Kendall County officials present balanced FY25–26 budget draft, propose $1 million committed fund for Herff Road and $800,000 in early capital purchases

County Judge Shane began a June 9 special-call workshop of the Kendall County Commissioners Court by presenting a draft FY25–26 budget that the county finance staff says would be balanced without using reserve funds and would include a contingency cushion of roughly $500,000.

The draft budget projects general-fund revenue of $49,061,392, an increase the finance staff attributed primarily to an assumed $2,000,000 rise in property-tax receipts and higher sales-tax estimates. Corinna, the county27s chief budget officer, said the property-tax estimate is an initial projection that depends on certified appraisal-district figures later this summer and that the county may need to adjust the budget if those numbers change.

Why it matters: County staff said the proposal would remove the need to draw on reserve balance to finance ordinary operations for the coming year. Corinna and the judge argued that maintaining a large fund balance will let Kendall County fund future capital projects without issuing debt and preserve local control over timing and scope of infrastructure work.

Key details: The draft contains several personnel and benefit items, including a 2% adjustment to the county…