By Dave Dahl

SPRINGFIELD – As the group which represents the state’s mayors and city councils rolls out its legislative wish list for 2020, the cities want a return to the old days for getting money from the state.

River Forest Village President Catherine Adduci wants the “local government distributive fund” returned to ten percent of the state income tax.

“If you can just think, taking another half percent, or another percent, we are talking about $45 million more that can come back to the municipalities. That’s not insignificant,” Adduci told a Capitol news conference Monday. “I don’t think there’s a mayor that is part of the Illinois Municipal League that is not concerned about this constant picking at the possible revenue we have in our budgets”

That LGDF was ten percent for years and was cut to about six percent around ten years ago. The cities want it back at ten percent, whether the graduated income tax passes or fails.

Brad Cole, the executive director of the IML, went against the grain of the move to outlaw red light cameras, calling it a local decision and the alleged corruption in that field isolated cases.

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