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 'Village Council'
Trash talk
August 9th, 2010 · 40 Comments · Core Services, Village Council, budget
Gearing up for GroveFest
July 15th, 2010 · 13 Comments · Community Events, Entertainment, Fire and police, Village Council
The Rotary Club raises the curtain on GroveFest this evening, culminating three months of frantic effort in an attempt to provide Downers Grove with a summer festival.
The 45-member club has been scrambling to put the smaller, more local festival together, with some members working as many as 30 hours a week on the endeavor, said [...]
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 [...]
Other applicants
May 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments · District 58, District 99, Park District, Village Council
The process for filling the vacant D99 board seat is well underway, with a deadline of 4:30 p.m., Thursday, May 13 for applications.
On Monday, May 17, the board will meet in closed session to winnow the field to three candidates. It remains to be seen whether the names of the three finalists or the entire [...]
Tags: appointments
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
We’ve got meetings
April 19th, 2010 · Comments Off · District 99, Village Council
Because I’m constantly losing track of the public meetings I wish to attend or tune into, I’m starting this feature, which will normally run on Fridays. Let’s see how if it works to discipline this blogger to check governmental websites on a weekly basis.
Monday, April 19
D99 School Board, 7:30 p.m., Administrative Service Center, 6301 Springside [...]
Tags: public meetings
Council okays referenda
April 14th, 2010 · 15 Comments · Village Council, Village Hall
The village council approved Mayor Ron Sandack’s advisory referendum questions Tuesday night, which means residents will get a chance to vote on the three matters come November.
The council was unanimous in its approval of the question of whether the General Assembly and governor should immediately undertake “meaningful” pension reform.
Commissioner William Waldack cast the lone vote [...]
Jackson details Belmont fire effort
April 7th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Fire and police, Public Safety, Public Works, Village Council
Updated: 9 a.m. April 9 with bank account information.
Aid efforts are underway for displaced residents
Fire Chief Jim Jackson told a breath-taking story of courage and cooperation as he recounted for the village council April 6 the department’s mammoth effort against the three-alarm fire that devastated a west-side apartment building in the early morning hours [...]
Whose term limits?
March 26th, 2010 · 15 Comments · Boards and Commissions, Village Council
In suggesting a November advisory referendum on term limits for village council members, Mayor Ron Sandack said he is interested in sparking community discussion on the issue.
I’ll take him at his word — and offer a few of my thoughts later in this post (and invite you to do the same). But first a little [...]
Tags: Ron Sandack·term limits