City Council Minutes 2017 11-14-17 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE,KENDALL COUNTY,ILLINOIS.
HELD IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
800 GAME FARM ROAD ON
TUESDAY,NOVEMBER 14.2017
Mayor Golinski called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and led the Council in the Pledge of Allegiance.
City Clerk Warren called the roll.
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Ward I Koch Present
Colosimo Present
Ward II Milschewski Present
Plocher Absent
Ward III Frieders Present
Funkhouser Present
Ward IV Tarulis Present
Hernandez Present
Also present: City Clerk Warren,City Attorney Orr,City Administrator Olson,Deputy Chief of Police
Klingel,Public Works Director Dhuse,Finance Director Fredrickson,EEI Engineer Sanderson,
Community Development Director Barksdale-Noble,Director of Parks and Recreation Evans,Assistant
City Administrator Willrett
QUORUM
A quorum was established.
AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA
None.
PRESENTATIONS
Employee Appreciation of Service
Mayor Golinski stated he will be giving some employee appreciation awards tonight for some employees
n dedicated years of service to the City.Mayor Golinski invited Dave Brown and his immediate department
head up first.Public Works Director Dhuse gave background of Mr.Brown's employment.He praised
Mr.Brown for his excellent work ethic.Public Works Director Dhuse thanked Mr.Brown personally and
stated he hopes Mr.Brown has a long career in Yorkville.Mayor Golinski presented Mr.Brown with a
token of the City's appreciation.
Mayor Golinski called Officer Ketchmark up to the front. Information was given on his employment and
his contributions to the City.He was congratulated on his ten years of service.Mayor Golinski presented
Officer Ketchmark with a plaque.
Mayor Golinski called Officer Johnson up to the front.Information was given on his employment and his
contributions to the City.He was congratulated on his fifteen years of service.
MetroNet Introduction
Mayor Golinski called the representative,Kathy Scheller, from MetroNet up to the front. She gave a
power point presentation on the overview of MetroNet so the Council can get to understand how
MetroNet works.Kathy Scheller also was going to give an update of some of MetroNet's work in the
area. She started out with the visionary statement.Alderman Frieders shared his excitement with the
Council.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. Dave and Debbie Coffinan,petitioner,have filed an application with the United City of
Yorkville,Kendall County,Illinois,requesting annexation pursuant to an annexation agreement
of a tract of property into the City's municipal boundary. The tract of property is generally
located south of U.S.Route 34,west of McHugh Road.A total of one parcel is proposed to be
annexed pursuant to the annexation agreement: 9290 US Route 34(Veterans Highway).
2. Tax Levy
Please, see attached report of proceedings by the Court Reporter for the public hearing.
CITIZEN COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS
None.
CONSENT AGENDA
None.
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MINUTES FOR APPROVAL
1. Minutes of the Regular City Council—October 10,2017
2. Minutes of the Special City Council—October 14,2017
Mayor Golinski entertained a motion to approve the minutes of the regular City Council meeting of
October 10,2017 and the minutes of the special City Council meeting of October 14,2017 as presented.
So moved by Alderman Funkhouser; seconded by Alderman Frieders.
Minutes approved unanimously by a viva voce vote.
n BILLS FOR PAYMENT
Mayor Golinski stated that the bills were$1,394,376.07.
REPORTS
MAYOR'S REPORT
City Liability Insurance and Workman's Comp Insurance Renewal
(CC 2017-52 2017)
Mayor Golinski entertained a motion to authorize entering into a one year insurance agreement with the
American Alternative Insurance corporation(Glatfelter)for property/casualty insurance in an amount not
to exceed$164,413;to authorize entering into a one year insurance agreement with the Illinois Public
Risk Fund for worker's compensation insurance in an amount not to exceed$168,809; and,to authorize
entering into a one year brokerage agreement with Mesirow Insurance Services in an amount not to
exceed$19,000. So moved by Alderman Tarulis; seconded by Alderman Frieders.
Alderman Frieders had a couple questions,and City Administrator Olson answered them.
Motion approved by a roll call vote.Ayes-7 Nays-0
Funkhouser-aye,Milschewski-aye,Hernandez-aye,
Koch-aye,Frieders-aye,Tarulis-aye,Colosimo-aye
Riverfront Parking Lot—Preparation Work—S&K Proposal
(CC 2017-53)
Mayor Golinski entertained a motion to approve a proposal from S&K Excavation and Trucking to
n perform preparation work on the east Riverfront Park parking lot in an amount not to exceed$38,550 and
authorize the Mayor to execute. So moved by Alderman Colosimo; seconded by Alderman Milschewski.
Alderman Koch and Director of Parks and Recreation Evans discussed this issue.Alderman Frieders,
Alderman Funkhouser,Alderman Colosimo,and City Administrator Olson discussed this issue.The
issues that were discussed were the details of the project,the bid process,the impact on the City budget,
and the outside engineering costs.
