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Will County committee approves year-end budget transfers, authorizes delinquent-tax documents and appropriates sponsorship funds for workforce expo
Summary
The Finance Committee approved several budget amendments and appropriations, authorized the county executive to execute delinquent-tax program documents and appropriated sponsorship funds for a Pathways to Professions Expo; staff explained the year-end cleanup process and resisted requests to pre-appropriate uncertain revenues.
The Will County Finance Committee voted to approve multiple budget transfers and appropriations and authorized the county executive to sign necessary documents for the delinquent-tax program.
Rishon (budget staff) walked committee members through the year-end budget-transfer packet, explaining that departments transfer between line items during the fiscal year and that transfers requiring county-board approval appear on the Finance Committee agenda for a formal vote. "As we end the fiscal year, you'll see the year end cleanup. What that is is departments transferring between, their budget lines for anything, any of the lines that require County Board approval," Rishon said.
Committee members questioned several line items. Jackie asked why the 911 fund showed a large salary variance and noted a $42,000 overage in a salary line; Rishon replied that special funds are largely self-funded and the transfers move available money to cover overages. Julie asked about a vacation payout line of about $20,000 (vacation payouts when employees separate from county service). Rishon explained those are clean-ups for benefits payouts that occur on separation. The Sunny Hill account was discussed as an example where county-board contingency was being used to clean up specific lines.
The committee approved a series of motions by voice vote: assignment of tax sale certificates (motion moved by Trenier), authorization for the county executive to execute documents for the delinquent-tax program, fiscal-year 2024 year-end budget transfers, fiscal-year 2025 budget transfers, and the appropriation of sponsorship funds into the Workforce Services budget for the Pathways to Professions Expo. Destiny (committee member) supported the expo appropriation, saying it "provides a great opportunity for high school students to gain insight" and noting the event is held in her district. Rishon said the expo sponsorships are deposited into a DCEO grant line and that the resolution transfers revenue into corresponding expense lines so the department can spend the funds; the packet showed roughly $14,000 in sponsorships received so far.
Votes at a glance: - Assignment of tax-sale certificates: approved (voice vote; no roll-call tally recorded). - Authorizing county executive to execute delinquent-tax program documents: approved (voice vote). - Transferring appropriations within various county budgets, fiscal-year 2024 year-end: approved (after staff explanation). - Transferring appropriations within various county budgets, fiscal-year 2025: approved. - Appropriating sponsorship funds into Workforce Services budget (Pathways to Professions Expo): approved; packet shows $14,000 received to date and the event is held at the Romeoville Athletic Center and open to county students.
Why it matters: the transfers close out fiscal-year accounts, allow departments to cover unanticipated payroll and operating costs, and permit Workforce Services to accept and spend donated sponsorship funds for a countywide career expo that serves high-school students.
Ending: Committee members asked staff for additional detail on several line items (Sunny Hill expenditures, vacation payout counts) and directed staff to provide requested follow-up before the county-board approval process.
