Cook County readers have informed us their second installment property tax bills due August 1st reflect as much as a 4% decline in the amount due to Barrington Hills for tax year 2015, so we decided to visit the Cook County Clerk’s website to obtain further information.
The good news for residents is the Barrington Hills tax rate did go down from 2014 to 2015. The bad news is most other tax rates went up from 2014 to 2015 as demonstrated in the following table:
In addition to lowering property taxes, the current administration has been gradually restoring cash reserves held by the Village to levels that likely haven’t been seen in nearly a decade, thus demonstrating governments can operate more efficiently using best business practices and effective financial management.
A copy of the complete Cook County report detailing information all 1,400 taxing bodies operating in the county can be viewed and downloaded here.
Interesting the largest increase in taxation is going to the Barrington Hills Park District, which is really no Park District at all. .
Excellent job Marty and most on the VBH Board for attempting to restore some sanity in VBH government spending. Biggest missed opportunity was the ability to control cost of pension to VBH taxpayers by issuing a “cheap” bond.
Unfortunately, “Save 5 Acres” leftover Michael Harrington successfully led the charge against this sage advice by Marty McLaughlin until it became cost ineffective. This, and failure to support VBH move onto regional 911 system are two major reasons why voters should not elect Harrington in Spring 2017 should he mistakenly decide to run for VBH Trustee again. (Less we forget Harrington’s behavior during the legislative process and his vote for the destructive Anderson II horse boarding amendment.)
Save 5 Acres Trustee, Harrington is simply on the wrong side of the issue too many times costing VBH taxpayers too many Thousands of Dollars. His Save 5 Acres polticial team moniker is symbolic of the “cronyism”, “waste” and “inside deals” of VBH’s recent past. . .