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Annual address looks at year in review

East grad plays in College Cup

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Your Complete Source For Plainfield News Since 1887 Thursday, December 15, 2016

Volume 129 No. 20

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Village approves tax levy Plan will also save cash on water bills

BY MARNEY SIMON Enterprise Staff @BugleNewspapers sweditor@buglenewspapers.com

The village of Plainfield has approved the plan to collect taxpayer funds, but not without a fair amount of discussion and negotiation on the best way to fund its coffers.

On Dec. 5, board members approved the 2016 tax levy, seeking to maintain the current tax rate of .4669, while capturing an overall boost of 4 percent based on newly captured Equalized Assessed Valuation (EAV).

The levy determines the tax rate – the amount of money per $100 of assessed valuation that property owners pay in taxes.

The village hopes that the levy will maintain the current tax rate of .4669, meaning that on the village line item of tax bills, for every dollar paid, 4.9 cents are paid to the village.

The village hopes to collect a total of $6.1 million, however, the actual amount won’t be determined until the spring.

Trustee Garrett Peck said he was initially against the terms of the levy, but felt better about its effect on the residents of Plainfield after crunching all the numbers with village staff.

PHOTO BY MARNEY SIMON | ENTERPRISE STAFF

The village already incorporates enhancements into its publicly owned land, such as the Richard Rock amphitheater in Settler’s Park. The plan would add in landscaping elements around the pond in the park to make it more appeasing.

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