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Kankakee SD 111 board approves 2025 property tax levy, supplemental levy and a slate of contracts
Summary
At its regular meeting the Kankakee SD 111 Board of Education approved the district's 2025 property tax levy and a supplemental levy to fund debt service, and passed a series of consent-agenda items including the emergency operations plan, several contracts and graduation requirements. All roll-call votes reported 7 ayes, 0 nays.
The Kankakee SD 111 Board of Education voted to approve the district's 2025 property tax levy and a supplemental levy to cover debt service, along with a package of consent-agenda items and contracts, at a regularly scheduled board meeting.
Mr. Neil, the district finance presenter, told the board that two levy resolutions were before members: the regular property tax levy and a supplemental levy that "pays the debt service, the bonds and interest." He noted the consumer price index used for levy calculations was 2.9 and that assessed valuation in Kankakee had risen, which affects tax rates and bills. "If you have a $150,000 home that's looking at about an $82 increase in your property tax bill for the school district portion," Mr. Neil said, adding a $250,000 home would see about a $137 increase.
Why it matters: the levies set the school district's portion of local property taxes and fund operations and debt payments. Board approval finalizes the district's levy submission for 2025 and authorizes the supplemental collection to meet bonded debt obligations.
In roll-call votes recorded in the meeting, the board approved the consent agenda and the individual items that followed with seven ayes and no nays. Specifically noted approvals included the 2025 emergency operations plan, the 2025 property tax levy, the supplemental property tax levy, the IGS natural gas purchase agreement, board expense reimbursements (with members abstaining on items where applicable), graduation requirements for the Class of 2030, and a contract with Sunbelt Staffing to provide a one-on-one nurse at Prigler. The meeting transcript records "7 ayes, 0 nays" on these roll calls.
The board also approved a resolution directing the superintendent to republish required notice and hold three public hearings to consider the proposed closure of Edison Primary School on Dec. 19, 2025, Jan. 7, 2026, and Jan. 8, 2026, in accordance with section 10-22.13 of the Illinois School Code; that resolution passed by roll call 7-0.
What comes next: the superintendent will publish the notices for the Edison hearings at least 10 days before the first hearing. Approved contracts and the levy proceed through the administrative steps required to implement them.
Votes at a glance: 2025 property tax levy — approved (roll call 7 ayes, 0 nays); supplemental property tax levy — approved (7-0); 2025 emergency operations plan — approved (7-0); IGS natural gas purchase agreement — approved (7-0); graduation requirements for Class of 2030 — approved (7-0); Sunbelt Staffing nurse contract for Prigler — approved (7-0).
The meeting adjourned following the final motion to close the session.
