The Village of Glen Ellyn's Board of Trustees is expected to vote on an ordinance that would reduce the amount of money owed to it by the couple who founded Diamante Montessori School.

The ordinance would authorize a payment agreement with Ronald and Elizabeth Repking for expenses incurred after they applied for a special use permit to move the school into a vacant church at 625 Hillside Ave.

When someone petitions the village for a special use permit, the village's out-of-pocket expenses related to the processing of the application are placed in an escrow account. The petitioners must eventually reimburse the village for the balance of that account.

Village Director of Planning and Development Staci Hulseberg told board members at their regular workshop meeting Monday night that when the proposed ordinance was prepared, the escrow account balance was $43,754. The village wants to reduce that amount by $18,750, so the Repkings would owe $25,004.

Hulseberg said the couple can pay off the balance with monthly payments of $500. She said the average balance in an escrow account costs a special permit petitioner about $3,000.