Updated Surplus Numbers

Updated Surplus Numbers
Updated Surplus Numbers: Actual surplus 2018 per audit was $85,163.
Boards 2011-2018 implemented policies and procedures with specific goals:
stabilize owner fees, achieve maintenance objectives and achieve annual budget surpluses.
Any surplus was retained by the association.
The board elected in fall 2018 decided to increase owner fees, even in view of a large potential surplus

Average fees prior to 2019

Average fees prior to 2019
Average fees per owner prior to 2019:
RED indicates the consequences had boards continued the fee policies prior to 2010,
BLUE indicates actual fees. These moderated when better policies and financial controls were put in place by boards

Better budgeting could have resulted in lower fees

Better budgeting could have resulted in lower fees
Better budgeting could have resulted in lower fees:
RED line = actual fees enacted by boards,
BLUE line = alternate, fees, ultimately lower with same association income lower had
boards used better financial controls and focused on long term fee stability

Sunday, January 19, 2014

DuPage Stormwater Managment

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On Monday January 13 the Director and Chief Engineer of Dupage County Stormwater Management made a presentation during the Wheaton City Council Planning Session. I attended that session.

The presentation was for about 55 minutes and included these topics:

  1. Overview of Activities
  2. Brief History: Cause of Formation – Floods of August 1987
       Development of County wide Stormwater Management Plan – 1989
       DCC Stormwater and Flood Plan Ordinance - adapted 1991
  1. Mission – responsible for providing regional flood protection during extreme rain events. The goal of this protection is to alleviate overbank flooding.
  2. During extreme rain events Stormwater Management provides operation of flood control facilities, real-time rain and stream gages, flood forecast computer modeling, video surveillance via 12 cameras on  streams. The video is available at the Sttormwater Management website.
  3. Funding – via DuPage County tax byukt general fund
  4. Program areas – Watershed planning through floodplain mapping.
  5. Description of Jurisdiction – Overbank Flooding
  6. Watershed Plans – identify watershed flooding, restoration projects
  7. Regional source for education, identifying illicit discharge, provide seminars for municipalities, ordinance- post construction, best management practices, stream maintenance.
  8. Grants for green infrastructure matching
  9. Floodplain mapping via a cooperative technical agreement with FEMA
  10. Working with municipalities to identify changes in the flood plain.
  11. The FEMA CRS (Community Rating System) helps lower NFIP flood insurance premiums.
  12. Operations and Maintenance – flood control facilities which operate during flood events. Can be seen at the http://ec.dupageco.org website.
  13. There is a blog available on the site.
  14. Information on the website is based on National Weather Service forecasts and includes live video via cameras at various locations.
  15. The State and Federal programs are a funding partnership
  16. At present the system is tax based. Moving to a fee based system would provide an incentive to put in rain gardens and green roofs.
 Operational status can be viewed at:

Clicking will open a  New Window> Stormwater Operational Status



Council Planning Session video can be viewed at:

Clicking will open a  New Window> January 13 Council Planning Session>



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