Ready for some noodling? Take a look at this District 155 spending data and then look at enrollment: Enrollment decreased 850 students in seven years. The time for people to pass petitions for next spring’s school board elections is coming … Continue reading
Category Archives: Real Estate Tax
A Chicago Triune editorial featured a Woodstock family who moved to Colorado: Donald Felz, a lifelong Illinoisan who retired from a utility company in 2016, says a sinking home value and taxes drove him and his wife, Debi, out of … Continue reading
The time was 11 o’clock. The place was the County Administrative Building. The participants had been summoned by McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Frnaks as part of his campaign to convince voters that he had not really promised that their … Continue reading
With the first installment of McHenry County property tax bills being due today at McHenry County Treasurer Glenda Miller’s office or a local bank, McHenry County Blog presents three years of tax levies for virtually all tax districts collecting money … Continue reading
There are only two sanitary districts in McHenry County. One was inaugurated with a “Royal Flush” in Island Lake, if memory serves me correctly. It is now called the Northern Moraine Wastewater Reclamation District. It now covers Island Lake, Lakemoor … Continue reading
A press release from State Rep. Allen Skillicorn: FED SHOULD OPEN THEIR BOOKS INSTEAD OF ASKING ILLINOISANS TO OPEN THEIR WALLETS Springfield, IL – Fresh off reports of a recent proposal by three economists of the Federal Reserve Bank of … Continue reading
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
There are not a lot of park districts in the United States. In fact, I know of none outside of Illinois. McHenry County has five. They tend to attract people who think recreation is the biggest “good” in government. They … Continue reading
Here are the statistics on how Fire Protection Districts had on McHenry County tax bills: Fire Protection Districts Alg-LITH FPD $7,821,097 $8,702,042 11.3% $8,886,661 2.1% Barrington … Continue reading
Look what city councils and village boards in McHenry County have asked to extract from your pocketbook for the last three years: Cities and Villages Algonquin $4,176,673 … Continue reading
Here are the comparisons for taxes collected in 2016, 2017 and 2018 for McHenry County’s seventeen townships. In all, the townships cut the amount being taken out of our checkbooks by 3%. Each township has the cost of highway departments … Continue reading
This summarizes McHenry County tax bills this year: McHenry County Treasurer Glenda Miller mailed property tax bills on Friday. They reached our mailbox Monday. McHenry County Blog will present some analysis, the first portion of which compares what categories of … Continue reading
Here is a summary of what McHenry County school districts did to McHenry County taxpayers in this year’s tax bills: Tax District 2015 Extension 2016 Extension % Change 2017 Extension % Change Grade School Disticts … Continue reading
Yesterday, McHenry County Blog published the press release McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks released about his invitation to nine school superintendents and board presidents to meet with him on Thursday. The superintendents said a number had scheduling conflicts, but … Continue reading
McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks posted the following press release after it was published in the Northwest Herald. Franks asked for a meeting right after property tax bills would be received. Problem with that is Franks would have had … Continue reading
McHenry County Treasurer Glenda Miller mailed property tax bills on Friday. Since they didn’t come Saturday, I’m guessing they will arrive in most mailboxes Monday. McHenry County Blog will present some analysis, the first portion of which compares what categories … Continue reading
I needed addition advice on how to find a copy of my family’s tax bill on the McHenry County Treasurer’s web site. The bill went from $9,988.26 last year to $10,033.66. That’s an increase of 0.46%. [Thanks to Alabama Shake for pointing … Continue reading
Chick here and you can find your tax bill. Here’s our family’s showing what tax districts charged this year: Here’s a pie chart showing where our taxes went: … Continue reading
McHenry County Treasurer Glenda Miller will put property tax bills in the mail on Friday. If you can stand the suspense, you can got to the Treasurer’s web site find the total amount you will be charged. Here is the … Continue reading
When Democrat Jack Franks ran for office he promised to “CUT property taxes NOW 10%.” Last year property taxes in McHenry County totaled $704,680,409. This year’s bill is $731,936,141. That’s an increase of 3.9%. Not a 10% cut on a … Continue reading