«Had
district officials used more realistic budget estimates, they could have avoided the accumulation of excess fund balance,» the report states.
Instead,
district officials used general operating dollars to pay such costs, which averaged $ 134,257 per year.
Late last month, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration broke with the longstanding tradition of providing school districts across New York State with «runs,» the projected aid increases, based on the governor's education funding proposal, which
district officials use to help shape their own budgets.
School districts across New York were thrown for a loop last week when Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration declined to provide school runs, the projected aid increases
district officials use to help shape their budget proposals.
Not exact matches
Since his last re-election, Clarke has openly supported Republican causes on local and national right - wing media outlets; proudly trumpets on
official Milwaukee County letterhead his 2013 award from the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, whose leader suggested
using women and children as human shields during Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's standoff with federal agents; accused Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele of having «penis envy» and being on heroin when crafting the county budget and needing to be drug tested; blasted Milwaukee County
District Attorney John Chisholm and Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers for being «soft on crime»; provided minimal protection for President Obama during his 2012 visit; employs former Scott Walker spokeswoman Fran McLaughlin, who was given criminal immunity over her role in Walker's mixing of campaign and county business; and created pro-gun public service announcements.
Park
District officials will go before the Will County Land
Use Commission on Tuesday, but Canna said he assumed the county would eventually turn down the project.
Using $ 35 million from a lease of city parking garages, the
district will transform 25 acres that include Daley Bicentennial Plaza and two smaller areas to the east known as Cancer Survivors Garden and Peanut Park,
officials said.
When not
used for concerts, the area designated for lawn seating will be an open space for the public and free of any fencing, Park
District officials said Thursday.
The lawn - seating area would double as recreational space for park patrons and would only be
used for two events this summer as Park
District officials experiment with the reconfigured space, Foster and O'Neill said.
When a CPS
official denied the
use of the processed beef product in mid-March, the
district had received assurances that was the case from its vendors and the meat processor that supplies much of the
district's beef.
A problem with the liquid chlorine
used in Chicago Park
District swimming pools has forced the district to close many of the facilities temporarily so they can be partly drained, officia
District swimming pools has forced the
district to close many of the facilities temporarily so they can be partly drained, officia
district to close many of the facilities temporarily so they can be partly drained,
officials said.
ELMHURST — The Library board of trustees has formally approved a deal that will give the Park
District 94,000 square feet of land in the center of Wilder Park, including the Wilder Mansion now
used as the library building, in exchange for 35,000 square feet of vacant land in the northwest corner of the park, where library
officials will put up a new building.
Although park
officials said the eastern portion of unincorporated Wheaton's Arrowhead subdivision needs public park space, the Park
District has no immediate ideas for special
uses for the site.
Nothing compares,
officials say, to the flap that broke out last week when, on a 2 - 2 vote, the Crystal Lake Park
District turned down organizers of the 2006 Gay Games in Chicago who wanted to
use the lake for a rowing competition in July.
Park Board President Gery Chico said state law gives the Park
District ultimate say on how its land is
used, but park
officials will consider the city's recommendation.
Naperville Library and Park
District officials plan to formally discuss
using Park
District land for the site of the city's newest library.
The Naperville Park
District plans to allow sports teams to start
using its parks for practice next week, but the start of youth soccer games has been delayed,
officials said.
But the Park
District has yet to identify a specific
use for such space, holding up the progress of a new library design, according to library
officials.
Park
District officials are «confident» they will raise the money within a year and will later decide with help from the community, how to best
use the land.
Until recently, park
officials had never charged dog owners any fees to
use the park, but its popularity has increased dramatically, particularly because the DuPage County Forest Preserve
District's nearby Swift Road dog run is closed for renovations until October.
In August, board President Julius Patterson and two other Park
District officials were charged in a federal indictment with stealing tens of thousands of dollars from the board for personal
use.
Park
District Supt. Robert Penn, who presented the plans to park commissioners Thursday, said the district has earmarked $ 5 million in Build Illinois money to be used for construction of 30,000 square feet of office space for 200 zoo officials whose desks currently are scattered among five bu
District Supt. Robert Penn, who presented the plans to park commissioners Thursday, said the
district has earmarked $ 5 million in Build Illinois money to be used for construction of 30,000 square feet of office space for 200 zoo officials whose desks currently are scattered among five bu
district has earmarked $ 5 million in Build Illinois money to be
used for construction of 30,000 square feet of office space for 200 zoo
officials whose desks currently are scattered among five buildings.
School
officials said the
district needs to taste success in its next referendum or face overcrowding by 1999 that might force them to
use mobile classrooms, or institute split shifts or year - round school schedules.
Park
District President Keith Price and Park Board member Brenda Thompson, who also serves as treasurer, place most of the blame on the administration of former Board President Julius Patterson, who in September pleaded guilty along with two other park
officials of converting $ 144,000 in Park
District funds to personal
use.
