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County officials say hospital granted tax-exempt status, cutting Union County's EAV by about $1.3 million
Summary
An official disclosed that the Union County Hospital (now operated by Deaconess) was granted tax-exempt status by the state of Illinois, removing it from the county's tax roll and reducing the county's equalized assessed value by roughly $1,300,000; county staff said they are resisting refund requests for prior years.
An unidentified meeting participant announced on Dec. 12 that the Union County Hospital, operated by Deaconess, applied for and was granted tax-exempt status by the State of Illinois, a change that will remove the facility from the county's property tax rolls and reduce the county's equalized assessed value (EAV) by about $1,300,000.
The announcement came during the board's regular session when "Speaker 2" said, "the Union County Hospital or Deaconess that that took over it applied for tax exempt status with the state of Illinois." That change, Speaker 2 said, "decreases our…
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