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Comptroller: Cook County general fund posts $234.5M favorable variance; health fund shows $3M cash shortfall
Summary
Comptroller Cyril Thomas reported a $234.5 million favorable variance in the county General Fund driven by higher sales, property and cigarette tax receipts, while the Cook County Health fund recorded a $3 million unfavorable variance on a cash basis; the Finance Committee received and filed the reports by roll call.
Cyril Thomas, Cook County Comptroller, told the Finance Committee the county's General Fund had a favorable net budget variance of $234,500,000 for the three-month period ending Feb. 28, 2026, driven primarily by stronger-than-expected county sales taxes, property tax receipts and cigarette tax revenues.
"The General Fund had a favorable net budget variance of 234,500,000," Thomas said on…
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