Fearing that Lake in the Hills wanted to put a gravel pit on the land, which borders residential subdivisions in Cary, residents and village
officials urged the Cary Park
District to initiate condemnation proceedings to purchase the land for recreational
use and open space.
The Naperville Park
District designed the playgrounds based on input from neighbors and
used state - of - the - art equipment accessible to all children,
officials said.
Park
District officials have said the shooting club that
uses the park could be forced to switch to steel shot, which is not harmful if ingested by birds.
At a meeting Tuesday night, members of the Skateboard Committee asked Arlington Heights Park
District officials if they would designate park areas for skateboard
use.
District officials, who say the aging building is needed for athletic programs, recently accepted a proposal to allow the Park
District to
use building space.
Park
District Executive Director David Thomas said park
officials had wanted to seal the contaminated dirt in metal drums and store it behind a fence guarding a portion of Reed - Keppler Park that is too radioactive for safe
use.
Last month, a group of dog owners from surrounding areas called the fees excessive, considering the Glen Ellyn Park
District charges district residents $ 25 a year for each dog they bring to the 5 - acre park at 185 Spring Ave. Until recently, park officials had never charged dog owners any fees to use the park, but its popularity has increased dramatically, particularly because the DuPage County Forest Preserve District's nearby Swift Road dog run is closed for renovations until
District charges
district residents $ 25 a year for each dog they bring to the 5 - acre park at 185 Spring Ave. Until recently, park officials had never charged dog owners any fees to use the park, but its popularity has increased dramatically, particularly because the DuPage County Forest Preserve District's nearby Swift Road dog run is closed for renovations until
district residents $ 25 a year for each dog they bring to the 5 - acre park at 185 Spring Ave. Until recently, park
officials had never charged dog owners any fees to
use the park, but its popularity has increased dramatically, particularly because the DuPage County Forest Preserve
District's nearby Swift Road dog run is closed for renovations until
District's nearby Swift Road dog run is closed for renovations until October.
For the 2006 budget, Park
District officials hope to
use concerts along with increased fees and a new union contract to balance the budget.
The land still remained within the boundaries of the Cary Park
District, though, and residents and village
officials urged the park board to bid for the land or
use its condemnation powers.
Despite repeated complaints from out - of - town dog owners, Glen Ellyn park
officials this week defended their recent decision to charge non-residents $ 175 a year to
use the
district's only dog park.
The Garden Plots, which are not all being
used, do not have the same space confinements, and any displaced plots could be shifted to an open area, Park
District officials said.
Wilmette village
officials are expected to help the Park
District sort out potential
uses and developers for the building, which would need extensive renovations, according to a feasibility study.
Bensenville — Village
officials are seeking a community development block grant to improve three areas in the northern part of the village that also could be
used for recreation by the Park
District.
If Arlington Heights agrees to rezone the property from business to public land
use, Park
District officials said they would first build a 15,000 - square - foot day - care center, large enough for up to 160 children, said Parks Director Allen Baker.
The additional boats would bring in an estimated $ 1 million a year to the Park
District, which could be
used to pay for other programs or projects, park
officials say.
The second is Lake Park High School
District 108, which has told park
officials that this will be the last year the Park
District can
use the school's fields on the west campus because of renovations slated for next year.
Using goats also will cost less than $ 5,000, compared with about $ 10,000 if the
district used more traditional eradication methods,
officials said.
Village
officials plan to
use the group's input, along with that of the Grayslake Park
District and the two school
districts, to prepare a feasibility study for the community center project.
Construction of a rail spur, installation of health and safety monitoring devices and other requirements for
using the rail line to move the dirt would take 120 days to implement after an agreement between CSX and the utilities is signed, according to Park
District officials.
Providing direct access to Frontier Park from Conan Doyle Drive and Book Road outweighs any concerns that the adjacent subdivision could be
used as a shortcut for motorists, according to a recent traffic study released by Naperville Park
District officials.
Parks
officials have asked the school
district to share the cost of playground renovations because they are
used primarily by schoolchildren.
The pact doesn't resolve a longtime dispute between
District 54 officials and officials of the Hoffman Estates and Schaumburg Park Districts over whether the cost of renovating playgrounds used primarily by schoolchildren should be shared or paid solely by the park district in q
District 54
officials and
officials of the Hoffman Estates and Schaumburg Park
Districts over whether the cost of renovating playgrounds
used primarily by schoolchildren should be shared or paid solely by the park
district in q
district in question.
The Park
District could
use revenues from the complex to cover the rest of the project cost, Joliet
officials said.
Joliet
officials hope the Park
District can make a contribution before building starts and
use profits to retire the debt on the complex.
Grayslake Park
District officials Wednesday announced plans to purchase a 40 - acre site in the center of town to be
used as a community park.
Park
District officials said they would consider letting the teen center
use the site when the lease on the home expires.