The city of Springfield will begin its annual budget hearings on Jan. 10. These budget presentations will provide an overview of the city’s fiscal planning and allocation strategies for the upcoming year. The public is encouraged to attend and participate.
The schedule for the hearings is as follows:
Jan. 10 at 5:30 p.m.
Presentations by the Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Office of the Mayor, the City Council, the City Clerk and the City Treasurer.
Jan. 11 at 5:30 pm:
Presentations from Lincoln Library, Human Resources, the Office of Planning and Economic Development and Public Works.
Jan. 18 at 5:30 pm:
Presentations by the Springfield Police Department, the Springfield Fire Department, and the Office of Budget and Management.
Jan. 23Â at 5:30 pm:
The final budget hearing will encompass discussions related to City Water, Light and Power.
These meetings would allow for the first reading of the budget ordinance to be on Tuesday, Feb. 6, the budget to be discussed at the Committee of the Whole meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 13, and the budget to be passed on Tuesday, Feb. 20.
For more details regarding the FY25 proposed budget, visit:Â http://www.springfieldcityclerk.com/Government/Budgets.aspx
To engage and provide feedback, please email feedback@springfield.il.us.
How to take part in city budget hearings:
• Attend in person at 300 S. 7th St., 3rd floor in the city council chambers
• Watch on Comcast Cable Channel 18 and AT&T U-verse Channel 99
• Stream the meetings on the City’s website.
• Stream the meetings on the City’s YouTube channel (On meeting nights, a “Live” box will appear before the first section of videos.)
• Stream the meetings on WMAY’s YouTube live stream
• All sessions will then be posted to the city’s YouTube channel
This article appears in Remembering 2023.
There was about $60 million in the reserve fund. at the start of this administration.
Once that is burned through, with all the new spending on Police,Fire and Public works, what is the 2-3-year projection of the budget after incorporating the cost of new jobs and the steep increase in wages and pension costs?
Where are the cuts to other departments to pay for this after the reserve is gone? or is this a set-up for yet another tax increase? So far, no forecasting or planning has come to light Just spend, spend, spend!!
Start with zero-based budgeting Honesty to the public: that additional police, fire, and public works is going to cost a lot of money and will require other budget cuts or a tax increase!
Stop shipping our property tax dollars out of Springfield!