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Public commenters urge Winfield SD 34 board to drop lawsuit and seek revenue-sharing settlement
Summary
Several residents urged Winfield School District 34's board to stop appealing a court decision and negotiate revenue sharing with the Village, calling continued litigation a waste of taxpayer funds; the board did not take formal action on the comments during the meeting.
Several residents addressed the Winfield School District 34 Board of Education during public comment on March 27, urging the board to stop appealing a court decision and to pursue a revenue-sharing settlement with the Village.
Bridget Trojan told the board, "Continuing the lawsuit is folly. Find a revenue sharing settlement with the Village. It's time to move on." Another commenter identified only as Nick said he attended the district's schools decades ago and urged the board to "drop the lawsuit and leave it alone," saying prolonged litigation wastes taxpayer money. Patti Weber likewise asked the board not to appeal the court's decision and to work with the Village on revenue sharing.
The comments focused on taxpayer impact rather than new policy proposals; no board action was recorded in open session in response to those remarks. The district had a separate agenda item noting that TIF 2 legal proceedings remain under review, and the board later entered closed session for litigation discussion, but no decision or vote on litigation strategy was taken in open session.
