New Lincolnshire budget includes money for path resurfacing, 3 new cop cars

Lincolnshire's newly adopted $25.1 million budget for fiscal 2018 includes money for pedestrian path resurfacing, new police cars and other projects.

The village board approved the spending plan Monday. The new fiscal year begins Jan. 1.

The budget predicts about 9.1 percent more spending than the roughly $23 million plan in place for the current year. That includes funding for public projects such as:

• Pedestrian path resurfacing at various spots in town at a projected cost of $250,000.

• The replacement and equipment refitting of three police cars at an estimated cost of $120,000.

• Replacing Balzar Park's tennis courts, which could cost $90,000.

• Improvements to the Route 22 pedestrian bridge, which could cost $190,000.

• Replacing deteriorating water mains along Westminster Road and near the Sutton Place Townhomes, which will cost about $1.3 million.

Those water mains are deteriorating faster than anticipated because of acidity in the soil, Village Manager Brad Burke said.

Officials estimate the village will collect $23.9 million in property taxes, fees and other revenue in the coming fiscal year.

That's up about 12.2 percent from the $21.3 million revenue projection for the current year.

The difference between projected expenses and revenue will be made up with savings, Burke said.