RCA Accomplishments: 43 Parking Spots for Free Instead of Spending $885,000 for 19

Before RCA was elected to the Village Board, the plan was to build a new 19 spot parking lot at cost estimated by the village’s Director of Finance at $885,000 to $1,095,000, depending on the availability of grant money. The RCA thought the village could do better than nearly $50,000 per parking spot.
Once RCA was [...]

RCA Accomplishments: Saving $40,000 in Our Village Manager Search

Past Riverside Village Boards relied on executive search firms to find senior level staff, costing the village tens of thousands of dollars in fees. After the resignation of our former Village Manager, two RCA board members – Mike Gorman and Lonnie Sacchi – took it upon themselves to conduct the search for both the interim [...]