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This slideshow is NOTHING PERSO
It’s about DUE DILIGENCE with OCITY OF LINCOLN funds.
NOTE: Some of the information provided pr
a few alderman, committee or board mem
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QUESTIONS & CONCERN
was created using
Logan County Alliance Docume
City Council Meeting Minute
Local Media Articles
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1.Logan County Alliance (Tourism & LCA Agre
Questionable Funds total
approximately168,414
2. Improper oversight of Tourism funds Con
Evidence
follows
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Initial Stages of the ALLIANCE
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Mayor Keith Snyder dis
stages of what is now t
carrying out
Downtown Redevelopinitiative to establish
development organiza
primarily on the do
Redevelopment/Revitalization
ExplorelogancountyClick “Communit
Click “Downtown Linco
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HEAD’s UP in August 2014
Lincoln Courier Article by Dan Tackett
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…Logan County Board
…
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Making the City of Lincoln Better?
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The Alliance-ChamberYEAR END Profit Loss
as reported on tax returns
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Taken from the 2015 Alliance Annual Report
=376,288
=$530,239
-$
D
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Chamber Cash Assets as Reported in Annual Reports
2012 Annual Meeting for 2011
2016 Annual Meeti
2014 Annual Meeting for 2013
Was the financial stability verified before entering into the Ag
Year to date (YTD) is cumulative figure QTD should be used to show accumulated expenditures for ea
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Year-to-date (YTD) is cumulative figure. QTD should be used to show accumulated expenditures for ea
it’s a QTD is the column totals. Misleading or someone not familiar with basic accounting prac
LCA 3rd QTR Report
Jan –Apr 2015 LCA Agreement:
If the CITY paid $15,126
The Alliance spent- $4764.16
= $10,361.84 that should be returned to the
LCA 3rd QTR Report
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2015-2016 Contract:
If the CITY paid $50,420 (figured on 10 months of co
The Alliance spent- $24,969.50
= $25,450.50 should be returned to the CI
LCA 3rd QTR Report
LCA 3rd QTR Report
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What proof of expenditures were produced for the $19
Administrative charges within the LCA Agreemen
Was proof of expenditures questioned or requested
LCA 3rd QTR Report
Not much effort for the
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City of Lincoln’s Welcome Tab on website
Not much effort for the
City of Lincoln
Economic Development Cont
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$264,197
2013 2012011
Events
EXPENSE 2011 2013 2015
Membership Expense $3,944 $4,044 $65,178
Events/Activities $221,749 $264,197 $210,031
Salaries/Benefits $120,545 $134,552 $122,652
Occupancy/Operations $37,427 $40,178 $45,201
Admin & Other $9,992 $9,410 $87,177
Only a $2107 increase with addit
$77,185 increase in
$61,234 increase Membership Expens
Figures from The Alliance Year End Documents Above in a Comparable Format
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Art & Balloon Fest Split Concerns: TRUTH or F
• Where did that Rainy Day fund disappear?
• In the case of a weather event THE ALLIANCE didn’return Sponsor & Vendor money.
• The Chamber charged an Admin fee of $50,000
to handle ABF.HOW was the ABF a bank buster if the ALLIANCE colle
$50,000 Admin Charge + Sponsor + Vendor mon
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Funds for Festivalsare typically
granted in 1
st
Qtr May-July the budg(CITY/TOURISM Contract 5/1/15-4/30/16)
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Why is the Alliance requesting/receiving Tourism mini-grant
CITY SPONSORSHIP TOTALS (Contract Year 5/1/15-4/
LCA Agreement $5,000
Mini-Grants $4,000 & $5,000 for 2015Mini-Grants $4,000 & $5,000 for 2016
Total of$23,000 during 5/15/15-4/30/16 year
• The City historically spent $5000 for THE COMBINED EVENTArt & Balloon Fest.
• The Alliance decision to split the events has effectively shi
the added costs of running the EVENTS to the
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Did the City’s $5000 sponsorship or an award through the Tourism mini-grant fu
Is this appropriate spending?
When did it become a practice of the Alliance to finance non-profit
How was this group chosen
to benefit?
BRANDING through the CHAMBER 2012
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BRANDING through the CHAMBER 2012
The BRANDING price tag in 2012, was included in OUR ME
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DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATIO
Committee, which included Kealready planned for a re-b
So when people as
“Why are we RE-BRANDIN
Because it’s in t
Revitalization P
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A GI
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2009 Chamb
2009 Tourism Logo
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It’s no longer LOOKING FOR LINCOLN.
The question is, Where is Lincoln?
The image of Lincoln has been remove
Is this the direction of those
forcing the Branding Initiative?
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New Path for TOURISM
Excerpts from LDN, Nila Smith, 4/11/13 article,
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Sasse told the council that inside their annual budget, $23,660 is earmarked for use in Lincoln in 2013 an
$9,410 is earmarked for locations throughout the county.
City Debates what to do with tourism bureau.