Motion failed by a roll call vote.Ayes-0 Nays-7
Milschewski-Nay, Hernandez-Nay,Koch-Nay,
Frieders-Nay, Tarulis-Nay, Colosimo-Nay,Funkhouser-Nay
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE REPORT
No report.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE REPORT
Ordinance 2017-55 Approving Fourth Amendment to the Redevelopment Agreement for the
Downtown Yorkville Redevelopment Project Area(Imperial Investments,LLC)
(EDC 2017-70)
Alderman Koch made a motion to approve an ordinance approving the fourth amendment to the
redevelopment agreement for the downtown Yorkville redevelopment project area(Imperial Investments,
LLC)and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute; seconded by Alderman Frieders.
Alderman Frieders is excited for the potential in the downtown area.There was discussions about the use
of TIF funds.The overall consensus of the Council was positive.
Motion approved by a roll call vote.Ayes-7 Nays-0
Hernandez-aye,Koch-aye,Frieders-aye,Tarulis-aye,
Colosimo-aye,Funkhouser-aye,Milschewski-aye
Resolution 2017-32 to Induce the Redevelopment of Certain Property Within the Yorkville
Downtown Tax Increment Redevelopment Project Area(301 South Bridge Street)
(EDC 2017-71)
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Alderman Koch made a motion to approvea,resolution to induce the redevelopment of certain property
within the Yorkville downtown tax increment Redevelopment project area(301 South Bridge Street);
seconded by Alderman Colosimo.
Motion approved by a roll call vote.Ayes-7 Nays-0
Koch-aye,Frieders-aye,Tarulis-aye,Colosimo-aye,
Funkhouser-aye,Milschewski-aye,Hernandez-aye
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT
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ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE REPORT
No report.
PARK BOARD
No report.
PLAN COMMISSION
No report.
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
No report.
CITY COUNCIL REPORT
No report.
CITY CLERK'S REPORT
No report.
COMMUNITY&LIAISON REPORT
Library
Alderman Milschewski mentioned about getting an intergovernmental agreement so children that didn't
live in Yorkville could get a library card.There was discussion among City Administrator Olson,Mayor
n Golinski,and Alderman Milschewski about this issue.
YPAC
Alderman Colosimo told about the YPAC Little Mermaid production. He gave all information needed to
attend.
Winter Wonderland
Alderman Frieders mentioned tree lighting,parade,and fireworks.Director of Parks and Recreation
Evans clarified that from 11:00 to 3:00 at Circle Center is the Winter wonderland event.
Tree lighting And Fireworks On The Riverfront
Director of Parks and Recreation Evans went on to state that at 5:30 on the Riverfront is the tree lighting
and fireworks.
Chili Chase
Alderman Frieders stated that on Sunday morning there is the Chili Chase Run which takes place at the
American Legion.
Kendall County Solid Waste Plan update
Alderman Frieders just came from the Kendall County Solid Waste Plan update.The night he was elected
he volunteered to be part of this board.Alderman Frieders thinks he has shared his appreciation for where
poop goes and garbage goes.He took a tour of the YBSD.He recently got to see the Fox Metro
expansion.Alderman Frieders is a big fan of poop and where it goes.He discussed waste and the
recycling of waste.He stated that on a local note,Crusade Burger Bar is the only restaurant in Downtown
Yorkville,with the exception of Smokey's,who received a certificate of recognition and appreciation for
recycling.He thanked the press for publishing that fact.Alderman Frieders called Director of Parks and
Recreation Evans to the front.Alderman Frieders stated that Director of Parks and Recreation Evans did
not know that one of his employees was recognized with a certificate of appreciation for the Beecher
concession stand's efforts to recycle in its Kendall County food establishment.Director of Parks and
Recreation Evans stated this was the high school kids deal and the high school kids deserve the credit.
AACVB
Alderman Funkhouser discussed that the AACVB's board amended the budget. Alderman Funkhouser
explained the circumstances around it.
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STAFF REPORT
Bristol Bay Park Easement Agreement Update
(CC 2017-49)
City Administrator Olson discussed this and stated there was a scriveners error in this agreement that was
previously approved by City Council.He wanted there to be a public acknowledgement of it.City
Administrator Olson stated if the Council has any issues with this,to please let him know.
ADDITIONAL BUSINESS
None.
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EXECUTIVE SESSION
Mayor Golinski entertained a motion to go into Executive Session for the purpose of
1. For litigation,when an action against,affecting,or on behalf of the particular public body has
been filed and is pending before a court or administrative tribunal,or when the public body finds
that an action is probable or imminent,in which case the basis for the fording shall be recorded
and entered into the minutes of the closed meeting.
2. For collective negotiating matters between the public body and its employees or their
representatives,or deliberations concerning salary schedules for one or more classes of
employees.
So moved by Alderman Colosimo; seconded by Alderman Hernandez.
