1. Elected and Administrative Officials
2. Meeting Information
City Council Meeting Information
City Council Agendas and Meeting Packets
City Council Meeting Minutes
3. Public Records
Learn more about requesting City of Galena public records and information by clicking here.
Illinois Freedom of Information Act
FOIA Officer
Mary Beth Hyde, City Clerk
City Hall
101 Green Street
Galena, Illinois 61036
P 815.777.1050
F 815.777.3083
4. Budgets
The City of Galena current year operating budget and the budgets for the prior four years may be viewed through the following links.
Fiscal Year 2024 Budget
Fiscal Year 2023 Budget
Fiscal Year 2022 Budget
Fiscal Year 2021 Budget
Fiscal Year 2020 Budget
5. Financial Audits
The City of Galena Annual Financial Report (audit) for each of the past five years may be viewed through the following links.
Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Financial Report
Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Financial Report
Fiscal Year 2020 Annual Financial Report
Fiscal Year 2019 Annual Financial Report
Fiscal Year 2018 Annual Financial Report
6. Expenditures
All expenditures made by the City of Galena for the past five fiscal years may be viewed through the following links.
Fiscal Year 2022 Treasurer's Report
Fiscal Year 2021 Treasurer's Report
Fiscal Year 2020 Treasurer's Report
Fiscal Year 2019 Treasurer's Report
Fiscal Year 2018 Treasurer's Report
7. Salary and Benefits
The Total Compensation Reports listed below are provided to comply with Public Act 97-0609, effective January 1, 2012. The City of Galena has opted to provide greater disclosure than is specifically required by this Act. The total compensation package of all full-time employees is provided.
Fiscal Year 2023-24 Total Compensation Package: All Employees
Fiscal Year 2022-23 Total Compensation Package: All Employees
Fiscal Year 2021-22 Total Compensation Package: All Employees
Fiscal Year 2020-21 Total Compensation Package: All Employees
Fiscal Year 2019-20 Total Compensation Package: All Employees
In 2019, the Illinois General Assembly passed Public Act 101-0504. The law requires the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) to post certain employer cost and participation information on its website. IMRF updates these reports annually. You may access the IMRF information for the City of Galena via this link: IMRF Employer Cost & Participation Information.
8. Contracts
The City of Galena has unionized employees and non-union employees. The current and immediately prior collective bargaining contracts between the City of Galena and the two employee unions may be viewed through the links below.
Current Public Works Teamsters Contract: May 1, 2021-April 30, 2025
Current Police Officers and Sergeants Fraternal Order of the Police Contract: May 1, 2020-April 30, 2024
Public Works Teamsters Contract: May 1, 2017-April 30, 2021
Police Officers and Sergeants Fraternal Order of the Police Contract: May 1, 2016-April 30, 2020
City of Galena Personnel Policy Handbook
The City of Galena enters into contracts for services with third parties. The service contracts of $25,000 or more for each of the past five years may be viewed through the links below.
Fiscal Year 2023
Water and Waste Water Operations Service Contract
Refuse Collection Service Contract
Recycling Collection Service Contract
Fiscal Year 2022
Water and Waste Water Operations Service Contract
Refuse Collection Service Contract
Recycling Collection Service Contract
Fiscal Year 2021
Water and Waste Water Operations Service Contract
Refuse Collection Service Contract
Recycling Collection Service Contract
Fiscal Year 2020
Water and Waste Water Operations Service Contract
Refuse Collection Service Contract
Recycling Collection Service Contract
Fiscal Year 2019
Water and Waste Water Operations Service Contract
Refuse Collection Service Contract
Recycling Collection Service Contract
The City of Galena publicly advertises in the Galena Gazette for bids and proposals for public works, professional services, other services, and purchases. Current bid and/or proposal requests (if any) are listed below.
9. Retirement
The City of Galena participates in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund IMRF for its employees. Public Act 101-0504 requires municipalities to post a link to the IMRF "Employer Cost & Participant Information" webpage to give the public access to the contributions the City makes to the retirement fund. The link is provided below.
10. Lobbying
The City of Galena has not engaged any lobbyist, paid or unpaid, for more than the past five years.
The City of Galena belongs to or is affiliated with organizations that may or may not conduct lobbying. The city has been a member of the following organizations during one or more of the past five years.
- Illinois Municipal League
- International City Management Association
- Illinois City Management Association
- Illinois Chiefs of Police Association
- Northwestern Illinois Municipal Clerks Association
- Municipal Clerks of Illinois
- International Institute of Municipal Clerks
- Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police
- Northwest Criminal Justice Commission
- Illinois Law Enforcement Alert Systems (ILEAS)
- Mid-States Organized Crime Information Center (MOCIC)
- Illinois Law Enforcement Executive Institute
- Law Enforcement Support Organization (LESO) - federal military surplus organization
- Jo Daviess County Juvenile Justice Commission
- National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC
- Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board
- International Code Council (ICC)
- ILLOWA Chapter of International Code Council
- Illinois Mechanical Inspectors Association
- Landmarks Illinois
- American Public Works Association
- Project Management Institute
- Illinois Professional Land Surveyor’s Association
- Illinois Firefighters Association
- International Fire Chiefs Association
- Illinois Fire Chiefs Association
- National Fire Protection Agency
11. Taxes and Fees
Current City of Galena Taxes and Tax Rates
City of Galena Property Tax Rates and Property Tax Ordinance
Current Fiscal Year Revenue Sources
Current Fee Schedule
