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Authorizing Emergency Appropriation and Budget Adjustments to Amend FY2026 County Budget for Finance Department Staffing
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WHEREAS, the Finance Department’s FY2026 budgeted positions include two part-time positions, the Accounting Clerk at 17.5 hours per week (910 hours per year) and the Buyer at 25 hours per week (1,300 hours per year); and
WHEREAS, in order to keep up with the continued process improvements being implemented in the Finance Department and providing opportunities for employees to take on additional tasks, the Executive Director of the Finance Department requests County Board approval to add additional hours to the two part-time employees from the aforementioned part-time positions so that the Accounting Clerk position is 25 hours per week (1,300 hours per year) and the Buyer Position is 30 hours per week (1,560 hours per year); and
WHEREAS, the Finance Department budgeted for software in the FY2026 General Fund budget which payment was recently able to be paid out of another fund, and therefore the monies are available in the General Fund for the additional salaries and wages portion of the total additional payroll cost associated with these additional hours requiring a budget transfer of $18,507 from the General Fund General Account #001 - Department #800 Other Countywide Expenses account line item #50340 Software Licensing Costs to the General Fund General Account #001 - Department #040 Finance account line item #40000 Salaries and Wages; and
WHEREAS, the additional pension and payroll costs will require an additional appropriation of $1,209 in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund #110 account line item #45201 - IMRF Contribution from General Fund and $1,413 in the FICA/Social Security Fund #111 account line item #45101 FICA/SS Contribution from General Fund.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Kane County Board a budget transfer of $18,507 from the General Fund General Account #001 - Department #800 Other Countywide Expenses account line item #50340 Software Licensing Costs (001.800.801.50340) to the General Fund General Account #001 - Department #040 Finance account line item #40000 Salaries and Wages (001.040.040.40000).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Kane County Board an emergency appropriation of $1,209 in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund #110 account line item #45201 - IMRF Contribution from General Fund (110.800.802.45201) and $1,413 in the FICA/Social Security Fund #111 account line item #45101 FICA/SS Contribution from General Fund (111.800.803.45101).
Passed by the Kane County Board on January 13, 2026.
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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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