How the Park District Plans to “Take Care of What We Have” T
In the years preceding the 2010 Referendum, the Park District gathered information from residents on their recreational needs. We asked about the types of recreational opportunities you felt were missing or needed to improve.
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First, residents asked for new and improved amenities such as an indoor pool, athletic fields that were more resistant to rain outs, more walking trails and pathways, and a larger/full-service fitness center. Secondly, you asked the District to “take care of what we had. ou asked us to fix or replace old playgrounds, improve existing athletic fields, and keep pathways, parking lots, and buildings in good repair.
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The 2010 Referendum allowed the District to issue bonds and create a capital improvement plan to address resident needs. A condensed timeline of that plan appears along the bottom of the page. We also created a system to set aside funds to ensure that we could “take care of what we had”.
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x Bill 2016 a T ty Grade School D93- 49.3% High School D87- 24.4% College of DuPage- 2.7% DuPage County- 1.4% Health Department- 0.5% Airport Authority- 0.1% Township- 1.0% Township Roads- 1.1% Library- 3.1% Fire District- 8.5% Park District- 6.3% Forest Preserve- 1.6%
Community Needs Assessment Slepicka Park Simkus Recreation Center electronic sign Armstrong Park/ Elk Trail Recreation Center lighting
2008
Cambridge Park & Charger Court playgrounds 280 Kuhn Maintenance building
Corporate Fund- 17.6% Recreation Fund- 15.3%
Financial Report
Paving & Lighting Fund- 0.4% FICA Fund- 3.6%
Year ending 12/31/16 *unaudited information. OPERATING FUNDS
Audit Fund- 0.4% Liability Fund- 2.8% Special Recreation Fund- 6.1% IMRF Fund- 3.8% Bond & Interest Fund- 50.0%
The Park District was fortunate to receive several grants. Keeping in mind the residents’ direction, a portion of those grant dollars have been set aside for future capital repairs. Beginning in 2016, with the completion of a majority of its referendum projects, the Park District has begun to systematically set aside a portion of earned revenue produced by each facility for its future maintenance and repairs.The funds are categorized by facility such as Coral Cove Water Park, Fountain View Fitness, Coyote Crossing Mini Golf, or McCaslin Sports Complex. By setting aside dollars now, the Park District will reduce its reliance on the issuance of bonds as the only alternative to cover costly repairs. That doesn’t mean we won’t ever have to issue bonds, but it does mean that we are committed to saving for the future and reducing the impact on our tax-payers.
Referendum Vote Passes
Over the next several years the Park District will continue to set aside funds for future repairs and to replace broken or outdated equipment. We believe this approach will help us to be better stewards of our residents’ tax dollars, and ensure that we can “take care of what we have”.
Property/Corporate Taxes Interest/Recovery of Cost Rentals Sponsorships/Vending Concessions Programs Awards/Grants/Donation/Other Due from Other Funds Total Revenues
REVENUE 3,625,494 101,161 175,381 59,307 45,088 3,986,278 96,042 96,202 8,184,953
ages/ enefits Utilities Services Supplies Auditing Improvements Insurance Retirement IMRF Total Expenses Total Operating Net
EXPENSES 4,742,086 520,079 1,279,846 614,578 23,250 301,645 166,348 313,115 7,960,947 224,006
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUNDS Property Taxes for Bonds Interest/Bond Proceeds Recovery of Cost Donations Total Revenues
REVENUE 4,532,895 8,765 267,112 23,715 4,832,487
Salaries/ enefits Services Capital Improvements Tax Allocation-WDSRA Supplies Debt Service Transfers Total Expenses Total Capital Net
EXPENSES 18,588 47,490 1,189,263 236,435 3,148 4,279,909 17,665 5,792,498 (960,011)
Timeline of Tax
Bark Park Jirsa, Memorial and Tedrahn Park playgrounds
Stonebridge & Sundance Park playgrounds
Kuhn Road trail connects to regional trail
Slepicka Park silo renovation
Steve Ravanesi Trail to the Great Western Trail opens
Simkus Recreation Center office renovation
Design begins for Fountain View Recreation Center
McCaslin Park water/sewer
2009
2010
2011
Armstrong Park Lake George shoreline stabilization Glenbard North High School turf field
Aldrin Community Center farewell and demolition Armstrong Park/DuPage County demolition; flood project begins McCaslin Park artificial turf fields in use Fountain View Recreation Center construction IL-64 Underpass lighting
2012