Cook County Voters Gave the Forest Preserve a Tax Increase, New Report Shows Where the Money Went

Cook County Voters Gave the Forest Preserve a Tax Increase, New Report Shows Where the Money Went – WTTW (Chicago)

Among the undertakings Adam Bianchi, general superintendent of the forest preserves, cited, the district’s pension fund is now on track to become fully solvent.

Cook County Voters Gave the Forest Preserve a Tax Increase, New Report Shows Where the Money Went

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Forest Preserves spent extra $40 million yearly on expanded conservation, maintenance

Voters overwhelmingly gave the Cook County forest preserves the okay to raise property taxes by 0.025% in a 2022 referendum.

Forest Preserves of Cook County spent extra $40 million yearly on expanded conservation, maintenance

CHICAGO — Cook County Forest Preserves has used a $40 million yearly windfall from voters to buy up and conserve more land, pay for maintenance and add programming while bolstering its pension funds, the district reported Tuesday. Voters overwhelmingly gave the preserves the OK to raise property…