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Antioch trustees approve veterans memorial site, ask for final site plan review
Summary
After two years of debate and competing public comments, Antioch trustees voted 5–1 to approve a village-owned site for the proposed Veterans Memorial but attached a requirement that the final site plan, monument size and exact placement return to the board for approval.
Antioch trustees on March 21 voted to approve the village site for a proposed Veterans Memorial while reserving final sign-off on the design and detailed site plan.
The board’s action followed extended public comment and a lengthy committee discussion. John Matadz, junior vice commander at VFW Post 4551, urged trustees to ratify the location that organizers and local veterans groups had used while fundraising, saying further delay risked losing donor momentum. “The time for protracted deliberations…has passed,” Matadz said in public comment, and he asked for a unanimous yes vote.
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