Kane County Board members voted against giving themselves raises, but they did vote to keep the health insurance benefits they receive despite being part-time employees. In a related move, the sheriff, clerk and treasurer will all receive raises and a cost-of-living pay increase each of the next four fiscal years.
Neither a gas tax increase nor a property tax hike could muster enough support to be included in the final version of Kane County budget. The board voted to balance its budget with $16 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds and delay solving the deficit that will still exist once all the federal money is gone until after next year s election.
Kane County s ability to help outside agencies with Grand Victoria Riverboat gambling proceeds fell to a new low Wednesday as county board members unveiled $560,000 in riverboat grant funds. That s a big drop from the more than $1 million in grants the county was handing out six years ago.