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Village wants to dip into bond funds to cover costs associated with pensions By Laura Katauskas Staff Reporter
The village of Bolingbrook is proposing a balanced budget that dips into bond funds to cover costs associated with pension and health insurance costs, a main cause of increased expenditures for the village. Expenditures for the total proposed 2014-2015 fiscal budget are projected at approximately $119. 3 million, while total Jim bOan estimated revenue is Village attorney $112.2 million. The $7.1 million difference will come from bond funds ($5.5 million); and accumulated fund balances in Wastewater ($641,319); debt >> See PEnSiOn | page 5