On November 17th at 7:30 p.m the Glenview Village Board will have a meeting at the village hall . I would strongly encourage you to attend. At this meeting they will hold a hearing on your upcoming property tax levy which they plan to increase by at least 18.27%. By law they must hold this hearing because the increase is more than 5% . The village is required to allow anyone desiring to be heard an opportunity to present testimony for which they may set reasonable time limits for such testimony. I would encourage you to study the facts and attend this meeting if you are opposed to such a large increase in your taxes.

In addition to the property tax increases they are proposing the village also plans to add a motor vehicle fuel tax. This would be on top of the home rule sales tax which when combined with Cook County gives us the dishonorable distinction of being one of the highest sales tax municipalities in the nation. In addition to raising taxes the village is also raising water/sewer rates for the taxpayer owned water company by an average of 7.2%.

The villages overall debt in 2002 was $ 65 million by the end of 2008 it had grown by 115.4% to $ 141 million - it is no wonder that the portion of the tax levy devoted to debt service is increasing by 97.9%. Despite this fact they are looking to add another $ 7 million plus in debt for 2010.

Not only is the village planning this tax increase they are saying that we should expect future increases of similar proportion ( my interpretation ) or they will have to draw down their reserves dramatically. All of this is in their presentation from the last board of trustees meeting on 11/10/09 - you can watch it from the village site or I can forward you a copy of the presentation.

I am more than willing to go tp the meeting on Tuesday and voice an objection to this nonsense - it will not make a difference unless others show up too. If this something you might want to do please send me a note. Also please pass this note along to anyone else you might think would be interested.

Thank you for your time and consideration.