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Lake County presents recommended fiscal 2026 budget with personnel increases folded into department lines
Summary
Budget staff presented the recommended FY2026 budget, noting this is the first year compensation‑study increases are included in department budgets. Staff described revenue and expense breakdowns, a new peer‑review process for new program requests, and an alternate fully allowable property‑tax scenario worth about $2.66 million.
Lake County budget staff presented the recommended fiscal year 2026 budget during a joint Finance & Administrative and Public Works & Transportation committee meeting on Oct. 21, 2025.
Budget Manager Michael Wheeler said the book before the committees reflects policy guidance and department submissions and that county board approval is scheduled later in November. "I'll try to be brief and just kind of go over some of the highlights," Wheeler said as he introduced the document.
Wheeler told the committees this is the first year the compensation‑study increases are distributed into individual department budgets rather than held in contingency, a change that partly explains higher personnel and benefits lines in some departments. He said the…
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