Nov
19
Information, please
Village Hall deserves credit for making this year’s budget process a little less painful — at least for residents seeking information about village operations and the various cost-savings proposals.
Members of the budget team, which includes personnel from the village manager’s office and finance office, have been posting a series of “budget responses’ on the village Web site for the first time this year.
“We’re trying to be as transparent as possible,” said Doug Kozlowski, community relations director. “So much more is available now as part of the discussion.”
The responses seek to answer questions posed by village commissioners and residents. They are brief, to the point and well-written. Here’s the current list, with links:
Moreover residents can find audio recordings of the financial planning meetings — both long-range financial planning and current budget cycle — on the Village’s website. And most of the PowerPoint presentations from those meetings are also online.
Where is all of the marketing plans to make the buses opperate in the black? Staff spoke at the long range financial planning meetings that they would have a plan in place by the end of November? Where is it??
Cut the buses and save the Cops!
So the library skates by with millions in reserves and unknown staff using the secret second floor offices.
Maybe open at 10am a few days ?? Close at 8pm on Friday and extend to 5:30pm on Sunday ? Or is the library a sacred cow ??