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Homer Glen amends local match cap for 100 51st Street reconstruction after trustees question estimate
Summary
Trustees voted to authorize local matching funds to secure roughly $5.66 million in federal and state funding for the 100 51st Street reconstruction but amended the resolution to cap the village’s contribution at $2,000,000 before additional approvals, citing questions about the open-ended language and engineer estimates.
Trustees approved a resolution authorizing the village to provide local matching funds to secure federal and state grants for the 100 51st Street reconstruction project, but they amended the authorization to include a $2,000,000 cap on the local match before the board would be asked to reconsider larger commitments.
Trustee Lepore pressed staff on the math, citing the packet language that the village had received $5,659,976 in federal and state grants and that the local match should be roughly a 20 percent share. Lepore asked why the draft resolution…
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