OFFICIAL PUBUCATION Of THE VILLACIE OIF DLOOC2llteQ0&LIE Volume 13, Number 4 August 1988 Applications for these booths will be ac• cepted until all available spaces have been filled. To date, 51 spots have been •0 jp spoken for. No refunds will be made on reserved spaces after August 15. Call Vi Morrisroe, Septemberfest Commission Chairman, at 980-7723 for details. Entertainment this year will feature a variety. Mike Letteri with M&R Music will act as disc jockey. A talent contest featuring local talent will be part of the afternoon's entertainment. The Bare• Once again, Bloomingdale proudly pre• foot Hawaiians dance troupe will also will go to "Breakthrough House," a sents its annual Septemberfest from 11 be featured during the afternoon. home In Downers Grove for recovering A.IVI. - 6 P.M. on Sunday, September 11 alcoholic women, the only one In all of (rain date Sept. 18). The official festivi• DuPage County. It is a not-for-profit or• ties will begin with a balloon launch at ganization supported entirely by chur• noon at the stage area located on Frank• ches and individual contributions. lin Street. For your convenience, handicapped park• Part of the opening ceremonies will be ing will be located at Central School, the crowning of the Bloomingdale Sep• which will also have parking available temberfest Queen. All young ladies be• for the booth people, although not for tween the ages of 15 and 21 who are the public. Lost and Found is located residents of Bloomingdale are invited to next to the First Aid Station in the Fire enter. Department. The lucky young lady and her court will The Septemberfest Commission sug• receive many wonderful prizes donated gests you leave your car at home to by Bloomingdale merchants. Once a- Of course, Septemberfest wouldn't be help alleviate traffic problems. Watch gain the official jeweler for the Queen the same unless we had some of our for more details on the big day as Sep• Contest will be Lustig Jewelers of Strat• traditional specials returning for yet temberfest approaches. Inside this issue ford Square. another round of merriment. One of these of the Almanac, you will find a helpful is the Ice Cream Social sponsored by St. map of the Septemberfest site. See you All entries must be in by September 6. Paul's Church on First Street. all there! Judging will take place at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 10 at the Village The Friends of the Library will be selling Hall. For more information on the Queen books and the Garden Club will have Contest and the entry form, see page 6. dried flowers. By popular demand, Sep• temberfest T-shirts will also be on sale. The Septemberfest celebration will once again include numerous booths spon• In conjunction with Septemberfest, the sored by local organizations featuring Bloomingdale Women's Club will be food and games. The food booths are sponsoring its 16th annual Festival of sponsored by NOT-FOR-PROFIT organi• Arts in the First Chicago Bank of Du- zations in town. Many fine crafts and Page parking lot. Featured will be both antique booths will be located along fine arts and crafts, as well as refresh• Third Street. ments. Profits from the BWC festival VILLAGE BOARD & COMMISSION RECYCLING VEHICLE MEETINGS PROGRAM STICKERS The public is encouraged to attend all Between 7/1/88 to 12/1/88, Vehicle Stic• Board & Commission meetings. kers & Motorcycle Tags can be pur• REGULAR MEETINGS The Village of Bloomingdale will be con• chased at half-year rate for new resi• OF THE VILLAGE BOARD ducting a pilot recycling program begin• dents and for new purchases. Besides 2nd and 4th Monday of every month ning in September. the Village Hall, new locations are now 7:30 P.M. — Village Hall available: The pilot area will cover approximately COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE 1,200 dwelling units located in a dis• FIRST CHICAGO BANK OF DuPAGE 1st, 2nd and 4th Mondays of every month trict roughly bordered by Edgewater Main Bank 7:30 P.M. —Village Hall Drive, Glen Ellyn Road, Army Trail Road Firsts Lake Streets and Bloomingdale Road. The Village PLAN COMMISSION WEST SUBURBAN BANK Board has authorized the allocation of 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month Stratford Square $40,000 to fund the program expected to 8:00 P.M.