By: Diane Benjamin Normal has gone from 10 minute meetings with no discussion before spending millions of dollars to bloviating just to hear themselves talk. I can’t possibly recap everything that happened, so I will pick what I think is important. The other media can fill you in on what the Town thinks happened. Last […]
Monday night the Town of Normal is finally “fixing” their Public Comment Policy. The Town is making sure it as difficult as possible for citizens: PDSF page 105: https://www.normal.org/DocumentCenter/View/12612/Council-Packet–PDF Right now citizens aren’t allowed to talk about anything not on the agenda. That was obviously illegal and the Town knew it. Instead of just having […]
By: Diane Benjamin I’m sure I missed writing about other great moments from last night, but it was a VERY long meeting! Only two citizens showed up to speak about the budget. The same two spoke at Public Comment in addition to one other citizen. Budget: Karl Sila spoke 6:45. He mentioned the full budget […]
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 The City of Bloomington can’t find money anywhere in their budget to fix the roads. They will raise your Motor Fuel Tax though! In the latest example of ridiculous priorities: http://www.cityblm.org/Home/Components/News/News/5867/ The City of Bloomington has completed a comprehensive inventory and assessment of 8,519 trees in parks, trails and public spaces as […]
