No Hike Planned For Burr Ridge Tax Levy

BURR RIDGE, IL – La Grange and Hinsdale are poised to increase their property tax levies next year by 4.5 percent and 5 percent, respectively.

Burr Ridge's planned increase – zero.

That's the way it's been for years in the village.

Patch checked a resident's tax bill in the Forest Edge neighborhood, which is in Burr Ridge School District 180 and the Tri-State Fire Protection District.

The village accounted for just 1.6 percent of the bill. The local library district was 2.9 percent, while Tri-State was 11 percent.

Combined, District 180 and Burr Ridge School District 180 amounted to 72 percent.

Municipalities have an advantage that other public bodies do not – a number of major sources of income. They get sales taxes, a share of state income taxes, fees and fines.

Additionally, Burr Ridge has plenty of retail, so sales taxes help the village a lot.

The area town with the most retail is Oak Brook, where the village has no property tax whatsoever.

This year's Burr Ridge property tax levy amounts to $1.3 million, just like recent years.

Most of the property tax money is being dedicated to the village's police pension account.

At Monday's Village Board meeting, trustees unanimously voted for the administration's recommendation of no increase to the levy. Trustee Joe Snyder was absent.