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Saint Charles manager presents $5.4 million draft budget with wage increases and water-project funding
Summary
At a budget workshop, the Village manager presented a draft FY2025–26 budget totaling more than $5.4 million that proposes staff wage increases, continued pension/OPEB funding, and a $1 million transfer tied to a congressional appropriation for a water-phase project; council discussed but did not finalize changes.
The Village manager presented the Village of Saint Charles draft fiscal-year 2025–26 budget at a council budget workshop, saying the plan totals “over $5,400,000” and includes a general fund of $2,226,946 and proposed wage and benefit increases for village staff.
The budget presentation laid out revenue and expenditure details and flagged several grant-funded projects. The manager said property-tax revenue is budgeted at about $1,078,000, noted $54,211 in unpaid property taxes the village expects to receive after the fiscal year, and listed state revenue-sharing totals including $49,043 in state-shared revenue and roughly $212,770 in constitutional revenue sharing. The draft also includes a $1,000,000 congressional appropriation the village has received and proposes transferring that amount from the general fund into the water fund to begin “phase 2” of a water infrastructure project.
Why it matters: the draft would increase payroll costs while using a mix of grants and transfers to advance water and capital projects, affecting taxpayers, water customers and village employees.
The manager told council the budget proposes wage increases across departments to…
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