Mayor Rodney S. Craig used his Oct. 2 report to ask the Village Board to review several Illinois Municipal League (IML) model resolutions and to highlight a $400,000 local projects allocation that, he said, will support improvements near the village’s metro station.

Craig asked the trustees to consider adopting an IML civility pledge at a future meeting and to adopt resolutions supporting restoration of local revenues and opposing legislation that preempts local authority. He said the state legislature has advanced bills in recent years that have limited municipal authority and urged the board to take a formal stand to protect home-rule prerogatives.

The mayor also raised transit governance as a priority, describing ongoing engagement with Metro and CMAP and saying suburban governance and funding priorities need attention. He urged trustees to consider IML’s transit reform resolution and said transit changes affect municipal revenues and school districts.

On local revenue, Craig said he received a call from a legislator indicating Hanover Park qualified for about $400,000 in local-project funding to improve the metro station area; he asked staffer Jenny to take the lead on coordinating that work with the special-events committee and staff. The mayor praised efforts to close out a radio-project backlog with ETSB and thanked Fire Department staff and volunteers for hosting a successful Explorer Initiative for U-46 eighth-graders.

Craig asked the board to look into gaming-regulation options, referencing a "push tax" court outcome and urging the village to consider next steps on a locally available revenue option. He closed by asking that executive sessions be scheduled immediately after town-hall-style items in future agendas to avoid items being forgotten.

Trustees did not vote on the IML resolutions at this meeting; Craig asked staff to place the items on future agendas for committee review and potential board action.