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Lincoln Heights councilors question adding Mayor Key as bank signer amid spouse’s finance role
Summary
Councilors debated several consent resolutions to update bank signers after turnover and raised a conflict-of-interest concern because Mayor Tanya Key’s husband is the village finance director; the mayor said she will recuse herself in conflict situations and agreed to remove the items from consent for further committee review.
Councilors at the Village of Lincoln Heights’ committee of the whole on Jan. 12 reviewed routine resolutions to update bank signatories after recent turnover and flagged a potential conflict of interest involving Mayor Tanya Key.
The consent agenda included a group of resolutions (R-2026-R6 through R-2026-R13) that remove former officials and add new signers for First National Bank and First Financial Bank accounts, including two resolutions (R-2026-R10 and R-2026-R12) that would add Mayor Tanya Key…
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