ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL review

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE

contents 3 From the Editor's Desk 5 Small Cities Council Meets In Springfield 7 A Better Product Through Cooperation And Communication 9 Estimating State Shared Municipal Revenues For Fiscal Year 1997 13 A Fork In The Road: Beecher's Plan For Two Different Futures 15 'Safe Driver Renewal' Tops Ryan Accomplishments 17 Illinois City Management Association Presents Annual Awards 18 83rd Annual Conference 21 An Optimistic View Of Future Growth Potentials In The Small Towns Of Illinois 22 Municipal Calendar 23 Comptroller's Corner 25 Local Governments Finance Public Improvements 26 Water Pollution Control Revolving Loan Fund 27 Illinois Enacts Brownfield's Initiative 28 Municipal Exchange

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