The $8.04 billion spending recommendation — over $1 billion more than Preckwinkle’s final budget for 2021 — would not include any new taxes, fines, fees or layoffs, she said in a Thursday speech. In fact, the county’s workforce would grow 7% from 2020′s levels to just over 23,000 positions — a level not seen since the earlier years of Preckwinkle’s time as county board president.
