Cook County Board of Review

The Cook County Board of Review is an independent office created by statute by the Illinois General Assembly and is governed by three commissioners who are elected by district for two- or four-year terms. Cook County, which includes Chicago, is the United States' second-most populous county (after Los Angeles County, California) with a population of 5.2 million residents.

History

The board had been first created after the task of hearing tax appeals was transferred from the Cook County Board of Commissioners to a three member Board of Review.[1] The Revenue Act of 1939 converted this appeals system into a two member Cook County Board of Appeals.[1] Both members were elected in a single at-large election held quadrennially. It remained this way until 1998.[1] In 1996, the Illinois Legislature successfully passed Public Act 89-671, which made it so that, in 1998, the Cook County Board of Appeals would be renamed Cook County Board of Review and be reconstituted as a three-member body.[1]

Responsibilities

The Board of Review allows residential and commercial property owners to contest an assessment made by the Cook County assessor that they believe incorrect or unjust. The Cook County Board of Review is vested with quasi-judicial powers to adjudicate taxpayer complaints or recommend exempt status of real property, which includes: residential, commercial, industrial, condominium property, and vacant land. There are approximately 1.8 million parcels of property in Cook County. The Board of Review adjudicated 422,713 parcel appeals in the 2012 assessment year.[2]

Elections

Members are elected by district.[3]

The Cook County Board of Review has its three seats rotate the length of terms. In a staggered fashion (in which no two seats have coinciding two-year terms), the seats rotate between two consecutive four-year terms and a two-year term.[3]

Scheduled elections for each seat over the next twenty years are as follows:[3]

  • District 1: 2022, 2026, 2030, 2032, 2036, 2040
  • District 2: 2022, 2026, 2028, 2032, 2036, 2038
  • District 3: 2022, 2024, 2028, 2032, 2034, 2038

Composition
Affiliation Members
  Democratic Party 3
  Republican Party 0
 Total
 3

Commissioners

Current

This is a list of the Cook County Board Of Review Commissioners in order by district. This list is current as of December 2020.

District Commissioner In office since Party
1Tammy Wendt2020Democratic
2Michael Cabonargi2011Democratic
3Larry Rogers, Jr.2004Democratic

Past

Individuals who served on the original three-member Cook County Board of Review included Patrick Nash.

Individuals who served on the two-member Cook County Board of Appeals included Joseph Berrios, Wilson Frost, Pat Quinn, and Harry H. Semrow.

Members of the Cook County Board of Review (1998–present)
Session1st district2nd district3rd district
December 1998–December 2002Maureen MurphyJoseph BerriosRobert Shaw
December 2002–December 2004
December 2004–December 2006Larry Rogers Jr.
December 2006–December 2008Brendan Houlihan
December 2008–December 2010
December 2010–December 2012Dan PatlakMichael Cabonargi
December 2012–December 2014
December 2014–December 2016
December 2016–December 2018
December 2018–December 2020
December 2020–December 2022Tammy Wendt

See also

References
  1. "History of The Board of Review". Cook County Board Of Review. 23 May 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  2. History of the Cook County Board of Review
  3. "35 ILCS 200/5-5". ilga.gov. Government of Illinois. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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