01/18/1978 Public HearingMINUTES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING
HELD ON THE PROPOSED 1978
BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY OF DES PLAINES
BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE ON
Wednesday, January 18, 1978.
The Public Hearing on the proposed 1978 Budget and Appropriation
Ordinance of the City of Des Plaines was called to order by Finance
and Insurance Committee Chairman, Alderman Richard Ward at 8:30 P.M.
Alderman Ward read the legal notice published in the Daily Herald
on January 7, 1978, announcing the hearing.
Present at the hearing were Aldermen Sullivan, Birchfield,
Brannigan, Sarlo, Meyer, and Ward. Also present were Mayor Herbert
H. Volberding, Sr. City Comptroller Blietz, Commissioner of Public
Works Schwab, and City Clerk Eleanor Rohrbach. The public hearing
was attended by 8 persons from the general public.
Alderman Ward reviewed the various increases in the budget
and the areas of increase in various funds reflected in the tax
levy ordinance. He also explained the use of Revenue Sharing funds
from 1974 to 1978 and showed graphs of budget increases from 1964
to date.
Those who addressed the City Council Finance and Insurance
Committee were as follows:
Mr. Joseph Botte stated that he came prepared to dispute the
budget but finds that it was presented already balanced and essentially
the same as last year. He questioned the city's policy on short-
term contingency funds as to whether or not they were drawing interest
to which Mr. Blietz replied that in 1976 $105,000 was earned from
interest on reserve accounts and other interest earned was $230,000.
He further stated that he did not want to reduce services and
believes the City is run as efficiently as possible.
Ms. Kathy Luckritz, representing the League of Women Voters
encouraged the City Counci1'to apply for Community Development
Block Grant funds for use in assisting the low and moderate income
housing occupants in the City, as well as developing a Des Plaines
River -front park. She further expressed concern that Federal Revenue
Sharing Funds should not be used for re -occurring expenses but
rather for support to agencies such as the Salvation Army who
presented a request.
The Public Hearing adjourne t 9:20 P.M
Bertha Eleanor Rohrbach, City Clerk