NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the Villa Hills Fire Protection District, in St. Clair County, and State of Illinois, for the fiscal year beginning June 1, 2026, and ending May 31, 2027, is on file and conveniently available to public inspection at the office of Butch Blake, Secretary, at his home, 309 Bethesda Drive, Belleville, St. Clair County, Belleville, Illinois in said Fire Protection District. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN HEREBY that a public hearing on said Budget and Appropriation Ordinance is to be held at 7:15 o'clock p.m., central daylight savings time, on the 5th day of July, A.D., 2026, at the fire house of Villa Hills Fire Protection Association, Inc., at 100 Conniston Drive, in Stookey Township, St. Clair County, Belleville, Illinois, in said Fire Protection District, and that final action on said ordinance will be taken by the Board of Trustees of said Villa Hills Fire Protection District, at a meeting thereof to be held at 7:30 o'clock p.m., central daylight savings time, on the 5th day of July, A.D., 2026, at said fire house in said Fire Protection District. BY ORDER to the Board of Trustees of said District. DATED: This 5th day of May, A.D., 2026. VILLA HILLS FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BY: Amy C. Lynch PRESIDENT ATTEST: Butch Blake SECRETARY IPL0338828 May 13 2026