Will County Board members want state lawmakers to release $5.6 million in fee and tax revenue owed the county and to pass a law that would bring back racing dates to Balmoral Park Race Track in Crete.
The board has passed resolutions urging legislators to provide the county with its share of revenue from the motor fuel tax and the 911 phone surcharge. The state has withheld local shares of that money since July 1 because of the lack of a 2015-16 state budget, placing local governments in a tightening money squeeze and angering municipal and county officials statewide.
Will County is owed about $3.5 million in motor fuel tax income and another $2.1 million from the 911 fee…Please click here to read Alicia Fabbre’s story in the Tribune/Daily Southtown.