DeKalb’s whittling of its workforce to meet budgetary goals has not made much of a dent in the liability for compensated absences. [table id=27 /]
City of DeKalb’s Post-Employment Expenditures
For a number of years, the City of DeKalb has provided post-employment health and life insurance coverage for all of its retirees, whether contractually obligated or not. Known as Other Post-Employment Benefits (OPEB), this program has been changed for greater sustainability as a result of recommendations by Executive Partners, Inc. (EPI) in May 2009. Perhaps…
City of DeKalb Claims Breakdown: Workers Comp
The following is a year-over-year look at City of DeKalb’s Workers Compensation liabilities along with total claims payables and Workers Comp Fund deficit information for comparisons’ sake. [table id=25 /] Claims Payable (in the table as “Total Claims Payable”) is a liability listed on net assets statements. DeKalb’s Claims Payable used to include health insurance,…
AG Says City of DeKalb Did Not Violate Open Meetings Act in April
Just as I was thinking it must be time to check whether something got lost in the mail, news of the Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor’s (PAC’s) decision arrived about a possible Open Meetings Act (OMA) violation made by the City of DeKalb last April. Back then I submitted to the PAC a Request for…
City of DeKalb’s Liabilities
The following are selected year-over-year figures from asset statements found in DeKalb’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFRs). [table id=24 /] Notes: –The liabilities reported here come from governmental and proprietary activities. They do not include pension liabilities. –“Other” liabilities include both payables and unearned tax revenues. Both accounts payable and unearned property taxes roughly doubled…
Oh, So Very Balanced
While the City of DeKalb touts balanced General Fund budgets, deficits in other funds are growing. [table id=23 /]
EIU Enrollment Down, Some Dorm Floors to be Empty
This is an AP story but I haven’t seen it locally. Eight of the 17 floors at Carman Hall will be empty and kept closed because the university doesn’t need the space, The Mattoon Journal Gazette and Charleston Times-Courier reported. […] No layoffs are planned but open positions on the dorm’s staff will remain unfilled…
Rockford Moves to Seek Bids for Ambulance Service
…and street sweeping. Rockford Register Star: The City Council Finance and Personnel Committee and City Council approved a controversial request involving ambulance service at meetings Monday night. The committee’s aldermen voted unanimously to let city staff develop a request for proposals from the private sector for citywide ambulance response. The Rockford Fire Department provides the…
City of DeKalb Revenue Projections
As we saw in the previous post, DeKalb has had a difficult time coming to terms with population loss since 2007. It’s not difficult to see why: a “grow or die” mentality, a downtown beautification plan at stake, an $88.5 million high school to justify, and so forth. But before we go any further, let’s…
DeKalb is Marketing a Population of 50,000
City of DeKalb’s 2011 economic development marketing materials: DeKalb’s proximity to major markets and the community’s cultural and educational opportunities are primary reasons why the City is steadily growing. In January 2004, and again in October 2007, the U.S Census Bureau conducted a special census. The census determined that the DeKalb had grown from 39,018…