O’Rourke’s agenda item discussion makes it to full board. See page 3. SPORTS
Akenten leads AllArea team PAGE 9
Your Complete Source For Plainfield News Since 1887 Thursday, April 6, 2017
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VILLAGE NEWS
Balanced budget for Plainfield
Village expects $64.8 million in revenue in FY18 BY MARNEY SIMON Enterprise Staff @plainfieldnews sweditor@enterprisepublications.com
PHOTO BY MARNEY SIMON | ENTERPRISE STAFF
As warm weather heads this way, April has been declared Annual Safe Digging Month by the village of Plainfield. Residents are reminded to call JULIE at 811 before any digging project.
The fiscal picture looks good as the village of Plainfield enters the new 2017-2018 fiscal year (FY18). On April 3, the village board passed the FY18 annual budget. For the upcoming fiscal year, the village looks to take in $64.8 million in revenue, including $7 million in property taxes, $16.1 million in state of Illinois taxes, and $19.5 million in charges for services. The Village looks to end the year in the black if they stay on budget, with an anticipated $62.8 million in expenditures. Those expenditures include $12.9 million and salaries and wages, $16.4 million in contractual services, and $7.4 million in capital outlay costs.
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