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Reynolds said the legal description in the annexation notice made it unclear how much of the road would transfer to the city and warned the township could be left maintaining a segment subject to higher traffic from new development. \"My concern is is, if they don't annex all the property ... we'll get stuck with a piece of road out there that if something gets built, our road will not withstand what traffic it may generate,\" Reynolds said.

He also asked how federal land could be annexed into the City of Bloomington, saying the process appeared to be legal but that the operational impacts on township budgets and maintenance responsibilities concern him because the township has borne maintenance costs in past subdivisions.

Council members did not engage in debate during the public-comment period; Reynolds’ remarks were recorded as public comment, and no formal action followed from the council during that meeting.

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\"We do have a $150,000 put in for homelessness services. And so that's significant,\" Supervisor Skowood told trustees as he introduced the budget packet, which the township is keeping available for public review before a March public hearing.

Staff and trustees discussed how the money might be used. Skowood said the funds were intended for modular units if the city could provide infrastructure (electricity, latrines) or for storage lockers to help people secure belongings. He provided cost estimates drawn from online vendor listings during the meeting, saying individual modular units can run \"about 10 to 15,000\" apiece and that the $150,000 could potentially buy 10 to 15 single modules depending on configuration and operations costs.

Trustees also asked about eligibility and interaction with other assistance programs. In response to a question about the HHEAR program and rental assistance, Skowood said the township’s emergency-assistance program is restricted to applicants who meet local GAEA criteria and that state emergency assistance has a statutory limitation allowing recipients to receive emergency assistance only once every 12 months. \"...you can only receive emergency assistance by state statutes once every 12 months,\" he said.

On operations and procurement, the assessor’s office reported continuing work on a two-decade-old, homegrown assessment software and said staff are considering whether to continue in-house development or procure a vendor product; acquiring a new assessor vehicle was also flagged as a potential capital purchase if approved after the budget is adopted.

A motion to accept and place the proposed township budget on file for a 30-day review period was made and seconded during the meeting; the motion passed. Trustees were invited to submit questions to staff by phone or email during the review period, and a public hearing on the budget is scheduled for March 4 at 5:15 p.m.

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Scott said the city budgeted $4.2 million for PPRT in FY2025 but is now projecting roughly $2.7 million for the year after a series of downward revisions in state-distributed estimates, and staff are proposing a preliminary FY2026 PPRT projection of $2.5 million. \"We started the year with a budget of $4,200,000 and we're projecting now based on the IML information that we received 2,700,000,\" Scott said during his presentation.

The projection lands amid other revenue pressures the finance director highlighted, including a roughly $481,000 shortfall in state sales-tax receipts year-to-date and a persistent negative variance in the local motor fuel tax. Overall revenue for the general fund is running below budget and Scott said staff are planning expense reductions and delays to preserve reserves. Among the adjustments shown in the financial exhibits are equipment delays, lower transfer-outs for capital projects and postponement of a planned fire land acquisition.

Scott walked council members through historic PPRT volatility: the city saw replacement-tax receipts spike to more than $6 million in FY2023, then fall to about $4.2 million in FY2024 and now to a projected $2.7 million for FY2025. He described the spike as partly the result of a Department of Revenue over-allocation that local governments and the Illinois Municipal League have been tracking. \"There was a lot of discussion... the Department of Revenue was over allocating to the PPRT fund,\" Scott said.

On expenditures, Scott said the city is forecasting higher salary-and-benefits costs this year (partly from lower vacancy savings and recently settled union agreements) but is identifying offsets including delayed capital spending and reductions in outside purchases; the revised projection shows year-end reserves of about $36.8 million for the general fund. Scott also summarized enterprise funds, noting solid waste’s year-to-date position is improving as encumbered landfill fees are realized, while the golf fund’s revenues remain weather-dependent.

Council members asked no substantive follow-up questions during the presentation. City Manager Jeff and other staff directed residents to the budget books posted online for deeper detail. The presentation served as a preview for the formal FY2026 budget process, with staff indicating further council sessions on the proposed budget to follow.

What happens next: staff will continue monthly revenue tracking and incorporate updated IML and Department of Revenue guidance into the FY2026 draft budget. The council will receive further budget documents and exhibits in upcoming meetings for review and formal approval actions as scheduled.

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