Village of
Westchester April 2012 Newsletter
From the Desk of The President FIRE DEPT.
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POLICE DEPT.
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LIBRARY
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SCHOOLS
11 Public Works employee Vince Smith pictured above with his son Ty, who is preparing to follow in his dad’s footsteps.
PARK DISTRICT
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CALENDAR
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PUBLIC WORKS
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Dear Westchester Residents, I along with members of the Village Board, as well as Village Administration would like to “THANK YOU” for your overwhelming support and your “Yes” vote for our two referendum questions presented on the March 20th. Ballot. I was actually working on this edition of the newsletter when Village Manager Janet Matthys called me on election night with early results indicating that both items had passed by an overwhelming margin. I certainly had quite a bit of sleepless nights wondering if these measures would pass. I, along with all your elected officials live in Westchester and certainly do not like any sentence with the word “Tax” in it. However, the monies derived from this initiative will be dedicated to the multiple infrastructure repair
projects that we have wanted to begin, but did not have the funding to proceed. When I made the decision to run for office three years ago our primary platform items included fixing as many streets and sewers as possible, and reducing the flooding my family any yours have had to endure over the past few years. This new revenue stream, generated by the passing of the Sales Tax Referendum, will certainly help push these bold initiatives forward. I thank you for the confidence you have in me, your Village Trustees, and Village Administration. We will continue our pledge to “Not Let You Down.” With respect the Electricity Referendum,
See PRESIDENT, page 4