Cook County Board of Commissioners
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Chicago City Hall 118 N. Clark Street Chicago, Illinois |
| Employees | 22,000 (2014) |
| Annual budget | US$ 3.1 billion (2014) |
| Agency executive | |
| Website | cookcountyil.gov |
The Cook County Board of Commissioners is a legislative body made up of 17 commissioners who are elected by district, and a president who is elected county wide, all for four-year terms. Cook County, which includes the City of Chicago, is the United States' second-largest county with a population of 5.2 million residents. The county board sets policy and laws for the county regarding property, public health services, public safety, and maintenance of county highways.[1] It is presided over by the County Board President, currently Toni Preckwinkle.
The commissioners, president, and county clerk (who serves as clerk of the board), hold the same offices ex officio on the separate governmental taxing body, the Cook County Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners.
Composition
| Affiliation | Members | |
| style="background-color:Template:Democratic Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Democratic Party | 15 |
| style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (United States)/meta/color" | | Republican Party | 2 |
| Total |
17 | |
List of County Commissioners
This is a list of the Cook County Commissioners in order by district. This list is current as of April 17, 2020.
| District | Commissioner | Residence | In office since | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President (at-large) |
Toni Preckwinkle | Chicago | 2010 | Democratic |
| 1 | Brandon Johnson | Chicago | 2018 | Democratic |
| 2 | Dennis Deer | Chicago | 2017 | Democratic |
| 3 | Bill Lowry | Chicago | 2018 | Democratic |
| 4 | Stanley Moore | Chicago | 2013 | Democratic |
| 5 | Deborah Sims | Chicago | 1994 | Democratic |
| 6 | Donna Miller | Lynwood | 2018 | Democratic |
| 7 | Alma Anaya | Chicago | 2018 | Democratic |
| 8 | Luis Arroyo, Jr. | Chicago | 2014 | Democratic |
| 9 | Peter N. Silvestri | Elmwood Park | 1994 | Republican |
| 10 | Bridget Gainer | Chicago | 2009 | Democratic |
| 11 | John P. Daley | Chicago | 1992 | Democratic |
| 12 | Bridget Degnen | Chicago | 2018 | Democratic |
| 13 | Larry Suffredin | Evanston | 2002 | Democratic |
| 14 | Scott R. Britton | Glenview | 2018 | Democratic |
| 15 | Kevin B. Morrison | Mount Prospect | 2018 | Democratic |
| 16 | Frank Aguilar | Cicero | 2020 | Democratic[2] |
| 17 | Sean M. Morrison | Palos Park | 2015 | Republican |
See also
References
- ^ About the Cook County Board of Commissioners Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hinton, Rachel (April 16, 2020). "Mystery shrouds closed-door vote on Tobolski successor". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved April 17, 2020.