By: Diane Benjamin Two citizens mentioned the gift to Jeff Fritzen during public comment tonight. Koos didn’t like being challenged so he decided to respond. He claims he overlooked submitting the bill, that explains a lot mayor especially below market leases. Koos also claimed he sold it to the Town at cost. Koos claimed no […]
By: Diane Benjamin https://www.cityblm.org/government/advanced-components/documents/-folder-1817 4 ISU hockey events are also posted. Even with dismal attendance the profits were: $1,727.26, $2,269.16, $2,458.26, and $1,997.42. Most of the profit is from charging $2000 to play there. This year the City projected Arena: revenues of $4,883,795 expenses of $5,219,846 – for a loss of $336,051. For the year […]
By: Diane Benjamin Budget Book 1: https://www.cityblm.org/Home/ShowDocument?id=24029 So far Bloomington has provided an overview of what the budget is, but more detail is needed. The above link is to Book 1. The chart below is the budget by department, it isn’t the entire budget. I highlighted some things that interested me. An analysis of the […]
By: Diane Benjamin https://normal.org/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/3566 A couple more notes about the retirement present for Jeff Fritzen: This purchase violates the Town purchasing policy: https://www.normal.org/DocumentCenter/View/12829/2017-Purchasing-Policy-Manual-x?bidId= Under Ethics: PDF page 4 and page 5: PDF page 2: https://www.normal.org/DocumentCenter/View/7696/Chapter-02—Officers-Elected-and-Appointed?bidId= Fritzen was paid $4800 a year as Trustee. That gift was close to a 10% bonus: PDF page 44 The […]
By: Diane Benjamin From this story: https://blnnews.com/2020/02/28/so-is-the-town-paying-koos-to-retire/ So the Town of Normal used your tax dollars to buy a retirement present from the Mayor’s business. Of course, by the time Normal gets their mitts on your hard earned bucks, they consider it theirs. To further prove most elected officials don’t consider themselves “public servants”, the […]
