OUR FULL PAGE VIP PARTY AD IN THE BROOKFIELD LANDMARK
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"BROOKFIELD FIRST" Newsletter, Volume 2
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The long awaited 2008 Brookfield audit has finally appeared, eight months into the next fiscal year. It would appear that the campaign crowing about how timely they prepare this document is at an end.
The financial condition of the village of Brookfield is worse than what was predicted by some forward thinkers. Bankrupt! Unreserved funds in the general fund at 2008 year end were at a negative $93,314. Does anyone remember the statement made in March, 2009 by Trustee Kit Ketchmark, financial liaison, that there was $3.1 million in the general fund? No wonder we are in trouble.
At the end of the 2005-06 fiscal year, Brookfield had $2.8 million in its general fund. In four years, this has disappeared. Some of this eroding of Brookfield's reserves has no doubt been due to the downturn in the economy, but people have to take a long look at the management of our village for further answers.
If you looked at the Agenda for the Brookfield Committee of the Whole meeting February 23, 2009 you may have noted that there was an item on the agenda titled IV- Line of Credit Extension. This was initially discussed as a need to renew the line of credit that the Village of Brookfield has at the 1st National Bank of Brookfield. The recommendation was to renew it for 1.5 million at an interest rate of 6%. The discussion then expanded to include a $25,000 buy out to induce employees to retire early, a 5 day unpaid furlough for employees, removal of the clean up week pick up and other cost cutting measures. These drastic measures have a huge impact on the Village and its residents; it is unfortunate that they were not included on the agenda as topics of discussion. There are many residents that view the agenda on-line or stop at the village hall to obtain a copy of the agenda. It’s a shame that residents will have to read about this in the paper, if at all. But, maybe that was the intent.
Interestingly, the next item on the agenda was to renew the contract for contract mowing of grass in the village. If the village is in such dire financial condition, why would it spend money for something that can be done in-house? They will tell you that the Public Works employees make too much to have them cut grass, but when necessity calls, the ends justify the means.
Brookfield's VIP Party announced the remainder of its 2009 slate via e-mail and online video over the weekend. With a pair of political veterans, Wil Brennan and Bill Russ, already on the ticket as the party's candidates for president and clerk respectively, the three trustee candidates are all new.
The candidate who may be the best known of the three is Leanne Digan, who has been a member of the Brookfield Zoning Board of Appeals for several years. Her running mates for trustee will be Richard "Dutch" Kostelnik, an Army veteran who served both in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2006-07, and Timothy W. Heilenbach.
Both Digan and Kostelnik appear in a video announcement of the VIP slate, which began running late last week.
Digan called for the village to spend its money more wisely and decried the one-party rule of the current PEP-dominated board, saying board members should be "more representative of our residents here in Brookfield."
No Bid Contracts? Is PEP buying off the Little League?
Who stands to gain a profit by this? Who’s friend got the job?
There was a special Brookfield village board meeting held March 13, 2008 at 4:30 p.m., a rather inconvenient time for most residents.
The meeting lasted four minutes and the Brookfield village trustees in attendance voted unanimously to approve a resolution to waive competitive bids and enter into a contract for fencing at Ehlert Park Western Conference Field for $39,900.
Is there any sane person, other than on the village board in Brookfield, who would not get competitive bids when spending almost $40,000 for such a mundane item such as fencing?
There are 45 fencing contractors in our local yellow pages and no doubt hundreds in the Chicago Metropolitan area, many of which are qualified to install or repair fencing.