With the current fiscal year coming to a close in a little more than six weeks, Rochelle City Council met as a committee of the whole to discuss the proposed 2018 budget.
A point of contention has been finding ways to reduce the transference of solid waste funds to the general fund to balance the budget.
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ROCHELLE — With the current fiscal year coming to a close in a little more than six weeks, Rochelle City Council met as a committee of the whole to discuss the proposed 2018 budget.
A point of contention has been finding ways to reduce the transference of solid waste funds to the general fund to balance the budget, which has been one of the top priorities for new city manager Jeff Fiegenschuh.
As requested Fiegenschuh, in his presentation to council on Wednesday, outlined the decreasing reliance from 2015 at just over $500,000 to this year’s projected amount of less than $200,000 to 2018 budgeted at about $9,000.
The general fund is the operating fund for many city departments including police, fire, city clerk, community development, streets/cemetery, engineering, economic development and administration. Of which, taxes are its primary source of revenue.