Monee Adopts Resolution Asserting Local Control Over Housing as State Bills Loom

Village of Monee Board of Trustees Meeting | May 13, 2026

Article Summary: The Monee Village Board on Tuesday, May 13, 2026, unanimously adopted a resolution supporting municipal authority over local housing decisions, pushing back against proposed state legislation that village officials say would strip communities of zoning and land-use control.

Housing Authority Resolution Key Points:

• The board passed Resolution No. 2026-2 supporting municipal housing authority and local control.
• Mayor Therese Bogs said pending state legislation would make it easier to supply housing but would override local rules on minimum lot sizes, density allowances, and parking requirements.
• The Illinois Municipal League and the Metropolitan Mayor’s Caucus both recommended that municipalities adopt such a resolution.
• The measure passed 6-0.

MONEE — The Monee Village Board on Tuesday, May 13, 2026, unanimously adopted a resolution asserting the village’s authority to control housing and land-use decisions within its own borders, a response to housing legislation moving through the Illinois General Assembly that local officials say would curtail municipal control.

Mayor Therese Bogs introduced the measure, telling the board that Illinois is grappling with a housing shortage but that the state’s proposed remedy would come at the expense of local decision-making. “Illinois is suffering from a housing shortage, but the proposed legislation that’s coming down from the state is going to seemingly make it easier to supply the housing, but it’s going to strip local communities of having any control,” Bogs said.

Bogs said the legislation under discussion in Springfield would reach into local zoning standards, citing minimum lot sizes, increased density allowances, and minimum parking requirements as areas where the state could supersede village rules. She framed the resolution as a way to send a message to state lawmakers. “We just want to make sure that they know that we’re in control of our own village here,” she said, adding that the goal was to “let Springfield know that we want to control what goes on in our own community.”

The mayor drew a comparison to solar-energy siting, an area where she said municipalities have lost authority to the state. “You’ve got the safety act and this to me is very similar to the solar that we’ve got no say in what’s going on because the state says it,” Bogs said.

During discussion, a trustee asked whether Monee’s home-rule status would override state action in this area. Bogs and the board indicated it would not. “If we’re home rule, will that supersede the state? No. State comes first,” she said, summarizing the exchange.

Bogs also offered a broader argument for local authority. “The people who actually live in a village or community probably know best what’s best for their community versus somebody down in Springfield or in Chicago who’ve only driven by on Interstate 57,” she said.

The resolution was recommended by both the Illinois Municipal League and the Metropolitan Mayor’s Caucus, Bogs said, as a formal step municipalities can take to register their position with the state. Following a motion and a second, the board approved the measure on a 6-0 roll-call vote, designating it Resolution No. 2026-2.