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Elmhurst aldermen press staff on proposed cuts to senior services and taxi/Uber subsidy
Summary
Councilors questioned a proposed reduction to senior programs including a taxi/Uber subsidy that recently required a $24,000 overage; staff says the subsidy is a base fee contract plus call recoveries and is working with neighboring townships and partner agencies to mitigate impacts.
Aldermen at the Nov. 3 Committee of the Whole expressed concern about proposed cuts in the human services cost center that would trim funding for the taxi/Uber senior subsidy, Metropolitan Family Services counseling and Meals on Wheels.
Councilors said the proposed 2026 reduction appears inconsistent with the program’s recent usage. "To say it's budgeted now at 55,000, I'm not sure where we're getting that number from,"…
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