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File #: ID 20-255    Name:
Type: Presentation Status: Passed
In control: President and Board of Trustees
On agenda: 11/2/2020 Final action: 11/2/2020
Title: Truth in Taxation Public Hearing for the Proposed Tax Year 2020 Property Tax Levy
Attachments: 1. Notice of Public Hearing, 2. Property Tax Year to Year Comparison.pdf, 3. EAV Analysis & Comparisons by Tax Year
Submitted By
Steve Drazner, CFO

Reviewed By
LKS

Agenda Item Title
Title
Truth in Taxation Public Hearing for the Proposed Tax Year 2020 Property Tax Levy

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Overview
Overview
Each year the Village Board adopts a tax levy to fund general Village operations, debt service payments, and mandatory employer contributions to the police and fire pension plans. Excluding the Oak Park Library's levy, the Fiscal Year 2021 (tax year 2020 levy) is expected to be exactly 3% greater than last year's extension. Including the Oak Park Public Library levy, the increase is expected to be only .3%, as the Library reduced its levy.

According to state statue, a public hearing and additional posting is required when the increase is 5% or more. Although the anticipated increase is below the 5.00%, holding a truth in taxation hearing will provide public transparency.

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Staff Recommendation
Hold the public hearing and receive comments.

Fiscal Impact
N/A.

Background
State statue (35 ILCS 200/18-70) requires a public hearing to be held prior to the approval of the proposed property tax levy if the proposed levy for the next tax year exceeds 105% of the current tax year's levy.

The Village portion, excluding the Oak Park Public Library, for the Fiscal Year 2021 (tax year 2020) year tax levy is a 3.00% increase from the FY 2020 (tax year 2019) extended levy. Including the Oak Park Public Library's request, the proposed tax levy is a .3% increase from the FY 2020 (tax year 2019) extended levy.

Excluding the Library, the Village's total levy for next year as published in the truth in taxation notice calls for an increase of $1,020,462. The Village's total levy for FY20 was $33,948,782 and the initial estimate of the levy for FY21 is $34,969,244.

The following items account for the primary increases to the Village's levy:

a) Police Pension Levy increase=$635,293
b) Fire Pension Levy increase=$699,264
c) Debt Service Levy increase=$0
d) General Operations Levy decr...

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