Maine Township Passes No Increase Tax Levy

Maine Township Holds the Line on Taxes with No Increase Tax Levy

The Maine Township Board of Trustees voted unanimously at its meeting Nov. 25 to hold the line again on the tax levy that will be collected in 2015. There was essentially no increase over the prior year’s levy and only a slight increase over two years ago.

“We want to again give the taxpayers a break in their tax bills from Maine Township next year,” said Carol A. Teschky, Maine Township Supervisor. “We have been consistently fiscally conservative in our spending over the last couple of years and are happy to pass along the savings to the taxpayers,” she said.

The 2014 levy passed at last month’s meeting is the amount of money that Maine Township asks Cook County officials to collect through property taxes to fund Maine Townships day to day operations. Maine Township levies taxes for the Town Fund and for the General Assistance Fund. The levy for the Town Fund is $4,349,812. The levy for the General Assistance Fund is $1,042,142.

Over the past two years, the Township has held down taxes. In 2013, the levy for the Town Fund and for the General Assistance Fund were the same amounts. In 2012, the levy for the Town Fund is $4,343,996. The levy for the General Assistance Fund was $1,043,026.

“As we see, the levy essentially remained the same and only went up $6,000 from 2012 to 2014,” says Teschky. “We have been only requesting roughly the same amount from the taxpayers the last three years.

Teschky added, “We run a fiscally conservative ship at Maine Township. We never
boost our levy over and above what is actually needed to run the township and service the disadvantaged.”

For more information about Maine Township, its services and many programs, call 847-297-2510 or visit www.mainetownship.com.