Following community concern over the tax levy ordinance discussed at Monday’s Park Board meeting, further clarification has been provided. Regional Radio News sat down with Board President Marlane Miller to discuss the tax levy, and a status update on the pool project. 

The 2025 tax levy will total just over $1.5 million dollars, up slightly from the 2024 levy of $1.48 million. That increase is based on a new assessed valuation of about $2 million, 13-thousand dollars, along with a 2.9 percent Consumer Price Index adjustment, according to information from the county and the state.

Part of the levy includes funding tied to the voter-approved pool bond. In April of 2023, 60 percent of voters passed the referendum, with the first year of the bond appearing in the 2024 levy, payable in 2025. The pool bond totals just over $519,000.

Back in 2023, the Park District explained what the increase means for homeowners.  “For example, if your assessed value is at $50,000, the increase will be $26 a year, which boils down to a little over $2 a month.”

The Park District emphasized that the latest levy reflects those voter-approved projects, combined with standard adjustments, and not the larger increases that had been previously reported.
Miller also gave an update on the pool project.    

Miller says they are going to find a new company that will build a pool for the cost they want. 

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