SYCAMORE – DeKalb County Planning and Zoning Committee members used its monthly meeting Wednesday to “break the ice” on making potential cuts to a $73 million budget.

Ken Andersen, R-Sycamore and chairman of the committee, urged all committees to look for cuts and efficiencies to negate some of the projected $9.25 increase to the average homeowner’s county property tax contribution.

In the planning and
zoning department’s proposed $453,400 budget, the department only has direct control over the commodities and services portion, which staff suggested increase by .09 percent from $21,347 to $23,500.