Oakview residents accuse village of diverting $2 million from wheeling/water fund; board says issue will return for review

At the April 21 meeting of the Village of Lisle Village Board, Oakview residents pressed the board over ownership of water mains and a $2,000,000 fund they said was taken from the Oakview wheeling/water fund.

"You stole $2,000,000 from the Oak View Water Fund," resident Blake Trail told the board during non-agenda public comment, saying the village budget includes $2,000,000 for water-main upgrades that, he said, would not benefit Oakview residents because the village had previously taken the money into the general fund.

The complaint continued in a sustained public comment by Susan Sorrell, who told the board Oakview residents were omitted from the agenda and repeated claims that the village had given Illinois American Water rights to install mains on private property without village easements. "How do you have a right of way when you don't even…