DuPage County projects $34.7M surplus; finance committee gives consensus to chair’s $25M allocation plan

Finance staff told the DuPage County Finance Committee the 2025 general fund is projecting a $34.7 million surplus. The committee gave a consensus to the chair’s plan to allocate $25 million toward capital and community initiatives — including a new Sustainability Initiative Fund, campus flood work and reserves — and deferred decisions on $9.7 million to future meetings.