City of Galena

Open Government

The Illinois Policy Institute created a Ten-Point Transparency Checklist to hold government and elected officials accountable to the citizens and taxpayers, providing a "best practices" framework intended to improve government transparency throughout the State of Illinois. The following information addresses each of the ten points in an attempt to make our City of Galena government open and transparent. 

 

1.  Elected and Administrative Officials 

Organizational Chart 

Elected Officials Contact Information

Administrative Staff Contact Information


 

2.  Meeting Information

City Council Meeting Information

City Council Agendas and Meeting Packets

City Council Meeting Minutes

Historic Preservation Commission Meeting Information

Historic Preservation Commission Agendas and Meeting Packets

Historic Preservation Commission Minutes

Zoning Board of Appeals Meeting Information

Zoning Board of Appeals Agendas and Meeting Packets

Zoning Board of Appeals Minutes

  

3.  Public Records

Learn more about requesting City of Galena public records and information by clicking Requesting Public Records.

 

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

mhyde@cityofgalena.org 

 
 

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 2025 Budget

Fiscal Year 2024 Budget

Fiscal Year 2023 Budget

Fiscal Year 2022 Budget

Fiscal Year 2021 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 2024 Annual Financial Report

Fiscal Year 2023 Annual Financial Report

Fiscal Year 2022 Annual Financial Report

Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Financial Report

Fiscal Year 2020 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 2024 Treasurer's Report

Fiscal Year 2023 Treasurer's Report

Fiscal Year 2022 Treasurer's Report

Fiscal Year 2021 Treasurer's Report

Fiscal Year 2020 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 2024-25 Total Compensation Package: All Employees

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

 

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 Police Contract: May 1, 2024-April 30, 2027

Public Works Teamsters Contract:  May 1, 2017-April 30, 2021

Police Officers and Sergeants Fraternal Order of the Police Contract: May 1, 2020-April 30, 2024

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 2025

Water and Waste Water Operations Service Contract

Refuse and Recycling Collection Service Contract

 

Fiscal Year 2024

Water and Waste Water Operations Service Contract

Refuse and Recycling Collection Service Contract

 

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

 

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. 

IMRF Employer Cost & Participant Information

 

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

 

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