Politics & Government
Property Taxes from ECC to Increase in 2014
The owner of a $250,000 home will see a $21 increase in their property tax bill for Elgin Community College District 509, which includes St. Charles.
Homeowners in Elgin Community College District 509, which includes St. Charles, will see their property taxes go up with a tax levy of about $55.5 million to pay for the college’s operations next year, the Daily Herald reports.
College officials said the increase in the operations levy is about 1 percent greater than this year, according to the Daily Herald. For the owner of a $250,000 home, the increase will amount to about $21.
Elgin Community College District 509 includes parts of five counties — Kane, McHenry, Cook, DuPage and DeKalb, stretching from Algonquin and Lake in the Hills on the north to St. Charles on the south, and from Burlington on the west into Schaumburg and Hanover Park on the east.
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Read more about the community college district’s levy in the Daily Herald story.
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