Cornell, Mayo and Dunn for Glen Ellyn Park Board

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

Today we wholeheartedly endorse Kathy Cornell, Gary Mayo and Richard Dunn for the Glen Ellyn Park District Board of Commissioners.

Since we were elected to the Glen Ellyn Park District Board in 2009 we have worked towards greater fiscal responsibility and increased transparency, but time and time again President Hess and the other commissioners blocked us from making progress on these issues. Our efforts to videotape board meetings, provide basic financial information to the Board, reduce waste in the budget, eliminate deficit spending, and create a facility and fields usage study were all voted down on 4-3 votes. In order to make progress on these issues the community needs to elect new Park District commissioners on April 5.

Kathy, Gary and Rich share our values and have similar goals for the Park District. They want to balance the budget and create a realistic strategic plan based on needs and analysis. They want to stop deficit spending, cut unnecessary costs and prevent wasteful spending to help our overburdened taxpayers. They want the park district to be more responsive to the community and make it easier for the public to learn about the business of the park district. They want to focus on improving playing fields, maintaining our parks, restoring the Lake Ellyn boathouse and conserving our open spaces.

We believe that Kathy, Gary and Rich are the best candidates for the Park District Board. For more information, check out their website at www.cornellmayodunn.com. Please join us in voting for them on April 5, or vote early starting March 14.

Sincerely,

Jay Kinzler,

Melissa Creech,

Julia Nephew

February Meeting: 2010 & 2011 Budgets, Park Improvement List

The agenda and packet for the Glen Ellyn Park District February 15, 2011 meeting are online. This is a regular meeting.

The Board will first hold a special meeting to amend the 2010 Budget and Appropriations Ordinance because the budget that was approved by the Board in 2010 was overspent by $500,000. The Board will also have a final vote on the 2011 Budget which anticipates deficit spending of over $360,000.

The Board will then continue with our regular meeting where we will discuss the Park Improvement List that I mentioned in my last post. There was an interesting article about this subject in TribLocal recently: Glen Ellyn parks official aims to shift focus to neighborhood parks

Glen Ellyn Park District board meetings are always open to the public and are held in the board room at the Spring Avenue Recreation Center at 7:00 p.m. Please join us!