Elk Grove Village uses data-center windfall for new $200 prepaid-card round

Elk Grove Village is directing a new real-estate tax windfall into $200 Visa prepaid cards for residential households. Journal & Topics reported the Illinois municipality’s latest round on 13 October, citing Mayor Craig Johnson . An official letter the following day confirmed the benefit and PerfectGift ’s role in distributing it. [S01] [S02] The October round is a separate distribution from the village’s 2024 programme. Current municipal instructions say cards were mailed on 14 October and are expected to arrive between 22 and 28 October. Those dates describe the announced delivery process; they do not establish that every household has received or spent its card. [S03] A one-time windfall becomes a household benefit Journal & Topics reported $4.2 million in one-time transfer-tax proceeds from two data-center property sales, attributing that total to Johnson. The mayor and board’s letter separately describes revenue of more than $4 million. The precise $4.2 million figure remains an attributed local report rather than an audited municipal receipt total. [S01] [S02] Funding and budget for the 2026 prepaid-card round One-time municipal revenue reported by the mayor and the programme’s budget authority, in millions of US dollars. Amount Reported transfer-tax proceeds: 4.2 USD million Programme budget increase: 2.83 USD million The $4.2m is reporter-attributed revenue at the source’s precision, supported only to a greater-than-$4m threshold by the official letter. The $2.83m is budget authority, not actual expenditure or redeemed card value. Different fiscal stages: do not add the bars or treat their difference as an audited balance. Journal & Topics, reported proceeds attributed to Mayor Craig Johnson Elk Grove Village, October13 board addendum item6(v) Daily Herald, approval and programme cost The board’s 13 October addendum proposed a $2.83 million increase