The Board of Trustees opened its March 25 meeting with a public hearing on the proposed $20 million village budget for fiscal year 2026-27 — and not a single resident showed up to comment. The hearing was opened and closed in under a minute.

Okay. Are there questions from the board? Alright. Do I have a motion to open the public hearing? Thank you. So moved. I have a second? Second. Second by trustee Simon, second by trustee Nicholson. All in favor? Aye. Aye. The public hearing is open. …

I'm not gonna read these, I swear, but there's a reason for them. Didn't expect that part. Good evening. My name is Casey Rascob. I'm your village prosecutor, and I've been a village resident since 1994. A study can't change anything, and here is why…

in March in four weeks? If we want you know, if we're talking about have the board having enough time to deliberate saying that it has to be done as part of the regular village budget process, that goes in completely the opposite direction. And while…