莱特富特市长公布2022年初步预算

玛丽·凯·米纳汉，MKM服务公司

Mayor Lori Lightfoot released her 2022 preliminary budget for the City of Chicago. In the corporate fund, revenues for 2022 are projected to be $4,217.3 million and expenditures are projected to be $4,950.因此赤字为7.33亿美元.

公司基金

公司基金 revenues in 2022 are projected to increase $179.七百万还是四百万.比2021年增长4%.  其中包括227美元.600万或14万.9 percent increase in local tax revenues over 2021 as Chicago’s economy continues to recover.  The Revenues that were slower to recover are expected to accelerate recovery in 2022, including recreation taxes such as the amusement tax, 哪一个预计会增加50美元.4百万或22百万.比2021年预算高出5%.  Similarly, an increase in business taxes, which includes hotel taxes are expected to increase $40.500万或61万.明年3%.  交通税预计会增加.比2021年预算高出1%，即2500万美元.  The preliminary budget also projects an increase in intergovernmental revenue of $113.600万还是27万.4%.  2022年非税收入, 包括罚款, forfeitures and penalties is projected to decrease by $78.七百万或五百万.2021年预算的8%.  Proceeds and Transfers are projected to decline from the 2021 budget by $13.900万或200万.3%.

公司基金 expenditure in 2022 are anticipated to increase by $912.比2021年预算高出800万.  This increase is driven largely by personnel, pension and debt costs facing the City.  The increases in personnel costs totaling more than $180.800万年 are the result of contractual wage and prevailing wage rate increases along with cost of living adjustments for city employees.  This will bring the total personnel costs to $3,146.800万年 or roughly 80 percent of the total budget.  除了, the City is expected to ratify a contract with the Chicago police union at a cost of $377.600万年.  2021年的预算包括103美元.3 million for an increase resulting from the settlement of a police contract.  然而，这还剩下274美元.短缺300万.  The Mayor is proposing to cover a majority of this added cost with savings expected from refinancing bonds at a much lower interest rate.

房产税

Last year, the City raised its 2021 property tax levy by $93.900万到1632美元.900万年.  This represented a little more than a 6 percent increase in the total levy.  同时, they also approved an ordinance to annually raise the property tax levy by the annual consumer price index (CPI).  This year’s annual CPI is not yet available, but it could reach 2 percent.   作为本条例的结果, 不需要市议会采取任何额外行动, the City’s property tax levy will increase to an estimated $1,665,558,000 in 2022.  While the City’s property tax levy used to cover the City’s day to day operating expenses, for more than 10 years the entire property tax levy has been used to pay pension costs and debt service.  With lower than ever interest rates it is expected that the 2022 budget will include refinancing proposals to cover a significant portion of the projected $733 million deficit.  然而, 赤字如此之大, a property tax increase above the already established annual CPI increase cannot be ruled out.

退休金及偿债

City workers are covered under four defined benefit plans approved by the Illinois General Assembly.  Additionally, the Illinois Constitution prohibits reducing pension benefits.  The City will make pension payments to all four of its pension funds based on an actuarially-calculated contribution for the first time in 2022.  结果是253美元.公司基金增加900万美元.  这将使2022年的养老金成本达到3146美元.800万年.  In 2023 the projected cost of pensions will be $3,224.到2024年将达到3303美元.600万年.  Chicago’s cost of debt service also continues to rise.  In 2022, the projected long-term debt will total $24,725.600万年.  到2023年，长期债务预计将达到23,882美元.到2024年，预计将达到22970美元.700万年.  In 2022 the projected payment on this debt service will be $1,947.800万年.  到2023年，这一费用预计将达到2080美元.600万年 and in 2024 it is projected to increase to $2,101.1 million or more than half of the City’s total budget.

美国救援计划

今年3月, the United States Congress passed the 美国救援计划 (ARP), 哪家提供782美元.200万到十大网赌靠谱网址平台.  These funds are restricted but do permit the City to use these funds to cover revenue losses due to COVID-19.  作为2021年预算的一部分, the City Council authorized $500 million refinancing to cover the revenues the City projected it would lose in 2021.  以解决预计的798美元.在2020年预算中损失了800万美元的收入, the City approved short-term borrowing in the amount of $450 million that must be repaid in 2021.  The Mayor is prosing to cancel the $500 million refinancing and utilize the entire $782.2 million in ARP funds to pay for operating expenses.  The danger of this move is that it applies one-time revenues, ARP基金, 对正在进行的和不断增长的城市支出.

2022年预算时间表

Mayor Lightfoot plans to introduce her 2022 budget in mid-September, 比惯例早了整整一个月.  This is likely due to the fact that she is proposing to utilize all of the ARP money to pay for operating expenses.  Many Aldermen would prefer to use ARP基金 to help stimulate the economy, 包括对小企业的补助, housing assistance and guaranteed income for low income people.  Wrapping the ARP money into the 2022 budget would limit the City Council’s ability to propose alternative ways to spend the ARP money.  然而, it will take more time to secure the necessary votes for the 2022 budget, 因此推出日期较早.