# Boone County COTW-Finance 10/8/2026

Boone County, Illinois Committee of the Whole–Finance meeting, October 8, 2026, focused on financial reports, levy requests, and draft FY budget proposals. The Treasurer reported property taxes were 99% collected and year-to-date interest income was $3.63 million; the administration projected an approximately $3 million surplus, including proceeds from the Maple Crest sale. Community organizations presented funding requests, including Senior Connections, Illinois Extension, and Growth Dimensions. The draft levy allowed a maximum increase of $453,126 (about 3.3%); proposed allocations included increases for county operations, health insurance, highway, and bridge funds. These were budget discussions, with revisions expected before the November budget and levy approval.

Procurement and capital items included a proposed $20,000 core firewall upgrade, for which IT had compared multiple vendors and selected the lowest-cost option; the purchase includes five years of upgrades. Proposed capital requests totaled $74,854, alongside $156,410 in existing contractual commitments. Facility proposals included air-handler, AC, pipe, corrections-window, HVAC-controller, intercom, and carpet work, with an estimated county share of about $150,000 for certain property-maintenance work, subject to city participation. The board discussed but did not approve county-provided devices for board members. The committee approved Ordinance 2336 establishing a $20-per-parcel surplus-equity fee, and approved a $5,600 payment for unused vacation time for the highway engineer by roll-call vote.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Information Technology, Construction & Infrastructure
**Topics:** Cybersecurity, Physical Infrastructure
**Published:** October 08, 2026

### Sources
- [Boone County COTW-Finance 10/8/2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEisExGyAOU) - Boone County, Illinois Government