Rickmon is among the residents who are supporting a Plainfield Township Park
District ballot proposal to build a community recreation center with a $ 6.5 million dollar bond issue.
Not exact matches
Still, while the park board has yet to decide how to pay for the water park, a
proposal for a tax increase on the November
ballot is unlikely, said Christine Garry, president of the park
district's Board of Commissioners.
The Park
District Board is expected to vote Tuesday on whether to place the
proposal on the March 14
ballot.
«We're thinking about putting it on the
ballot in November,» Park
District Director William Grady said Thursday after voters had narrowly rejected a referendum
proposal on Tuesday.
If commissioners put the referendum
proposal on the Nov. 7
ballot, their next step will be to ask the DuPage County Forest Preserve
District for a lease extension on the property.
Referendum
proposals seeking property tax increases to bolster sagging school, library, municipal and park
district budgets will be on the Nov. 4
ballot in more than two dozen towns, villages and cities throughout Will and southern Cook Counties.
After the
proposal failed, representatives from various sports organizations, including the Carol Stream Youth Baseball Association, urged the park
district to put the question back on the
ballot this November.
The school
district has a bond issue on the April 1
ballot to raise funds for its construction, and Layer is hoping to win backing for the
proposal.
The Arlington Heights Park
District commissioners have voted to put a referendum
proposal for an additional 15 cents per $ 100 equalized assessed valuation on the March 21
ballot to help maintain recreation centers and swimming pools.
Suits filed by two Du Page County park
districts to have non-binding referendum
proposals placed on the November
ballot could have significance throughout Illinois and provide the basis for similar actions in counties across the state.
The most recent defeat prompted village officials to form a joint committee — made up of village trustees, Park
District officials and residents — to figure out how an aquatic center could be built without imposing new taxes or requiring another
ballot proposal.
The Oak Brook Park
District joined the Glen Ellyn Park
District this week in suing the Du Page County Board of Elections in an effort to get non-binding referendum
proposals on the November
ballot.
Then, from December to March, over 280 volunteers worked to refine and prioritize project
proposals that would go on the
ballots in their respective
districts.
It's school vote day today on the North Fork, with budget
proposals and open school board seats on the
ballots in all five local school
districts.
Weber School
District heads to the
ballot with a $ 97 million bond
proposal.
WARREN — Van Dyke Public Schools
district officials will place a sinking fund
proposal on the May 8
ballot.
The deal with the Denver Classroom Teachers Association «will add $ 7.6 million in teacher compensation for 2016 - 17 school year, with the possibility of $ 11.1 million if voters approve the
district's mill levy
ballot proposal in November.»