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Riverside trustees hear spike in assistance requests; assessor warns refunds delayed by tech error

Riverside Township Board of Trustees · March 11, 2026
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Summary

Trustees were told assistance applications have risen as landlords resume evictions; the assessor said exemption applications are available and that refunds from the treasurer’s office remain on hold because of a technology problem preventing online refund applications.

Riverside Township trustees heard on March 10 that requests for general assistance have increased recently, a trend the board’s Supervisor attributed to landlords resuming eviction activity as winter ends.

The Supervisor told the board that staff have been focused on assistance applications over the past two weeks and that roughly $22,000 from 2025 tax receipts and prior-year deposits was received this month, improving near-term…

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