W E D N E S D A Y
July 8, 2026 Vol. 47, No. 2
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AUSTIN FORWARD. TOGETHER. 2026 QUARTER 2
July 8, 2026
THE AUSTIN COMMUNITY PUBLISHED ITS FIRST QUALITY-OF-LIFE PLAN CALLED AUSTIN FORWARD. TOGETHER. (AFT) IN 2018. THIS QUARTERLY PUBLICATION DESCRIBES HOW AUSTIN COMING TOGETHER (ACT) IS SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY TO IMPLEMENT AFT AND OTHER EFFORTS.
THE WALSER HOUSE LIVES ON IN AUSTIN
Historic landmark secured on the Westside by Austin Coming Together
Austin Forward Together Page B1
Prasad has $2M compensation fund Cost cuts on new police as West Sub fires 500 employees
station as village takes long view of finances
Judge may reconsider Ramco bid for receiver By BILL DWYER Contributing Reporter
The contentious legal battle over West Suburban Medical Center between Resilience Healthcare and landlord Ramco Healthcare Holdings continued in court Thursday morning. But the week has already seen several significant developments. At a June 30 status hearing, Judge Patrick T. Stanton suggested he might be willing to revisit his ruling on not replacing CEO Manoj Prasad with an appointed receiver to manage West Sub. Also on Tuesday, Wednesday Journal reviewed a 15-page defense brief filed in May that disclosed that Prasad has set aside $2 million in a fund he personally controls to compensate himself for his “deficient” $90,000 annual salary. And Tuesday night ABC7 news reported that notices had been sent to about 500 West Sub employees informing them that they would be permanently furloughed. ABC7 quotes a notice saying, “a mass layoff at West Suburban Medical Center” will See WEST SUB on page 8
Finance committee adjusts spending and stretches it out in proposal coming to full board By SYDNEY LOVAN Reporting Intern
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Manoj Prasad, CEO of West Suburban Hospital, leaves court at the Richard J. Daley Center in Chicago after a closed-door settlement conference on July 2.
The finance committee of the Oak Park village board considered two scenarios for funding critical long term capital projects at its meeting July 2. Both options reflect substantially reduced cost estimates for a planned new police department headquarters. See POLICE STATION on page 12