Motion approved by a roll call vote. Ayes-7 Nays-0
Tarulis-aye,Milschewski-aye,Colosimo-aye,
Hernandez-aye,Koch-aye,Funkhouser-aye,Frieders-aye
The City Council entered Executive Session at 8:26 p.m.
The City Council returned to regular session at 8:56 p.m.
CITIZEN COMMENTS
None.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Golinski stated meeting adjourned.
Meeting adjourned at 8:57 p.m.
Minutes submitted by:
Beth Warren,
City Clerk,City of Yorkville,Illinois
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1 PRESENT :
2 Mr . Gary Golinski, Mayor;
3 Mr . Carlo Colosimo, Alderman;
4 Mr . Ken Koch, Alderman;
5 Ms . Jackie Milschewski, Alderman;
6 Mr . Chris Funkhouser, Alderman;
7 Mr . Joel Frieders, Alderman;
8 Mr . Alex Hernandez, Alderman;
9 Mr . Seaver Tarulis , Alderman .
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12 Ms . Beth Warren, City Clerk,
13 Ms . Kathleen Field-Orr, City Attorney .
14 Ms . Krysti Barksdale-Noble, Community
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1 (WHEREUPON, the following
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4 MAYOR GOLINSKI : Next we will go into
5 public hearing . So we will go into public
6 hearing for Dave and Debbie Coffman, petitioners,
7 have filed an application with the United City of
8 Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois, requesting
9 annexation pursuant to an annexation agreement of
10 a tract of property into the City ' s municipal
11 boundary.
12 The tract of property is generally
13 located south of U. S . Route 34 , west of McHugh
14 Road. A total of one parcel is proposed to be
15 annexed pursuant to the annexation agreement :
16 9298 U . S . Route 34 , Veteran ' s Highway.
17 So is there anyone from the public
18 who would like to comment on this? Please step
19 up, sir, and state your name for the record after
20 you sign in .
21 RYAN SWANSON,
22 spoke from the podium as follows :
23 MR. SWANSON : Thank you, Your Honor,
24 Councilmen. My name is Ryan Swanson . I am with
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1 ARC Design Resources . We are consultants for the
2 Casey' s Retail Company. I am here tonight on
3 behalf of Dave and Debbie Coffman as well as
4 Casey' s .
5 This component is really an integral
6 part of the Casey ' s development . This annexation
7 of the Coffman parcel is really required from
8 that, and from the Coffman side they really want
9 to continue to operate their facility as they do
10 today, is what they ' re asking for .
11 Just by way of detail -- and I will
12 be pretty brief -- really what precipitated this
13 communication discussion with the Coffmans,
14 which started months ago, was the proximity of a
15 well .
16 Their current well is literally
17 right here, almost on the property line, which
18 creates issues for the proximity of Casey ' s
19 underground storage tanks as well as the pumps
20 located here, tanks and pumps .
21 So really what we look to do is get
22 them off of that well and put them on public
23 water and ultimately public sewer, so Casey ' s
24 will be constructing that for them as part of
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1 their project, and ultimately annexation into the
2 City of Yorkville with both parcels, ultimately
3 coming together as one project, so with that,
4 obviously we support this, Casey ' s supports it,
5 Dave and Debbie Coffman support it, as well as
6 the annexation agreement, they are currently
7 reviewing that, but the relief items essentially
8 just let them operate as they do today with their
9 current facility setbacks, things like that .
10 MAYOR GOLINSKI : Thank you, Mr . Swanson .
11 MR. SWANSON : Thank you.
12 MAYOR GOLINSKI : Is there anyone else
13 from the public that would like to comment on
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16 MAYOR GOLINSKI : Any questions or
17 comments from the Council?
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19 MAYOR GOLINSKI : Hearing none, we will
20 close the public hearing .
21 Next we have a public hearing for
22 the tax levy . Bart, I believe you have some
23 slides or information you would like to share
24 with us .
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1 BART OLSON,
2 spoke from the podium as follows :
3 MR. OLSON : Okay . So we have our
4 state-mandated property tax levy public hearing,
5 and this year, depending on our actual policy
6 choices, this might not have been state mandated,
7 but we ' ve been adhering to the practice each year
8 for the past several years even if it ' s not
9 required, so two main policy questions for the
10 City Council for this year .
11 So we had our property tax rollback
12 that we have communicated for a number of years,
13 since about 2012, and so this is the first year
14 where we had not communicated a property tax
15 decrease or a flat rate from year-to-year, so
16 this is the first non-communicated year that we
17 had the decision to decide whether we want to
18 increase property taxes to capture new
19 construction, which is about $10 million in new
20 EAV, and it ' s worth about $65, 000 in property
21 taxes, and inflation, which is 2 . 1 percent this
22 year, which is about another $65, 000 of total
23 property taxes , so in general the City Council
24 could choose to raise property taxes about
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1 $130, 000 is what we ' re thinking .
2 And then the second component is
3 whether we want to continue to cap the library
4 levy, as we did last year for the first year in
5 many years, but we ' ll get into that here in a
6 little bit .
