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gurdymonkeyBecause then I will be forced to simply Google it myself and post the news stories as I find them.
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=326650&src=
http://chicagoist.com/2009/10/02/oak_brook_man_hates_libraries_child.php
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/Oak-Brook-Librarians-Turn-To-Teamsters-63086972.html
It should be noted that the Village of Oakbrook, IL funds its village services without property taxes. From the latest village newsletter (dated Summer 2009):
At the present time our Village is being faced with an unprecedented dilemma. Costs are rising for our Police Department, Fire Department, Public Works and Library, but the sales tax that once supported all these services is
no longer what it was. As retail sales and other taxes have dropped off, the Village Board must take extraordinary means to keep the Village of Oak Brook free of a local levy.
Our primary objective is to maintain these Village services without instituting a local levy. I continue to find that many of our residents are still unaware that they pay no local property taxes for fire, police, public works or our library. Even the Oak Brook Sports Core – which includes the Bath and Tennis Club – needs some support from sales taxes. I am happy to report that the Board has privatized the poolside grill and that some nice changes have already taken place there. Unfortunately, the weather has not been too cooperative thus far, but the Village will no longer sustain a loss on the grill as we did last year when the grill lost $11,000 for the season. Now the Village will receive a percentage of sales so we stand to make, rather than lose, a little revenue.
Our new Village Board has made a commitment that the Oak Brook Library will retain its’ regular hours of operation with no curtailment of the hours that our residents and patrons have come to enjoy at our Library. I want to dispel the rumor that the Library hours were going to be cut because this is not going to happen. Of necessity, the Board is making a closer scrutiny of costs and services everywhere. Some areas will need adjustment, but the Library hours are definitely not one of them.
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=326650&src=
http://chicagoist.com/2009/10/02/oak_brook_man_hates_libraries_child.php
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local-beat/Oak-Brook-Librarians-Turn-To-Teamsters-63086972.html
It should be noted that the Village of Oakbrook, IL funds its village services without property taxes. From the latest village newsletter (dated Summer 2009):
At the present time our Village is being faced with an unprecedented dilemma. Costs are rising for our Police Department, Fire Department, Public Works and Library, but the sales tax that once supported all these services is
no longer what it was. As retail sales and other taxes have dropped off, the Village Board must take extraordinary means to keep the Village of Oak Brook free of a local levy.
Our primary objective is to maintain these Village services without instituting a local levy. I continue to find that many of our residents are still unaware that they pay no local property taxes for fire, police, public works or our library. Even the Oak Brook Sports Core – which includes the Bath and Tennis Club – needs some support from sales taxes. I am happy to report that the Board has privatized the poolside grill and that some nice changes have already taken place there. Unfortunately, the weather has not been too cooperative thus far, but the Village will no longer sustain a loss on the grill as we did last year when the grill lost $11,000 for the season. Now the Village will receive a percentage of sales so we stand to make, rather than lose, a little revenue.
Our new Village Board has made a commitment that the Oak Brook Library will retain its’ regular hours of operation with no curtailment of the hours that our residents and patrons have come to enjoy at our Library. I want to dispel the rumor that the Library hours were going to be cut because this is not going to happen. Of necessity, the Board is making a closer scrutiny of costs and services everywhere. Some areas will need adjustment, but the Library hours are definitely not one of them.
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