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In a 5-2 vote Thursday night, Oak Park’s Village Board of Trustees approved an additional $100,000 to be allocated to Community of Congregations to help resettle 17 migrants staying at Euclid Avenue United Methodist Church.
All the migrants staying at St. Edmund School and those who had been staying at Grace Episcopal Church, have been resettled into stable housing situations, officials said.
In a 4-3 vote Tuesday, the board approved $150,000 more for short-term rental assistance for migrants coming from village funds. The board also approved, with six votes in favor and one abstention, allocating $300,000 from a Supporting Municipalities for Asylum Seeker Services grant to the Community of Congregations for migrant rental assistance.
Oak Park voted Monday night to extend funding for its migrant community, allocating federal funding for that purpose.
A Pasco County jury on Friday returned a guilty verdict for Colin Knapp in the murder of his girlfriend Kathleen Moore, bringing some closure to her loved ones.