Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability – BGA Policy 2025 Budget Snapshot

The Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability was created by the July 2021 Empowering Communities for Public Safety ordinance. As of the 2022 budget, the commission was still in its interim form. 2024 and 2025 are the first full budget cycles for which the commission has been fully operational and acting under its elected leadership.

CCPSA recommends candidates for Chicago Police Department and Police Board leadership, drafts and has power to approve CPD policies, and reviews the departmental budget and goals for CPD.

Departmental Highlights

Snapshot: Appropriation & Staffing Changes from 2024 Budget

• CCPSA has a mandatory budget floor to ensure that it cannot be underfunded. The department's annual budget must be equal to at least 0.22% of CPD's non-grant appropriations for the same budget year. However, in calculating the budget floor, the Office of Budget and Management includes "fringe" - a calculation of CCPSA's pension and benefit payments, which are budgeted under the Finance General section of the budget - in its calculation of CCPSA's budget, but does not include CPD's "fringe" in its calculation of CPD appropriations. If fringe were included in the calculation of CPD's appropriations, CCPSA's mandatory minimum budget would be roughly $6.2 million, while CCPSA's appropriation with fringe as calculated by OBM totals only $5.7 million.
• Apart from an administrative assistant title change, CCPSA had no staffing changes from the previous year's budget.
• CCPSA's appropriations are predominantly personnel-related, with salaries and wages on payroll and stipends for elected leaders the largest expense categories.
• CCPSA's budget is very small, with even the largest year-over-year changes relatively minor compared to other departments. A $185,028 increase in salaries and wages on payroll and the elimination of a $200,000 rental of property elimination are the largest net changes from the previous year's appropriations.

Historical Context

Historical comparisons for CCPSA are still extremely limited, as the department has only been fully elected, staffed, and functioning for one budget cycle prior to the current 2025 cycle.

Budget Floor & Fringe Calculation

CCPSA has a mandatory budget floor to ensure that it cannot be underfunded. The department's annual budget must be equal to at least 0.22% of CPD's non-grant appropriations for the same budget year. However, in calculating the budget floor, the Office of Budget and Management includes "fringe" - a calculation of CCPSA's pension and benefit payments, which are budgeted under the Finance General section of the budget - in its calculation of CCPSA's budget, but does not include CPD's "fringe" in its calculation of CPD appropriations. If fringe were included in the calculation of CPD's appropriations, CCPSA's mandatory minimum budget would be roughly $6.2 million, while CCPSA's appropriation with fringe as calculated by OBM totals only $5.7 million.

Staffing

Apart from an administrative assistant title change, CCPSA had no staffing changes from the previous year's budget.

Appropriations

All CCPSA appropriations are drawn from the corporate fund.

Largest Appropriations

CCPSA's appropriations are predominantly personnel-related, with salaries and wages on payroll and stipends for elected leaders the largest expense categories.

Change from Previous Year

CCPSA's budget is very small, with even the largest year-over-year changes relatively minor compared to other departments. A $185,028 increase in salaries and wages on payroll and the elimination of a $200,000 rental of property elimination are the largest net changes from the previous year's appropriations.

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