Thursday, November 29, 2012
Village Trustees may decide Monday to abate property tax levy by more than 10 percent.
A collaborative effort by the Deerfield Board of Trustees at Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting coupled with skillful pencil sharpening by Acting Finance Director Eric Burk could result in a reduction in exces of 10 percent of the Village’s portion of the property tax levy. Though the potential savings to Deerfield’s taxpayers will not be known until the Board acts at a scheduled public hearing on the levy at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Village Hall, Burk will suggest a reduction of $1,361,226 from the initial $10,140,832. Earlier: Board Seeks Cut of Tax Levy Proposal The collaboration began after Burk finished his presentation to the Board Monday and Trustee William Seiden expressed a wish to diminish tax burden on Village residents. He …
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
In other business, changes are revealed for Deerfield middle school schedules.
An increase in the real estate tax levy assessed by the Deerfield Public Schools District 109 Board of Education of potentially more than five percent was unanimously approved at Monday’s regularly scheduled meeting. The hike means the owner of a home worth $475,000 last year which is now worth $451,250 this year could pay an additional $174 annually in property taxes based on information contained in a 39-page report made available to the public at the meeting. Get local news in a daily email from Patch. It's like getting a free newspaper. Learn more. School Board President Ellen London explained the uncertainty over what the Illinois General Assembly will do over its long standing failure to fund teacher pensions along with the need to …
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Use of reserves shaves off a portion of proposed tax hike for home owners.
Deerfield real estate owners will pay less property tax next year than originally planned though there will still be an increase of slightly less than $100 per year on a $500,000 house, according to Director of Finance Robert Fialkowski. After trustees received assurances from Fialkowski during Monday’s Village Board meeting that sufficient reserves exist to abate approximately $833,000 in taxes, the Board unanimously approved a $10,299,236 property tax levy for 2011 due next year. The Board also passed some abatements related to interest on bonds Monday and will act Jan. 3 to pass a further abatement which will makes taxes approximately $100 per year less than originally planned on a $500,000 home, according to Fialkowski. “How sure am…
Jon Hall
1:03 pm on Thursday, November 29, 2012
It's election time, town hall joke coming up next week. Harriet really isn't bright enough to think beyond petty political ploys Bernie taught her. The Caucus system doesn't lead to bringing fresh or capable leadership to this village's boards. HARRIET: We already pay high taxes and don't get anything for it except posturing over commercial signs and sediment saturated drinking water. more ›