Kullens hasn't decided how he feels about the proposed plan, but said it could be a burden for lower-income residents whose streets need the most work. Sarah Wolf could be one of those voters. A bartender and night manager, Wolf said she could hardly afford to pay for street repairs now but would be more interested if the village shared the costs. I could contribute a little bit, not a lot. So if people want new streets, some of the burden of paying for them must fall to residents.
Participation is voluntary.
A portion of the fees could be deducted from federal income taxes. Brostrom and another trustee, Carl Holder, said the village must try to get money from state and federal sources to defray repair costs. But without a property tax, Holder said, the village has little leverage to share the costs. One of two engineers on the project, McMahon Associates regional manager Tim Bronn, said he doesn't expect Kuhn to force anybody to do anything. You can't just keep throwing cold patch on these things.