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Budget includes $10,000 line for police first‑time home‑buyer incentive, comptroller says
Summary
Alderman Melvin Marzak asked about a $10,000 budget line tagged for a home‑buyer incentive; Comptroller Rogers said the amount is tied to the police contract for first‑time buyers who purchase within city limits and that ESU employees have a separate $2,500 assistance program.
KANKAKEE, Ill. — During the Sept. 8 Budget Committee meeting, Alderman Melvin Marzak asked whether a $10,000 line (listed on the packet as a home‑buyer incentive) represented a new program. Comptroller Rogers said the amount is part of the police contract: if an officer who is a first‑time home buyer purchases within the city, the city “will give them a $10,000 or a $5,000 amount towards the down payment on their house,” and the budget includes $10,000 assuming one or two applicants this year.
Rogers clarified that the line is directed at police officers, not the general public. She also noted that ESU employees can receive down‑payment assistance of $2,500 through ESU‑administered support; that $2,500 program would not appear in the city packet. Alderman Marzak’s question and Rogers’ response occurred during the comptroller’s financial‑report discussion; committee members did not vote on the program itself during the Sept. 8 meeting.
The committee did not adopt new eligibility criteria or an implementing motion at the meeting; Rogers described the line as a budgeted amount anticipating likely usage tied to the police contract.
