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Your County Board Serving YOU

Posted by opinionated <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=opinionated' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 20, 2020, 6:45 pm

In other business the board acted on several financial issues, including approving reappropriation of $21.3 million in unspent funds from last year.

Reappropriation is taking unspent money from the previous budget year and allowing it to be carried over to the next year. Often it is for a specific project or program that are either multi-year, have been delayed, or have been completed but not paid for.

Of course they could give it back to the residents but why go through all that unnecessary math.

Every member of the House and Senate are richer tonight because of the economy of Donald Trump. You're Welcome!

Re: Your County Board Serving YOU

Posted by Palin 2020 <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Palin+2020' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 20, 2020, 6:55 pm, in reply to "Your County Board Serving YOU"

Maybe it will go to save the bees?

We all know that if GC just cut the fat with the patronage jobs (like teachers, police and firefighters) and eliminated pensions people have earned, the mill would fire back up and there’d be a brand new 1976 Ford Granada in every driveway.

Instead we’ve got the free-state army types with their Obama phones that get abortions for votes and harbor illegals holding back the greatest generation.

They might not know what month it is, but they can sure tell you when to vote!

I’ve seen the school buses at KP picking them up, handing them a can of soup and promising a free haircut with every vote!

www.zerohedge.com/shutin-conspiracy-that-isn’t-true.org

(This was a parody)

I’m neither an educator nor a member of the schoolboard. I am also not an appointed or elected local official.

Re: Your County Board Serving YOU

Posted by Worker A <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Worker+A' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 20, 2020, 7:57 pm, in reply to "Your County Board Serving YOU"

Once again....zippp right over your head.

Yes, happens every year. Most of it is related to highway funds. They have to appropriate it every year, even if it’s a multi-year project. So, it doesn’t necessarily mean the money will get spent.

Please reread the last sentence.

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Posted by opinionated <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=opinionated' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 20, 2020, 8:35 pm, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

I read it. I understand it. Poor planning to have that much left on "uncompleted" projects. Why weren't those projects in the ground? Too much pork?

Every member of the House and Senate are richer tonight because of the economy of Donald Trump. You're Welcome!

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Posted by Worker A <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Worker+A' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 20, 2020, 8:42 pm, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

Hmm i guess i missed where it stated it was for "uncompleted" projects.

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Posted by Bluangel <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Bluangel' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 20, 2020, 9:04 pm, in reply to "Your County Board Serving YOU"

I don't understand, Opie .. if you trim fat (unnecessary spending), then you will eventually have a surplus.

"Fight like Hell!"

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Posted by Wally Bunker <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Wally+Bunker' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 20, 2020, 9:08 pm, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

Not every gubment entity can be as efficient and sparking as GC Opie. Please dont hold the county to that unrealistic standard.

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Posted by Worker A <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Worker+A' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 20, 2020, 9:26 pm, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

Yes, Granite was sure efficient planning for the inevitable sewer collapse. Guess most of that went into the pension trough.

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Posted by opinionated <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=opinionated' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 20, 2020, 9:28 pm, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

Did you not see the word delayed? That means planned but not completed.

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Posted by opinionated <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=opinionated' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 20, 2020, 9:29 pm, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

A noble idea Blu. And yes Wallace Granite should have raised sewers fees years ago to make needed repairs.

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Posted by Worker A <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Worker+A' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 20, 2020, 9:33 pm, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

Good lord man! You are dense. That statement says what the POSSIBILITIES COULD BE. It doesn't say that is fact.

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Posted by Worker A <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Worker+A' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 20, 2020, 9:35 pm, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

No, they should have taken the sewer fees and applied them to what they were intended for, not used them for other purposes. What they collect should be enough. If not, poor planning on the part of the city.

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Posted by Wally Bunker <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Wally+Bunker' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 20, 2020, 9:43 pm, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

Now you have to admit thats funny, maybe even the comment of the day.

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Posted by Worker A <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Worker+A' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 20, 2020, 9:44 pm, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

Reading comprehension folks.

