Village Board Proposes to Freeze Property Tax Levy
Despite looming financial uncertainties, Tinley Park's board of trustees recommended keeping the 2012 levy at the same level as 2011, with some officials even suggesting a decrease.
When it comes to government bodies, a discussion concerning tax cuts usually comes in response to the idea of tax increases. And vice versa. But that isn't how the Tinley Park Village Board works. Even with major expenditures in the future for Tinley Park, trustees and village officials debated at its Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, Nov. 27, whether to hold the village's 2012 property tax levy at its current rate—$1.202, with a request of about $19.39 million—or decrease it slightly as a symbolic gesture to homeowners of the village government's financial commitment to frugality. READ: Tinley Park Sees Almost 50% Yearly Jump in October Home Sales Ultimately, the board recommended freezing the levy, with the majority of members …
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Candice Mason
7:32 am on Friday, November 30, 2012
My taxes for a condo in the Pines were over $5600 before the condo board finally hired someone to appeal our taxes. Now they are down to about $4200 which is still ridiculous. I hear do many TP residents complain about their taxes that it is without question that tax rates should be reduced not frozen. In the pines, we are responsible for maintaining pine trail roads, for our own trash pickup and… more ›