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Brookfield previews 2026 budget - Riverside-Brookfield Landmark

Brookfield officials previewed the village’s operating budget for 2026, which will likely be approved on Dec. 8. In total, the budget for all funds to be spent next year amounts to $67,016,860, Finance Director Doug Cooper wrote in a memo, an increase of about $288,000, or 0.43%, from the 2025 budget. “It means that we really watched our budget, and we watched where we’re going for in 2026,” Cooper said of the increase at the village board’s Nov…