Sunday, January 8, 2012
Schedule adjustment that let students finish their finals before the break was well-received, district spokesman says.
Plainfield District 202 students return to school Monday to begin the second semester of class -- for the first time. During the district's heavy growth period, construction schedules for new school buildings dictated when school began in the fall. Because the best building times are the warm spring and summer months, the start of school was often pushed to late August. This year, however, school began on Aug. 18, providing enough time for first semester finals to be taken before the start winter break. The second semester will end before Memorial Day, barring any snow days. While no concrete data is available, the new calendar has been "well received" by teachers, parents and students, district spokesman Tom Hernandez said. "Students have…
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
The city of Chicago's 25 percent rate increase is being passed along to the municipalities that buy Lake Michigan water.
Thanks to a 25 percent increase in the cost of Lake Michigan water, the average Plainfield family will see its water rates go up by more than $8.50 a month next year. Public Works Director Allen Persons told the Plainfield Village Board Monday that what had been anticipated to be a small water rate hike this year, needed to finally catch up on the rate increases imposed by the city of Chicago in 2008, 2009 and 2010, is now going to be much higher. That Chicago would approve such a big jump less than two years after the three-year 40 percent hike caught the village by surprise, Persons acknowledged. “When a water rate increase goes into effect, it affects every single resident in the city of Chicago,” he said. On the plus side, there’s been…
Monday, November 21, 2011
District plans to ask for $195 million in taxes, although under the extension system it's likely to receive far less than that.
As required, Plainfield School District 202 will host a public hearing on its annual tax levy next month. The district plans to ask for $195.7 million in local property taxes, which is 20 percent higher than last year’s extension of $163 million. The district levies for more tax revenue than it actually receives in order to capture any growth from the previous year. The state caps the amount of new revenues the district can levy each year to whatever is less: the rate of inflation or 5 percent. For the 2011 levy, the increase is 1.5 percent. About $157.3, million or 80 percent of the proposed levy, is expected to go towards the district’s operating fund. The district will calculate the resulting tax rate early next year after the district’…
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
While the August event was deemed a public success, it was an "organizational failure," fest board President Rex Slagel says.
Midwest Brewers Fest organizers were told Monday it’s likely their craft beer event will be approved again for 2012, but the Plainfield Village Board wants to see a line-by-line breakdown of their 2011 income and expenditures before giving the OK. Questions have arisen over why the August festival, which drew more than 1,900 people to Riverfront Park, did not produce any money for the Plainfield Riverfront Foundation. When originally approved by the village board, it was promised that as much as $40,000 would be raised for the group. Rex Slagel, president of the newly formed Midwest Brewers Fest Board of Directors, told the village board it was a mistake to have made any promises of profit. While the event was deemed a public success, …
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
These numbers, showing what organizers expected to spend and did spend, were presented to the Plainfield Village Board Monday night.
Here's the breakdown of income and expenditures provided Monday by the Midwest Brewers Fest Board of Directors to the Plainfield Village Board: MIDWEST BREWERS FEST 2011 BUDGET REVENUE Description Budgeted amount Actual Tickets/pre-event $ 80,000 $ 77,460 Tickets/day of event $ 37,500 $ 11,910 Merchandise sales $ 12,000 $ 6,119 Vendor $ 9,500 $ 2,250 Sponsorship $ 30,000 $ 2,142 Total: $169,000 $ 98,881…
Utility, gas, sales and liquor taxes among those on the table, but the property tax levy not expected to go up.
Plainfield could establish taxes on liquor and restaurant food and beverages and/or increase utility, gas and sales taxes to stave off a 2012-13 budget deficit of about $1.85 million, the Plainfield Village Board was told Monday. The village would net about $120,000 for every quarter percent of tax charged to food and beverages and $30,000 for every quarter percent of tax charged on liquor, according to the proposal laid out by Village Administrator Brian Murphy. Up until now, the village has not collected either tax. While taxing liquor is still relatively unusual for municipalities, especially in the southwest suburbs, food and beverage taxes are becoming more common. Locally, Bolingbrook charges 1.5 percent and Joliet, Naperville and …
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
It's always good to be caught up on state politics. Here's an easy guide to what happened this week.
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
Editor's Note: This article was created by aggregating news articles from Illinois Statehouse News that were written by various Illinois Statehouse News reporters. Work continues on casino compromise It’s a sure bet that gaming expansion will come up during the Illinois Legislature’s fall veto session, but who will win and who will bust is uncertain. A plan to add five casinos throughout the state, expand the number of places where people can make betsat each casino, and allow video gambling at horse tracks eked out of the Legislature this spring but stalled in the face of opposition from Gov. Pat Quinn. Quinn has criticized the legislation repeatedly, calling it “top heavy.” “The bill that they have proposed has many, many defects, and …
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
The financial picture is worse than had been projected at the end of August; Supt. John Harper's been directed to find places to save money, with non-personnel cuts made first.
The Plainfield School District 202 school board approved a $288.2 million 2011-12 budget Monday with a projected deficit that substantially grew in the past month. On Aug. 29, the district anticipated an operating fund deficit of $5.8 million, but with new information that's become available since then, the district now is projecting an operating fund deficit of $9.2 million John Prince, assistant superintendent for business and operations, said the district has had to adjust for about $1.65 million less in state aid than it previously anticipated, while paying about $1.68 million more in expenditures, mostly in health insurance and new student information software costs. Operating costs -- the total of six funds used to pay daily expenses…
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
It's always good to be caught up on state politics. Here's an easy guide to what happened this week.
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Sunday, September 11, 2011
Editor's Note: This article was created by aggregating news articles from Illinois Statehouse News that were written by various Illinois Statehouse News reporters. Truth behind Quinn’s budget claims Gov. Pat Quinn on Thursday delivered, what he called, phase two of his plan to "manage the state budget." Quinn's plan would close seven state facilities and lay off more than 1,900 workers. The governor laid the blame for the closures and jobs cuts at the feet of the General Assembly and the Legislature's $33.2 billion budget for fiscal 2012. The governor made numerous claims, most notably, that the budget limits his ability to spend state money. Illinois Statehouse News consulted lawmakers, former government officials and advocates to check …
Sunday, September 4, 2011
It's always good to be caught up on state politics. Here's an easy guide to what happened this week.
Editor's Note: This article was created by aggregating news articles from Illinois Statehouse News that were written by various Illinois Statehouse News reporters. Fewer state employees, but higher paychecks A fractured economy is swelling unemployment figures in Illinois, and a growing number of those out-of-work residents are state employees. The General Assembly has been forced to deal with less income from taxpayers and, as a result, has trimmed the number of public employees. But those still working in public-sector jobs are earning more, according to an Illinois Statehouse News, or ISN, analysis. Between 2009 and 2010, lawmakers increased the paychecks of those still on the job with the state by $83 million, the ISN analysis found. …
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