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Elmhurst aldermen reject late line-item cuts, move budget package forward with $3.6M in staff and council reductions
Summary
At a Nov. 17 Committee of the Whole meeting, Elmhurst aldermen debated the proposed 2026 budget, defeated two council amendments to cut or reallocate small line items, and left the package — including about $3,600,000 in prior cuts and deferrals — to be advanced to the regular council and the levy public hearing on Dec. 1.
Elmhurst’s Committee of the Whole on Nov. 17 reviewed the proposed 2026 budget and voted down multiple late amendments to trim small line items, leaving the package with about $3,600,000 in staff and council reductions to be presented to the full council and to a public hearing on the tax levy.
Mayor opened the meeting and framed the budget challenge, saying the city had drawn down COVID-era reserves and faced rising costs in health insurance and other lines. “Our proposed budget... had $3,000,000 in cuts through work of the council. We added another $600,000 in deferrals,” the mayor said, adding the changes had been designed to keep reserves in the city’s 25–33% policy range. He noted the package would result in about a $56 increase on an average $500,000 home under…
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