7 So this is how we published it, and
8 so you ' ve got the separate City levy and library
9 levies . You know, we always publish with a
10 higher dollar amount on the City side than we
11 expect to get, and that ' s so we can have a
12 conversation at a later date about lowering it
13 and actually choosing a value without having to
14 redo the public hearing .
15 So right now we had shown in the
16 public hearing notice about a 3 . 3 million dollar
17 operation cap for the City and $ 672 , 000 for the
18 library, and so that ' s a growth of about $27 , 000,
19 which would be reflected in a property tax cap,
20 so then we ' ve got our uncapped, non-abated
21 property taxes here at zero for the City and then
22 the bond for the building there, so you ' ve got
23 three exhibits labeled within the City Council
24 packet .
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1 So one is just the public hearing;
2 so we estimate a lot of property taxes and then
3 we can back those down at a later date . So let ' s
4 discard that for now, unless if the offer -- the
5 policy decision by the City Council is to levy
6 for more than we think that we can get, so that
7 we capture every dollar under the property tax
8 cap .
9 So Exhibit B is if you were to levy
10 all the increment related to new construction,
11 about $65, 000, and for inflation, another
12 $ 65, 000, you would see an increase from last year
13 about 4 . 17 percent on your property tax city line
14 item for $130, 000, which is what I had
15 referenced.
16 That same percentage would apply for
17 the library, so that would be gross of about
18 $50, 000 for them, too, so that ' s assuming again
19 new construction and inflation for both levies .
20 So Exhibit C is the actual City
21 Staff recommendation, so we recognized that to go
22 from property tax decreases in many years to flat
23 last year to a large increase or a maximum
24 allowed under the law might be a little bit
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1 difficult to communicate publicly, so our initial
2 recommendation was to only capture the new
3 construction dollar amount and not the inflation,
4 so theoretically we have $10 million of new EAV
5 coming online to the City; if you only ask for
6 $65, 000 over what you got last year, nobody' s
7 property taxes in the City for the City property
8 tax levy should go up .
9 If you have a larger piece of the
10 pie because your home went up 40 percent and your
11 neighbors didn ' t, then you obviously pay a little
12 bit more, but everything else being equal, just
13 applying for new construction, property taxes
14 should not go up . So in that scenario, if you
15 were to give the library what they had asked for,
16 that ' s a 4 . 17 percent increase, or about $58 , 000 .
17 Is that number right? It doesn ' t
18 sound right . Didn ' t we say it was 27? We ' ll get
19 back to that in a second . Our top people are
20 checking on it .
21 MR. FREDRICKSON : It is 27 .
22 MR. OLSON : It is 27, okay.
23 ALDERMAN COLOSIMO: Yeah, Because in the
24 second slide, it had both of them going up four
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1 percent .
2 MR. OLSON : Yeah .
3 ALDERMAN COLOSIMO : In the second slide
4 it still had the library going up four, so this
5 would be half of that .
6 MR. OLSON : That should read 27 . That
7 was just an error on my part for not catching
8 that . So that ' s $27 , 000 . The percentage is
9 correct, right, Rob?
10 MR. FREDRICKSON : In total, yes .
11 MR. OLSON : Yes .
12 MR. FREDRICKSON : Should read 27 , yes .
13 MR. OLSON : That should read 27 .
14 So getting into the library
15 discussion, so again, they set their own levy by
16 law, so they say we ' re going to levy $800, 000 or
17 whatever it ends up being. We take that and we
18 apply it in our tax ordinance . We cannot change
19 the dollar amount that they levied.
20 What we can do is apply the property
21 tax cap equally to that like you did last year,
22 so if they levied $645, 000 last year, they ' re
23 allowed to collect new construction and inflation
24 just like we do, so that would equal
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1 4 . 17 percent, or about $27 , 000, is what it should
2 have shown on those other slides .
3 So the maximum rate under law if you
4 were to combine those two property tax cap
5 calculations together, as we did every year
6 leading up to last year, is 15 cents per hundred
7 dollars EAV.
8 As your EAV goes up city-wide
9 through normal growth of property taxes , that
10 maximum tax rate does not change for them, so in
11 past years you saw 30, 40, 50 percent increases
12 in library property taxes to the detriment of the
13 city property taxes, which is why we started to
14 levy separately last year, so they were subject
15 to no property tax cap last year, and, again, the
16 recommendation is to continue to do -- continuing
17 to do that in the future, so -- but as we get
18 into our new slides here, I labeled it with this
19 nice, new yellow star, so this is not in your
20 packet .
