Tuesday, January 12, 2010

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Mr. Katz warns that past experience suggests such conjecture is likely fruitless. "One thing we've learned is that when we attempt to forecast jobs 10 or 15 years out, we don't even get the categories right," he says.

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Poplar Grove seeks new contract with sheriff

Trustees voted 6-0 Monday night to terminate the current protection contract with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department and negotiate a new one with better terms.

wages and benefits for two full-time deputies who work 12-hour shifts on rotating days. The village also furnishes the squad cars those deputies use, and a new car is required this year. Trustee Maria Forrest suggested last week that the new car would need to be financed.

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Crystal Lake’s Sales tax forecasts on target

The increase bumped the sales tax rate to 7.75 percent in the city when it went into effect in summer 2008. City officials planned carefully when the home-rule sales tax increase was approved, Director of Finance Mark Nan­nini said.

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