Office of the City Clerk - Record #: F2015-118

• Record #: F2015-118
• Type: Report
• Status: Placed on File
• Intro date: 10/14/2015
• Final action: 10/14/2015
• Title: City Comptroller's Comprehensive Annual Financial Report and Supplement (2014)
• Sponsors: Dept./Agency
• Topic: REPORTS - Annual

Date	Journal Page Number	Action By	Action	Result
10/14/2015	8240	City Council	Placed on File

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Department of Finance
city of chicago




October 1, 2015

Honorable Susana A. Mendoza City Clerk
121 North LaSalle Street, Room 107 Chicago, Illinois 60602

Dear City Clerk Mendoza:

I am submitting to you the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) and the Supplement thereto for the year ended December 31, 2014. These reports are accurate in all material respects and are prepared in a manner designed to present fairly the financial position and results of operations of the various funds.


Sincerely,

Daniel Widawsky City Comptroller


Enclosure

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121 NORTH LASALLE STREET, SUITE 700, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60602

CITY OF CHICAGO

COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,2014



Rahm Emanuel, Mayor
Carole L. Brown, Chief Financial Officer Daniel Widawsky, City Comptroller







Prepared by the Department of Finance





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OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL MAYOR
June 30, 2015



Dear Chicagoans:

Thank you for your interest in the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) of the City of Chicago for the 2014 fiscal year.

In 2014, the City of Chicago took vital steps to continue putting our fiscal house in order. We have reduced our structural deficit for the fourth consecutive year by making city government smaller, smarter and simpler and we have coupled necessary reforms with improved services so city government works better for all Chicago residents.

The best way for us to continue to grow the City's economy is to intensify our efforts to right the city's financial ship. By following a deliberate reform and invest strategy, we have begun the work of ending unsustainable financial practices while continuing to invest in critical areas of education, transportation, and job creation. The products of our work have served to enhance Chicago's position as the consummate place to live, work, and raise a family.

The City made significant progress in 2014, and we will continue our e...