By: Diane Benjamin
See the Budget Books here: https://www.bloomingtonil.gov/departments/finance/annual-budget
All you need to know is:
- The budget is the biggest ever
- Asphalt and concrete only get $10 million
- Funding exists for what government wants, not citizens (roads are biggest complaint)
Start reading Budget Book 1 PDF page 30: https://www.bloomingtonil.gov/home/showdocument?id=29341
Lots of demographic data is included. Private sector businesses wouldn’t make decisions with out of date data like what is presented. It’s hard to claim there is a housing shortage when 2021 numbers are used showing top employers and the number of employees barely changed since 2011. (PDF page 32) Why does the chart claim the City of Bloomington had 1,008 employees in 2021?
The City has to be including part time employees, they shouldn’t. Are they desperate to be a top employer?
They make it very easy to not trust their data.
See the rest of the agenda here: https://d3n9y02raazwpg.cloudfront.net/cityblm/f6f74146-5bbe-11ee-ae13-0050569183fa-791fe512-602c-4d20-98c8-ecdbbed39134-1711051310.pdf
Changing ordinances for chickens, parking, fences etc is on the consent agenda. The FAR left will be at Public Comment to make sure they pass.
