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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'budget'
More village budget problems
March 8th, 2010 · No Comments · budget
2010 budget start looks promising
January 3rd, 2010 · 9 Comments · budget, trees
First two outside services bids in 2010 come in under budget.
Council will consider two bids for tree services Tuesday, the first two bid proposals before council for 2010.
The first is for stump and tree removal awarded to Homer Tree Care, Inc. of Lockport IL. The approved FY10 budget provides $180,000 in the General Fund [...]
Tags: 2010 budget·budget·trees
2009 Heritage Fest reports
December 16th, 2009 · Comments Off · Community Events, Heritage Fest, Uncategorized
Good news in 2009.
Update- I kludged an upload of the complete 2009 Heritage Fest Annual Report, available after the break.
$494,000?
December 13th, 2009 · 39 Comments · Community Events, Heritage Fest
How much does Heritage Fest cost the village? How much positive budget impact does the village receive from suspending it for 2010? The final figure released by the village indicates that suspending the 29th consecutive Heritage Fest will save the village $494,000.
A copy of the 2009 report written last October has been requested. Who did [...]
Tags: budget·Heritage Fest
Budget known, HFest unknown
December 1st, 2009 · 27 Comments · Heritage Fest, Village Council, budget
Budget passes 6-1.
Everyone on council agreed this was a tough budget to do, and in the end all but Commissioner William Waldack voted for it. Several council members echoed Bruce Beckman’s request for a “debriefing” so that the good and bad of this year’s marathon process could be reviewed and improvements wrought.
Most council members had [...]
Tags: budget·Heritage Fest·local government·municipal budget·property taxes·Taxes·village·Village Council
Heritage Fest on hold
November 24th, 2009 · 19 Comments · Heritage Fest, Village Council
The kids couldn’t believe their ears: There will be no village-sponsored Heritage Fest in 2010. The annual festival will be suspended, allowing staff to reconsider and reconfigure the event for the financially challenged future.
During head-nods at tonight’s council workshop meeting, only Commissioner Geoff Neustadt, who chairs the Community Events Commission, spoke plaintively in support of [...]
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 [...]
The Mayor strikes back
November 20th, 2009 · 42 Comments · Village Council, budget
Painting an unfortunate picture.
This is different. The whole “praise people in public, criticize them in private” meme defined Ron Sandack’s first two years in office. It led to fast meetings, unanimous votes, jocularity and little dissenting opinion.
That normal good humor and jocularity got a kick in the teeth Wednesday night courtesy of Sandack himself, via [...]
Tags: budget·local government·Local politics·municipal budget·property taxes·Ron Sandack·Village Council
Don’t bet on it
November 20th, 2009 · Comments Off · Village Council, Your Say, state politics
Council looks at gambling ban.
Quit a few other communities are looking at banning video machine gambling within their boundaries. The county has alrady banned video gambling in unincorportated areas. Tuesday it’s Downers Grove’s turn to hash it out.
Tags: budget·ethics·gambling·Village Council
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