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The Illinois General Assembly recently amended the notice requirements within the Truth in Taxation Law, 35 ILCS 200/18-55 et seq. The Law requires taxing districts to estimate the amount of money needed from property taxes at least 20 days prior to adoption of their final annual levy.  If that amount is more than 105% of the prior tax year’s extensions, the taxing district must give public notice and hold a public hearing on the levy.
 

Effective August 9, 2024, Public Act 103-1018 modified this website posting requirement. In addition to the newspaper posting, the Law now requires that the website notice be posted for a period of not less than 30 consecutive days. Prior to this amendment, no separate time frame was specified for the website posting of the public notice. The Law still requires that such notice be published in a newspaper “not more than 14 days nor less than 7 days prior to the date of the public hearing,” and contains detailed requirements for the form and content of that notice. Thus, a taxing district must now be mindful of the 20-day period for estimating their levy, the 7-to-14 day newspaper notice period, and the new 30-day website notice period.
 

As such, the Tentative Levy for consideration by the Western District Library Board at their October 26, 2026 regular meeting is as follows. If adopted, a public hearing to approve a proposed property tax levy increase is scheduled for Monday, December 1, 2026 at 6pm at the Western District Library: 1111 4th Street Orion, IL 61273.

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX INCREASE FOR

WESTERN DISTRICT LIBRARY

I. A public hearing to approve a proposed property tax levy increase for WESTERN DISTRICT LIBRARY, Henry and Rock Island Counties, Illinois for 2026 will       be held on December 1, 2026 at 1111 4th Street, Orion, IL 61273 at 6:00 PM. Any person desiring to appear at the public hearing and present testimony to         the taxing district may contact Michelle Bailey at mbailey@orionlib.org.
 

II. The corporate and special purpose property taxes extended or abated for 2025 were $290,861.
    The proposed corporate and special purposed property taxes to be levied for 2026 are $ 346,982. This represents a 19.29% increase over the previous year.
 

III.The property taxes extended for debt services and public building commission leases for 2025 were $0.00.

The estimated property taxes to be levied for debt service and public building commission leases for 2026 are $0.00.
 

IV.The total property taxes extended or abated for 2025 were $290, 861.

The estimated total property taxes to be levied for 2026 are $346, 982. This represents a 19.29% increase over the previous year.