After months of staff study, staff reports and investigation of what expense and revenue tools were available, tonight the 2010 budget began to come into focus. There’s still a way to go, but for the first time publicly and in detail council put some skin into the budget process tonight, outlining what their thoughts were [...]
Municipalities often compare themselves to each other as a way of example. DG compares our Real Estate Tax bill to other communities on a pretty regular basis, noting how low it is compared to our neighbors. After the break, some additional comparisons.
It isn’t pretty, to no one’s surprise… Last Thursday Village Manager Dave Fieldman released the 2010 preliminary budget proposal. Council and residents will meet Saturday technically for the first budget workshop meeting, but really for the eighth time trying to come to grips with too many expenses and to little revenue. This time, finally, there’s [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Downers Grove firefighters reportedly are not unanimous in their support for Chief Phil Ruscetti’s proposal to hold off on filling three vacancies–a cost-saving move that would bring the force down to 72. At the Oct. 11 village council budget workshop meeting, Ruscetti recommended the use of a jump company and mutual aid from neighboring communities [...]
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