Tinley Park interim finance director presents healthy fiscal 2027 draft, moves budget to board

Scott Bordewey, the village's interim finance director, presented the fiscal 2027 draft budget to the Committee of the Whole on April 7 and described the general fund as "healthy." He told trustees the village projects a $2,620,000 surplus for FY26 and has budgeted a $2,180,000 surplus for FY27, with general fund revenues set at $84,000,000 and expenditures at $82,000,000.

Bordewey walked trustees through fund-level highlights, noting that enterprise funds are operating soundly and that the capital improvement fund is budgeted at about $24.9 million for FY27, down from FY26 projections of roughly $26.5 million. He said the village will use hotel-tax reserves to fund improvements at the Tinley Park Convention Center and that interfund transfers will include repayments of prior advances. "I'm pleased to report that the general fund is healthy," Bordewey said during his presentation.

The interim director also summarized personnel and capital requests: $2.4 million in new personnel requests and capital submissions totaling about $62.7 million, with roughly $46.4 million recommended for funding. Bordewey said 149 capital project requests were submitted and 112 are recommended in the draft. He told trustees the draft and supporting packet are posted in the village transparency portal and that the public hearing and ordinance adoption are scheduled for April 21.

After the presentation and brief questions, a trustee moved to forward the draft budget to the board for consideration; the motion passed on roll call. The committee did not change the draft language at the meeting; next steps are the April 21 public hearing and the board vote on the budget ordinance.