Wednesday, August 19, 2009

State grant to help pay OT to Belvidere cops - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

 

The Integrated Mini Grant Enforcement money will be used by the department to pay off-duty Belvidere officers to work overtime in various assignments patrolling high-crash intersections, seat belt enforcement zones at traffic-light and stop-sign intersections, residential speeding patrols and downtown patrols.

State grant to help pay OT to Belvidere cops - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

The Belvidere Daily Republican. - Regional Business Expo 2009 coming Sept. 10

The Belvidere Area Chamber of Commerce is participating in the Regional Business Expo 2009, along with Chambers of Commerce from Rockford, DeKalb, Freeport, Byron, Greater Beloit, Oregon, The Parks and Winnebago.

The Belvidere Daily Republican. - Regional Business Expo 2009 coming Sept. 10

County might bond expansions to courthouse, jail through stimulus | Daily Chronicle

I did some look-back on what DeKalb County might do with the public portion of the Recovery Zone Bonds.  [Previously posted here as: http://boonecountywatchdog.blogspot.com/2009/08/public-hearing-on-countywide-recovery.html

Well Boone County Taxpayers you better get ready-- the 6 figure income from DeKalb prisoners being housed in Boone County maybe in jeopardy. 

DeKalb County pays the jail at Boone County  sufficiently, that over $125,000 in net income is budgeted as annual income by Boone County.  That income will be gone soon if DeKalb can add onto its own jail.

The DeKalb County Board’s Finance Committee made a recommendation to the county board to have that zone include the whole county, with an intention to finance building expansions to both the jail and the courthouse on the county’s Sycamore campus.

County officials have grappled with an overcrowded jail and courthouse for years. In July, the county board authorized administrators to begin working on a capital funding plan for the courthouse and jail, with the idea to sell bonds to finance the new construction

Click on the following for the rest of the story:  County might bond expansions to courthouse, jail through stimulus | Daily Chronicle