Aurora, Illinois

File #: 16-01127    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 11/28/2016 In control: City Council
On agenda: 12/20/2016 Final action: 12/20/2016
Title: An Ordinance Levying Certain Special Service Area Taxes For The Fiscal Year January 1, 2016 Through December 31, 2016. (Special Service Area Number Sixty-Six B)
Attachments: 1. SSA Tax Levy Summary.pdf

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TO:                     Mayor Robert J. O’Connor

 

FROM:                     Brian W. Caputo, Chief Financial Officer/City Treasurer

 

 

DATE:                     November 29, 2016

 

SUBJECT:

2016 Special Service Area Property Tax Levies.

 

PURPOSE:

To obtain the City Council’s approval of the 2016 property tax levies for the special service areas (SSAs) established within the city.

 

BACKGROUND:

The city has established numerous SSAs within its corporate boundaries for a variety of purposes.  Some of these SSAs are “active” and SSA property taxes are levied in support of their purposes.  Eight of the active SSAs are 34-series SSAs whose tax levies have been pre-established by the City Council’s passage of ordinances related to the payment of principal and interest on the Series 2006 and 2012D Refunding Debt Certificates.  The remaining SSAs are “dormant.”  Generally, the city has established the dormant SSAs as a contingency to enable the city to undertake focused stormwater management projects should the need arise.

 

DISCUSSION:

Attached as Exhibit 1 is a schedule summarizing the proposed 2016 property tax levies for the active SSAs, other than those pertaining to the 34-series SSAs.  The changes in the SSA levies will be as follows:

 

SSA 24, Eagle Point.  This levy is being increased by $2,000 in response to a request received from Eagle Point Homeowners Association.

 

SSA 27, Concord.  This levy is being reduced by $16,000 to zero based upon a request from the Concord Valley Homeowners Association to discontinue the SSA.

 

While not addressed in the attached SSA property tax levies, the total SSA property tax levies for SSAs 34C through 34G (including SSA 34C2) will be $571,900.00 (after an abatement of $25,000).  As described above, this amount will be applied to principal and interest due in 2016 on the Series 2006 and 2012D Refunding Debt Certificates.

 

It is also noteworthy that no levy ordinance is included here for SSA 164 (Tanglewood Oaks).  This is because a five-year tax levy ordinance is on file with the Kane County Clerk to provide for annual SSA property tax levies in SSA 164 through the 2016 tax levy year.

 

IMPACT STATEMENT:

Not applicable.

 

RECOMMENDATIONS:

That the City Council approve the attached 2016 SSA property tax levies for the city’s 17 active SSAs (other than 34C through 34G and 164).

 

 

cc:                     Alderman O’Connor, Chairman
                     Alderman Mervine
                     Alderman Bohman
                     Alderman Mesiacos, Alternate

 

 

CITY OF AURORA, ILLINOIS

 

ORDINANCE NO. _________

DATE OF PASSAGE ________________

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An Ordinance Levying Certain Special Service Area Taxes For The Fiscal Year January 1, 2016 Through December 31, 2016.  (Special Service Area Number Sixty-Six B)

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WHEREAS, the City of Aurora has a population of more than 25,000 persons and is, therefore, a home rule unit under subsection (a) of Section 6 of Article VII of the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and

 

WHEREAS, subject to said Section, a home rule unit may exercise any power and perform any function pertaining to its government and affairs for the protection of the public health, safety, morals, and welfare; and

 

WHEREAS, City of Aurora Special Service Area Number 66B has been established by Ordinance No. O00-43, adopted April 25, 2000, entitled:

 

“AN ORDINANCE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A

SPECIAL SERVICE AREA NUMBER Sixty-Six B

IN THE CITY OF AURORA FOLLOWING NOTICE

AND PUBLIC HEARING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH,”

 

no petition having been filed opposing the creation of the Special Service Area, pursuant to Section 27-55 of the “Special Service Area Tax Law” (35 ILCS 200/27-5 et seq.); said Special Service Area consisting of the territory described in the Ordinance aforesaid; and the City of Aurora having been authorized to levy taxes for special services in said Special Service Area; and

 

WHEREAS, under the provisions of Section 27-25 of the Law, the City Council gave due notice and held a required public hearing on February 22, 2000 as to the tax extension; and

 

WHEREAS, by said notice and hearing, no objections having been received, the tax amount was established to be levied upon the equalized assessed valuation of the property in said area in an amount not to exceed an annual rate of eighy-three hundredths of one percent (0.83%) of said value.  Said levies are intended to produce approximately $2,200 per year, not to exceed the amount of $66,000 over a thirty (30) year period.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Aurora, Illinois, as follows:

 

SECTION 1:  That for City of Aurora Special Service Area Number 66B as currently established, a tax may be annually assessed and levied on property in such Area in an amount not to exceed eighty-three hundredths of one percent (0.83%) of the equalized assessed value of said property.  Said levies are intended to produce approximately $2,200 per year, not to exceed the amount of $66,000 over a thirty (30) year period.

 

SECTION 2:  That the total amount for all purposes to be collected from the tax levy of the current fiscal year in Special Service Area Number 66B is ascertained to be the sum of $1,100.

 

SECTION 3:  That the following sums be, and the same hereby are, levied upon the taxable property as defined in the Property Tax Code (35 ILCS 200/1-1 et seq.) in City of Aurora Special Service Area Number 66B, said tax to be levied for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2016, and ending December 31, 2016:

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  AMOUNT TO BE

                                                                                                                              BUDGETED                                                               PROVIDED FROM

                                                                                                                                 AMOUNT                                                                     TAXATION

Special municipal services in addition

to those services provided generally

throughout the City of Aurora                                             $1,100                                                                    $1,100

 

SECTION 4:  This tax is levied pursuant to Article VII of the Constitution of the State of Illinois and the Acts and Ordinance herein above named.

 

SECTION 5:  That there is hereby certified to the County Clerk of Kane County, Illinois, the sum aforesaid constituting the said total amount of $1,100 which total amount the City of Aurora Special Service Area Number 66B requires to be raised by taxation in the current fiscal year of the City, and City Clerk of the City is hereby ordered and directed to file with the County Clerk of said County on or before the time required by law, a certified copy of this Ordinance.

 

SECTION 6:  That this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect, and shall be controlling, upon its passage and approval.

 

SECTION 7:  That all Ordinances or parts of ordinances thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of any such conflict.

 

SECTION 8:  That any section or provision of this ordinance that is construed to be invalid or void shall not affect the remaining Sections or provisions which shall remain in full force and effect thereafter.

 

PRESENTED to the City Council of the City of Aurora, Illinois, on the 20th day of December, 2016.

 

FILED for inspection on the 20th day of December, 2016.

 

PASSED by the City Council of the City of Aurora, Illinois, this 20th day of December, 2016, pursuant to a roll call vote as follows:

 

AYES_______                     NAYES______                     ABSENT______

 

APPROVED AND SIGNED by the Mayor of the City of Aurora, Illinois, this 20th day of December, 2016.

 

 

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                                                                                                                                                                                                       Mayor

ATTEST:

 

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                     City Clerk