Village looks to DMMC for capital project funding Two items that look to be approved this week involve applying for grants for projects through the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference. The application to the DuPage Mayors & Managers Conference (DMMC) is for the 2011 Surface Transportation Program (STP) for highway project funding.
Entries Tagged as 'municipal budget'
Council approves union contract
August 4th, 2010 · 10 Comments · budget, Fire and police, government
Village Operation Center workers will see raises In December of 2008, the Village Operation Center (VOC) employees voted to unionize and choose the Fraternal Order of Police as their exclusive bargaining agent. The unit is comprised of all full time operators. Staff has been negotiating a collective bargaining agreement since April of 2009. Staff has [...]
Village budget: 2011 edition
July 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments · budget, government, Village Council, Village Hall
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 [...]
Required reading
June 21st, 2010 · 1 Comment · budget, Public opinion, Strategic Planning, Taxes
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, [...]
Tags: budget·local government·municipal budget·planning·Taxes
Bandaid medicine for major surgery
May 23rd, 2010 · 12 Comments · budget, District 58, District 99, Taxes, Uncategorized
The state’s unfunded pension debt passed the $85 billion mark this summer. That unfunded liability is squeezing out money for other valued needs, such as education and health care. It means the state has less money for things like child-care aid and fixing roads and schools, or paying some of the $1 billion it owes [...]
Tags: budget·local government·municipal budget·school board·Taxes
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.
Budget known, HFest unknown
December 1st, 2009 · 27 Comments · budget, Heritage Fest, Village Council
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 [...]
Tags: budget·Heritage Fest·local government·municipal budget·property taxes·Taxes·village·Village Council
The Mayor strikes back
November 20th, 2009 · 42 Comments · budget, Village Council
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 [...]
Tags: budget·local government·Local politics·municipal budget·property taxes·Ron Sandack·Village Council
Levy fixed, discord variable
November 18th, 2009 · 24 Comments · budget, Community Events, Heritage Fest, Taxes, Uncategorized, Village Council
Mayor Sandack doesn’t want a village dentist. This is going to be a collaborative report, and will be modified. I took what EJ wrote last night and spliced in my own notes, and she will do the same later. I encourage everyone to chime in with their own thoughts, as a couple times I was [...]
Tags: budget·DeVry Inc.·Downers Grove Community Advocates·local government·municipal budget·property taxes·Taxes·Village Council
Budget: police and fire comparisons
November 5th, 2009 · 4 Comments · budget, Fire and police
Barnett touched on payroll, Sandack touched on payroll, and when the topic came to payroll, council is deciding DARE and two police positions (or their equivalent in dollars somewhere else) are to be cut. Both Neustadt and Durkin weighed in against cutting two Police Protection positions, and the Police local also weighed in against it. [...]
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