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Finance committee recommends FY2026 appropriations ordinance for board review after packet corrections
Summary
The Shabbona finance committee reviewed corrected packet pages and recommended the draft FY2026 appropriations ordinance to the village board, with members asking the attorney to confirm revenue assumptions and clarify several large line items tied to grants and projects.
The Shabbona Village Finance Committee reviewed corrected packet pages and moved to recommend the draft fiscal-year-2026 appropriations ordinance to the full village board for approval.
Committee members flagged replaced pages in the packet and asked the village attorney to confirm how the ordinance should reflect expected revenues. The attorney explained that an appropriations ordinance is a more granular, line-by-line authorization than a general budget and that appropriations should still identify anticipated revenues. "Here are our total expenditures based on what we think that I know that this revenue is going to be," the attorney said while describing how the ordinance will be drafted to accommodate flexibility.
Members compared FY2025 totals to the FY2026 draft: FY2025 appropriations were listed around $4.8 million with $4.831 million spent across funds, while FY2026 draft totals appeared in the meeting packet near $1.786 million to $1.9 million, including the library. A committee member urged staff to verify the spreadsheet math before the ordinance reaches the board, saying the apparent drop was a concern.
The committee agreed to recommend the appropriation as printed for now and to ask the attorney and staff to provide clarifications and any required amendments before the board votes. The committee signaled that the appropriation ordinance will return to the board for final approval on the scheduled meeting date.
