Property Tax Rebate Comes Around for New Lenox
After increasing the amount of property taxes the village gives back to residents last year, trustees showed support in boosting the rebate to 55 percent. The rebate means an average of $150 for homeowners.
With a goal of eventually rebating 100 percent of property taxes, the Village's Committee of the Whole discussed yet another increase in the amount of money it gives back to residents. Since the village became a home-rule municipality a few years ago, officials have kept a promise to reduce its portion of property tax. Last year the village rebated 50 percent of property taxes to eligible residents, but on Monday the board showed support for a 55 percent rebate. Mayor Tim Baldermann said the ability to rebate the property taxes is "telling us that we're continuing to run conservatively here." When the village asked residents to give it home rule status in 2008, thus increasing sales tax by 1 percent, officials promised to rebate 33 …
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Gerri Stanfa
1:05 pm on Monday, October 8, 2012
I think the mayor should not be given all these pensions. He is also regarded as Social Security Disability. How can he be mayor and all these other things if he is disabled????? Give me a break. more ›