Property tax bills now list each taxing bodies' spending, debt, and to what percentage they have funded pensions they're required to pay employees. The village of Niles wants residents to know a few things.
You may have noticed something new on the property tax bill which arrived in your mailbox recently (and is due March 1). Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas has listed financial information for each taxing body which will receive money from the check you write. According to chicago.cbslocal.com, she has "outed" towns and governments on how much they owe. Video: Cook County Treasurer's office walks you through the info At a Niles village board "Informal Considerations" meeting Tuesday, Finance Director Scot Neukirch and Mayor Robert Callero expressed concern that residents might get the wrong impression when they read the numbers for the Village of Niles. Like Niles-Morton Grove Patch on Facebook According to the Cook County Treasurer's…
If you live in the district, expect a tax increase of approximately $45 on a $6,000 tax bill. Board members raised the levy 4.19%, saying they wanted to prepare for Springfield shifting pension costs onto individual school districts.
If you live in Maine Township High School District 207, you can expect an increase on your property tax bill. Board members voted 5-1 to raise the tax levy 4.19% at Monday’s board meeting. Some noted that the state of Illinois, which is saddled with pension costs, may shift responsibility for those costs to individual school districts. The total amount of the levy is $109,114,250. Taxpayers who pay an annual property tax of $6,000 will see an increase of about $45. For those with an annual tax bill of $12,000, double that. Property owners in Des Plaines and Park Ridge who live in D207 pay about 25% of their total property tax bills to the high school district. The D207 has raised the levy by the legal limits within the consumer …
12:18 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012
It was never the teacher money it never existed as for you paying your share ha ha ...20% even 50% that you pay is not enought carpenter union we pay the whole thing and when we retire on get $80 per year worked and this can change at any time more ›
Bob G
11:28 am on Thursday, February 14, 2013
While I understand the poor investment returns , I do not understand the benefit enhancements that were "out of our control" . Who's control were they in ? For the life of me I cannot understand the reasoning for continually kicking this can down the road year after year until it becomes a monster. These employees paid in to the fund every paycheck without fail so why as a government don't we pay… more ›