Three members of the public used the Finance & Budget Committee's public-comment period to criticize the content and tone of the treasurer's supplemental packet and to question expense reimbursements.

Steve Leffler (St. Charles) said the packet included large amounts of material that did not clearly relate to Kane County finances and cautioned that focusing on broad national headlines could distract from local fiscal issues. Leffler said the office's work had produced millions in interest revenue but argued the supplemental materials had drifted away from core financial reporting.

Denise Stiebold (via a reader) delivered a prepared statement saying the packet contained pages of political opinion articles from outlets she identified as right-leaning and argued the materials should instead include standard investment performance indicators (year-to-date, one-, three- and five-year returns), clarity on how much interest income depended on temporary COVID relief funds, and transparent reporting of rate-of-return metrics. She asked the treasurer to stop using the report for partisan content and to answer public questions directly.

Ginger Romano questioned travel allowances and certain personal expense voucher reimbursements on the agenda, urging the committee to ensure officials "practice what they preach" on public-transportation usage and to avoid perceived excessive reimbursement practices.

Committee members acknowledged the comments and engaged in brief follow-up: Treasurer Lawson defended including contextual material to show effects on the tax base, and Auditor Wegman explained the committee's travel-policy audit and said the auditor's office could share its revised internal travel policy as a template for county-wide consideration. Chair Bill and members agreed to pursue clearer presentation of financial metrics and to ask staff to produce a one-page summary of revenues, expenses and reserves for public distribution.