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Morton Grove Voting On Budget Monday
The budget does not contain a tax increase for taxpayers. It's similar to last year's, although the frequency of the village newsletter will increase.
Village Hall kept regular office hours throughout the storm days.
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Morton Grove trustees will vote on the 2013 budget on Monday, Dec. 10. The budget is substantially similar to last year's.
Neither the village budget nor the Morton Grove Library budget, which is contained within the village budget, will cause any tax increase in the village's portion of property tax bills.
"There are no major differences from last year," said Remy Navarrete, the village's finance director.
The budget, which can be viewed in detail on the village's website, assumes projected revenues of $24.87 million and expenses of $24.74 million, though Navarrete said those dollar amounts could change slightly when the budget is presented to trustees Monday.
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One of the few differences from last year's budget is that the village newsletter, called The Morton Grove Exchange, will go out to residents bimonthly (every two months) rather than quarterly.
"One of the concerns we're getting from residents is that they only hear from us four times a year," said Navarrete.
Starting in 2014, plans call for the newsletter to go out monthly.
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Brad
2:52 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
So let me see here. The whole premise for balancing the 2013 budget is hoping fine revenue is increased by $200,000 over 2012 and License and Permit fees are increased by $70,000. When that does not happen look for that $134,696 surplus to become a deficit mighty quickly. It's obvious how to balance the budget in MG. More red light cameras and parking tickets!
sherwin dubren
12:09 am on Monday, December 10, 2012
Will the village government use the additional newsletters to inform us of future plannings and ongoing negotiations, or will it just be a propoganda piece toting all the virtues of the current administration?
Sol Fiske
10:58 am on Monday, December 10, 2012
Or Sherwin, maybe, just maybe, it will be yet a more frequent presentation of facts to neutralize your mindless musings on this post.
sherwin dubren
1:05 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
The only mindless think here is your naivete.
Sol Fiske
9:54 am on Thursday, December 13, 2012
thats all you got Sherwin? Someone calls you out and all you can do is fire back? You are pathetic. There's plenty of good shrinks in the area; get thee to one...quickly.
Brad
1:05 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
How about speaking the truth mg879. "The budget has been managed very well the past few years"? Really? In 2010 there was a projected $357,602 shortfall that turned out to be $1,230,396. Borrowed from the general fund of course. Then we had a huge surplus of $13,922 in 2011 after stiffing the pensions. Now there is a projected surplus of $134,696 for 2013. I would bet you a breaded pork chop at Kappy's 2013 wil be another year of deficits. All smoke and mirrors until our general fund runs out. A mere $4,500,000 left. But then again it is an election year isn't it?
grandpa
12:31 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Yes Brad, it is an election year and it is obvious that you are a shill for the candidate who has dipped into our collective pockets by forcing a primary election in February. I have no problem with folks challenging incumbents, but to increase the cost of running the elections by adding an unnecessary layer, (he could have run as an independent after his party rejected him as a candidate), just to satisfy his large ego is reason enough to question his judgement. It also gave school district 67 another chance to try to get a tax increase through.
steve
11:18 am on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Wow, Brad. You're such a Debbie Downer. I'm thankful that our property taxes are not going up (because my salary didn't get bumped up this year, either), that EMS/fire responders in Morton Grove are excellent, the government was able to negotiate decent electrical prices for me and plenty of other homeowners/businesses, and that we have the absolute best snow removal on the north shore (because you know that next big storm is right around the corner). Lighten up!
sherwin dubren
2:03 am on Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Steve, I would not give bragging rights to MG for the electric bills. The idea came from a neighbor of mine, who brought it to the attention of the then Administrator, Joe Wade. Besides, MG is one of dozens of nearby suburbs who have joined this plan, and we did not get any special deals. I'm also not happy with our snow removal service that puts huge piles of snow on my driveway apron, too big for my snow blower to remove. They lock me in. They also use too much salt killing all the trees and grass along the parkways. There is plenty of room for improvement there.
steve
5:14 pm on Thursday, December 13, 2012
I didn't give anyone bragging rights. I said I was thankful that the village negotiated on my behalf so that my bills were not as high. It is also MY OPINION that our snow removal is excellent. I have family and friends in neighboring communities and after every major snowfall, their streets are impassable -- while ours are clean. You need to stop reading into what people post on here and spin it into your own little diatribe. If you're so unhappy with the services you get, and hate being in this village so much, I suggest you move to some utopian town where everything is hunky-dorey.
sherwin dubren
10:55 pm on Thursday, December 13, 2012
You can always find a worse service if you look around. There are some neighboring suburbs that take small machines and clean the sidewalks too. I'm not asking for that.
I think plowing the traffic lanes and the parking lanes on our streets is wasteful and causes more problems than it helps. We should not be driving on the parking lanes of streets, so cleaning them is wasteful in manpower and materials cost. It also forces the plows to throw the snow onto the parkways. I say, just clean the center traffic lanes and throw the snow onto the curb lanes. If it traps cars parked there, that's tough, since they should have moved their cars from there before the snowfall.
Maybe we should have told the colonists not to complain about King George and just move up to Canada.