Staff recommends keeping current system
On Tuesday council will again visit the next garbage contract. DGreport readers already know the options, but now staff has weighed in, recommending the existing program be kept in place for another three years. This is a first reading (workshop) of that motion, and council is expected to vote next week on how [...]
Entries Tagged as 'budget'
Trash talk
August 9th, 2010 · 40 Comments · Core Services, Village Council, budget
Council approves union contract
August 4th, 2010 · 10 Comments · Fire and police, budget, government
Village Operation Center workers will see raises
In December of 2008, the Village Operation Center (VOC) employees voted to unionize and choose the Fraternal Order of Police as their exclusive bargaining agent. The unit is comprised of all full time operators. Staff has been negotiating a collective bargaining agreement since April of 2009. Staff has successfully [...]
Village budget: 2011 edition
July 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments · Village Council, Village Hall, budget, government
Tuesday was the Long Range Financial Planning meeting (see Required reading for background, as well as category budget for DGreports extensive posts on past budgets). Barnett and Beckman were unable to attend. All the curve balls and budget sucker punches thrown by the state we’ve already discussed. There was a general agreement among council members that the existing [...]
Required reading
June 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Public opinion, Strategic Planning, Taxes, budget
At the last June council meeting Mayor Sandack referred to 4-5 resident comments on the village website regarding Long Term Financial Planning that starts on June 29th.
The lack of input may be from lack of information. This link will take you direct to a 15 page village summary report on the current financial state, and [...]
Tags: budget·local government·municipal budget·planning·Taxes
Bandaid medicine for major surgery
May 23rd, 2010 · 12 Comments · District 58, District 99, Taxes, Uncategorized, budget
The state’s unfunded pension debt passed the $85 billion mark this summer. That unfunded liability is squeezing out money for other valued needs, such as education and health care. It means the state has less money for things like child-care aid and fixing roads and schools, or paying some of the $1 billion it owes [...]
Tags: budget·local government·municipal budget·school board·Taxes
IL GA passes heavier debt burdens
May 23rd, 2010 · 9 Comments · budget, state politics
IL lawmakers get busy solving every problem.
Nah, just kidding, they got busy sinking taxpayers even deeper in the red with irresponsible lawmaking.
Tags: budget
Village explains its slice of tax pie
May 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Taxes, Village Council, Village Hall, budget
Updated: 4 p.m.
The village has added a page to its website explaining its share of residents’ property tax bills and linking to tax bill information presented by Assistant Village Manager Mike Baker at the May 4 council meeting.
The village also uploaded a video of Baker’s presentation to YouTube, which can be accessed by clicking here: [...]
Tags: property taxes
More village budget problems
March 8th, 2010 · Comments Off · budget
The state is pulling us off the same cliff edge they jumped off years ago.
David Vaught, Governor Quinn’s budget director, announced Quinn’s intention of reducing income tax payments to municipalities in Illinois by 30%.
“You need to take a look and say OK, does everybody have skin in the game here?” Vaught said. “It just doesn’t [...]
DGEA, parents address D99 board
February 24th, 2010 · 11 Comments · District 99, Education, budget
At least 80 parents, students and teachers, including representatives of the Downers Grove Education Association, attended the Feb. 22 D99 school board meeting in an effort to convince the board to rehire North High science teacher Andrew Klamm, who reportedly will be denied tenure.
Anticipating the large turn out, the meeting was moved to the South [...]
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Few personnel lost despite job cuts
February 8th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Village Hall, budget
Despite the elimination of the equivalent of 25.65 full-time positions, the Village of Downers Grove has managed to keep most of those employees on the job.
“I’m happy to report there was a minimum number who actually left employment with the village,” said Village Manager Dave Fieldman.
Only three full-time and four part-time employees actually left as [...]
Tags: village personnel