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Johnsburg budget workshop: board reviews revenues, $397,198 fund‑balance use
Summary
During the Sept. 16 workshop the board reviewed sections of the proposed 2026 budget, noting proposed use of roughly $397,198 in fund balance to support a $2.1 million draft budget with about $1.7 million in revenues and several departmental line-item changes.
Board members reviewed the draft 2026 budget during a Sept. 16 workshop and discussed revenue assumptions, departmental increases and one‑time transfers.
Committee member (speaker 2) summarized revenue and fund‑balance use: "We have total revenues of 1.7 roughly 1,000,000. Budget of 2.1, which is a 2.45 increase... using 397,198 in fund balance." The Chair and staff also walked through department-level changes, highlighting a nearly 4% bump in zoning personal services, a 13% increase in planning personal services, and notable increases in retirement and Social Security contributions in employee benefits lines.
The board confirmed reductions in recycling costs after the county assumed more hauling responsibilities (a roughly 30% decrease in that contractual line) and discussed highway fund changes including an 18% increase in equipment/CHIPS line and a $50,000 increase in contractual for sand purchases.
No final adoption occurred; members emphasized that this was a workshop and that a preliminary budget would be published for further comment ahead of formal adoption deadlines later in the fall.
