Monday, February 4, 2013

FOIA requests, scrutiny bring expense for Belvidere Township | Belvidere Daily Republican

Written by Bob Balgemann

The township budgeted $40,000 for legal expenses and with two months left in the current fiscal year has spent $31,834.38. The same amount was earmarked for legal fees in 2011-12, with $14,311 actually being spent.

The difference in the two years is increased scrutiny over how the township handles the public’s money, sparked primarily by two issues that arose in 2011-12.

One of them was the attempted purchase of the old Eagle’s Club building on Locust Avenue. Township voters rejected that acquisition during a town hall meeting in October 2011.

Read more of the FOIA requests by clicking on the following:  FOIA requests, scrutiny bring expense for Belvidere Township | Belvidere Daily Republican

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