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<strong>Nov</strong>ember-<strong>Dec</strong>ember<br />
City of Elgin<br />
20<strong>23</strong> Newsletter<br />
2024<br />
BUDGET<br />
You can share your opinions with city council<br />
members and staff by participating in<br />
discussions, submitting your budget questions<br />
and engaging in other input opportunities<br />
during the City’s “budget season.”<br />
What goes into the development of a City<br />
budget and how are financial decisions made<br />
during the process? Learn about the City’s<br />
budget, the various funds, revenues and<br />
expenditures, special taxing districts, user fees<br />
and much more on our dedicated budget<br />
website: cityofelgin.org/budget.<br />
You can submit your budget input and questions to elgin311@cityofelgin.org or post on social<br />
media with #ElginBudget (make sure your post privacy is set to “public” so we can see it).<br />
The Proposed 2024 Budget is presented to city council in early <strong>Nov</strong>ember, with adoption of the<br />
final budget mid-<strong>Dec</strong>ember.<br />
2024 Budget Meeting Schedule<br />
Wednesday, <strong>Nov</strong>ember 1, 6 p.m.<br />
Wednesday, <strong>Nov</strong>ember 8, 5 p.m.<br />
Wednesday, <strong>Nov</strong>ember 15, 5 p.m.<br />
Wednesday, <strong>Dec</strong>ember 6, 5 p.m.<br />
Wednesday, <strong>Dec</strong>ember 20, 6 p.m.<br />
Pumpkin Smash<br />
Get Involved in the City’s<br />
2024 Budget Discussions<br />
Can’t attend a city council budget<br />
meeting in person? Watch the<br />
meeting video live on the City’s<br />
YouTube channel at youtube.com/<br />
cityofelgin or on demand at<br />
cityofelgin.org/videocenter.<br />
The City of Elgin and Elgin Sustainability<br />
Commission will be hosting the annual Pumpkin<br />
Smash composting event on <strong>Nov</strong>ember 4 (the first<br />
Saturday after Halloween) from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at<br />
the old library parking lot (corner of Grove and<br />
Kimball). Since 2016, Elgin has collected over 28.62<br />
TONS of pumpkins! Help us grow this number —<br />
bring your pumpkins so they can be composted<br />
instead of haunting a landfill.<br />
Holiday Celebrations<br />
Letters to Santa<br />
Not sure where to send<br />
your child's letter to<br />
Santa? The City of<br />
Elgin is collecting<br />
your letters and will<br />
send them to the North<br />
Pole for you! Place them<br />
in the drop box outside the main entrance of<br />
the Edward Schock Centre of Elgin between<br />
<strong>Nov</strong>ember 10 and <strong>Dec</strong>ember 15. No postage<br />
necessary! Santa will send a letter back, so be<br />
sure to include a mailing address.<br />
Holly Days Begins on Small Business<br />
Saturday, <strong>Nov</strong>ember 25<br />
Holly Days, presented by the Downtown<br />
Neighborhood Association (DNA), kicks off on<br />
Small Business Saturday and continues<br />
throughout the month of <strong>Dec</strong>ember. This<br />
month-long event includes holiday window<br />
murals created by local artists, the return of<br />
Holiday Cheers, special events, a pop-up<br />
market and more. For more information visit<br />
downtownelgin.com.<br />
Tree Lighting Ceremony<br />
Residents and visitors are invited to the annual<br />
tree lighting ceremony where Mayor Kaptain,<br />
members of City Council, and Santa turn on<br />
the holiday tree lights.<br />
The 20<strong>23</strong> Tree Lighting<br />
Ceremony is set to<br />
occur on Saturday,<br />
<strong>Nov</strong>ember 25 at 5 p.m.<br />
at Festival Park,<br />
132 S Grove Ave.<br />
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