
The Golf Learning Center Fund has a budgeted decrease in fund balance of $10,249.
This fund is projected to end the fiscal year 2024-2025 with 94.69% in operating
coverage. The District will continue to evaluate and complete necessary projects to
make targeted spend downs of fund balance in this fund to achieve the 20% operating
coverage.
The Racket Club has budgeted a positive ending fund balance of $522,438 for the
Fiscal Year 2024-2025. This represents 37.06% of Operating Coverage. This complies with
the recommendation included in the Auditor’s Management Letter for the Fiscal Year
ended April 30, 2022, to bring the Fund Balance in compliance. Use at The Racket Club
has seen a considerable increase in the last Fiscal Year, which allowed for a budgeted
transfer of $200,000 to the Capital Projects Fund. For the 2024-2025 Fiscal Year, staff
included a $60,000 transfer to the Capital Projects Fund as an annual amount to repay
the new outdoor tennis courts completed in the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year.
The Bond and Interest Fund has a budgeted decrease in fund balance of $45,102
representing the increase in bond issuance fees. Included in this fund is the estimated
annual rollover bond proceeds of $1,259,360.
The Capital Projects Fund will carry over Funds not spent in the 2023-2024 Fiscal Year to
complete Board approved projects in this budget. This budget includes the amount in
bond issuance capacity used toward capital improvements of $139,181. Also included
are the transfers of $60,000 from the Racket Club Fund, $200,000 from the Recreation
Fund, and $800,000 from the Corporate Fund per General Practices Manual Policy 9.4 -
Fund Balance Policy. This budget year includes bi-annual bonds issued for capital
enhancements of $1,500,000.
Other factors influencing 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 budgets include:
2023-2024
Continued with the Park District Purchasing Card Cooperative using Fifth Third
Bank Purchasing Cards and received a cash rebate of $1,123.97 in year one,
$2,932.40 in year two, $4,255.92 in year three, and $6,827.72 in year four. The
Cooperative had a total spend amount of $17,000,000.00 in 2023, which was up
37.5%, allowing the District to receive a higher percent in rebate. We will update
the Board when additional information is released.
Included in the proposed 2023-2024 budget were three new full-time Park
Maintenance positions and a full-time Risk Manager. The Risk Manager was hired
and began in February 2024.
Included in the budget is a merit salary and wage increase pool of 4.0% and a
minimum wage of $14-$15/hour. The Board directed staff to increase the pool to
5%.
IMRF provided a preliminary rate of 9.01% for 2023; the current rate is 10.49% for
2022.
Health Insurance costs were estimated at a 10% increase in expense,
approximately $88,084 as of the budget workshop meeting in 2023. Additional
insurance was budgeted for the three proposed new full-time Parks
Maintenance positions and the full-time Risk Manager.
Continue to review and revise financial policies as best practices and economic
conditions change.
The CPI (plus new growth) used for the 2022 Tax Levy was 4.987%, which was
collected and used in the 2023-2024 Budget. The actual CPI was 7% for 2022,
which was capped at a maximum of 5% to meet the PTELL limitations. To start the
2024-2025 PROPOSED BUDGET