Sorry Stanford – more Petrey

By:  Diane Benjamin Metcom Stanford Police list:                 Metcom activity report for 11/28 – 12/12 Note ST1 only worked 1 day for 7 1/2 hours. What did ST1 – Ed Petrey get paid for 11/28/16 – 12/12/16? This gets a little tricky because his pay stub doesn’t include […]

Stanford Police needs to explain

By:  Diane Benjamin My understanding is when a Stanford Police officer is on duty they contact Metcom to report they are available to take calls.  Metcom keeps track of the hours and calls taken. Note:  ST1 is Chief Petrey The record shows him working only on August 16th for 9.5+ hours. This is Metcom’s record […]

Allin Township: Guilty of noncompliance

By:  Diane Benjamin Last November I wrote about the ever-changing hourly wages paid to Josh Deterding:  https://blnnews.com/2015/11/13/allin-township-ask-eidenmiller-to-explain-this/ There was always more to the Deterding story than media has reported.  Investigations should have included public officials. Josh filed a complaint with the Illinois Department of Labor.  They found in his favor and ordered Allin Township to […]

Allin Fire – Say What?

By:  Diane Benjamin See what the Allin Fire Protection District reported to the State of Illinois here for the year ended 5/30/2015:  http://warehouse.illinoiscomptroller.com/ProcessSearchResults.cfm?DisplayMode=GETAFR&AFRDesiredData=Revenues&Code=064/010/06&CFY=2015&Menu=Yes&PrintIt=No The link shows Revenues of $208,281 It shows Expenses of $203,005 _________________ According to this document:  Allin Fire Revenues were $238,906.88 (including a $45,000 operating loan) Expenses were $237,647.56 Neither number is […]

Allin Township Fire-laws matter!

By:  Diane Benjamin On November 12th I wrote about the illegal time change for the Allin Township Fire Protection District meeting:  http://blnnews.com/2015/11/12/illegal-meeting-allin-tfpd/ The minutes from the meeting show people did show up late.  Were they expecting the meeting to be at the regular time of 7:00 pm?  See the minutes below. The time wasn’t the […]

Allin Township-ask Eidenmiller to explain this

By:  Diane Benjamin How would you like to receive paychecks with the per hour rate calculated at the whim of the guy writing the checks? All of the below are from the pay stubs received by Josh Deterding.  All the pay stubs are computerized and, unless listed, all paychecks were for 80 hours.  The rate […]

Allin Fire: Was 2015 report correct?

By:  Diane Benjamin Below is the debt report Allin Fire Protection District made to the Illinois Comptroller’s Office.  Note:  The report shows debt at year-end (May 31, 2015) of $167,000.  See the report here:  http://warehouse.illinoiscomptroller.com/ProcessSearchResults.cfm?DisplayMode=GETAFR&AFRDesiredData=Indebtedness&Code=064/010/06&CFY=2015&Menu=Yes&PrintIt=No The report correctly shows a new loan of $45,000 Minutes 12-10-2014 The ambulance purchase reported here:  http://blnnews.com/2015/10/14/allin-fire-truth-report/ is still not […]

Allin Fire: Truth report

By:  Diane Benjamin Agencies of government in Illinois are required to file reports with the Comptroller’s office.  Below is a screen shot of the 2014 report for the Allin Fire Protection District showing debt.  The District’s fiscal year runs from 6/1/13 through 5/31/14.  The report below shows $90,000 in new debt during fiscal year 2014.  […]

Stanford: More problems

By:  Diane Benjamin When citizens trust the people who run government, but fail to watch their actions – you get this: Scott Eidenmiller is a trustee who voted for his own raise.  In fact, they all voted to raise their own pay. Scott’s $3000 is a problem though.  According to the law, trustee salaries for […]