Sentences with phrase «district referendum proposals»

Within the past four years, Grayslake residents have twice rejected Park District referendum proposals to issue bonds to pay for a community center.

In park district referendum proposals, voters in Naperville and Woodridge agreed to increases that will go toward maintaining current services, but Bloomingdale voters overwhelmingly rejected a similar measure.

In recent years, those opponents have helped defeat a long list of Park District referendum proposals that asked for permission to sell bonds to construct a swimming facility.

Having sacked a multimillion - dollar Naperville Park District referendum proposal last month, a grass - roots group now hopes to change its focus and become a two - pronged organization that will act as a district adviser and watchdog.

But with this month's defeat of a district referendum proposal to increase the tax rate for a recreation and aquatic center next to Randall Oaks Park, just south of Algonquin, that option now seems less likely, Bumbales said.

Not exact matches

Ken Goff, president of the Homewood - Flossmoor Park District, said voters passed a «Keep It Green» referendum proposal in 1997, giving the Park District authority to acquire the Army site and two other parcels to be used as park land.

In early June, the board voted 4 - 1 to hold a referendum on a proposal to restructure the district's corporate fund to spend $ 11 million on the construction of a new recreation center, a senior center, an aquatic center and ongoing park development.

Voters in the Plainfield Township Park District will be deciding three advisory referendum proposals in the March 18th election.

«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.

If the April referendum proposal is approved, the district would levy a tax rate of 19.5 cents per $ 100 assessed valuation.

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS — The first opposition to an Arlington Heights Park District tax referendum proposal arose Tuesday when a local tax watchdog group announced it would not support the plan.

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.

If the referendum proposal is approved next month, the new park district would levy a tax of 19.5 cents per $ 100 assessed valuation.

The Trout Valley Village Board on Monday night approved a resolution supporting an April 13 referendum proposal by the Cary Park District to raise the money needed to purchase the 260 - acre Hoffman farm.

Arlington Heights voters in March rejected a referendum proposal that would have allowed the Park District to upgrade facilities such as pools and gymnasiums.

In other park district funding concerns, efforts have begun to recruit campaign workers to help pass a tax referendum proposal in April.

Tinley Park residents decided in November 1998 that the price for the Park District's first recreation center was too high, so voters rejected a referendum proposal seeking a 12.5 cent tax rate increase to fund the project.

Three referendum proposals have already failed to bring the first public pool to the 50,000 people that live within the Park District.

But the Park District, which counted on gaining voter support to finance a recreation center at the Commons, has found itself in a financial bind since the proposal was rejected in an April referendum.

If the referendum proposal passes and the district takes on the added bond debt, any talk of the Park District dissolving and being absorbed by the village would be dropped, Bonebradistrict takes on the added bond debt, any talk of the Park District dissolving and being absorbed by the village would be dropped, BonebraDistrict dissolving and being absorbed by the village would be dropped, Bonebrake said.

The controversy goes back to November 1993, when the Library District got a referendum proposal approved to raise money for its share of the Central Park facility, but the Park District did not win approval of a companion fund - raising measure.

HARVARD — Just a week after a referendum proposal to form a Park District was defeated at the polls, backers of the idea decided to give it a second shot in the spring.

TROUT VALLEY — The Trout Valley Village Board on Monday night approved a resolution supporting an April 13 referendum proposal by the Cary Park District to raise the money needed to purchase the 260 - acre Hoffman farm.

An advisory committee is recommending that the Glen Ellyn Park District ask voters to approve a $ 3.5 million referendum proposal for a new outdoor swimming pool in Sunset Park.

WOODSTOCK — Less than 15 minutes after voting to hold an April referendum on a $ 3.9 million bond issue for recreation, the Woodstock city council debated a proposal to reorganize the parks and recreation department as an independent park district.

The tax proposal, approved by 57 percent of the voters in an April 13 referendum, will add $ 870,000 a year to the Park District coffers, providing the money needed to buy the coveted Hoffman farm and dedicate it to open space and recreation.

In the Dundee Township Park District's summer catalog, residents will find a survey seeking their advice on a possible November referendum proposal.

The district's board members have been considering a referendum proposal to begin their comprehensive plan, adopted in 1996.

In April 1999, voters passed a referendum proposal that allowed the district to buy two parcels totaling 178 acres to preserve open space, protect wetland and watershed areas, and create a green buffer between Crystal Lake and surrounding communities.

In another closely watched election in Lake County, voters in Gurnee defeated by nearly a 2 - 1 ratio a referendum proposal that would have dissolved the village «s park district.

David Nelson, who was co-chairman of the citizens group pushing the referendum initiative, supports the proposal being considered by the Park District board.

Medard Narko, the Park District's attorney, told the board the pool site on Park Avenue could be sold, though public hearings and a referendum proposal would be needed to see if citizens supported the move.

«The Forest Preserve District can not buy all open space in the county,» said Fagan, referring to the district's $ 75 million open - space referendum proposal approved by voters in NDistrict can not buy all open space in the county,» said Fagan, referring to the district's $ 75 million open - space referendum proposal approved by voters in Ndistrict's $ 75 million open - space referendum proposal approved by voters in November.

Park officials said the proposal for a fitness center, complete with a 50 - meter lap pool, caused the entire referendum proposal to tank, and Brissa conceded the Park District didn't convince residents of the need for a center.

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.

FRANKFORT — Summit Hill School District 161 board members approved the sale of $ 16.4 million in construction and renovation bonds this week, a move made possible by passage of a $ 23.9 referendum proposal in April for school construction and renovation.

DUNDEE TOWNSHIP — The Dundee Township Park District will ask voters to weigh in on a $ 14 million bond referendum proposal to build a new recreation center, senior center and indoor pool addition.

Doud and Randel said Mr. Brown was part of a group that worked to pass a referendum proposal that led to the purchase of what is now called the East Nine of the Park District's Sportsmen's Country Club.

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.

Park District Executive Director Walter Cook and park board members attributed the referendum proposal's defeat last fall primarily to a failure to educate voters about the benefits and the purpose of the proposal.

Park District board President William Walters said that if the referendum proposal passes, the tax increase also could lead to higher property taxes, because improvements could be made immediately.

With 100 percent of the precincts reporting, 2,305 Wheeling voters approved the referendum proposal to save the Chevy Chase clubhouse versus 1,435 people who voted against it, said Karop Bavougian, director of parks and recreation for the Park District.

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.

MT. PROSPECT — Just three months after their last tax referendum proposal was defeated, volunteers for the Mt. Prospect Park District were back in action this week, determined to pass a tax increase in April to maintain and upgrade 22 recreational facilities.

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«If the referendum [proposal] is approved, the first thing we'll do is fund a feasibility study to determine what to do with the property,» said Debbie Gallagher, assistant director of the Crystal Lake Park District.

The measure comes after Lake in the Hills voters overwhelmingly rejected a spring referendum proposal that would have created a park district in the community.

Only 16 school districts must decide whether to call for a second referendum after seeing their original proposals rejected.

The 2000 referendum on whether to approve an amendment to the District's charter that would change the size and method of selecting the board of education provided a very narrow victory for the mayor's proposal.