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Budget talks focus on public works department Streets division expects budget to increase 1.7 percent in 2016-17 By Andrea Earnest Enterprise Staff
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lainfield resident Drew Duszynski, 5, was diagnosed with a rare kidney disease and liver disorder, known as autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease and congenital hepatic fibrosis.
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Drew Duszynski was born in 2010 a few minutes before his twin sister, Abby. Drew was soon diagnosed with a rare kidney disease and liver disorder, known as autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease and congenital hepatic fibrosis.
The Plainfield Village Board’s discussion of its 2016-17 fiscal year budget continued at its Oct. 26 Committee of the Whole meeting with a presentation from the village’s public works department. Allen Persons, director of public works, gave an overview of street maintenance and repairs, the department’s responsibilities during weatherby the related emergencies numbers and the village’s public works forestry program. According to 700: Public works typically the presentation, performs more Persons said public than 700 street works typically light repairs each performs more than year. 700 street light repairs 1,750: Plainfield Forestry Program, each year. Recently, which removed the department 1,750 parkway ash has started adding trees this year. LED lights within $280,000: the village. He Snow removal budget will be said 500 of these about $280,000, lights have been compared with added throughout $234,000 last year. Plainfield so far. Persons added that the village pays a reduced rate for LED lights and said the hope is to convert more lights to LED. Trustee Bill Lamb asked about the public works department’s chain of command during emergency events, such as blizzards. “Ultimately, the responsibility falls on my shoulders,” Persons said, adding that there is a crew leader on each shift that could make decisions if he is unavailable. Lamb said language should be added
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