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99 seeks input for strategic planning

July 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · District 99, Strategic Planning

Public input to be sought in strategic planning process.
Community High School District 99 will seek the opinions of community members, parents, business owners, students, teachers and staff as part of its strategic planning process, which will be launched this summer.

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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 [...]

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Another piece of the puzzle

November 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Downtown Redevelopment, Strategic Planning, Taxes, budget

So far there’s been an ongoing discussion of pensions, which unfortunately only the state can address; we’ve posted on payroll escalations in the upcoming year, cost per resident comparisons, payroll and staff comparisons, expense cuts and potential revenue generators.  Look in “budget” under category in the side bar search and you’ll get a good jumping [...]

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Quote/unquote

September 2nd, 2009 · 8 Comments · Neighbohoods, Public Works, Quote/unquote, Strategic Planning, Taxes, Village Hall, budget

“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 [...]

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Not another $$$ planning meeting!

August 8th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Strategic Planning, Taxes, Village Council, Village Hall

Yes, and you better be paying attention, because this one deals mainly with revenue sources needed to make up for existing shortfalls.
On Tuesday August 4 village staff laid out the next step in getting workable budgets.  Village Manager Dave Fieldman again led the Long Range Financial Planning meeting, and outlined a multi-year game plan to [...]

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Village budget: options

July 25th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Conservation, Development, Economic Development, Environment, Fire and police, Stormwater, Strategic Planning, Taxes, Village Council, Village Hall, Village Manager

Last Tuesday was meeting number four for long range budget planning (see reports of meetings one, two, and three here).  Led by Village Manager Dave Fieldman, staff laid out various possible options for revenue enhancement and expense trimming in response to the budget crunch that has already seen layoffs, unpaid furloughs, pay freezes, and cost [...]

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Long range budget planning

July 7th, 2009 · 10 Comments · Strategic Planning, Village Council

Council met tonight for round three of long range budget planning.  Most of the discussion was more of a quiz session of council so staff could try and ascertain what areas they might work on to trim the imbalance, and try and keep things on a steady keel.
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Cost of land use

June 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Affordable housing, Development, Downtown Redevelopment, Economic Development, Residential Redevelopment, Strategic Planning

Champaign’s $96,000 study identifies tax surplus generating development.

A buddy downstate emailed me this study, noting one other blogger already has written about it.  His point; there’s a temptation to simply do what generates surplus income for the municipality.

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It’s a plan

August 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Strategic Planning, Village Council, Village Hall

Village staff and commissioners clarified at last night’s council workshop meeting how they’ve used the results of July’s Citizen Summit in the development of the strategic plan
Acting village manager Dave Fieldman acknowledged the summit would have been improved by allowing time at the end to share and summarize comments made by participants. Despite that shortcoming, [...]

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The citizens have spoken

July 11th, 2008 · 17 Comments · Strategic Planning, Village Council, Village Hall

Had the pleasure of participating in the second annual Citizen Summit last night.
The event brings the village council and senior staff together with residents to brainstorm issues for consideration during the strategic planning process. Among this year’s attendees were many of the usual suspects including DGreport regulars Mark Thoman and John Schofield.
Under the direction of [...]

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