Kane County goes against policy, will use savings to balance budget instead of tax hike – Daily Herald*

"If we have interest earned to help balance the budget, I don't know why we're not doing that," Lenert said. The budget already planned for the use of about $10 million of savings before deciding to forego the tax hike. Both decisions go against the advice of Kane County CFO Kathy Hopkinson and a policy the board adopted earlier in the year to either cut spending or find new revenue sources to balance the budget.