A much different stand
Abraham Lincoln Touris
Count
Standards “Destination Lo
held to
More of a “We can doExcerpts from LDN, Nila Smith, 5/29/13 article,
City may vote next week on future of tourism bureau.
Alderman asked to review list of tourism
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expectations, LDN May 15, 2013 article by Nila
Smith
Mayor Snyder, Ald
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Andi Hake involved
Director Interview
taking control.
I saved 2013 news article because of the misleading and inaccurate statementsmade on the City’s behalf by Alderman Tom O’Donohue
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y y
regarding the Tourism Board Members
I apologize I do not
Article in the local press late Summer or Fall of 2013LINCOLN —continued FALSE!
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FALSE!
TRUE!Was-The Tourism Bureau & Main Street set up to fail with EXPECTATIONS set BY those w
CONTROL &
do not hold themselves to the Standards and ACCOUNTABILITIES they
Logan County Tourism Bureau Profit Loss 2015
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• Guestimate $15 per hour for Interim Tourism Director 2014.
• Interim salary, at the $15 rate, for about 6 months =$14,400 in Salaries
• Fulltime Tourism Director started approximately 9/17/14.
• Guestimate $55,000 Salary =$4583. per month x 3.5 months = $16,041.66
$14,400 + $16,041.66=$30,441.66 possible Tourism Director’s Salary Spent.
$70,280 -30,441.66=$39,865.21 What happened to $39,865?
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Organizational chart does not show an Administrative Assistant directly reporting to Tourism.
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This pertains to the Tourism 2014 Line Item entries reg
TOURISM FUNDING on the next slide
TOURISM 2015 YEAR END FINANCIALS
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Why is the 2014 Revenuethe budgeted amou
City Administrator, Clamentions on his Rumor
Were funds deposite
to “streamline” The
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TOURISM 2015/2014 Y
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TOURISM 2015/2014 Y
TOURISM 2015/2014 YEAR END FINANCIALS
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$132,603 Total Tourism Questionable Expenses in 2014
?
(Cut/Paste from prev
TOURISM 2015/2014 YEAR END FINANCIALS “In the pastwas a
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City of Linc
Motel/H
Why didn’t support, from the
come out of our Tourism fund of
Tourism February 2016 Report
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She also commented on where the priorities lie for the bureau. "I think it is a li
spend $2,500 on sports projects and $5,000 on preservation projects, when actu
than three times as much on sports events," she said.
Sue McLaughlin Excerpt from LDN, Nila
Smith 4/11/13 Article, City Debates
what to do with tourism bureau.
Why is Tourism no longer supporting sporting evenWhat happened to the Sports Tourism account? Where is THE Sport Tourism accoun
Who sold the CITY OF LINCOLN the TAG LINE, “Make Your M
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The TAG LINE is on the billboard from Springfield to L
Does it seem that it infers Lincoln has nothing more than a REST
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Has any money been set aside for
restoration or preservation?
Are there matching funds being
budgeted in anticipation of
additional grants?
Missed opportunity for The Mill?
It would have made a great Tourism Bureau!
The Route 66 “BRAND” Remind you of anything?
Clay Johnson , CITY Administratorwants to lead yet another FOUNDATION with
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y
City of Lincoln Tourism dollars?
• Was the money from Hotel/Motel tax earmarked for Public Art, Amenit
•
How will this organization prove “HEADS in BEDS” & ROI (retuwhich is a requirement of all TOURISM fund requests?
Council discusses new landscape ordinance, Civic Foundation
proposal
by T.A. Bergin February 24, 2016
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City Administrator, Clay Johnson was includedon the questionable Tourism Year End Financials for 2014/201
still states,
“This is not a dissatisfaction with any product prepared by the Alliance
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City Administrator, Clay Johnson, has designed his
own GOLDEN PARACHUTE.
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“These expenditures
generated value cons
the dollars spent …no
accountability and
transparency …
Chuck Conzo AGAIN addresses concer
So how does this all speak to questionable issues with The Alliance which includes tTourism & Economic Development?
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One group orchestrated The ALLIANCE & continues to be active participants.
In my research, the same names kept re-occurring so this morphed into much broader scoped report. O
Steering Committee for the City of Lincoln Downtown Revitalization & Redevelopment, which Keith S
The plans are quite clear and posted ExploreLoganCounty.com/Community/Study Overview/Study Do
• Start Planning• Establish Historic District
• Establish TIF District
• Hire City Administrator
• Branding
• Coordinate Downtown Development Organization (The Alliance) which would be housed i
eliminate the Abraham Lincoln Tourism Bureau & Main St. & control their funds)
• Greenscaping (New bush, landscape & garbage ordinance being presented)
• Create a walking tour. ( 2013 Mainstreet was tasked with financing this COSTLY publicationALLIANCE)
It shows quite clearly who is STEERING the CITY OF LIN
Keith Snyder and other re-occurring names on Boards & Committees have stee
and
dollarsfor their agenda & their design.
