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Manteno trustees debate using $80,000 visitors-bureau payment for local events, consider leasing trucks and line-item cuts to narrow $1.6M deficit
Summary
Trustees discussed redirecting Mantenos $80,000 payment to the county visitors bureau toward locally run events, leasing a seasonal salt truck instead of buying a $270,000 dump truck, and targeted cuts (interns, crossing guards, park rangers, porta-potties) to reduce a roughly $1.6to1.8 million budget shortfall.
Trustees of the Village of Manteno spent a large portion of the meeting probing ways to narrow a projected budget gap while preserving popular community programs.
A trustee who led the discussion said the village should push sponsorship solicitations toward village-run events and set a 50% sponsorship benchmark for events such as Music on Main Street, noting recent sponsorships of about $1,100 against a $19,000 line-item budget. "I don't want to cut any events," the trustee said, "but it comes at a cost to the village." He urged focusing fundraising on village events so the municipality is not fully subsidizing large programs.
The board also examined the village's $80,000 annual payment to the county visitors bureau and asked whether that money could instead be used directly to market Manteno and support local hotels and events. The trustee said he would "try this…
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