Committee forwards multiple department budgets and reports to October hearings

Aug 26, 2026

The Executive Committee approved forwarding several 2027 department budgets — Treasurer, LRES, County Clerk/County Board, Finance and centralized business units — to the October Budget Hearings and received routine reports including investments and sales-tax updates.

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Committee members moved a set of department budgets and routine financial reports to the October Budget Hearings. Ostermann presented the Treasurer’s budget and said the primary increases are personnel costs; Marheine presented the Finance budget showing a roughly $3,500 decrease. The committee approved the Treasurer, LRES, County Clerk/County Board and Finance budgets (motion Fried/Hess for Finance; voice votes noted as 'All Aye').

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