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REVIEW APRIL 3, 2024
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Village holds special meeting to discuss future budgets The new process outlines big-picture solutions and aims to cover a longer span of time than just the upcoming fiscal year By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
Every year, Forest Park’s village commissioners and department directors gather at Village Hall in July. They bring itemized lists of their budget goals for the fiscal year, which starts May 1, to go through line-by-line before submitting them to Finance Director Letitia Olmsted. “When I was given the opportunity to become village administrator, I decided that I was going to change that process,” said Village Administrator Rachell Entler, who was previously a commissioner, in a meeting March 26 about Forest Park’s budget. This year, the village staff is trying something different. At that meeting, Mayor Rory Hoskins, commissioners
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