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Council hears general-fund update: staff outlines $0.8M–$1.1M shortfall and options including grocery tax or sales-tax increase
Summary
Finance Director Nikki Giles briefed the council on updated 2025 receipts, proposed 2026 expenditures and a projected budget gap; staff outlined cuts, one-time options and revenue choices (grocery tax or home-rule sales tax) and warned of an Oct. 1 filing deadline for full grocery-tax collection in 2026.
City staff told the West Chicago City Council on Sept. 15 that revenue developments have improved some categories but state actions and lost red-light camera income have left the general fund facing a structural gap going into 2026.
Finance Director Nikki Giles said several revenue lines came in stronger than projected — telecommunications, use tax and a ComEd utility tax overage — and that sales tax receipts for August and September outperformed earlier estimates. Despite that, she said actions at the state level and the loss of…
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