The Kane County Board Finance Committee is recommending a revised suggestion for how county departments and offices should cut their spending this year, as the county continues to grapple with its impending multimillion-dollar shortfall.

Earlier this month, the county board considered a proposal to recommend offices and departments reduce their budgeted expenses to the amounts they spent in 2024 to help close the gap. But the possibility of legal issues with the timing of that recommendation as well as an alternate expense-cutting proposal led the board to send the issue back to the Finance Committee rather than passing it.

Now, a new suggestion, supported by the committee on Wednesday, is instead recommending the county board approve guidance for the offices and departments to make r

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