Twenty-one Du Page County taxing districts made last-minute reductions in their anticipated levies by Friday`s abatement deadline to soften the blow of 1990 tax bills that, nevertheless, will show estimated increases of 5 to 11 percent.
From April 5, when the county`s tentative 1990 tax extensions were announced, to Friday`s deadline, the 21 taxing districts reduced their anticipated levies by about $14.4 million.
Overall, 63 of the county`s 278 taxing districts have abated $58.6 million in this year`s levies.
Du Page County government`s abatement of $8.5 million and the forest preserve district`s abatement of $500,000, both approved last week, should provide some relief for every county taxpayer. Those with a home valued at $150,000, for example, should end up paying about $35 less in taxes this year than they would have been billed.
The amount of other reductions in tax bills will depend on where homeowners live.
The county`s levy had been expected to increase by $12.8 million, or 21 percent, over last year while the forest preserve district`s levy was anticipated to go up $529,000, or about 2 percent.
In effect, the county cut its tax increase over last year by more than half, and the forest preserve district eliminated nearly all of its anticipated levy increase over 1989.
School districts, which now account for about 66 percent of all real estate taxes levied in Du Page, continued to trail other types of government units in approving abatements.
Last year, in apparent response to tax sensitivity, a record 67 districts made more than $48.8 million in tax abatements.
Du Page County Clerk Gary King said he believed that more taxing districts would have abated this year had it not been for the uncertainty over what, if any, tax collection limitations will be adopted by the legislature.
Following is list of Du Page taxing districts that abated this year and the amounts. Those with an asterisk indicate an abatement or abatements made after April 5.
1990 TAX ABATEMENTS
Taxing body Abatements
Du Page County+ $8,525,590
Du Page County Forest Preserve+ 500,000
Du Page Water Commission 13,229,434
Du Page Airport Authority 3,248,950
Addison Township+ 205,000
Bloomingdale Township+ 40,000
Lisle Township+ 210,000
Aurora 4,549,049
Bartlett 777,537
Batavia 179,281
Bloomingdale 1,077,276
Bolingbrook 1,666,872
Burr Ridge 96,275
Clarendon Hills+ 120,054
Darien 44,625
Downers Grove 255,930
Elk Grove Village 1,181,971
Elmhurst 2,915,304
Glen Ellyn 525,000
Glendale Hts. 738,953
Hanover Park 878,943
Hinsdale 52,500
Lisle+ 48,286
Lombard 67,300
Naperville 2,329,301
” + 1,409,259
Oakbrook Terrace 43,250
Roselle 512,798
St. Charles 156,453
Schaumburg 4,417,858
Villa Park 44,664
Westmont 198,195
Wheaton 260,500
” + 388,852
Winfield 33,598
Wood Dale 427,338
Woodridge 1,216,404
Addison Park Dist.+ 36,050
Bensenville Park Dist.+ 10,740
Butterfield Park Dist. 158,631
Clarendon Hills Park Dist. 86,853
Elmhurst Park Dist.+ 21,314
Fox Valley Park Dist. 490,547
Hanover Park Park Dist. 198,937
Itasca Park Dist. 314,338
Lemont Park Dist. 225,080
Lisle Park Dist. 169,025
Lombard Park Dist. 51,483
Naperville Park Dist. 355,000
Oak Brook Park Dist. 286,923
West Chicago Park Dist. 339,002
Wheaton Park Dist. 247,575
” + 485,976
Winfield Park Dist. 252,786
Downers Grove Sanitary Dist. 150,150
Addison Fire Dist.+ 100,000
Lisle-Woodridge Fire Dist.+ 150,000
West Chicago Fire Dist. + 93,500
Lemont Library Dist. 33,178
Lisle Library Dist.+ 286,000
Bensenville School Dist. 2+ 200,000
Addison School Dist. 4+ 270,450
Itasca School Dist. 10 114,000
(W. Chicago) Comm. H.S. Dist. 94+ 220,583
Lemont H.S. Dist. 210+ 800,291
Bloomingdale S.S.A. 1 32,625
Source: Du Page County Clerk Gary King. Represents all property tax abatements made through April 12, 1991. + abatements made after April 5.
