It appears that the Rantoul Public Library's stealth mode on property tax extension increases has gone awry. The News Gazette turns its radar on:
Rantoul officials question tax increases for library
Apparently for five of the last six years, the Rantoul library has received more than the 5 percent maximum increase allowed under the PTELL (property tax cap) law which Champaign County lives under. And it has done all this without voter approval. The village is a Home Rule entity.
Rantoul officials question tax increases for library
Apparently for five of the last six years, the Rantoul library has received more than the 5 percent maximum increase allowed under the PTELL (property tax cap) law which Champaign County lives under. And it has done all this without voter approval. The village is a Home Rule entity.
"The library has become a big black hole for the taxpayers," said Rantoul Village Board member Mike Graham. "They seem to think that money grows on trees."
Rantoul Library Board President Frances Biederman said she has no comment on the yearly tax increases.
Hmmm . . . why do we suspect pensions have something to do with this equation?
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