They have designs for parking, green spaces & which businesses will be collateral damage of the the
RECURRING NAMES on Committees & Boar
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Downtown Lincoln RSteering C
Page 57 Revitalization
#12 & #14 would take out 2 businesses for pa
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I thought we were trying to develop business
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Guzzardos Alley planned for a “potential pocket park.”Pocket park beside Lincoln 4
Theater
Who is going to mow all these new green spaces?????
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• Is the Steering Committee of the Downtown Revitalization really interested in marketing
• Is INDUSTRY being sought or are we just dressing up for this potential BEDROOM COMM
• The Steering Committee “DOWNTOWN” boundaries were crossed insinutating the City o
on Industry.
• “Every small town” doesn’t have our LOCATION,LOCATION,LOCATION.
• NOT EVERY CITIZEN is ready to throw in the towel on industry.
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The Redevelopment Stee
Committee also reveals t
Council’s role-
•
Take a step back• Don’t micro-manage
• No day-to-day involvem
From the outside looking in it appears that this group is micr
Elizabeth A. Davis-Kavelman confirms The City of Lincoln isfollowing the Redevelopment Steering Committee directives…c
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Elizabeth A. Davis-Kavelman confirms The City of Lincoln isfollowing the Redevelopment Steering Committee directivcontinu
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Elizabeth A. Davis-Kavelman, Mayor, City of Lincoln, Ill., May 1, 2001-May
Downtown Steering Committee recommen
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Code enforcement co
considerable CASfor the City of LI
Slippage of code comp
gone unnoti
Are members of the Steering Committee
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City ordinances?
Properties under a variety of MMIL companies.
Business partner
John Rooneypurchased in 2007.
Transferred to
MMIL in 2008
Aquired in
Aquired in 2012
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Property owned by MMIL business behind the original Theate
St. Shows the constant debris & trash that is always over flow
Owned since 2013.
How will these properties meet the new landscape & garordinance when they are not meeting the current ordinan
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Property owned MMIL business at 209 Chicago St. since 20
y g
Marketing present
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p
DCC Ma
10/9/
What does attract tourist visits to sm
Just because you build it d
h ill
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That would have been nice to know before the tr
“HISTORY” #3 tourist draw.
So why are we removing “LINCOLN” from our BRANDING e
Are we doing enough to support/promote Lincoln Heritag
mean they will come
Did our TIF pro
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It’s kind of like…Your child gets their first job & moves out.
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• Buys a new car with big car payment attached.
• Buys the latest phone with big payment attached.
Your child comes to you for funds to meet monthly obli
You ask, “Where’s your money going?”
Child responds, “Car payment. Cell phone payment”
You ask, “Was the new car necessary? Was the newest
necessary?”
AND you have to explain, that the first obligation is for your rent. Not to say that those amenities can’t be wor
budget later.
You have to prioritize to live within your mean
It’s easy to follow the bright shiny object, BUT can Lincol
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The statistics above only represent 50% of our residents.
What other job categories could there be? Retired? UDo we have a population that can support a Revitalization?
Lincoln, IL Da
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Stop using inequitable comWe are not a Chicago s
Why:
Comparison Cities population are alm
Median income for Lincoln is MUCH le
Which also means CITY OF LINCOLN R
less disposable income
Lincoln falls solidly in the Mi
LaGrange & Willowbrook fa
Upper Middle Class & UPPE
AS I SEE IT…
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It appears all the issues, the Citizens of Lincoln have been sha
heads about, have risen from the
Steering Committee Agenda & Directives of The MASTER PLAThe DOWNTOWN LINCOLN CITY REDEVELOPMENT/REVITALIZ
Propaganda & misdirection disseminated through the Counc
Minutes, Articles & publications are clear once you identify threalize their tentacles are far reaching into other areas of LIN
I felt a CIVIL DUTY to share what I had learne
SO WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO Linco
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SO WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO Linco
• Jobs-Industry
• FUNDING our CIVIL Servant Pensions-not long discussioshrubbery ordinance.
• Sewers (no matter how beautiful things may appear it still smells)
• Having faith in ourselves & believe this COMMUNstep up if an inclusive process is developed.
• A COMMUNITY that has proven THEY WILL STEP U
WHO DOESN’T‘ WANT TO SEE LINCOLN FLOU
BUT
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• SHOULD THIS GROUP BE ALLOWED TO CON
TO HANDLE ANY CITY FUNDING with ZEROTRANSPARENCY OR ACCOUNTABILITY?
• Is this group really addressing what’s impor
The Citizens of Lincoln?
• What efforts were/are in place to pursue th
recovery of our tax dollars?
BUT...
Have you ever heard an Air l ine Safety B r ief ing?
“Please take a few moments to locate the nearest exit. In some cases, the nearest exit may be
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Let’s take the initiative to GO AGAINST THE FLOW & CHART new territ
Together let’s help LINCOLN SURVIVE!
• In an Emergency Situation people panic.
• Can you imagine a flow of passengers running toward the open exit they see in f
• But a survivor thinks differently.
•
They go against the flow.• The Survivor looks for alternatives that aren’t obvious or apparent at the time t
emergency is declared.
• They survive!
This is a call to action for all
those citizens who think like the survivors!