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, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Public opinion'
Required reading
June 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · budget, Public opinion, Strategic Planning, Taxes
Tags: budget·local government·municipal budget·planning·Taxes
The what now?
January 8th, 2010 · 16 Comments · Development, Public opinion, Village Council
TCD3 had a final recommendation no participant saw coming. Now it’s the council’s turn to ask some questions about Neighborhood Community Networks like: Huh? That seemed to be the big question last night when council came to accepting the TCD3 documents. When the consultants Houseal & Lavigne announced at the conclusion of TCD3 that the [...]
Open thread
December 11th, 2009 · 36 Comments · Open thread, Public opinion
I’ve got lots to post about, but little time to do so today. Must. Complete. HGNA. Annual. Report. So here’s your chance to introduce topics you find compelling and share your views with fellow residents. Have at it.
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Time for a change?
November 16th, 2009 · 31 Comments · Boards and Commissions, budget, Community Events, Heritage Fest, Public opinion, Village Council, Village Hall
Has Heritage Fest run its course? Is it time for fundamental change in our town’s 27-year-old signature summer festival? While the fest’s affordability has been the focus of discussions during the current budget season, there have been rumblings going back more than a year that the event is due for revision. Responding to a June [...]
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Open thread
October 16th, 2009 · 52 Comments · Local politics, National Politics, Open thread, Public opinion
Health care and scares? Board appointments? The future of downtown? The future of government jobs that threaten to outpace the private sector in salary and bennies? Have at it. Use this thread to discuss your current local concerns until I can put up a new post later today.
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Towering objections?
August 18th, 2009 · 11 Comments · Neighbohoods, Park District, Public opinion, Taxes
The Downers Grove Park Board will consider a request to install a cell tower, this time at Whitlock Park, at its August 20 meeting at 7 p.m. in Village Hall. You can expect the opposition to a third such installation on park property to be out in force. But what about those who actually like [...]
Dillard to schools: Be transparent
June 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · District 99, FOIA, Public opinion
From this week’s Reporter: Transparency needed for public support of education I write about your editorial, “Details of superintendent’s contract must be public” (May 13). Sen. Dan Cronin, Rep. Sandra Pihos and I recently passed legislation to require school districts to post on the Internet every detail of school administrators’ contracts, including perks like cars, [...]
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What’s the plan?
August 26th, 2008 · Comments Off · In the News, Public opinion, TCD 3, Village Council, Village Hall
The village council is slated to accept the five-year strategic plan and goals prepared by Lyle Sumek and Associates. Included in the report are the transcripts of the July 10 Citizens Summit — information that apparently was used by the village council on July 11 and 12 when it met to review the existing strategic [...]
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Leaner and meaner
December 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Commentary, Community Events, Public opinion, Public Safety, Social services, Taxes, Village Council, Village Hall
If there’s something good to come from this agonizing budget season, maybe it’s the call by several commissioners for a debriefing where both the council and the community can discuss how the process can be improved. “We need to look at the process and what we’ve done right and and what we can do better [...]
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