER AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL APPROPRIATIONS ................... 34 RESOURCES ............................................................................................................................................................. 37 PROPOSED FY2020 RESOURCES FOR ALL FUNDS .................................................................................................... 37 GENERAL AND HEALTH FUND RESOURCE TRENDS .................................................................................................. 38 PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR ALL FUNDS .................................................................................................................... 43 PERSONNEL TRENDS ............................................................................................................................................ 45 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS BY FUND ........................................................................................................ 45 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS FOR ALL FUNDS BY CONTROL OFFICER ......................................................... 46 SALARIES BY CONTROL OFFICER ............................................................................................................................. 46 PERSONAL SERVICES APPROPRIATIONS ................................................................................................................... 47 PUBLIC SAFETY ..................................................................................................................................................... 49 PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM AREA APPROPRIATIONS ................................................................................................ 50 PUBLIC SAFETY FUND APPROPRIATIONS ................................................................................................................. 52 PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL .................................................................................................................................... 56 COOK COUNTY HEALTH ..................................................................................................................................... 59 2 OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................................................... 59 FY2020 BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS .............................................................................................................................. 64 APPROPRIATIONS ..................................................................................................................................................... 67 RESOURCES ............................................................................................................................................................. 72 Operating Revenues ........................................................................................................................................... 72 County Tax Allocation ....................................................................................................................................... 75 PERSONNEL ............................................................................................................................................................. 76 FUND BALANCE...................................................................................................................................................... 78 COMPONENTS OF FUND BALANCE REPORTING ........................................................................................................ 78 COOK COUNTY FINANCIAL POLICY AND GFOA BEST PRACTICES .......................................................................... 79 COOK COUNTY PENSION FUND ........................................................................................................................ 82 PLAN DESCRIPTION ................................................................................................................................................. 82 BENEFITS ................................................................................................................................................................. 82 MEMBERSHIP ........................................................................................................................................................... 84 FUNDED RATIOS ...................................................................................................................................................... 85 UNFUNDED ACTUARIAL ACCRUED LIABILITY ......................................................................................................... 87 INVESTMENT RATE OF RETURN ..............................................................................................................................