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Joliet Township HS 204 board approves 2024–25 financial report and tentative 2025 tax levy (6–1)
Summary
Trustees approved the district's 2024–25 Annual Financial Report and accepted an auditor's report noting a 37‑year run of excellence in reporting; the board also approved a tentative 2025 tax levy, 6–1, with Trustee Thomas Fitzpatrick recorded as the lone no vote.
The Joliet Township High School District 204 Board of Trustees on Nov. 18 approved the district’s 2024–25 Annual Financial Report and voted to place a tentative 2025 tax levy on public display.
Tom Lancaster, partner at Wermer, Rogers, Doran and Ruzon, presented highlights of the district’s audit and noted the district had received the Association of School Business Officials’ Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting for 37 consecutive years. Following the presentation, Mrs. Michelle Stiff moved to approve the 2024–25 Annual Financial Report; Mr. Dan Coffey seconded and the motion carried on a roll-call vote.
Later in the meeting, Mr. Dan Coffey moved to approve the 2025 tentative tax levy; Mrs. Christine Lynn seconded and the board approved the levy with a recorded no vote from Mr. Thomas Fitzpatrick. Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Dr. Ilandus Hampton had told the board earlier that state rules require the district’s estimated levy be on public display at least seven days and no more than 20 days before formal adoption.
The trustees also adopted a resolution authorizing a supplemental tax levy to pay principal and interest on outstanding limited bonds; that resolution passed on a roll-call vote after a motion by Mrs. Michelle Stiff and a second by Mrs. Christine Lynn.
The minutes do not list the tentative levy dollar amount; the board’s action was to place the estimate on public display per the statutory timeline and to move forward toward final adoption later in the tax-levy process.
