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Peoria County finance staff report mixed first-quarter revenues; chair flags possible $800,000 shortfall
Summary
Finance staff reported first-quarter 2026 revenues lagging the 25% benchmark (total county revenues 18.2%, general fund 20.8%) and warned that charges-for-service receipts remain below expectations; Chair Linda E. Daley asked staff to do a deeper review after estimating a potential $800,000 shortfall by year-end.
Julie Kusturin, a finance staff member for Peoria County, told the committee the county is about 18.2% of the way to budgeted total revenues in the first quarter of 2026 and that general fund revenues are at 20.8% while expenses are tracking similarly.
Kusturin said the quarter looks low in part because property-tax receipts and some fines/post-period receipts arrive in June, and that some one-time or period-13 items distort the early percentages. "So, for total county revenues we are at 18.2% and that is actually the same as the expenses," she said. She also noted that the county is tracking above budget expectations for state-shared revenues, including income and sales taxes and PPRT.
The report drew questions from board members about specific revenue categories. Member Rob Reneau asked about the outlook for the Property Tax Replacement Tax (PPRT); Kusturin replied that PPRT is volatile and said she will bring a more detailed update with period 4 data later in the month.
Chair Linda E. Daley pressed staff about charges-for-service revenues, noting that if first-quarter trends continued to year-end it could amount to a sizable shortfall. "If that's what the first quarter is, taking that all the way to the end of the year, that's going to be $800,000," Daley said. Kusturin said charges-for-service are under the 25% quarterly benchmark but, excluding a few one-time items and period-13 receipts, charges-for-service through period 3 are about 24.3% and that some drivers of the shortfall include lower federal detention revenue, a construction project that came in at roughly 75% of budget, and reduced criminal-case fees.
Kusturin provided a provisional figure comparing federal detention to the prior year and said, "to date for federal detention, we're about 91.4% of what we were last year." She said she would perform a deeper dive and return with more detailed analysis at the next monthly report.
The committee also received updates on related finance items: Heather McCord reported the long-term care services fund had an ending reserve of about $3.7 million at the end of March, with $231,000 in interest to date and the fund on track to meet its $11.075 million payoff target in 2032. McCord reviewed accounts-payable details for April (total payouts about $5.87 million) and said several capital projects are wrapping up with final payments expected next month.
No formal fiscal actions were taken during this segment; board members asked for follow-up analysis. Kusturin committed to returning with additional period-4 information on PPRT and a more detailed breakdown of charges-for-service.
