Webcook county employees are suspected of stealing more than $1. 2 million from the federal government’s paycheck protection program created in 2020 to bail out. Webcook county government expects its projected budget gap to nearly double next year due to pay hikes for its roughly 19,000 employees. In june, county leaders. Webthe cook county board of commissioners voted tuesday to give themselves and other top county officials a 10% bump in pay during the next term, but. Webcook county's sheriff, clerk, treasurer, assessor, board president, board of review members and each of the 17 commissioners will get salary increases at the start. Webthe nine employees of the cook county judicial operation got a total of $220,000 in ppp money, and several of their loans have red flags for potential fraud,. Webcook county publishes a list of projected salaries (not actual wages) online, which shows that there are 1,958 county employees that have a salary of more than. Webafter multiple false starts, cook county’s 17 commissioners, board president and other elected officials will get significant — and indefinite — salary bumps. Webthe compensation study released in march found that the cook county salaries for each elected official’s position are below the median salaries in the peer.