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Posted by opinionated <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=opinionated' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 20, 2020, 9:47 pm, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

And how do you know how they spent the money? Are you an insider or do you and your mom live in one of those sewers?

Every member of the House and Senate are richer tonight because of the economy of Donald Trump. You're Welcome!

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Posted by Wally Bunker <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Wally+Bunker' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 20, 2020, 9:51 pm, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

Dont say that, no way could Granite city have been derelict in its duties. It was all good until that last guy came on board at the MESD. Its his fault for not cutting the grass. Didnt you learn anything from the bathtub experiment?

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Posted by Worker A <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Worker+A' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 20, 2020, 9:51 pm, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

YOU were the one that stated the above SCENARIO as fact. In FACT, the original statement doesn't say anything about what happened.

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Posted by Wally Bunker <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Wally+Bunker' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 20, 2020, 9:53 pm, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

Opie, good point, this is Illinois, we are all living in a sewer of sorts.

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Posted by Worker A <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Worker+A' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 20, 2020, 9:53 pm, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

Well at least Poor Ol Elroy set the story straight, but some just can't get off being taken to the cleaners by the family run govt in Granite.

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Posted by opinionated <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=opinionated' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 20, 2020, 9:53 pm, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

It said “delayed “. What don’t you understand about that word?

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Posted by opinionated <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=opinionated' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 20, 2020, 9:56 pm, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

Too few years left in my life to worry about fixing Illinois Wally.

Every member of the House and Senate are richer tonight because of the economy of Donald Trump. You're Welcome!

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Posted by Wally Bunker <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Wally+Bunker' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 20, 2020, 9:57 pm, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

But wait, how is any of this Trumps fault?

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Posted by Worker A <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Worker+A' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 20, 2020, 9:57 pm, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

Often it is for a specific project or program that are either multi-year, have been delayed, or have been completed but not paid for.

That is a possible scenario. If it wasn't the sentence would have started with "the reason it was delayed" or " it was delayed".

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Posted by Wally Bunker <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Wally+Bunker' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 20, 2020, 9:58 pm, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

Fair enough.

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Posted by Wally Bunker <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Wally+Bunker' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 20, 2020, 10:46 pm, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

Hell, you could live long enough to see Illinois in the black.

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Posted by bob <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=bob' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 20, 2020, 11:27 pm, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

Don't they know where the surplus came from?

If you don't read the papers, you're uninformed. If you read the papers, you're misinformed. - Mark Twain

Tax Levy

Posted by Stephen Adler <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Stephen+Adler' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 21, 2020, 5:19 am, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

I didn't see that budgets detail, as I don't sit on the Madison County Board any longer, but just be aware that the County carrying over a surplus is a form of abatement, sans the paperwork.

Money carried over (never levied) will not show up on your tax bill; we already paid for it once, right?

If we don't spend this money up this year...how will we ask for more next year?
Should every government operate as Springfield does?

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So they keep the carry over and will levy for the same project again. They all do it. They should keep no more than a five per cent fund balance.

Every member of the House and Senate are richer tonight because of the economy of Donald Trump. You're Welcome!

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Posted by Wally Bunker <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Wally+Bunker' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 21, 2020, 10:23 am, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

Worker should be giving all the awards considering he was one of the only ones wise enough to escape this hell hole.

Re: Tax Levy

The 5% is already a line item in the annual budget known as contingency.

"Fight like Hell!"

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Posted by Bluangel <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Bluangel' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 21, 2020, 12:59 pm, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

Controlling costs associated with engineering fees need to be looked into.

Before I would suggest raising sewer fees, I would like to see how the revenue from the fee has been used prior.

It was initially applied to maintain, repair and replace annually, was it not?

"Fight like Hell!"

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Posted by Wally Bunker <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Wally+Bunker' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 21, 2020, 1:11 pm, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

But now they actually are at a point where they must actually maintain, repair and replace.

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Posted by Bluangel <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/GraniteGossip/info/user=Bluangel' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on January 21, 2020, 1:32 pm, in reply to "Re: Your County Board Serving YOU"

How many sewer districts within Madison County?

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