Village Board Set to Vote on Budget

It's last call for Bolingbrook residents looking to add their two cents in how village officials spend taxpayer dollars.

Bolingbrook's Board of Trustees is expected to vote on the FY 2012 budget tonight. But first they'll need to hold a public hearing to gain local residents' input on the matter.

Village officials had already held a budget workshop earlier this month. But after just six people showed up, Mayor Roger Claar said Bolingbrook residents.

And although the board is unlikely to adopt any such input from tonight's public hearing, it does represent the last chance residents have to take issue with any part of the $58.2 million budget.

Last year, the village's budget included layoffs of several police officers, which resulted in a public outcry.

This year's budget calls for no layoffs, Claar said, and is balanced.

For more on the budget, check back with Bolingbrook Patch tomorrow morning.