Rantoul mayor removes spending proposal from agenda

RANTOUL – Rantoul Mayor Neal Williams has pulled a proposal to spend more than $200,000 from the agenda of tonight's village board meeting after the village clerk said the item is a violation of the Illinois Open Meetings Act.

Village Clerk Jeremy Reale said village staff attempted to place an item on the agenda awarding a bid to replace the roof at the Rantoul Recreation Department office building.

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