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DuPage County Board approves 2016 budget
The DuPage County Board recently approved the 2016 budget, which includes spending cuts and holds property taxes steady for the eighth consecutive year.
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Cullerton: Rauner holding fuel-tax revenue 'hostage' during budget impasse
Normally, revenue received by a state from fuel taxes is returned to municipalities throughout the state to cover the costs of products and services to keep the roads healthy and safe.
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DuPage County CDC Executive Committee OKs 25 funding requests for 2016
The DuPage County Community Development Commission's (CDC) Executive Committee recently held its Final Summary for 2015 public meeting.
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Cullerton bill to distribute gas-tax revenue heads to governor's desk
With the help of State Sen. Tom Cullerton (D-Dist. 23), DuPage County residents' communities finally may get millions of dollars in state tax revenues that have been held up during the budget impasse.
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DuPage County Technology Committee OKs software, utility contracts
The DuPage County Technology Committee held its regular meeting recently in Wheaton.
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Cullerton calls for budget solution as social-service cuts weigh on needy
With more organizations forced to curtail services to senior citizens because of the Illinois state budget impasse, State Sen. Tom Cullerton (D-Dist. 23) recently spent time delivering meals to elderly residents in Glendale Heights as part of a program sponsored by the DuPage Senior Citizens’ Council -- a program, like many, hit by budget cuts.
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Bensenville trustees discuss plan to buy land, job fair for new Jewel
The Village of Bensenville Board of Trustees recently held its regular meeting.
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DuPage County seeks grant proposals for water-improvement projects
DuPage County Stormwater Management currently is seeking grant proposals for projects aimed at improving and preserving the community's streams and rivers, as well as managing stormwater flows in and around them.
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Preliminary floodplain map includes Willow Street, Bryn Mawr in Itasca
The Village of Itasca has been closely following work by DuPage County, the Illinois State Water Survey (ISWS) and FEMA as they update the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) and the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) for DuPage County.
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Start new year with emergency security through Smart911 profile
DuPage County is urging residents to sign up for its Smart911 program in the new year.
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County Health and Human Services to discuss Ride DuPage services
The DuPage County Board of Health and Human Services is scheduled to meet at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday in Room 3500A of Village Hall, 421 N. County Farm Road in Wheaton, to discuss resolutions and agreements related to providing transportation services to eligible county residents through PACE Suburban Bus as part of Ride DuPage.
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Speed limit on stretch of County Farm Road may fall to 30 mph
The DuPage County Transportation Committee will discuss lowering the speed limit from 40 mph to 30 mph on County Farm Road between U.S. 20 and Swinford Road during its regular meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Room 3500B at 421 N. County Farm Road in Wheaton.
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DuPage Public Works to consider bid contracts, funds transfer at meeting
The DuPage County Public Works Committee will consider a joint services agreement with Hewlett-Packard and a proposed budgetary transfer to cover public-works salaries for 2015 during Tuesday's 9:15 a.m. meeting in Room 3500B, 421 N. County Farm Road in Wheaton.
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DuPage Environmental Committee to examine Strategic Report at meeting
The DuPage County Environmental Committee will hold its regular meeting at 8:45 a.m. Tuesday in Room 3500A of Wheaton City Hall, 421 N. County Farm Road, during which staff will provide a review briefing on the IEPA E-Waste Program Review Briefing, as well as present the County Trails Annual Report.
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Wheaton Housing Commission discusses programs for needy residents
A recent meeting of the Wheaton Housing Commission included a presentation by Habitat for Humanity.