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Resident raises questions about village financial transparency and voucher details
Summary
A resident urged trustees to demand more complete financial reports and questioned nearly $109,000 of credit‑card spending that lacked descriptions in the consolidated voucher; trustees did not act on the request at the meeting.
Resident Al Foreman told the Village Board he could not reconcile expenditures after reviewing a FOIA response and the consolidated voucher. Foreman said credit‑card transactions in the vouchers totaled about $140,000 over the past 13 months, and that roughly $109,000 of that spending had “no details and has gone unquestioned by the board.”
"I'm not saying the spend is invalid. I'm drawing your attention to the matter," Foreman said, urging trustees to require the finance department to reconcile payroll totals and ledger balances and to provide clearer descriptions in voucher materials.
Foreman also requested the status of the vacant finance director position and of the village’s financial statements and auditors. He said the finance department’s six‑month totals for payroll and professional services appeared to exceed budgeted amounts amid the vacancy and recommended improved transparency to maintain public confidence.
Trustees received the comments but did not take an immediate action at the meeting to require additional disclosures or to change voucher procedures; the consolidated voucher was approved earlier as part of the consent agenda.
