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A Message For
You .......
My
'ROCKY RIVER FINANCES PAGE'
INFORMS YOU:
(1.) How
much of your tax dollars does Rocky River City Government spend? (2.) Who in Rocky River City Government controls our tax money and how
did they get so powerful?
Fred I. Sokol |
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"A
penny saved is a penny earned."
Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790.
American Writer, Inventor, Diplomat,
Signer of The Declaration of
Independence,
Signer of The United States Constitution
and An American Hero!
(from
Benjamin
Franklin's) ' Poor Richard's Almanac k
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·
WASTE SPENDING TOTALS - OF ROCKY
RIVER TAXPAYER'S MONEY - BY ROCKY RIVER CITY COUNCIL
·
'NAMES' OF ROCKY RIVER COUNCIL MEMBERS - WHO SPONSOR
CITY ORDINANCES - THAT WASTE ROCKY RIVER TAXPAYER'S
MONEY.
(HIGHLIGHTS -
UNDER CONSTRUCTION.)
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· ‘PROPOSED
BUDGETS’ 1990 THROUGH 2006
- FOR ROCKY RIVER CITY GOVERNMENT EXPENSES
(SEE
'HIGHLIGHTS'
OF - ROCKY RIVER CITY
GOVERNMENT'S EXPLOSIVE SPENDING - BELOW)
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Rocky River
Budget Year |
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Salary |
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Fringe Benefits |
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Other |
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Budget Total |
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1990 |
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6,388,745.00 |
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1,681,525.00 |
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14,219,788.00 |
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22,290,058.00 |
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1991 |
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6,739,547.00 |
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1,928,593.00 |
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13,725,222.00 |
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22,393,362.00 |
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1992 |
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7,067,341.00 |
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2,315,804.00 |
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14,676,531.00 |
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24,059,676.00 |
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1993 |
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7,598,853.00 |
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2,267,211.00 |
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14,480,086.00 |
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24,346,150.00 |
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1994 |
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7,848,123.00 |
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2,452,135.00 |
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18,176,112.00 |
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28,476,370.00 |
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1995 |
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8,258,853.00 |
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2,507,009.00 |
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17,144,379.00 |
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27,910,241.00 |
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1996 |
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8,664,528.00 |
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2,585,412.00 |
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17,986,724.75 |
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29,236,664.75 |
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1997 |
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9,141,592.00 |
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2,732,369.00 |
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18,519,514.00 |
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30,393,475.00 |
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1998 |
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9,672,959.00 |
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2,541,779.00 |
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21,118,852.00 |
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33,333,590.00 |
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1999 |
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10,696,219.00 |
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2,731,578.00 |
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31,258,151.00 |
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44,685,948.00 |
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2000 |
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10,819,717.00 |
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2,860,042.00 |
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23,634,387.21 |
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37,314,146.21 |
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2001 |
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11,654,147.00 |
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3,247,027.00 |
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25,449,332.05 |
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40,350,506.05 |
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2002 |
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12,483,200.00 |
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3,559,151.00 |
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33,185,630.59 |
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49,227,981.59 |
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2003 |
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13,081,330.00 |
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5,259,437.00 |
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22,141,672.39 |
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40,482,439.39 |
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2004 |
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13,341,696.00 |
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4,984,094.00 |
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29,939,877.00 |
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48,265,667.00 |
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2005 |
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13,725,739.00 |
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5,652,952.00 |
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33,412,387.00 |
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52,791,078.00 |
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2006 |
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14,234,205.00 |
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4,694,755.00 |
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35,777,270.00 |
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54,706,230.00 |
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TOTALS |
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171,416,794.00 |
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54,000,873.00 |
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384,845,915.99 |
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610,263,582.99 |
Financial Information Supplied: By Rocky River City
Council Office and By Rocky River Finance Department |
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Can a 'Rocky
River City Ordinance' give the Mayor control of millions of our tax dollars?
"The Mayor, the
'Mayor Appointed' Finance Director and a Rocky River City
Council Member approves how much of our tax money is invested."
To understand
this, please refer to 'Present Day :
(Rocky River
City Ordinance)
133.03
TREASURY INVESTMENT.
a)
A Treasury
Investment Board
shall be established
and
shall consist of the
Mayor,
Finance
Director
and one member of Council who shall be appointed by the
President of Council.
b)
All such monies
which will be available for the investments are to be first
approved by this Board.
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Can ....... The Rocky River
City Charter'
give the Mayor
control
of millions of our tax dollars?
" The major complaint about the charter concerned a section
empowering the mayor to appoint a finance director, who is
elected at present as city auditor for four years.
"Critics contended this gave the mayor control of an important
aspect of city affairs."
(from
Cleveland Plain Dealer, Wednesday, September 21,1960) "Rocky
River Voters Pass Charter Plan"
P lease
refer to "Present Day"
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(Rocky River
City Charter)
ARTICLE IV -
ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS
SECTION 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS
"
There are herby created and established
a Department of Law, a Department of
Finance and a Department of Public Safety-Service.
............. Each Department shall be administered by a
director who, with the exception of the Director of Law who
shall be elected, shall be appointed
by and serve at the
pleasure of the Mayor."
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What are Rocky River City Government's
'Past Finances' in a Nutshell?
Tax/Spend Rocky
River City Government
shows in 1990 to 2002
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"estimated
resources" totaled $521,896,316.07
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"estimated proposed
budgets" totaled $414,018,168.60
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(see graph below)
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The city can afford a city income tax
cut.
Rocky River City
Government Tax - Spend - Surplus
Totals 1990-2002
Info from Rocky River Finance Department
(downloadable pdf files below)
[Graph]
[Numbers]
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