Here’s why: The whole thing is here, and if you’re interested in talking about it, try the Facebook group. This equates to nine full-time positions and 11 part-time positions being dropped and nearly $20 million being cut. If you look at the dates of missing invoices and proofs of service, for example, you see that it’s not just one or two years where missing documents are a problem; it’s spread across the entire 10-year scope of the assessment. “But their goal was to recruit candidates for local offices that were proven leaders, and I applaud those efforts, but I would not ask them for financial help.”.

Tweets by citybarb60115. Frustrated at the lack of a public forum for discussing growth issues in DeKalb, Joe Croft started City Barbs in 2005 in the midst of a fight against putting the worst possible version of a mega-warehouse (6 million square feet, 22 curb cuts, AKA “Godzilla”) across from a residential area. Continue reading Taking away the city clerk’s role in checks and balances, Charging the Water Fund for salaries in other departments is a masterpiece of nontransparency, Municipal theft protections are not ‘set it and forget it’ and theft can happen here, Taking away the city clerk’s role in checks and balances, Attorney General determines NIU Foundation must respond to Freedom of Information Act requests, DeKalb city council voted to allow me to participate remotely in order to exclude you, Eliminating Zoom option for city meetings is a terribly backwards thing to do, eliminating the remote public participation option, Since the meeting tonight also will not be televised, TIF forensic assessment tells us how DeKalb operates. Here’s what he said at Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting of council. What’s really going on is that the city has run out of money for streets AND operations now. The one exception is City of DeKalb. Over the past few months I’ve seen, more and more, taking from my role, even while I was maintaining my office hours.

For example, they suggested simply not contributing the usual $12,000 to IHSA this year, and cutting non-critical training, and putting off purchases of equipment and software. Michael Embrey also did not immediately respond to a request for comment, and no campaign documents were found on the election board’s website. If a portion of a grant isn’t released during a given fiscal year, it must be re-appropriated the following year. This didn’t happen because the Great Recession happened. Were there alternatives to a bank loan, and/or a property tax levy increase to cover it?

DKPL originally took out the loan in 2013 for a term of two years, but still owes more than $1 million on it.

Non-grant funding also paid for extras that were not eligible to be covered by the grant. The developer left town, but in the wake of the process were born behind-the-scenes Internet Research Commandos, a new … The property tax recommendation was approved by the FAC in early October, and the sales tax during a meeting November 2.*. The DeKalb city council recently received and filed its fiscal 2019 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) along with the auditor’s letters and communications to council and management. This post will explain why.

How does that even work?

The one thing they got right, the one teensy bright spot in the latest fiasco, is the acknowledgement that council, not the city manager’s office, has the final say in how to conduct its meetings.

In the chart below, what I’ve done is to compare City of DeKalb, its component unit DeKalb Public Library, and DeKalb County. Holdeman’s comments make it sound like the city spent $1 million out of the TIF funds in FY16, another $1 million in FY17, and maybe something in between, during that six-month budget period they call FY16.5. Continue reading TIF spending for streets in FY16 did not come anywhere near what DeKalb is claiming. The hiring spree chickens have come home to roost. How red do the flags have to be? 3rd Ward; …

Conducting meetings is policy, and policy rightfully belongs with our elected representatives.

*Note: “Departments” as used in this article should be read as shorthand for “departments, divisions, and offices.”*. Continue reading Library Talks to the City About Issuing Bonds for Its Expansion. Why has controversy cropped up now? The good news is the transfers began shrinking in the sunshine. I want you to hear everyone’s voice. Sixth Ward candidate Mike Verbic, who received the PAC’s backing and now is running unopposed after his opponent, Michael “Max” Maxwell, dropped out, said he planned to raise his own money throughout his campaign. Next year, what with the city’s new director of finance talking about a 9.5% share, the city will likely solidify its new status as second-highest consumer of property taxes in the county, even before counting the library.

Politics, Policy & Opinion in DeKalb, Illinois, USA. The auditor reported that findings from fiscal 2018 were not corrected in 2019, including mismatches between fee rates charged and the actual rates authorized by ordinance. Scott R McAdams created an event for the group.

• George Franklin Barber, architect, known as one of the most successful American domestic architects of the late Victorian period. That was in our road program for this year; we have completed that street maintenance, both in TIF 1 and TIF 2 districts.

It’s apparently a follow-up of what they discussed last week.

Joe eventually had to leave town, too, so he left City Barbs to Lynn Fazekas, who has served as administrator and editor ever since. Another safety issue right now is the weather. Criminal penalties may not attach, but committing zero felonies doesn’t equal law-abiding. On this trajectory, we could be looking at a hole of $3.5 million or more in operating revenues. Cat’s out of the bag. That part may be unprecedented. Then, during the July 13 committee-of-the-whole meeting, the city council, somewhat bizarrely, took a vote to allow me to teleconference. First victim is Human Relations Commission, which during its last meeting enjoyed remote participation via the Zoom application by nearly 90 people.

— Progress. If the Barb City Action Committee stays intact until the next election cycle, Krupp said that the remaining funds simply would roll over. When should I use 911? Indeed, the city’s own five-year forecast has the General Fund in deficit of nearly $2.9 million by 2022 — and that forecast is now due for an update because of DeKalb’s recent purchase of the condemned Edgebrook property and the latest downwardly-revised projections for state income tax revenues. I believe Brendan Behan was an Episcopalian bishop, I think it was, like, late 1800s.

They’ve placed the item as a resolution to amend the employment agreement on Monday’s council meeting agenda. He said this: “Critics are like eunuchs in a harem.

The last time I signed off on ordinances, it was early November, 2019. Home. When does council end the destructive hiring spree? DeKalb, IL. No, that’s not quite right.