For some reason lost to history, the State of Illinois requires municipalities to ask permission to spend Motor Fuel Taxes.
Algonquin will pass such a resolution at its next Village Board meeting.
Their share is determined by State law.
I find it more than strange that no prior permission is required of income tax dollars sent to cities and villages.
My friend Gene Brown, more cynical about government than I, contends the purpose of government is to provide jobs and contracts.
That logic fits this situation perfectlyj.
There are Illinois Department of Transportation employees whose only job is to process the paperwork to allow municipalities to spent MFT funds that is theirs by law.