21 So last night at the board meeting,
22 the library requested a maximum levy of 15 cents
23 per $100 EAV, so they didn ' t necessarily give us
24 a dollar amount, they gave us a rate, which we ' ve
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1 done that in the past, but you ' re not really
2 supposed to do, so but that translates to an
3 estimate of $743, 000 in total property tax levy,
4 which is a 15 percent increase over what they got
5 last year, for about $97 , 000, more than last year
6 as well, so we didn ' t actually draft it up
7 because I wanted to see what everybody ' s at least
8 feedback was before we take this to a future
9 meeting and vote on it, but if you look at
10 Exhibit A, B and C, Exhibit D, a fourth option,
11 would be if you ' re okay with the City Council
12 only collecting $ 65, 000 in new construction from
13 last year to this year -- so not foregoing that
14 inflation factor of $65, 000 -- there is
15 theoretically a scenario where you could combine
16 levies and actually give them 15 cents per $100
17 EAV .
18 We would lose six grand, I mean, as
19 a result of it, but they would gain $97 , 000 from
20 last year to the next year, so it is legally
21 possible for you to do that .
22 So if you look at Exhibit, A, B and
23 C in the packet, okay, they ' re all calculated as
24 separate property tax levies between the City and
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1 the library, so if you just say we ' re going to
2 endorse Exhibit A, Exhibit B, Exhibit C with no
3 changes, what ' s going to happen is the tax levy
4 ordinance is going to say the library requests
5 $743, 000, but we ' re going to apply the limiting
6 rate to them separately, which means functionally
7 they ' re only going to get $ 672 , 000, so but it
8 won ' t change the actual numbers that they had
9 communicated to us .
10 So again, so Exhibit D, the City
11 would only collect a partial increment on new
12 construction and the library would capture all of
13 their new construction, all of their inflation
14 and all of our inflation because we ' re
15 calculating them together, so you ' d be giving
16 them, you know, a portion under our tax cap if
17 you wanted to do that .
18 So in that scenario like I said we
19 would lose about $6, 000 and the library property
20 tax line item would increase 15 percent to
21 $97, 000 .
22 So there are two main policy
23 questions for you to think about tonight that I
24 would appreciate some feedback because I know the
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1 Library Board has been asking and they probably
2 just don ' t want to hear from me, they want to
3 hear it from everybody else, but you don' t have
4 to make a decision tonight, is one, does the City
5 Council want to levy the maximum amount under tax
6 cap law or do they want to forego a portion for
7 inflation, which was the Staff recommendation,
8 and, if so, if you want to forego a portion, do
9 you want to give the library your portion of the
10 inflation to allow them to levy 15 percent or
11 not .
12 So if the answer is we ' re going to
13 levy the City as much as possible under the
14 property tax cap, they -- there is not a scenario
15 where you can give them 15 cents per $100 EAV and
16 not have the City actually end up losing money.
17 So the two questions : Do you want
18 to levy the maximum amount under City law or
19 less, and if you want to levy less, do you want
20 to allow the library to capture your amount, so
21 those are the two things that I would appreciate
22 your feedback on at this meeting .
23 So moving on, just some general tax
24 facts : It is notable that the police pension
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1 contribution actually decreased from last year
2 from the previous year . This is the line item
3 within your property tax levy that had been
4increasing 15, 20 percent year over year in the
5 future that we were worried about having to do,
6 so they had a good year, they invested very well,
7 and so our actual contribution went down, which
8 is huge because then that allows us to continue
9 to levy for things that pay for other police
10 things .
11 And again, just the average EAV
12 increase city-wide is 8 . 53 percent, so if you
13 look at your individual assessment, if it ' s
14 higher than that, your property tax is probably
15 what we ' re going to do, and if it ' s down, just on
16 your city property tax line item, it should go
17 down, too, so it ' s all relative to what your
18 neighbors pay.
19 Again, we are only 6 . 3 percent of
20 your tax bill, so that does not include the
21 library, and this is the second year in a row of
22 not abating any property taxes, so those
23 abatement ordinances are actually in front of
24 Admin next Wednesday, so again, this is a
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1 communication strategy that we ' ve had for a few
2 years , and so this is the first year, fiscal
3 year 119, so next fiscal year, where we did not
4 communicate about anything, so this is what we ' ve
5 got in here equal to new construction for a
6 two-percent increase, so this is a public
7 hearing . You ' ve got two meetings to discuss
8 this . It has to be filed with the County by the
9 last Tuesday of the month or of the calendar
10 year .
11 We do not have a meeting on
12 December 26th, so if we take two meetings to
13 discuss it, we ' d have to call a special meeting
14 before December 22nd to do so .
15 So members of the Library Board are
16 not here, I know they discussed this at their
17 board meeting last night, I talked to Alisa this
18 morning about it, she said that they were
19 interested in it, so they are aware of the
20 conversation, and aware of the tax rate . And
21 then my current information .
22 MAYOR GOLINSKI : Okay . It ' s open for
23 discussion. Anybody . Yes, sir .
24 ALDERMAN FUNKHOUSER: I don ' t think I
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1 mentioned this, Option C, I think going after the
2 new construction but not the inflationary costs,
3 I think that ' s where I would like to be . I think
4 that ' s a fair increase .
5 So on the -- that ' s the first
6 question, which one .