— Village Hall Army Trail & Springfield Drive run for a year. BOARD OF FIRE SPRINGBROOK Browning Ferris Industries (BFI) will run AND POLICE COMMISSIONERS CURRENCY EXCHANGE a special truck on regular garbage days 3rd Thursday of every month Springbrook Shopping Center which will be designed to pick up glass, 7:00 P.M. —Village Hall newspapers, tin and aluminum. Resi• 156-H E. Lake Street POLICE PENSION BOARD dents will be responsible for keeping Residents who have lived here for more Quarterly beginning in January these items separated into containers than 30 days or whose vehicle is more 1st Wednesday supplied by the Village. than 30 days old, must purchase vehicle 7:00 PM-Village Hall stickers at the Village Hall, 201 S. Bloom• Homeowner participation in the program ingdale Road. E.S.D.A. is not mandatory; however, it is hoped 1 St Tuesday of every month that residents will take part in it. Each 7:30 P.M. —Village Hall residence in the pilot area will be re• WATER BILLS OLD TOWN COMMISSION ceiving a letter outlining the program in Residents may pay water bills at the 4th Tuesday of every month the next few weeks. following locations: 8:00 P.M. —Village Hall BY MAIL LIBRARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS VILLAGE HALL - DROP BOX 2nd Wednesday of every month Front Entrance 7:30 P.M. —Library CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Samuel J. Tenuto VILLAGE HALL 201 S. Bloomingdale Rd. Board of Directors Meeting VILLAGE PRESIDENT 1 st Thursday of every month Marie E. Tayfel FIRST CHICAGO BANK OF DuPAGE 8:00 A.M. — Indian Lal<es - VILLAGE CLERK All Facilities Tamarack Room Robert F. Reeves VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR WESTSUBURBAN BANK TRUSTEES Stratford Square Only Biff Behr THE DEADLINE Finance & Budget, Park District FORTHE DuPage Water Commission Don Carollo OCTOBER ISSUE Public Relations IS Public Relations Committee Chamber of Commerce SEPTEMBER 20 Suburban O'Hare Commission Community Development Commission Greater Woodf ield Visitors & Convention Bureau VILLAGE ALMANAC Walter Cropper III is published bi-monthly by Police, Health & Safety, E.S.D.A., The Public Relations Police Pension Board Committee of the Village of Bloomingdale. Board of Fire & Police Commissioners RTA Services Editor, LAURA & SANTA Mary Ellen Johnson William Horvath Public Works, 351-1503 Once a year is not enough to spread the Regionalization Committee Production Assistants joy that Christmas brings. Therefore, we Robert Iden Don Lively extend a Merry Christmas to all our Dawn Nemec Plan Commission, Architectural Review friends and neighbors from all the chil• Address all correspondence to: Comprehensive Planning Committee dren and staff at Marklund Children's Village of Bloomingdale Cable TV Home. Public Relations Committee Sebastian J. "Buzz" Puccio 201 S. Bloomingdale Road Library Board, Building & Old Town, If you're interested In volunteering at Bloomingdale, IL 60108 Old Town Commission Marklund, please contact Velma or Lois Phone: 893-7000 at 529-2871. THE MAYOR'S DIRECT LINE The 1988-89 Village of Bloomingdale budget was adopted by FISCAL YEAR 1988-89 the Corporate Authorities in May. Total budgeted expenditures EXPENDITURES are $9,204,774. Allocated to the corporate fund and other oper• ating funds is $6,687,860. The allocation for the water and sewer fund is $2,816,914. streets and Vehicle Maintenance Included in this year's budget are provisions for hiring one ad• ditional full-time employee in the Street Department, an Assis• tant Finance Director, and three Police Officers. Major bud• geted items include: five replacement squad cars, two one-ton dump trucks, a IVi ton dump turck, a pick-up truck, and a jet- ter/vacuum unit for use in the Sewer Department. Service levels will be enhanced in the areas of street repair, snow Police Capital Improvements removal, and Police. The capital improvements total 30% of this year's budget. Major capital projects anticipated for this year are for drainage Sewer maintenance for Colony Green, Ridge and Schick Road, near Well #6 at Edgewater; street reconstruction and Circle culvert; the surface water drainage project for Indian Lakes, Longridge, and Founders Pointe; and a new sidewalk on the south side of Administration Schick Road from Glen Ellyn to Westfield School. Funds con• Development tinue to be allocated for the future capital cost of Lake Michi• gan water. Insurance The diagrams shown illustrate the Village's major sources of revenues and the major expenditures categories. On the ex• FISCAL YEAR 1988-89 penditure side, Police protection and capital improvements are REVENUES given a very high priority. Sales tax and user charges are the Village's largest revenue producers. This Is good news to the Bloomingdale taxpayer who can be reassured that Blooming• state Taxes dale has a strong financial base which is not dependent upon property taxes. Fees, Licenses and Permits The Village of Bloomingdale, as shown in the budget, is fi• nancially strong and stable. We can expect further growth in sales tax with the additional development of retail business Reserves along Army Trail Road and In Stratford Square as follows: J. C. Retail Sales Tax Penney is expecting to open November 3, 1988 in the store vacated by Wieboldt's, and Service Merchandise will be open• ing in Spring of 1989 at the Courtyard Shopping Center. User Ctiarges All Other Revenue Property Tax Bloomingdale... My Neighborhood.