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latest news, issues and events in the Village of Roscoe.
Update on park and Fall Festival I talked to Mr. Mallicoat and he has assured me that he has know intention of forcing the Lions Club
to move the Fare to th park and He has decided against putting in a new basketball court. Not putting in a new court that
cost that much in the economy makes since. I would say though that if there is a problem with the cort that I would
just have it resurfaced which would be less money. It is good to know that he dosen't want the Fair to move, and
that they are saving the money in case things get worse then they are now. What the people need to know though is that the Village budget is largely supplemented by sales tax dollars. With
this in mind it is important to remember not to spend you money in other towns. Making purchases outside of the village puts
village services at risk and could force the Village to cut back on services. Probably the first thing to go would be Garbage
pickup which is not covered by any tax and comes from the general revenue of the Village.
Check the issues page for that latest waste
of money by the board!!!!!!!!
We have employees WHY
HIRE PEOPLE FROM THE OUTSIDE to do the work!!!! Well I found out the other day that the figure reported in the paper for mowing the grass was $15,000.00
and not $45,000.00. This is for five parks and the right of ways in the Village. I did notice that a correction was not
in the paper. I wonder who has friends in the mowing business that they want to mow the grass Well in the boards ultimat wisdom they have decided to send even more money to study hiring outside
personel to mow the grass in the parks and along the road. Well by the time they do the study and put it out for bid they
will probably have spent any savings they might get by contracting the work out. We need to get ride of these people that
say one thing and then do another. The board isn't paying any attention to the important things in town and taken way to much
time on stupid things like this. They have hired summer help to do this work in the past and most of these were college kids
or high school kids that needed jobs. Well that will end if they do this. Lets start the push to put these people out of office.
I'm real tired of hearing one thing that they are going to do and then they just forget it or do the exact opposite. IT IS TIME FOR THESE PEOPLE TO GO LETS SEND THEM THE MESSAGE THAT UNLESS THEY START
WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE AND NOT FOR THERE OWN AGENDA THEY HAVE TO GO!!!!!!!
2010-01-13 17:25:10 Now they are going to want us to pay for our trash pickup see the issues page for details
2009-12-18You
sometimes have people run for office that don't know what they are getting into and Chad DuBree is one of them. I recently
received all the meeting attendance sheets since April and noticed that Mr. DuBree attended meetings pretty good at first.
Well in the last couple of months when he needs to be there during the budget meetings he has been absent. What kind of representation
is he giving the people of the village if he is not at the meetings. He has missed almost 25% of the meetings that the board
has had since he was elected. I didn't miss this many meetings in 8 years. He said all sorts of things in his information
that he passed out during election but he sure isn't living up to what he said. In the next couple of weeks I will be
distributing this information to the people in the Village so they can see what was said and to show you that I'm not just
blowing smoke. He wasn't even at the last board meeting from what I understand. I EXPECT REPRESENTATION AND I'M NOT GETTING
IT.
2009-12-03 Well another dumb move by the Village Officials. On Monday night John Cabello
a candidate for Representative had a town hall meeting at Kinnikinnick School and the only board member that showed up was
Stacy Malicoat. Stan Smith was working so he is excused, but we elected these people to do a job and they seem
to just blow off important meetings. It is important that the Village stay on good terms with all levels of State Government
so we continue to get state money for projects in Roscoe. Weather you agree with what someone is saying or not we still need
to listen and get along. I went to this meeting and this man has good ideas and a drive that you don't see in someone that
has been in office for a long time. Most of the candidates that are up for election have been in office for many years
and look what kind of shape this country is in now. We need young blood in these offices to spur new ideas. Maybe these board
members that are to lazy to show up for important meetings shouldn't have a future with the Village remember this at the next
election please.
2009-11-23 Attached are the agendas for the meetings tonight and Tuesday. It dosen't appear that
they have much on the agenda except wanting to charge you more for zoning permits. I thought we paid taxes to have these services
and we have employees there to do the job already so why do we need to raise the fees. Charging for a written zoning
clarification is a good idea that takes time. But this is still something that we pay taxes for and we have hired a person
to do this for the Village so why is it needed. Justify this to the people before just imposing another unreasonable fee on
us!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2009-11-15 Last week I
noticed that the village had on the agenda for the committee meeting to hire a Freedom Of Information Officer. What the hell
are these people thinking they probably only have two or three requests a year and they want to hire someone to do this job.