7 Second question being do we give a
8 little of our inflation costs to the library, I
9 say no . I say keep them at the -- keep them the
10 same way we did last year . I don ' t think that
11 15-percent increase for them is justifiable .
12 MAYOR GOLINSKI : Yes, sir .
13 ALDERMAN COLOSIMO : Yeah, I agree . The
14 new construction is what we came up with because
15 that ' s actually new properties that were not
16 existing last year, so if your house has not
17 increased in value from last year to this year,
18 your individual property tax should not go up, it
19 should remain the same, so even though the number
20 went up just because we have more houses, that ' s
21 a good thing . That ' s the whole point of us
22 getting the bills program underway and getting
23 the rooftops in, was to get those new houses
24 built .
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1 Now we ' ve got them, great . That
2 allows us to get a little more recapture . I do
3 not want to increase for inflation, that ' s just
4 another way for us to take more money, and we ' re
5 trying to keep a line on our taxes, so I agree on
6 that .
7 And with the library, I agree, too .
8 I mean, if we ' re going to take for inflation, the
9 residents don ' t distinguish between the library
10 and the city. If we tell them we ' re taking more
11 money, we ' re taking more money; it doesn ' t matter
12 where it goes to the average taxpayer .
13 So we have to work within our own
14 restraints as far as how much money we get in on
15 our budget, and so does the library, so I would
16 not support allowing them to pay for inflation,
17 taking our -- whatever we would get for inflation
18 into their budget, so they will have to work
19 under the 0 . 15 and nothing more than that .
20 MAYOR GOLINSKI : Yes, sir .
21 ALDERMAN FRIEDERS : Rather than harping
22 on this, I will agree with both of these . That ' s
23 exactly what I was going to say, but probably a
24 little bit more eloquently.
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1 ALDERMAN KOCH : I 'm the same way.
2 MAYOR GOLINSKI : Okay . Receiving a
3 thumbs up, I ' d like that in the record, please .
4 MR. OLSON : And just for the record, I
5 know the Library Board has been talking a lot
6 about their increased costs and they have
7 maintenance issues and we ' ve been trying to work
8 on that with them the past couple weeks , so we
9 would expect an intergovernmental agreement to
10 come in front of everybody in the next month or
11 so that would then itemize those issues and kind
12 of talk about, you know, what their needs are so
13 that we can kind of plug them into a capital
14 basis similar to how we do with every other
15 department of the City.
16 MAYOR GOLINSKI : Yes, ma ' am.
17 ALDERMAN MILSCHEWSKI : I was going to
18 say I was there last night . Something else that
19 came up was that they would like to go -- they
20 did some research, the president did, that there
21 is four referendums that they can go to next
22 year, one being a referendum --
23 MAYOR GOLINSKI : Hold on, Jackie . Would
24 this be better for the other then since we are in
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1 public hearing for the tax levy, or it don ' t
2 matter?
3 ALDERMAN MILSCHEWSKI : I don ' t know
4 because it kind of -- the one referendum would be
5 to ask for a levy increase that they could use
6 just for building maintenance, and I wrote down
7 it ' s a 0 . 9 --
8 MS . ORR: No, it ' s 0 . 02 .
9 ALDERMAN MILSCHEWSKI : All right . I get
10 a little dyslexic . So that was one . And then
11 there was another referendum that is a fund
12 replenishment levy.
13 MS . ORR : It ' s a working cash fund
14 referendum.
15 ALDERMAN COLOSIMO: For maintenance .
16 MS . ORR: Now, it ' s a working cash fund,
17 and the issue is that it is a levy that can be
18 had for four years, but there is a payback
19 provision, so it would just be a temporary fix .
20 The 0 . 02 percent I believe is two years . I ' d
21 have to go back to my statute to know.
22 ALDERMAN MILSCHEWSKI : So they didn ' t
23 mention any --
24 MS . ORR: I think there is a time, and
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1 if I ' m wrong on that, but it is 0 . 02 , but that ' s
2 subject to a backdoor referendum.
3 ALDERMAN MILSCHEWSKI : Then there is
4 another levy that would help them with their IMRF
5 and Social Security.
6 MS . ORR : I don ' t know about that at
7 all .
8 ALDERMAN MILSCHEWSKI : Yeah, I might
9 have it down wrong, I have 7 . 65 . And then the
10 fourth, which they said was another referendum
11 that would help them for the insurance for the
12 building, but they' re under our insurance, so
13 that didn ' t matter, so they ' re going to be
14 discussing this next time, so this -- like the
15 next election season, they would be talking about
16 going for the referendum.
17 MR. OLSON : Yeah, I haven ' t researched
18 the timeline deadlines that would be required for
19 that . The initial request came from the Board
20 president this year and that they weren ' t
21 required to do a referendum.
22 The City attorney talked to the
23 Library attorney and determined that it was a
24 front door referendum required, which is going
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1 through the City Council ' s authority, and so I
2 think they are going to be discussing in the near
3 future, like, you know, which election should
4 they do, and how do they come to us and request
5 that .
