The School District 304 Finance Committee is taking a look at the tentative budget Monday, July 30. The board members also will discuss Board President Mark Grosso's suggestion to add citizens to the committee.
As promised, Geneva School District 304's Finance Committee will consider adding new members—likely from the general public—at Monday night's meeting at the Coultrap facility. During that same meeting, set for 6 p.m. July 30, the Finance Committee will discuss the 2012-13 budget, technology capital plan and facilities capital plan. All are big topics of interest for citizens concerned about their tax bills and the quality of education. School Board President Mark Grosso had suggested at the Monday, July 23, board meeting that the board consider adding two seats to the Finance Committee—at large positions that would be filled by community members rather than additional School Board members. The technology plan also came under considerable …
Four-year contract calls for increases of 3.5 percent, 2 percent, 3 percent and 3 percent.
The city of Geneva is poised to accept a four-year contract with its police union that calls for a 3.5 percent pay hike the first year, and hikes of 2 percent, 3 percent and 3 percent in the following three years. The Geneva City Council Committee of the Whole will take its first public look at the agreement during its 7 p.m. Monday, March 12, meeting at City Hall. According to the summary provided in the COW's agenda packet, the Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council (FOP) Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) ha been tentatively agreed upon by union representatives and the city's management team. Union members have ratified the proposed contract. The CBA is a four (4) year agreement with the following wage proposals: The management team…
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T Johnson
7:27 am on Tuesday, March 13, 2012
I agree with you Rudy. The GPD seem to be a fine group of men and women and I appreciate the fact that they don't go out of their way to write tickets and harass people. But just because I like them doesn't override the fact that we're all in the same boat here - stagnant economy and declining home values. We'll have to put any raises on hold for now. more ›