We pay and attorney every month let him ro the job. The people in town need to stand up and put these people in place
and tell them that money does not grow on trees. If they need to have a FOIA officer appointment one of the employees
to do it. Also on the agenda was something
about garbage cans not being placed on the curb more then 24 hours before pickup and being taken in after pickup. Now we are
going to be garbage police I guess. Its not a bad idea but give us a break and work on things that are going to bring our
taxes down instead of just going through the motions and making busy work for themselves. The people in the Village need to contact the chairmen of the committees. The board only
has one chair now and that is the village president and other then trying to control everything that goes on in the village he is
not accomplishing anything. He should be taking care of the bigger picture like economic development and bringing more tax
dollars into the Village. I know we have land valued at over 4 million dollars in the village that is being farmed and should
not be and the property owner only pays about $400.00 in taxes this doesn't seem right to me. I we have to pay
our share of the taxes he should have to also. 2009-10-24 Well I just heard that some of the Board
members are building shrines to themselves in the new building. A 400sf office is a little bit much for one person especially
when some of the other employees are going to be in a what looks to be a closet in the new building. How much room does
one man need when he is only in the building part time and . I heard it didn't cost anything to do this but it will
in the long run when we en up putting the walls back in because we need more offices. Come on people lets get real and quit
wasting the tax payers money on projects that haven't been authorized by the rest of the board and that are not needed for
the Village to function.  2009-10-16 Well last night the board voted
against the ordnance that meant nothing and hopefully they will quit wasting time on this and move on. Some former board members
stood up and said that the former board voted against putting the range in and, this is not true. The board never voted against
putting the range. We decided not to equip the range at this time but we never voted against the range. The board decided to also donate $500.00 to the fight against breast cancer
but Trustee Sue Petty was against doing this because it didn't look right and violated the separation of church and state
rules because this fund is associated with Saint Anthony Hospital. If this rule is followed to the letter cities and townships
would have to quite taking care of cemetery's because the headstones have crosses on them. Come on Wake UP and Take Care Of the Bigger Issues in town and let The Supreme Court Worry
About Issues Like this. The founding fathers in my opinion did not mean for this to be used in this type of issue. Using tax
dollars to find a cure for cancer is a worthy cause and a proper way of using tax dollars then some of the things the board
uses the money for. This could be the $500.00 that could makes the difference. If they didn't want the gun
range why didn't they decided this before they spent all the extra money making it a gun range. The board in there ultimate
wisdom planned for a gun range built the walls for one and then decided to waste more money on and ordnance that means nothing
as it can be changed at any time. Wake up people and quit wasting the tax payers money. A place for police officers to train
is important and this should be completed when the money becomes available in the future. To have the village attorney make and ordinance for this was insane and a waste of money.
everyone in town needs to stand up and tell them to take care of business and quit being children.
Trustee DuBree Quit Complaining TRUSTEE DUBREE'S LETTER TO NEWSPAPER 2009-10-01FOR A MAN THAT SAYS THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING WRONG IN THE VILLAGE I HEAR LITTLE OUT OF HIM
AT BOARD MEETINGS. HE SAID THE PEOPLE PUT HIM IN OFFICE TO WATCH THIS KIND OF SPENDING BUT HE STILL SAYS NOTHING WHEN THE
BILLS ARE PRESENTED AND HE VOTES TO APPROVE THEM. IF SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT SPEAK UP AT THE MEETING DON'T JUST SIT IN
YOUR CHAIR AND SAY NOTHING. ALSO THE FINANCE CHAIR DOESN'T HAVE CONTROL OVER THE MONEY SPENT IN THE VILLAGE THE BOARD
HAS THAT CONTROL. WAKE UP AND QUIT COMPLAINING AND TAKE A STAND ON SOMETHING
INSTEAD OF SENDING LETTERS TO THE NEWS PAPER BEFORE YOU TALK TO THE PEOPLE YOU ARE THERE TO WORK WITH. I KNOW FROM WORKING AROUND BOARD MEMBERS AND BEING ONE FOR EIGHT YEARS THAT THE VILLAGE WILL WORK
BETTER THROUGH COMUNICATION THEN IT WILL IF YOU ARE JUST BITCHING ABOUT EVERYTHING AND NOT TRING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM BY TALKING
IT OUT. IF YOU ARE HAVING A PROBLEM GETTING THINGS ACROSS THEN MAYBE YOU ARE IN THE WRONG POSITION AND SHOULD STICK
WITH THE ICE CREAM STORE.
2009-10-02 Another night of complaining
by Mr DuBree this time about not having the audit report. He said that everything was suppose to be in there notebooks at
the meeting, which is normally right. How do you get and audit report at a meeting and expect to understand it and ask questions
about it if you only have 5 Min. to read it. The Village President advised him that had been put in if mail box at the village
Hall and he should have picked it up and read it before the meeting. This shows just how clueless this Trustee is when it
comes to what is happening in the village. Go fill ice cream cones!!!!!
Annexation Agreement between Mr.
Petry and the Village of Roscoe
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