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Trustee says budget includes modest retention pay increases and follows comptroller audit recommendations

Village Board (public hearing) · April 8, 2026
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Summary

Trustee Forte said this year's budget continues investing in village employees via small retention salary increases and implements recommendations from the state comptroller's budget audit while staying within the state-mandated tax cap.

Trustee Forte told the board one of this year's budget features is continued investment in village employees through modest retention increases in salary. He said "we had minor retention increases in their salaries" and framed this as a strategy to retain staff.

Forte also said the budget implements recommendations from the most recent audit by the state comptroller; the plan uses unrestricted fund balance prudently, obtains real quotes for services, and seeks to keep expenses within the state-mandated tax levy cap.