DuPage County chair proposes $644.7 million balanced budget, $18.1 million sustainability fund to address food and housing needs

DuPage County Board chair presented the fiscal 2026 budget proposal to the county board, proposing a $644,700,000 balanced budget, a general fund of $263,100,000 and a $71,500,000 tax levy while proposing a new $18,100,000 DuPage Sustainability Initiative Fund to address immediate social-service needs and longer-term infrastructure and housing projects. "We will be fiscally responsible, and we will take care of people," the chair said during the address.