Oak Park trustees might extend cut off time to aid migrants past Dec. 4 – Oak Leaves

Costs to date include relocating about 162 migrants – who range in age from 3 years old to 60 – between Nov. 7 and Nov. 10, primarily to the Carleton Hotel and the West Cook YMCA. With current spending rates, which are approximately $300,000 per month, the existing fund — including Supporting Municipalities for Asylum Seeker Services grant dollars and federal pandemic-related American Rescue Plan Act money — would be exhausted by mid-December, the memo stated.