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Resident tells Warrenville council Illinois has “worst property tax system” and questions new-development treatment
Summary
At the Aug. 4 Warrenville City Council meeting, resident Bob Sabbert told the council Illinois has the "worst property tax system," saying new development outside tax-increment financing areas is excluded from the tax-rate calculation and generates unnotified revenue increases.
Bob Sabbert, a resident of Albbright Court, used the public-comment period at the Warrenville City Council's Aug. 4 meeting to sharply criticize Illinois's property-tax calculation and to press the council for clearer citizen notice.
Sabbert said the state's property-tax system produces unexpected revenue increases because "the third factor is new development," and he argued that new…
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