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DeKalb council approves FY2026 budget calendar; hears midyear budget trues-up and capital updates
Summary
Council approved the FY2026 budget calendar and approved midyear adjustments and bookkeeping entries to the FY2025 budget that the city manager said were needed to pay carryover bills, set up TIF 4 accounts and fund capital items such as water system work and a SCADA upgrade.
DeKALB, Ill. — The DeKalb City Council on July 14 approved the city—s proposed fiscal year 2026 budget calendar and considered several midyear adjustments to the current fiscal year budget, including carryovers and capital true-ups.
City Manager presented a six-month budget timeline that includes a joint meeting with the Finance Advisory Committee on Aug. 18, a committee review of detailed budget materials in October, and a comprehensive fund-by-fund review in mid-November. Council approved the calendar by roll call.
Separately, the council considered an ordinance to true up the FY2025 budget to account for invoices and projects that carried over from FY2024 and to set budget authority for several capital items. The city manager described several specific adjustments: carryover payments for street maintenance and bridge projects; establishing a budget for newly created TIF 4 and using initial incremental property tax revenue toward engineering work with Baxter & Woodman related to subsurface issues at a site referenced as Protonos; setting budgets for water system work including a proposed new well and water-main looping on the south side; and a SCADA system upgrade for the water system.
The manager said the city received a federal grant of $90,000 related to emergency medical transport revenue, but still faces a net increase of about $205,000 in relevant emergency medical/ambulance expenditures to be drawn against the associated fund balance. The manager also described a planned transfer related to the city—s street maintenance capital fund (Fund 210) to ensure projects are funded.
Council members asked questions about engineering estimates, timeliness of invoices, and the need to set aside funds while final costs are determined. The council voted by roll call to approve the calendar and later to adopt the budget adjustments as presented.
Mayor Colin Barnes was absent; Alderman Tracy Smith served as temporary chair. The city manager said the city—s overall operating and capital planning continues into the fall schedule, when levy assumptions and department budgets will be examined in more detail.
