Brownsburg staff unveil $83.6 million 2026 budget; capital projects, firefighters and levy appeal highlighted

Town of Brownsburg staff presented a proposed $83,614,643 2026 budget at a council meeting, emphasizing more than $14 million in capital projects, an anticipated $7 million-plus in wastewater work, and personnel requests that include funding for 15 additional firefighters contingent on a federal SAFER grant, staff said.

The budget overview matters because the town’s service area and population have grown roughly 20% since 2020 while staffing has not kept pace, town presenter Debbie (staff member) told the council. “We have a bigger area. We’re serving more people,” Debbie said, adding that total budget requests for departments add up to $83,614,643.

Staff said the capital program’s largest single item is design work for an I-74 interchange bridge. Other planned projects cited in the presentation include improvements to the North Green Street corridor, a County Road 309 roundabout, White Lick Creek streambank stabilization, resurfacing and rehabilitation work at Williams and Arbuckle parks (including pickleball court repairs), a matching grant request for additional park resurfacing, and design or signal work at Northfield Drive and County Road 625. The town also budgeted monies within the North Beltway TIF to meet bond obligations and engineering fees.

Wastewater and water needs…