At their Tuesday, November 19 evening
meeting, the McHenry County Board adopted their budget for Fiscal Year 2014
(FY14), which will begin on December 1, 2013. Highlights of the proposed
FY14 Budget are noted below.
In developing the FY14 Budget, McHenry
County maintained the professional, conservative approach to budgeting that
earned a Aaa bond rating from Moody’s Investor Services. McHenry County is
one of only three counties in Illinois (also Lake & DuPage) to have earned
in this distinction.
The McHenry County Board directed
staff not to capture the allowable inflationary growth in the property tax
extension. The County is collecting $1.35 million less than is allowable
under tax cap law.
The proposed FY14 Budget is
$247,944,198. This compares to the current FY13 Budget which was approved
at $252,079,699.
In developing the FY14 Budget,
the County is responding to a revenue environment that continues to be
challenging with a corresponding control on expenses.
There are no dramatic cuts to
services, but as in recent years, there are thorough adjustments in almost all
areas of County Government.
The FY14 Budget maintains compensation
parity between union and non-union employees.
Through an active management of the
employee roster, there again fewer positions budgeted for in FY14 then were
budgeted for in FY13. The employee roster has been decreased by over 85
employees over the past four years.
With the FY14 Budget, the County will
continue toward progress on its 2013-15 Strategic Plan including, enhanced
ordinance clarity, communication and citizen input, evaluation of all services,
developing a “pro-business” perception, as well as infrastructure and
facilities management improvements.
A copy of the approved McHenry County
FY14 Budget can be viewed in the County Administration Office and will be
available on the County website (www.co.mchenry.il.us)
when it is in its final format. For more information, pleasecontact Adam
Lehmann at 815-334-0309 or aflehmann@co.mchenry.il.us.
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