Living under the eighteenth century Stuart monarchs of England, the Stuart doctrine basically said “A monarch
is responsible to God alone for a way in which he governs
his realm.” We, as citizens of Schaumburg, should continue to question our authorities. Otherwise, we will regress
back to eighteenth century Englans where the King is responsible to God alone.

Regards,

Henry Walli

There were two union settlements in fiscal 2008 that were worth 1.2 million dollars that were booked and paid out in 2008 but were actually from contract years 2006 and 2007. There was a payroll computer system conversion in 2008 and due to the fact that there were concurrent payrolls going in order to provide accuracy; the Treasurer’s Report picked up one extra payroll. The 2008 numbers are overstated by 17 people being on the list that should not have been on the list, so there were only 93. About 85% of that group (79 out of 93) is from Police, Fire and Public Works.

These numbers do not include the village-owned Schaumburg Convention Center and Hotel which opened in 2006 and is budgeted separately. When included, the Village’s yearly expenditures have increased to $225 million per year, a nearly 90 percent increase since 2005.

This is 81% faster than the rate of inflation.

The Schaumburg Freedom Coalition recently filed a Freedom of Information Act request for Schaumburg salaries and revealed that Richard Casler made $142,264.43 in 2008. Which is a lot more than the $100,000 found by the Daily Herald. Also, we know from another Schaumburg Freedom Coalition Freedom of Information Act Request, that within the Treasurer’s Report that Richard Casler made between $75,000 and $99,999 from his pension in 2008. Which puts him at a minimum of $217,264.43 in wages (not including benefits) last year from the taxpayers of Schaumburg. That’s a lot of money for a Village that has (or had) three Police Chiefs.

From the police officers that I have talked to Richard Casler was fired for morale reasons and lack of confidence by the police officers in Schaumburg. See this article below

Schaumburg police director resigns (Chicago Tribune) http://www.schaumburgfreedom.com/public-safety/richard-casler-resigns-as-schaumburg-police-director/

Ninety-six percent of union members in January 2003 voted no-confidence for Casler and “that vote speaks for itself,” Atamian said.

“That was our stand then and since then it’s gone downhill,” he said. “Schaumburg used to have a reputation as one of the premier police departments. … Hopefully now we can get back to that status.”

Again in defense of Mr. Ken Fritz Schaumburg’s Village Manager. The Daily Herald featured a story on Febuary 24,
2009 regarding the termination of Director of Public Safety
Mr. Richard Casler. Mr. Casler made more than $100,000.00.
The story states “But Fritz said he plans to propose restructuring the department back to the more traditional model of having one chief as department head.” With budget
shortfalls, I am sure our Schaumburg officials are making
every effort to provide financially responsible leadership.
These are very difficult economic times for our citizens as
well as our municipalities. Every citizen should be concerned about concerned about our village budget as well as public safety. Remember it is “We the people.”

Regards,

Henry Walli

Recently, I filed a grievance against the Village of Schaumburg. Being a strong believer that the pen is sharper than the sword, I documented all details and worked
my way up to level four (4) which was Ken Fritz Schaumburg’s
Village Manager. (My next step would have been the Mayor.)
Ken researched the ordinance in question and directed the
Schaumburg Police to “Inforce the ordinance as the Village
Board originally directed.”

Ken Fritz appears to be an upright, common sense and honorable guy. I am sure he will have a common sense explanation for your concern for those city employees making over $100,000.00 per year. Keep up the questioning
as citizen participation makes for a better community.

These numbers are not wrong, they are the numbers provided by the Village of Schaumburg. If these numbers are wrong then please contact the Village of Schaumburg so they can make corrections. If an error is revealed I will be more than willing to post the Village’s corrected documents.

I am very much interested in telling the whole truth.

All of your questions you ask are good ones. I have asked them too and the Village has not provided me with those details. I would love to see the Village be more transparent about that information. Until they are we as citizens can only ask questions.

Here are the answers to your questions.

1. I have asked for job titles and the Village did not include them in their submission.
2. I would love to know how long they have been working with the Village and would include this if the Village provided that information?
3. According to the Village of Schaumburg the average household income for a Schaumburg resident is $60,491. Some of the Village of Schaumburg employees are making well over $200,000 & more than any governor of any state in the U.S. That’s a major issue. The more money the Village of Schaumburg spends the less money it’s citizens have.
4. I asked for overtime information, but the Village said that they don’t keep track of that information. That’s SCARY from a taxpayer’s perspective when the Village doesn’t keep good enough financial records to comply with basic FOIA requests.

I try to provide as many facts for Village residents as I possibly can. As you see I have gone to great lengths to create a website and provide the citizens of Schaumburg with as much information as possible in this regards. All the documents you see here are documents provided by the Village after the Schaumburg Freedom Coalition has requested them. This information that I post the Village doesn’t provide and in some cases even refuse to post on their website. If you want all the facts I am right along side you. Help me get these important financial documents from the Village of Schaumburg so all of your questions can be answered.

These complaints and questions can only be answered by the Mayor, Village Board, and Village Staff.

I am not running for office, just a citizen who is asking tough & important questions about our Village government.

Make sure you give all the facts to the residents before throwing out numbers.
I am very upset at this as a resident. I hope we keep everyone in office so we keep crap like you out.