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Huntley 158 board adopts 2025 property tax extension using 2.9% CPI after hearing and public comment
Summary
After a presentation explaining how CPI, new construction and abatements affect the district’s equalized assessed value, the board adopted the 2025 property tax extension certificate using a 2.9% consumer price index increase; the measure passed 5–2 following public comment opposing staffing levels.
The Huntley Community School District 158 Board of Education voted to adopt the district’s 2025 property tax extension certificate using a 2.9% consumer price index (CPI) figure after a public hearing and extended discussion.
Administration presented the levy proposal and explained how the Property Tax Extension Limitation (PTE) law — which limits levy increases to CPI or 5%, whichever is lower — interacts with new construction and abatements. The presenter said the district’s cap tax rate would fall from about $4.08 to approximately $3.91 and that new construction estimates had risen from $55 million to roughly $60 million, producing an extension request of about $90.865…
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