6 MS . ORR : The real issue, though, and as
7 Bart said, I discussed it with their Library
8 attorney, who is extraordinarily knowledgeable,
9 that ' s all he does, are libraries throughout the
10 state, that even with these increases, even with
11 the permission, it would still all be under the
12 tax cap, and so to go through those efforts when
13 all you can do is raise it with the tax cap
14 brings it right back face front to the discussion
15 that we just had, and he is available to us to
16 explain it further, so -- it ' s a nice thought,
17 but --
18 ALDERMAN COLOSIMO: I think the real
19 issue is the Library Board thinking they ' re going
20 to go to referendum to the residents of Yorkville
21 asking for a tax increase and they' re going to
22 get it . That ' s the real issue .
23 ALDERMAN MILSCHEWSKI : That was brought
24 up .
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1 ALDERMAN COLOSIMO: I get it, it ' s
2 within their statutory authority to do it, but,
3 you know, I --
4 MS . ORR: They have to come to us and we
5 would put the referendum on --
6 ALDERMAN COLOSIMO: It would be on the
7 ballot, be interesting to see what happens, but,
8 yeah, it ' s not going to happen .
9 ALDERMAN KOCH : So basically if they
10 decide to go for a referendum, we ' re kind of on
11 the hook for that referendum, too, I mean, if
12 we ' re saying that we ' re doing it for them or is
13 that how that would --
14 MS . ORR: We would pass the ordinance or
15 the resolution that would put it on the ballot .
16 That ' s my understanding .
17 MR. OLSON : You would have the
18 discretion to do so . You would not be mandated
19 to do it .
20 MS . ORR : Correct . Correct . But to do
21 it and still be under the tax cap is an
22 interesting concept . What ' s the point? I really
23 don ' t know.
24 MAYOR GOLINSKI : Yes, sir .
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1 ALDERMAN FRIEDERS : Like wow. When the
2 question was posed to me earlier this afternoon,
3 like my simple answer was no . When I was in high
4 school, I always wanted to have like the newest
5 of everything, and my dad had me write out on a
6 little spreadsheet like what ' s all the money
7 coming in and what ' s all the money going out .
8 At the end of the day, do you have
9 enough money to buy what it is that you want? If
10 the answer is no, cut something . If the answer
11 is still no, cut something else . If you can ' t do
12 anything, don ' t spend the money.
13 So every time that we ' ve kind of had
14 a conversation with the library, either in the
15 room or directly towards the library, it ' s been
16 like let ' s work together .
17 I thought Tim' s idea originally had
18 merit because you don ' t got to spend 80 grand a
19 year on somebody you might not need full-time .
20 Also, there ' s a lot of people that
21 work there, so maybe there is a way to overlap
22 people, you know, shifts and all that stuff, I 'm
23 not the person who runs operations for the
24 library, but all of these conversations almost in
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1 my opinion seem like Yorkville is the parents and
2 the library is somehow this teenage son who wants
3 the extra expensive iPhone X, and we ' re going
4 well, if you want to do that, you need to make
5 more money.
6 Well, the only way to make more
7 money is to use daddy ' s bank account to ask for
8 more taxes, which still aren ' t enough under the
9cap to make them whole for the 97 grand. Am I --
10 You are giving me a look like I ' m not dumb .
11 ALDERMAN COLOSIMO: No, you ' re spot on.
12 ALDERMAN FRIEDERS : So from my
13 perspective, had they been here and had they
14 submitted this October 26th, which I think was
15 the deadline to discuss this, maybe we would be
16 having a meeting where we are both kind of
17 talking at the same level, but right now it seems
18 like we ' re passing notes in class and we ' re
19 trying to figure out what the other really wants,
20 and I get it, you need more money to meet what
21 you ' ve currently got, but if you always do what
22 you ' ve always done, you ' ll always get what you ' ve
23 always got, so in my opinion, trim some people,
24 get some volunteers to work on Sundays . My kids
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1 need study time .
2 I mean, there ' s ways that we can be
3 creative with this, and I think we ' ve already
4 kind of thrown a couple cool ideas their way, and
5 this idea that we are either -- like we want to
6 like take something that ' s theirs, there is no
7 theirs . It ' s Yorkville . I pay taxes here .
8 That ' s my building, this is my building, this is
9 my old kitchen cabinet .
10 It just seems like we ' re fighting
11 about something when we ' re on the same team.
12 Come sit . I will sit with you in there and let ' s
13 talk about what you ' re spending money on that you
14 shouldn' t be spending money on or that we can
15 help with.
16 That ' s why I 'm like why are we
17 having this conversation right now? It seems
18 like a very strange method in which to keep doing
19 what you ' re already doing when I think Yorkville
20 tightened its belt .
21 I mean, you had a room full of
22 people there in ' 06 that weren ' t there in 107 and
23 they ' re still providing services . We didn ' t lose
24 any plow drivers . Mr . Brown is an excellent
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1 example . We made things work. We tightened our
2 belt .
