County FY 2027 budget still in the black

During Thursday morning’s meeting of the Kankakee County Board’s Finance Committee, County Finance Department Director Steve McCarty gave the committee an update on the upcoming Fiscal Year 2027

McCarty noted the budget has a fund balance of about 15 million dollars. He pointed out that amount would have disappeared in the downturn of the early 2000’s so he’d still like to see a that cushion be closer to 19 or 20 million dollars.