The mayor and trustees of a village make up the village board of trustees, which operates similarly to a city council or town board; it adopts laws and ordinances, the municipal budget, and tax rate; determines whether to invoke eminent domain; approves or disapproves of certain residential or commercial projects; approves or disapproves of infrastructure projects such as roads, schools, water pipes, and roundabouts; may call a moratorium on building
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