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Residents tell Lake Bluff board Shields Township levy changes reduced local road distributions, urge action
Summary
Two speakers told the Village Board that Shields Township reduced its road levy in December 2022 and shifted monies into the township's corporate fund, reducing distributions to municipalities and unincorporated areas. They asked the village to press the township to restore road-fund allocations.
At the start of the meeting, resident Kathy Blahanka told the Village Board that Shields Township lowered its road levy in December 2022 by $167,000 and moved the money into the township's corporate fund. "The money was not returned to the taxpayers, but rather moved to the corporate fund," Blahanka said, adding that the township did not apply CPI increases to the road fund for the next two years…
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