3 How come we ' re the only ones that
4 have to tighten our belt? I mean, we ' re the ones
5 who constantly get slammed about not having
6 enough money to fix roads . Okay, we ' re working
7 on it . We are finding new and creative ways of
8 doing it .
9 Why are we the only ones that have
10 to adjust their operating budget? We are the
11 only ones that are required: Police, Public
12 Works , Parks and Rec, City Hall .
13 But the library, by all means, do
14 what you gotta do . And this is by no means me
15 slamming the Library . I love it just as much as
16 the next guy . Hey, I just made three books in
17 two years, I love the place, but this is a little
18 ridiculous .
19 So I should have just done this : C.
20 Option C . Sorry for getting out of hand there .
21 Man .
22 MAYOR GOLINSKI : Who wants to try and
23 top that?
24 ALDERMAN KOCH : Gary.
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1 MAYOR GOLINSKI : No, I am all for that .
2 I like Option C as well . I think you got a
3 pretty clear direction.
4 MR. OLSON : Yes .
5 MAYOR GOLINSKI : Anything else for the
6 public hearing?
7 (No response . )
8 MAYOR GOLINSKI : We will close the
9 public hearing . Thank you .
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6 the foregoing, Pages 1 through 29, inclusive, is
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UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE
Property Tax Levy Presentation
City Council
November 14, 2017
Policy Questions for Tax Levy 2017
This is the second year where the City is not
collecting an non abated propert ta es and the collecting any non-abated property taxes and the
first year after the City’s multi-year plan to
decrease property taxes:
Does the City want to increase property taxes to
capture new construction and/or inflation?
Does the City want to continue to apply the
property tax cap to the Library levy?
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Property Tax Extension, as published
2016 City Levy
$3,101,322
2017 City Levy
$3,330,779
Operations
(capped)
$3,101,322
Bonds
(uncapped)
$0
Operations
(capped)
$3,330,779
Bonds
(uncapped)
$0
2016 Library Levy 2017 Library Levy2016 Library Levy
$1,405,987
Operations
(capped)
$645,554
Bonds
(uncapped)
$760,433
2017 Library Levy
$1,464,606
Operations
(capped)
$672,505
Bonds
(uncapped)
$792,101
Property Tax Extension
AExhibit A, 2017 Tax Levy –For Public Hearing
City property tax line-item increases 7.4% or
$229,457
Library property tax line-item increases 4.17% or
$58,619
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Property Tax Extension
Exhibit B, 2017 Tax Levy –Estimated Full Increment
Estimated maximum levy under the tax cap
Captures new construction and inflation
City property tax line-item increases 4.17% or
$129,457
Lib li i i 4 17% Library property tax line-item increases 4.17% or
$58,619
Property Tax Extension
City Staff
recommendation
Exhibit C, 2017 Tax Levy –Estimated Partial
Increment
Estimated maximum levy under the tax cap
Captures new construction but not inflation
City property tax line-item increases 2.07% or
$64 329$64,329
Library property tax line-item increases 4.17% or
$58,619
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Property Tax Extension
Library Board sets its own levy, by law
Library property tax maximum rate is $0.15 per $100 EAV,
by law
Library Board was subject to a normal property tax cap last
year
City Staff recommends the Library property taxes be
calculated separately from the City property taxes,
subjecting the Library property taxes to the normal
property tax caps
Tax facts
The City’s police pension property tax obligation DECREASED 0.3%
or ~$3,000 from last year
Th f d h d d h d h The pension fund had good investment returns this past year, and so the
City’s contribution will decrease for the first time since 2013
The average EAV increase on a single property, City-wide is 8.53%
If your home EAV goes up 10%, your City property taxes will probably
go up ~$10
If your home EAV goes up 8.53% your City property taxes will
probably remain flatpy
If your home EAV goes up 6%, your City property taxes will probably
go down ~$10
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Tax facts
6fThe City property tax makes up only 6.3% of your
total tax bill.
The City is not collecting any non-abated property
taxes for the second year in a row
Non-abated property taxes were collected every year
between tax years 2010 and 2015
Tax facts
The City reduced property taxes faster than we
comm nicatedcommunicated:
Communicated Actual
2% reduction FY 15 3% reduction
1% reduction FY 16 1.66% reduction
FY 171% reduction FY 17
(prior FY)1.68% reduction
1% reduction FY 18
(current FY)0%
N / A FY 19
(under discussion)
2.07% proposed
(equal to new construction)
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Next steps
Public Hearing
November 14, 2017 City Council meeting
Discussion and consideration
November 28, 2017 City Council meeting
December 12, 2017 City Council meeting (if necessary)
Questions?
Bart Olson, City Administrator
6630-553-4350
bolson@yorkville.il.us
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Public Comment
November 14, 2017
PLEASE PRINT
NAME: SUBDIVISION OR BUSINESS: