F O R E S T PA R K
ForestParkReview.com Vol. 107, No. 31
$1.00
REVIEW JULY 31, 2024
Budget for 2025 fiscal year approved with $9 million deficit
Summer 2024
Special Section inside
SENIOR
living
PAGE 9
@ForestParkReview @FP_Review
All about that base No trouble
The deficit has decreased since last year, while property taxes are expected to increase By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
Forest Park commissioners approved the village’s budget for the 2025 fiscal year July 22 with an estimated $9 million deficit. The village council approved the spending of nearly $73 million as part of the village’s annual appropriations, which establishes legal spending limits for the village, often in higher amounts than what is listed in the village’s proposed budget so that the village has authority to use that money. The appropriations passed unanimously among Mayor Rory Hoskins and all four village commissioners who attended the meeting. The village has been running in a deficit for years – that figure stood at about $11 million at the end of 2024’s fiscal year on April 30. See BUDGET on page 14
ADAM CUMBEE
No trouble for Flashback, that is, the winners of the 2024 Park District of Forest Park No Glove Nationals 16” Softball Tournament Champions. They swept the 56th annual tournament, which by all accounts, was one to remember. IN Big Week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 THIS ISSUE Crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Classified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
John Rice: Tom Holmes: The alphabet of parent- Pragmatism and changing child communication horses midstream PAGE 18
PAGE 17