By: Diane Benjamin
https://www.normalil.gov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item/4474
Add the $1000 deposit:
The IML Conference was in Chicago! – probably 3 nights lodging if they attended all 3 days. Over $5000:
Agenda: https://conference.iml.org/ams/conf.cfm?job=program&key=193
Why did Normal hire this firm?
Chemberly is back teaching kids to be democrats at your expense + Uptown Circle Rent:
Public notices must be really expensive in the Normalite:
Celebrate! The financial statements for 3/31/2022 are finally being released. Would you invest in a company who took this long to produce documents?
Your Town property tax rate should go down:
The agenda is long, scan it for yourself.
One more thing to note:
This is from the website of the law firm above Normal hired:
The Unit 5 referendum is to provide more money to the Education Fund. Does anyone know the reserve balances in their other funds?
January 2020 WGLT article Unit 5 wants you to forget: https://www.wglt.org/education-and-family/2020-01-16/consultant-unit-5-could-save-5m-to-8m-by-taking-back-control-of-bus-system
Unit 5 could save between $5 million and $8.3 million over the next decade by taking back control of student transportation, a consultant told the school board Wednesday night.
I’d vote NO to the referendum.
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Two people (1 car) drive to Chicago from Normal (280 miles r0und trip, less than one tank of gas). $100
Let’s say 3 days parking at even $100 a day. $300
Let’s say two hotel rooms at $300 a night. Two people, two nights each. $1200
Conservatively, $1600. TOTAL –
I submit you restock the bar in your room at YOUR expense. Not paying you to drink.
Where does this “expense account padder” get those numbers for “travel”?
I can’t believe he doesn’t get called on this.
Maybe they took the Rivian 😉
I agree in principle, but I’m a stickler on “The best response to lies is Truth,not different lies we like better.” (Not that I think you’re purposely lying, but I have seen others do so.)
They should take a ‘company’ car, in which case the expenses would probably fall into a different slot; but if they take their own vehicle, the actual miles May be a little higher and the IRS reimbursement rate for mileage is over 50c/mi. Rounding up on everything give about $190 as a maximum.
Since they aren’t spending their own money, it looks like IML didn’t bother negotiating special hotel rates like most conventions do. So rooms would be more like $350 after taxes.
Not sure how many meals are included in the convention package, but whatever ones aren’t are reimbursable potentially up to $74/day. Again rounding to give them the benefit of the doubt yields an additional $120 per person.
And it looks like 3 people went, not 2? But even rounding everything in their favor, I still only get around $4K total, Including conference registration…
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