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Approving the FY26 Budget to be Placed on Public Display
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WHEREAS, Section 6-1001 of the Counties Code (55 ILCS 5/6-1001) requires the county board to adopt each year an annual budget for the succeeding fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, the FY26 budget will be adopted at the November 10, 2025, County Board Meeting in order to meet the deadline for adopting the FY26 budget before the start of Fiscal Year 2026; and
WHEREAS, 55 ILCS 5/6-1001 also requires that the “budget shall be prepared by some person or persons designated by the county board and such budget shall be made conveniently available to public inspection and provided to the public at a public meeting at least fifteen days prior to final action thereon”; and
WHEREAS, October 26, 2025, is therefore the deadline for placing the budget on public display so as to be on display the minimum number of required days before the budget is adopted at the November 10, 2025, County Board Meeting; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-48 of the Kane County Code, the Finance and Budget Committee has jurisdiction over review of budget proposals as presented by standing committees, and on October 21, 2025, the Finance and Budget committee recommended a balanced budget to be forwarded to the Executive Committee; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Kane County Code, the Executive Committee has jurisdiction over all matters relating to the county budget for each fiscal year, and the committee has prepared and submitted to the County Board on October 22, 2025, an estimate of receipts, revenue and expenditures required for FY26, and has further authorized and directed the Executive Director of Finance to provide and deliver to each member of the County Board a copy of said proposed annual budget for FY26.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Kane County Board that the draft FY26 Budget (as of 10.21.25) presented by the Executive Director of the Finance Department is hereby approved for public display, and the Executive Director of the Finance Department is hereby authorized and directed to place the draft Fiscal Year 2026 budget on public display by October 24, 2025, in accordance with all statutory requirements.
Passed by the Kane County Board on October 22, 2025.
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John A. Cunningham, MBA, JD, JD Corinne M. Pierog MA, MBA
Clerk, County Board Chairman, County Board
Kane County, Illinois Kane County, Illinois
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