Forest Preserves with more cash to spend after voters last year OK'd tax hike.
Flush with money received after voters authorized a fresh property tax hike, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle pitched next year’s Forest Preserves budget Tuesday as the start of “a new era.” “For the first time in a long time, it is not the budget of an agency in a holding pattern, keeping long-term, pressing needs at bay,” Preckwinkle said Tuesday. “For fiscal year 2024, we are moving forward, and there is only more on the horizon for the residents and visitors of Cook County.
Her proposal also brings the total head count up to 721 from 633 two years ago, according to budget documents. New hires will include a “restoration hydrologist, ecology field supervisor, heavy equipment technician, employee recruitment manager and more,” Preckwinkle said. Voters’ approval of the referendum “has made all the difference” already, she continued, allowing the county to start new ecological restoration work at Sauk Trail and Jurgensen Woods.
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