That was the message Monday night at the Clinton City Council meeting from Commissioner of Finance Tom Edmunds (pictured right). He explains they will lose around $6,600 from sales tax revenues.

 

 

The state will be reducing payments of taxes to local governments, but according to Edmunds, in Clinton's case, the City will actual come out ahead because of the way the state is distributing the funds.

 

 

There was no tax freeze in the budget but Edmunds says there is a lot to be done and the tax freeze could be a negotiating item going forward.

 

 

While the City of Clinton knows what their revenue will be from the State of Illinois, Clinton Schools still do not as the state budget only appropriates money to schools when a new funding formula passes and lawmakers have until August 1 to pass that, or they jeopardize the start of school for many districts.