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| Election Tuesday, April 16, 19 s uie se e s =â€" Thursday April 11, 1929 COMMUNITY BUILDING: For all Civic Organizations, Public Library, Meeting Room for Village Board, Planning â€"and Zoning Commission, Board of Appéeals, Clerks and Collecâ€" tors‘ Office and the People of Deerfield. To be erected when it can be Properly Financed and the Péople Want It. Mr. James H. Hood, > Pres. Village of Deerfield, 34 «> : ; Déerfield, Illinois. â€"_~~~ o. | * Dear Mr. Hood : * fiime 54 â€" $ As a resident, propertyâ€"owner, taxpayer, and voter, I wish you would give me the following information : (FÂ¥. . I am told Knaak, Village Clerk, has been drawing a salary â€" of over $6,000.00 per year on a 2% basis of hiscollections. Is thatâ€"correct? If so it is out of all proportion for a vilâ€" lage of the size of Deerfieldâ€"2600 to 3000 people. 2 ¢4 Who fixed the fee rate of 2% and why was it not restricted to a given sum, i. e., a fair amount covering work done or to be done. ie 2 "3 54 =~£ This matter is being discussed throughout the Village, espeâ€" Night Police Protection by Local Man. 3 § ‘j SCHOOLS: â€" Recommend the Purchasing ofâ€" a Grammar School Site west of the C. M. St. P. and P. R. R. Tracks before Land Values Increase.> This Will Mean A Big Saving to the taxpayers, E2.¢" 11 0tA d ELECTION DISTRICTS: Establish Several Precinets and Elect a Trustee from Each Precinet. This will give All Secâ€" tions of Deerfield Representation on Board of Trustees. , Facts and Figures for 3° ~Economy and Efficiency _â€"_ _ Opposition to Roadhouses House Numbering _ Street Signs at Street Intersections .o Mail Delivery Service â€"â€"â€" â€" _ â€" The Peoples Party & CANDIDATES â€" Endorsed by Leading Business Men and Promâ€" _ inent Citizens Your support and coâ€"operation will . ~â€"_â€"~_~_â€" be sincerely appreciated JAMES J.â€"HOOD ..« . .s>.. . ALVIN W. KNAAK . .0. .0. .. EDWARD H. SELIG â€" â€" â€"< . â€" EDWARD F. SEGERT â€" â€" . . . ALBERT C.â€"C,. T(I)EIM a _ k k B e Year Term HARKRY T. CLAVEY > . & &â€"% The originals of the following letters are on file in the : Village Clerk‘s office. % DEERFIELD, ILLINOIS PLATFORM â€"~+~ ~â€"â€" President â€"*<‘~~%;. <« "Clerk April 2nd, 1929. Trustee. Trustee T H E P RE 8 8 John Weber receives $200.00â€"per month. He looks after the water department entirely. The investment in the water department including pumps and tanks without considering the cost of reading and maintaining and installing meters, all of which Weber takes care of, as well, is over $25,000.00. Mr. Weber has been specially prepared for this work taking a courseâ€"of instruction from the manufacturers of these items so as to know how to handle them correctly. When he was appointed to this position"the outstanding accounts collectable The Chief of Police is being paid $210.00 per month.â€" His assistant is being paid $185.00 a month. Out. of this they have to buy and maintain a motorcycle or automobile.. They pay for their own gasoline, oil and storage. They not only do police work, but they are detailed on other work as well, even so far as cleaning the streets and cleaning out sewers or anything else which is necessary. Their hours are unlimâ€" ited, but they are forced to work at least from eight to ten hours a day, every â€"day. > se x saris & â€" The Village Clerk, Alvin Knaak, was paid for his collection services, last year, $2,677.00 net. His average yearly earnâ€" ings for the past four years were $2,700.00. The fixed rate of 2% is fixed by the special assessment law. The law disâ€" tinctlyâ€"states that it is not possible or permissible to divert anyspecialâ€"assessmentâ€"moneysâ€"from one fund to another:. These payments to Mr. Knaak are made on that baw are not.taken out. of the generalâ€"taxâ€"fund, at all; but > ~the special assessmentâ€"funds. In other words, if you are payâ€" ing on â€"Roll No. 22, and your assessment isâ€"spread.over a ten year period, you are paying 2% per year for the necessary amount it costs to.collect this by law. If Mr. Knaak does ‘not make this collection because it may be. delinquent or beâ€" cause it is paid at the office of the County Treasurer in Wauâ€" 'geglan, ‘then the County Treasurer in Waukegan gets the 2% y law. s ; : § $ : Up to date, Mr. Knaak has about sixty special assessment rolls to look after. His total duties in reference to the speâ€" cial assessment accounts alone amount to 22,000 individual accounts. Do you believe it would be possible to hire any one to competently take care of this great amount.of busiâ€". ness with this immense amount of detail for less than the amount which he has been paid? I believe you will fully appreciate.that if these accounts should become badly twisted up, it would cost more than $2,700.00 to have an audit outfit come in and straighten them out. _ _ â€" Deerfieldâ€"Taxpayer Chicago, Illinois. Dear Sir : $ Answering your letter of April 2nd, which I réceived on my return home.on April 6th, I am very. glad indeed, to imâ€" part to you the information desired in answer to your varâ€" ious questions which you have raised in reference to the Vilâ€" lage of Deerfield. : cially among the women and the fees of the Village Clerk seâ€" verely condemned, criticised, and resented. F4 Also salaries paid Chief of Policeâ€"$200.00 or $225.00 per monthâ€"what is correctâ€"amount? and $185.00 to his asâ€" sistant. is £ .. ant 3 Webber comes in for more or less censure for amount of work done on his $2500. j A true statement of facts will be appreciated, and may help in furthering your candidacy. f ; Thanking you J am â€" . â€" +â€" i Cordially, A DEERFIELD TAXPAYER â€"â€"â€"â€" Chicago, April 8, 1929. s Cor i cel _ ng â€"«* Bp _ tio % lin â€"â€" tIn "Vj i E ha no sol da ~be lat th