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Blue Island council adopts FY2025 appropriation ordinance emphasizing water projects, lead service-line work
Summary
The Blue Island City Council approved its annual FY2025 appropriation after a public hearing that highlighted $6 million in forgivable loans for lead service-line replacement, up to $10 million in projected water bonding for tank repainting and other water projects, and anticipated revenue gains from ALS ambulance billing.
Blue Island Mayor Randy Albany and the City Council on Feb. 25 adopted the city’s FY2025 annual appropriation ordinance after a public hearing that highlighted major investments in water infrastructure and a planned lead service-line replacement program.
The ordinance gives city departments authority to spend the amounts listed for the calendar fiscal year beginning Jan. 1, 2025, though administrators stressed that appropriation is not equivalent to guaranteed spending. Administrator Tom told the council the appropriation “does function differently than a budget” and that expenditures above $25,000 will return to the council for approval.
The mayor and staff identified two items driving the year-over-year increase in appropriations: $6,000,000 in forgivable loans intended for lead service-line replacement and a projected $10,000,000 in bonding proceeds tied to water revenue. Tom said the bonding funds would…
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