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Mendota Twp HSD 280 presents $7.1 million 2025 tax levy at public hearing
Summary
Superintendent Aughenbaugh presented a $7,101,208 2025 tax levy request for Mendota Twp HSD 280 at a Dec. 15 public hearing, disclosing a cash-reserve statement required by Public Act 102-0895. The district estimated the levy would equal $2.0318 per $100 on a $349,503,211 EAV; no public comment was offered and no adoption vote occurred at the hearing.
At a Public Truth in Taxation hearing on Dec. 15, 2025, Superintendent Aughenbaugh presented Mendota Twp HSD 280's 2025 tax levy request of $7,101,208 and disclosed cash-reserve information required by Public Act 102-0895. The superintendent reported an anticipated levy rate of $2.0318 per $100 of equalized assessed value, based on a $349,503,211 EAV.
The presentation fulfilled the statutory disclosure requirement under Public Act 102-0895 by showing the district's cash-reserve balances tied to the operational levy and any obligations secured by those funds as of June 30, 2025. The transcript records the figures and the law cited but shows no formal motion or roll-call vote to adopt the levy at this hearing.
Committee member Jim Lauer moved to call the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m.; Committee member Jim Strouss seconded and the motion passed with six yeas and one absence. After the levy presentation, Committee member Jim Sundberg moved to adjourn at 6:03 p.m.; Committee member Matt Hanaman seconded and the motion to adjourn passed, 6-0 (Aaron Elston absent).
No members of the public attended or offered comment during the hearing. The hearing record indicates this was a presentation and disclosure event; any formal action to adopt a final levy would be handled in subsequent board business per district procedures.
