This has been the week that tax information was posted on the McHenry County Clerk’s web site.

Pretty much anything anyone would be interested is there, but to make it useful for comparison purposes requires quite a bit of work.

The following articles take a look at various aspects of McHenry County tax bills that will soon be mailed. Click on the title to see the contents.

• Most Tax Rates for McHenry County’s Upcoming Tax Bills – Up 15% in Algonquin Township Part of Lakewood
• McHenry County Multiplier Increases Assessments 1.0243 for This Year’s Tax Bills, $1 Billion Assessment Loss Sends Tax Rates Soaring
• Property Tax Rates – Comparing This Coming Year’s to Last Year’s
• McHenry County Tax District Honor Role
• The McHenry County Taxman Cometh – Tax Bills on the Internet

Take a look at those tax districts that asked for about what they got last year.

The maximum allowed was 3% more than they asked for last year, the inflationary increase as measured by the Consumer Price Index.

You will note that very few are school districts. (Please understand I am eyeballing the numbers, so some listed may not meet your definition of “trying to hold the line.”)

The figures you see are called “extensions.”

They are the amounts that the County Clerk’s Office says are legal for the County Treasurer to collect. They total what taxpayers will see on all the combined bills.

McHenry County Governments

McHENRY COUNTY
2011 – $78,285,064.42
2012 – $78,535,191.18

McHENRY COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT
2011 – $19,317,898.84
2012 – $19,565,164.91 (+1.1%)

Community Colleges

ELGIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
2011 – $56,792,996.80
2012 – $57,324,251.53 (+1.1%)

ROCK VALLEY COLLEGE
2011 – $28,703,993.09
2012 – $26,525,130.84 (-7.6%)

School Districts

PRAIRIE SCHOOL DIST 46
2011 – $10,019,082.45
2012 – $9,966,782.94 (-0.5%)

RICHMOND-BURTON SCHOOL DIST 157
2011 – $10,871,791.76
2012 – $10,375,229.21 (-4.6%)

HARVARD SCHOOL DIST 50
2011 – $14,801,979.84
2012 – $13,926,259.55 (-5.9%)

HUNTLEY SCHOOL DIST 158
2011 – $61,109,472.87
2012 – $61,581,321.96 (+0.8%)

Cities and Villages

VILLAGE OF ALGONQUIN
2011 – $5,574,999.39
2012 – $5,481,010.56 (-1.7%)

BARRINGTON HILLS
2011 – $6,533,762.62
2012 – $6,492,399.31 (-0.6%)

CITY OF CRYSTAL LAKE
2011 – $3,282,804.82
2012 – $3,274,055.48 (-0.3%)

VILLAGE OF GREENWOOD
2011 – $0
2012 – $0

CITY OF HARVARD
2011 – $2,367,834.50
2012 – $2,359,412.23 (-0.4%)

VILLAGE OF HUNTLEY
2011 – $3,800,002.76
2012 – $3,799,994.39

VILLAGE OF LAKE IN THE HILLS
2011 – $5,560,280.32
2012 – $5,493,550.26 (-1.2%)

CITY OF MARENGO
2011 – $1,405,343.47
2012 – $1,389,495.63 (-1.1%)

VILLAGE OF MCCULLOM LAKE
2011 – $157,892.74
2012 – $157,424.78 (-0.3%)

CITY OF McHENRY
2011 – $4,761,637.73
2012 – $4,761,636.11

VILLAGE OF PRAIRIE GROVE
2011 – $380,002.34
2012 – $370,001.56 (-2.6%)

VILLAGE OF RINGWOOD
2011 – $76,500.08
2012 – $76,500.08 (+1.3%)

VILLAGE OF TROUT VALLEY
2011 – $0
2012 – $0

CITY OF WOODSTOCK
2011 – $9,071,370.52
2012 – $9,001,599.07 (-0.2%)

Fire Protection Districts

BARRINGTON COUNTRYSIDE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
2011 – $5,441,287.31
2012 – $5,485,596.51 (+0.8%)

CRYSTAL LAKE RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
2011 – $1,632,143.62
2012 – $1,497,067.44 (-8.3%)

FOX RIVER GROVE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
2011 – $1,377,471.22
2012 – $1,271,682.99 (-7.7%)

MARENGO RESCUE SQUAD DISTRICT
2011 – $795,630.09
2012 – $698,078.66 (-12.7%)

McHENRY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
2011 – $6,500,013.45
2012 – $6,500,007.48

RICHMOND FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
2011 – $720,445.21
2012 – $655,128.81 (-9.1%)

WAUCONDA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
2011 – $7,640,043.82
2012 – $7,950,482.86 (+0.2%)

Library Districts

McHENRY LIBRARY DISTRICT
2011 – $3,122,948.63
2012 – $3,122,955.55

Park Districts

CRYSTAL LAKE PARK DISTRICT
2011 – $6,585,006.80
2012 – $6,609,886.38 (+0.4%)

MARENGO PARK DISTRICT
2011 – $509,280.95
2012 – $493,114.64 (-3.2%)

Townships

ALDEN TOWNSHIP
2011 – $138,551.71
2012 – $125,589.92 (-9.4%)

ALGONQUIN TOWNSHIP
2011 – $1,812,281.41
2012 – $1,818,540.52 (+0.3%)

ALGONQUIN TOWNSHIP ROAD & BRIDGE DISTRICT
2011 – $3,989,082.24
2012 – $3,989,081.94

HARTLAND TOWNSHIP
2011 – $177,096.32
2012 – $168,120.44 (-5.1%)

HARTLAND TOWWSHIP ROAD & BRIDGE DISTRICT
2011 – $257,147.74
2012 – $249,843.80 (-2.8%)

HEBRON TOWNSHIP ROAD & BRIDGE DISTRICT
2011 – $223,260.02
2012 – $218,264.61 (-2.2%)

MARENGO TOWNSHIP
2011 – $303,002.43
2012 – $299,000.30 (-1.3%)

MARENGO TONSHIWP ROAD & BRIDGE DISTRICT
2011 – $496,211.57
2012 – $496,964.36 (-0.2%)

McHENRY TOWNSHIP
2011 – $1,876,425.79
2012 – $1,876,437.35

McHENRY TOWNSHIP ROAD & BRIDGE DISTRICT
2011 – $3,406,895.19
2012 – $3,406,912.40

NUNDA TOWNSHIP
2011 – $1,125,172.20
2012 – $1,125,172.20 (+0.3%)

NUNDA TOWNSHIP ROAD & BRIDGE DISTRICT
2011 – $3,332,592.47
2012 – $3,332,591.92

RICHMOND TOWNSHIP
2011 – $258,886.96
2012 – $262,771.67 (+1.2%)

SENECA TOWNSHIP
2011 – $172,300.92
2012 – $168,000.60 (-2.5%)

SENECA TOWNSHIP ROAD & BRIDGE DISTRICT
2011 – $266,055.92
2012 – $266,053.68

Sanitary Districts

NORTHERN MORAINE WATER RESOURCE (SANITARY) DISTRICT
2011 – $223,727.12
2012 – $190,548.83 (-14.8%)