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Village to Vote on 2011 Tax Levy

Board scheduled to consider levy request with 8.15 percent increase over last year.

Village of Romeoville trustees have a heavy load of end-of-the-year business on their Wednesday night agenda, starting with a proposal to request a tax levy of nearly $14 million for 2011.

The proposed 2011 levy of $13,901,525 represents an 8.15 percent increase over the 2010 extension of $12,852,962. Because the proposed increase is more than 5 percent, a public hearing is required to take place at the meeting, scheduled for 6 p.m. at , 1050 W. Romeo Road.

According to the proposed levy request ordinance, the village manager will work with the Will County clerk’s office to abase the tax levy for a total village rate of no more than 1.20 per $100 of equalized assessed valuation (EAV). The 2010 tax rate is $1.059 per $100 of EAV.

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The levy request is based on preliminary Will County EAV figures of all properties in the village. The board will be able to adjust — and possibly decrease — the levy once the actual 2011 EAV and property values are known in the spring.

Water agency pact

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Trustees will also vote on an intergovernmental agreement that would make Romeoville the fifth and final community to sign off on pact to create the Northern Will County Joint Action Water Agency.

The agreement will move member communities — Romeoville, Bolingbrook, Homer Glen, Woodridge and Lemont — one step closer to creating an agency, with the aim of taking over an Illinois American Water pipeline through . By taking over the pipeline, officials say, the water agency would be able to protect residents from further Illinois American rate increases.

Equipment purchases

Also on the agenda are several end-of-the-year equipment purchase requests, including five Motorola Starcom police radios, with a total price tag of $27,710.90.

If trustees give the OK to a public works department request, the village will also pay Currie Motors $45,066 for a 2012 Ford F550; $40,337 for a 2012 Chevy 3500; and $33,690 for a 2012 Chevy 2500.


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