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DuPage County finance committee opens FY2026 budget process, members press for budgets based on prior-year actuals
Summary
At its May 13 meeting the DuPage County Finance Committee began the FY2026 budget process, approved the budget calendar and county financial policies, and spent an extended period insisting departments base FY2026 requests on recent actual spending rather than prior-year budgets.
DuPage County Finance Committee Chairwoman Garcia opened the committee’s May 13 meeting by announcing the start of the fiscal year 2026 budget kickoff and reminding departments that FY2026 budgets are due June 27.
Committee members said the county should require elected officials and department heads to base FY2026 requests on recent actual expenditures rather than prior-year budgets. Member Galassi asked whether that guidance was written into the budget instructions, and finance staffer Jeff confirmed it is: “We do request, that departments look at where they've landed, if you will, on the actuals for, at least, the last 3 years,” Jeff said, adding that the county provides departments the underlying data to prepare budgets.
The committee approved the formal budget preparation…
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