Jeff Martynowicz News Today

DuPage County Board members have approved a $625 million spending plan for the 2024 fiscal year that keeps the tax levy flat while increasing funding to address food insecurity, add affordable housing and continue ongoing building projects.

DuPage County Judicial and Public Safety Committee met Tuesday, April 18

DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin has unveiled a $586 million budget plan that boosts pay for employees, but doesnt raise property taxes, even though local governments in Illinois can seek a maximum 5% increase as a result of surging inflation.

Its been a banner year for sales tax revenue in DuPage County, which is expected to amass a $40 million budget surplus by the end of fiscal 2022.

Before putting together a 2023 budget plan, DuPage County officials are asking taxpayers to sound off on various spending issues.

Three years ago, DuPage was the first county in Illinois to ban recreational sales.

DuPage County will spend $5.4 million in federal pandemic relief funding to help pay for a proposed expansion of the judicial center in Wheaton.

DuPage County Board members will vote Tuesday on putting $5.4 million in federal coronavirus relief funds toward a proposed $19.8 million expansion project at the courthouse complex in Wheaton.