The latest stop on Flossmoor’s road to fiscal year 2024 budget approval: capital equipment. Village Manager Bridget Wachtel presented Monday, March 20, to the village board about Flossmoor’s planned capital equipment expenditures. The village’s fiscal year runs from May 1, 2023, to April 30, 2024. The village’s capital equipment fund[Read More…]
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Flossmoor to install bullet-resistant security glass at front desk of village hall
Flossmoor’s village hall staff will soon get an added layer of protection through a measure originally pitched at least two decades ago. The village board voted unanimously the evening of Monday, March 20, to pay Premier Glass Services $36,200 to install bullet-resistant security glass at the front desk of village[Read More…]
‘Fortunate’ — Flossmoor takes stock of financial position, concerns in early FY24 budget look
Village Manager Bridget Wachtel’s message to the Flossmoor Village Board during its first public look at the fiscal year 2024 budget has been a common refrain for the municipality as of late: good news for the short-term, mixed with cautions about future sustainability. Wachtel on Monday, March 6, presented the[Read More…]
Flossmoor’s mid-fiscal year review highlights short-term improvements, long-term concerns
Flossmoor’s finances are trending better than budgeted for the current fiscal year, but the village’s short-term savings come with some concerns about long-term sustainability. So says a fiscal year 2023 mid-year financial review delivered by Village Manager Bridget Wachtel on Monday, Feb. 20, to the Flossmoor Village Board. The village’s[Read More…]
Village vehicles light up Flossmoor in annual parade
The third annual Flossmoor Holiday Lights Parade got some help with seasonal ambience Thursday, Dec. 15, as some vigorous snow flurries arrived just before the parade was about to start. “It’s like a Flossmoor snow globe,” Mayor Michelle Nelson noted. The Flossmoor Holiday Lights Parade turns onto Flossmoor Road to[Read More…]
Volunteers mark October as Friends of the Flossmoor Library month
The Friends of Flossmoor Library is marking October as Friends of the Library month, in addition to celebrating the 16th annual observance of National Friends of Libraries Week Oct. 16 to 22. National Friends of Libraries Week is coordinated by United for Libraries, a division of the American Library Association[Read More…]
Flossmoor pledges community forum amid continuing policing discussion at board meetings
For the fourth consecutive Flossmoor Village Board meeting since the death of Madeline Miller, discussion continued to be dominated by public calls for change in police practices. Mayor Michelle Nelson opened the meeting Tuesday, Sept. 6, by noting that the village is working on hosting a community forum on the[Read More…]
Former Flossmoor mayor honored with garden in Leavitt Park
Former Flossmoor Mayor Paul Braun, center (holding scissors) and Mayor Michelle Nelson prepare to cut the ribbon during the first week of August officially unveiling a pollinator garden in honor Braun’s service to the village. The garden in Leavitt Park west of downtown Flossmoor recognizes “his years of service to[Read More…]
Flossmoor to pay $247K to fix deteriorating asphalt with Berry Lane Drainage Improvements
The only action that took place Monday, Aug. 15, during another contentious meeting of the Flossmoor Village Board was the unanimous approval of the consent agenda. In addition to the usual approval of bills, the board approved the acquisition of a sculpture as well as a contract associated with the[Read More…]
Flossmoor Village Board adopts a Local Road Safety Plan to guide future planning
Following a roughly 25-minute recess on Monday, Aug. 1 — while attendees protesting the Flossmoor police response that led to the death of Madeline Miller continued chanting in the boardroom after public comment — the Flossmoor Village Board returned to approve everything on the evening’s agenda without further discussion. Among the approvals[Read More…]
