2027 Budget Delivery Delay
Summary
The 2027 executive budget is running about a week late, hitting alderpersons' inboxes around Wednesday instead of last week. The mayor says staff can accommodate any schedule tweaks, but alderpersons Croatt and Firkus urged keeping the current timeline, including Budget Saturday on October 31, since the state's November 4 budget deadline leaves little slack.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 2
- Last 30 days
- 1
Discussed at 1 meeting in the last 60 days; most recently Oct 12, 2026.
Impact analysis
No direct cost; roughly $2.5 million of CEA cash reserves will be used to help balance the roughly $5.1 million in capital spending.
Residents get a balanced budget that protects infrastructure spending without short-term borrowing.
Aldermen lose a week of review time before the budget-hearing clock runs out.
Mentions & discussions (2)
Finance Committee — October 12, 2026
The 2027 executive budget is running about a week late, hitting alderpersons' inboxes around Wednesday instead of last week. The mayor says staff can accommodate any schedule tweaks, but alderpersons Croatt and Firkus urged keeping the current timeline, including Budget Saturday on October 31, since the state's November 4 budget deadline leaves little slack.
Library Board — August 18, 2026
The Finance Committee will meet September 8 to start work on the 2027 library budget. Meetings are open to anyone who wants to attend.
We'll email you when it's on an upcoming agenda and when it's voted on, at most once a day.
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