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Burbank SD 111 board adopts 2025 tax levy resolutions, approves $5.5 million transfer to capital projects
Summary
The Burbank School District No. 111 board adopted 2025 tax levy resolutions and approved permanent inter-fund transfers including $5.5 million to the Capital Projects Fund; the board also approved insurance renewal and claims totaling $2.44 million.
The Board of Education of Burbank School District No. 111 on Dec. 17 adopted resolutions formalizing its 2025 tax levy and approved several permanent inter-fund transfers and an insurance renewal.
Assistant Superintendent for Business & Finance Dr. Ana Ochoa presented the levy package, noting the district is levying 4.92 percent for 2025 while explaining that the levied amount will be limited by statute to the consumer price index (estimated at 2.9 percent). The board carried motions to adopt the Certificate of Tax Levy, the Resolution Establishing the 2025 Tax Levy, and a Resolution instructing the county clerk how to apportion the levy. The roll-call vote on the levy-related resolutions recorded ayes from Jansen, Komperda, Dabrowski, Schuetz, Greene and Swistowicz; Member Jessica Thomas was absent.
As part of consent business, the board approved permanent inter-fund transfers totaling $5,628,450: $128,450 from the Education Fund to Debt Service and $5,500,000 from the Education Fund to the Capital Projects Fund. Dr. Ochoa explained those transfers alongside a 33-year history of tax-cap changes and said the district is still awaiting delayed property tax distributions from Cook County.
The consent agenda also approved claims and bills across funds totaling $2,438,354.86 and adoption of the SSCIP Property & General Liability insurance renewal (including cyber risk liability and crisis protection) for $330,675 effective Dec. 31, 2025 through Dec. 31, 2026. The motion to approve the full consent agenda carried on a roll call with ayes from Jansen, Komperda, Dabrowski, Schuetz, Greene and Swistowicz.
The board was careful to separate discussion from formal action: Ochoa framed the levy as a legal filing and said the actual extension may be limited by county and state processes. The board did not set a public hearing on the levy at this meeting; the adopted resolutions provide the formal district position for county apportionment procedures.
Next steps: the levy documents will be transmitted to the Cook County Clerk per the adopted apportionment instructions; the district will report any adjustments if Cook County’s final extension differs from the levy filed.
