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Streets, PPD reveal preliminary budgets Budget process starts for next fiscal year BY MARNEY SIMON Enterprise Staff @plainfieldnews sweditor@enterprisepublications.com
The village of Plainfield has started the process to get the books in order for the upcoming fiscal year. On Oct. 22, the Committee of the Whole heard the first budget proposals for fiscal year 2020 (FY20), which begins on May 1, 2019. The committee heard preliminary budgets for the streets department as well as the Plainfield Police Department. The streets department proposed budget for FY20 is up slightly from the current fiscal year, with total projected costs of $3.9 million. That’s up from $3.8 million in FY19. The FY20 budget includes $1.6 million in salaries and wages, $719,600 in benefits, and $821,000 in contractual services. The budget also includes $20,000 for tree removal in FY20. Within the village’s forestry division, more than 500 parkway trees have already been removed, and more than 4,200 new trees have been planted. Director of Public Works Allen Persons told the committee that in-house maintenance labor can save the village significant amounts of money each year, by allowing the village to use their own employees verSEE BUDGETS PAGE 6
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