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Collector, sheriff, medical examiner and IT agency present FY27 budgets to committee
Summary
Following the water presentation, the committee heard concise FY27 budget overviews from Collector Greg Daley, Interim Sheriff John Hayden, Medical Examiner Tara Rick and ITSA Director Cindy Reardon; each described operations, major contracts or programs and modest line‑item changes.
The Budget and Public Employees Committee on May 1 received FY27 budget presentations from four city offices after the Water Division briefing.
Greg Daley, Collector of Revenue, said his office collected roughly $978 million in the year ending March 1, 2026, across real estate, earnings and payroll, water and refuse fees; he highlighted ARPA-funded programs that include the Real Estate Tax Assistance Fund (RETAF) and a $500-per-account component for water-bill assistance that the office administers with partners including United Way.
Interim Sheriff John Hayden outlined a conservative sheriff’s budget that reflects a statutory minimum pay change for deputies (noted as part of an incoming pay bill) and included a request for one additional full-time equivalent in the cashier’s office after fee-transfer responsibilities moved from the circuit clerk. Hayden also described a multi-year capital lease schedule for new tasers procured through Axon that increases FY27 lease payments and noted overtime adjustments tied to hospital-detail responsibilities and transfers related to the CJC.
Tara Rick, director of operations for the St. Louis City Medical Examiner’s Office, described the office’s mission and three main contracts covering forensic pathologists, histology/toxicology and mortuary services; she said the office handled roughly 3,300 cases last year with about a third brought in for forensic autopsy and noted a new security-guard contract and ongoing case-management software maintenance as key FY27 items.
Cindy Reardon, director of Information Technology Services Agency (ITSA), described recent citizen-facing launches (a MyCity dashboard), planned upgrades (CityWorks to a cloud implementation), cybersecurity training and an internal reorganization that added several data-analytics positions moved from ARPA-funded work. Reardon said the city is proceeding with moves off the mainframe to cloud and ERP environments and that some increased vendor support (Regis) will substitute for lost in-house network management capacity.
Ending: Committee members generally thanked staff and had few substantive follow-ups; no votes were taken on these departments’ budgets during the meeting.
