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What the tax-extension error meant for homeowners: examples, totals and timing
Summary
District slides show the County Clerk added 5% to the bond payment, raising the included amount to $1,952,680.41; examples in the packet showed a $312.93 extra charge on a $500,000 home and said credits will appear on 2026 bills.
District materials presented at the Nov. 17 special forum detail how the misfiled levy affected individual taxpayers and the district’s financial accounting.
According to the packet and slide text prepared by Director Steven J. Smidl, the bond payments for the year totaled $1,859,703. The County Clerk added a 5% allowance for potential loss when computing the extension, bringing the included amount to $1,952,680.41. The presentation included a table of example impacts: a home with market value $100,000 showed an extra $44.93, a $500,000 home showed $312.93, and a $1,000,000 home would have seen $647.94 added to the bill in the affected installment cycle.
Smidl’s materials say about half of the financial impact was already charged on the spring 2025 installment; the remaining balance will be addressed through credits applied across the 2026 tax installments after the recommended under-levy is implemented. The presentation also compares original levy and adjusted-extension figures to show the net credit example for a $500,000 home (listed as a $323.55 credit in the slides).
