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Elaine Johnson — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:31:02 +0000

Everyone in this room: Your property tax bill is going to go up compliments of the Village of Downers Grove.

– Mayor Ron Sandack in advance of the budget vote at the Dec. 1 council meeting

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Elaine Johnson — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:05:25 +0000

“I’m going to be real blunt here: The public involvement with respect to trees is very much appreciated –I hope we get half that involvement when it comes to our budget..We’re talking about difficult, daunting topics like taxes, fees, revenues, the services we provide. And trees, while important, is a budgeted item and while it would be great to monitor every single tree in our town 24/7, that’s an expenditure of human capital and, of course, of money. And while I appreciate this heightened scrutiny and I think it’s entirely warranted, I’m hoping folks will also feel every bit as moved to look at our budget and what we do, how we provide what we do.”

– Mayor Ron Sandack at the Sept. 1 Village Council Meeting, at which some residents raised concerns about treatment of trees in road construction zones.

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Elaine Johnson — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:45:56 +0000

“The mayor and the council report to the citizens of Downers Grove. This isn’t a retirement. I consider this accepting a promotion.”

– Commissioner Martin Tully upon vacating his seat on the village council at the May 5 meeting

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Elaine Johnson — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:19:50 +0000

“It may seem like an odd time to do facility planning, but really it’s a great time…The current economic conditions are really challenging staff to rethink how we provide services and which service we provide.”
-Village Manager Dave Fieldman at the Feb. 24 council workshop meeting.

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Elaine Johnson — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:46:25 +0000

“Real long-term financial planning is a sobering experience that can be difficult, but if it’s done in an open and honest way we can start attaching revenue streams to projects, prioritize properly and be good fiscal stewards of tax dollars and other revenues. And that’s something we take very seriously.”

– Mayor Ron Sandack at the Feb. 17 village council meeting

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EJ — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:11:09 +0000

“I notice that Prairie Avenue is moving merrily around.”

– Commissioner Bruce Beckman at the Nov. 25 council meeting

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EJ — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:06:32 +0000

“Man, this is an accident waiting to happen.”

– Commissioner Bruce Beckman, referring to his initial response to the uncontrolled intersection of Mochel Drive and Curtiss Street. The village council is expected to approve installation of a stop sign at the intersection at Tuesday’s meeting.

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EJ — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:03:03 +0000

“If we’re looking to break even (on Heritage Fest), I heard Led Zeppelin may be touring.”

– Commissioner Sean Durkin at the October 28 council workshop meeting