Elmhurst Park District Approves Property Tax Levy
Levy will bring in nearly $100,000 in revenue.
The Elmhurst Park Board passed a tax levy Dec. 13 that will increase by 1.2 percent home owners' property taxes paid Park District. The owner of a $350,000 home will pay $324 in taxes, a $4 increase from the previous year. Deputy Director of Parks and Recreation Jim Rogers said the levy was necessary because of decreasing revenues. "We needed this tax levy to maintain the same level of service we have provided over the years," he said. Rogers estimates that the levy will bring in more than $99,000 in additional revenue. The Park District also will increase fees for certain programs and classes. The revenues will be spread evenly to cover employee salaries, equipment repairs and park district supplies. Rogers emphasized that the Park…
Jim Court
12:17 pm on Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Dan, Have you EVER seen a government bureaucracy that did not justify all expenditures or revert to previous expenditures in light of changing revenues? I would like to compare expenditures prior to the bubble and what is currently being spent. During boom times government typically expands staffing and budgets. They can always justify it. It is amazing to think we functioned fairly well prior to… more ›