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Residents press Manteno trustees over tax-rebate reporting and $800,000 deficit as board adopts working budget
Summary
Multiple residents challenged the board about a newspaper report that Manteno would end a property tax rebate and criticized past spending; trustees and staff said the proposed FY2026–27 budget still includes a rebate and that the working budget (Ordinance 2543) was adopted with the understanding it can be amended.
Several residents used the public-comment period at the April 20 Manteno Village Board meeting to challenge trustees about finances and a newspaper report stating the village would end a property-tax rebate.
"It's distressing to read the local paper to find that Manteno is to end tax rebate," said Francine Fatima, who said she learned about the rebate change from the newspaper rather than at a board meeting and asked for "the real truth." Bill Barnes pressed trustees over an $800,000 deficit discussed in finance…
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