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The Mayor is the chief executive of the city and responsible for the administration and management of over 30 city departments. There are over 30 different departments. The Mayor submits proposals and recommendations to the City Council and is active in the enforcement of the city’s ordinances. The Mayor proposes most city-wide policies. These include business transactions, changes to the municipal code, bond issuance and appointments. The Mayor also submits the city’s annual budget and appoints city officers, department commissioners or directors, and members of over 120 city boards and commissions, including the Chicago Board of Education, Chicago City Colleges Board, Chicago Plan Commission, Ethics Board, Chicago Police Board, Chicago Park District Board

The City Clerk is the official record keeper for the City Council and the designated repository for city documents. The City Clerk also maintains the corporate seal of the city and publishes the official legislative record of City Council actions in the Journal of Proceedings and related pamphlets as directed by state or municipal law or upon direction of the City Council. The position is important to government transparency because the clerk is responsible for keeping and making official records and legislation accessible to city residents.

The City Treasurer is the custodian and manager of all cash and investments for the City of Chicago, the four City employee pension funds and the Chicago Teacher’s Pension Fund. The Treasurer serves on the boards of these pension funds as well. The Treasurer’s Office also manages a number of programs that promote economic development in Chicago. The City Treasurer has three main functions: Banker: The City Treasurer is responsible for maintaining all records and accounts associated with the City’s operating funds, as well as the escrow accounts held with various trustee banks. Investor: The City Treasurer is the Chief Investment Officer for the City and is responsible for managing the City’s investment portfolio. Advocate: The City Treasurer is authorized to conduct educational programs, provide counseling, and disseminate information regarding financial education, small business support, and access to banking for residents of the City. Each year the Treasurer is required to file an annual report with the City Council summarizing the city’s investment portfolio including the monies received, invested and dispersed.

The 50 Aldermen are legislators and members of the City Council who serve a four-year term to represent the residents of their ward. They often have two offices; one in City Hall and the other in their wards. By custom, an alderman is a source of information and intermediary on behalf of their constituency about city functions and services within the ward. Currently each alderman is allocated about $1.5 million discretionary funds for projects in their ward.

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The District is responsible for stormwater and wastewater management, in an 883 square mile area, including Chicago and 125 suburban municipalities. It monitors and sustains 76 miles of the Chicago Area Waterways System and 1,300 small streams.

The District is responsible for storm water and wastewater management, in an 883 square mile area, including Chicago and 125 suburban municipalities. It monitors and sustains 76 miles of the Chicago Area Waterways System and 1,300 small streams.

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The Cook County Assessor is an elected government official who is responsible for establishing fair and accurate property assessments. Valuation of the county's 1.8 million parcels of property is conducted to ascertain the amount of taxes that will be required to be paid based on the value of the property in question. To administer this task, the Assessor reassesses one-third of the properties located in the county each year. The Assessor alternates assessments among the northern suburbs, the southern suburbs and the City of Chicago.

The President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners is the Chief Executive Officer of Cook County. The President oversees the Offices Under the President and is charged with presenting a balanced budget to the Board of Commissioners. The president presides over the meetings of the County Board and directly supervises departments which provide a variety of direct and support services to the residents of Cook County, appoints, with the advice and consent of the Board, persons to serve on various boards and commissions, with the advice and consent of the County Board, negotiates on behalf of the County with governmental units and private sector for the purpose of promoting economic growth and development.

The Clerk is responsible for the conduct of all elections. The Clerk is the official record keeper for all births, deaths, and marriages. The Clerk records the minutes of all County Board meetings. The Clerk's office processes all accounts payable for the county. In addition, the county payroll is processed in the Clerk's office.

The Sheriff is the Chief Law Enforcement Officer of the Circuit Court, Director of Safety and the Administrator of the County Jail. Main functions include: Provide basic police services to the unincorporated areas of the county. Maintain a complete record of all traffic accidents, arrest, investigations and complaints. Maintain security in the Courtrooms and Custodian of the Courthouse.

Treasurer receives and safely keeps the revenues and other public monies of the County, collects property taxes, distributes the monies collected to the proper recipients, invests surplus funds, pays the county's bills as directed by the Adams County Board, co-signature authorization on county checks, Store and disseminate tax records

County Commissioners are elected officials who oversee county activities and work to ensure that citizen concerns are met, federal and state requirements are fulfilled, and county operations run smoothly. The Board of Commissioners is responsible for the management of the affairs of the county

County Board of Review fairly and impartially reviews the assessments of all property within the county to the extent authorized by the Property Tax Code, corrects all assessments which should be corrected, raises, lowers, and/or directs the county Assessor to change, correct, alter, or modify assessments as justice may require. It also uses the authority provided by the Property Tax Code to ensure a full, fair and impartial assessment of property.

The County Court Clerk is responsible for maintaining court records, authenticating court orders and judgements, and administering oaths to witnesses and jurors.

The District Attorney is the chief legal representative of the district.