Here is a comparison of property tax burdens levied by libraries in McHerty County for the last three years. All are library districts, except Crystal Lake’s, which is part of city government and whose levy must be approved by the … Continue reading
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McHenry County Levy Increases Outpace Municipalities In a previous McHenry County Blog articles Comparing McHenry County Property Tax 2002 Versus 2016 it was discovered that while the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has increased 33.8% from 2002 to 2016, most McHenry … Continue reading
Majority of Library and Park District Increases Higher Than CPI A friend of McHenry County Blog compiled the information explaining McHenry County Taxes in correlation to the Consumer Price Index. Today McHenry County Blog is revealing numbers for Library and … Continue reading
How about running for library board, if you live in a library district? Hardly anyone cares who is on the library board. There are some exceptions. I would point to the library district in Libertyville where conservatives and liberals have … Continue reading
Here’s what local libraries did to taxpayers last year and what can be expected when tax bills arrive this month: Libraries INCR / DECR INCR / DECR 2015 – 2014 2014 – 2013 IN TOTAL TAX IN TOTAL TAX BARRINGTON … Continue reading
Ups and downs. That describes what McHenry County taxpayers will see in this year’s real estate tax bills. As reported Saturday, county government provided significant savings by zeroing out last year’s $3 million Valley Hi Nursing Home tax levy. (If … Continue reading
A press release from State Rep. Steve Andersson: House Democrats Pass Unbalanced Budget for FY16 Yesterday, Democrats in the House of Representatives presented a series of budget bills for appropriations. Although the bills presented were debated for hours on the … Continue reading
Reader “Connecting Dots” inserted this property tax information in a comment under the article, “McSweeney Introduces Eleven Bills.” There are comments on more than one of the bills, but with regard to McSweeney’s House Bill 178 to freeze township extensions … Continue reading
Libraries that are not for a single municipality are governed by elected Library District Boards. They are spread all over McHenry County, with the exception of the Crystal Lake and Harvard area. Crystal Lake and Harvard have the only city … Continue reading
I know it is tradition for McHenry County government to shut down on the afternoon of December 24th. That goes back at least to 1966, the first year I was McHenry County Treasurer. But I didn’t know the tradition had … Continue reading
Here’s what it looks like for my Algonquin Township part of Lakewood: MCHENRY COUNTY – $1.00 per $100 of assessed valuation (up from 79 cents per $100 – this must include the 708 Board Mental Health tax) MCHENRY CO CONSV … Continue reading
Continuing our series of articles on tax districts in McHenry County that are at or near the maximum rate allowed by law, today we look at Library Districts. Unlike a couple of Fire Protection Districts and School Districts, Library Districts … Continue reading
Real estate tax bills being sent out in McHenry County this year will total $783,689,437.41 this spring. That compares with $773,325,977.50 a year ago. That’s an increase of 1.34%, which those with good memories will recall is less than the … Continue reading