April Zimmer, Cook County Executive Administrative Assistant | June 28, 2019
The Thye-Blatnik Act of 1948 was created to provide compensation to Cook, Lake, and St. Louis counties for public lands set aside for conservation. Counties receive 0.75 percent of the assessed value of the lands in payment. The value of the lands is reappraised every 10 years. Payments received, beginning in 1989 were $421,000, $704,000 in 1999, and $2,025,000 in... READ MORE >
