Five Quick Facts About the Village Budget

In June, the Skokie Village Board of Trustees approved the Village’s Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Budget. Here are five quick facts you should know. The FY25 Budget:

• Extends the Village’s historic property tax freeze for the 34th consecutive year. The Village’s share of a typical property tax bill has dropped from 16 percent in 1990 to less than 6 percent today.

• Is balanced and includes an operating General Fund of $68 million.

• Maintains efficient operations, with 40.5 staff positions continuing to be held vacant since the Great Recession, resulting in $3.3 million in annual savings.

• Increases funding for rat abatement by more than $335,000, providing for expanded contractual treatment and the addition of two part-time environmental health officer positions to respond to rat control service requests following several consecutive mild winters and a regional increase in the rat population.

• Enhances sustainability initiatives, including expanding the Village’s popular food scrap drop-off program and providing for the acquisition of 15 new electric vehicles (EVs) to replace retiring fleet vehicles.

Learn more about the FY25 Budget at skokie.org/budget