CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Option A: Receive the estimated 2025 property tax levy for the City of Naperville, including the Naperville Public Library, totaling $59,734,178; or
Option B: Receive the estimated 2025 property tax levy for the City of Naperville, including the Naperville Public Library, totaling $60,694,537, and direct staff to publish notice for a truth-in-taxation hearing on December 16, 2025
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DEPARTMENT: Finance Department
SUBMITTED BY: Raymond Munch, Director of Finance
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
Pursuant to 35 ILCS 200/18-60, the City Council is to determine the amounts of money, exclusive of election costs, estimated to be necessary to be raised by taxation upon the taxable property in the City. The proposed estimate of levy can then be considered for final approval by City Council at the December 16, 2025 City Council meeting. This satisfies the minimum 20 days requirement between the estimate of the levy and the adoption of the levy.
By law, the City is required to approve and file with the DuPage and Will County clerks a tax levy ordinance by the last Tuesday of December if the municipality chooses to raise revenue through real estate taxes. Several statutorily required steps must occur prior to filing the levy. These steps include:
* Make the tentative annual budget available for public inspection and publish notice of a public hearing.
* Hold a public hearing on the tentative annual budget and pass an ordinance approving the annual budget.
* File approved budget with county clerks within 30 days of approval, but before tax levy ordinance is filed.
* Estimate the amount of taxes to be levied at least 20 days prior to approval.
* Determine whether a truth-in-taxation hearing is required.
* Publish notification in the newspaper of the Truth-in-Taxation hearing not less than seven days and no more than 14 days prior to the date of the Truth-in-Taxation hearing, if required.
* Hold the truth-in-t...
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