Ordinance 2025-22UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE
KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS
ORDINANCE NO. 2025-22
AN ORDINANCE OF THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE, KENDALL
COUNTY, ILLINOIS AMENDING SCHOOL TRANSITION FEES
Passed by the City Council of the
United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois
This 11"day of March, 2025
Published in pamphlet form by the
authority of the Mayor and City Council
of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall
County, Illinois on March 13, 2025,
Ordinance No. 2025-22
AN ORDINANCE OF THE UNITED CITY OF YORKVILLE, KENDALL
COUNTY, ILLINOIS AMENDING SCHOOL TRANSITION FEES
WHEREAS, the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois (the "City") is a duly
organized and validly existing non -home rule municipality created in accordance with the
Constitution of the State of Illinois of 1970 and the laws of the State; and
WHEREAS, the City has experienced substantial residential growth since 2000 having
a population at that time of approximately 6,000 and growing to a population of over 25,000 in
2025, thereby impacting Yorkville Community School District 9-115 (" SD #115") which serve
the entire City; and
WHEREAS, in 1993, the City imposed a fee per new permit issued for a residential unit
in the amount of $1,500 ( the "School Transition Fee") to assist SD #115 to address the need for
additional classroom space and facilities as a result of the continuing growth of its student
population; and
WHEREAS, as the City continued to grow, in 2002, the City increased the School
Transition Fee to $3,000 per residential unit permit where it has remained to this date despite the
increase in all costs to meet the educational need of its students; and
WHEREAS, since 2002, the City has issued over 6000 permits for residential units
which has had a significant impact on the Sd #115 mandating substantial expansion to all of its
facilities and operations and an increase in its staffing requirements; and
WHEREAS, given the projections for continuing growth, it is necessary that an
immediate increase in the School Transition Fee to $5,000 be imposed which the City is prepared
to consider; however, it is also evident that such increase does not take into account the
continuing annual growth SD #115 has experienced over the past decade and shall continue to
experience in the years to come; and
WHEREAS, in response to this, SD #115 has undertaken an assessment of the current
facilities and operating expenditures required per student including projections on the future
demands being placed on SD 4115 as the growth of the City continues at an annual average rate
of 4.07%; and
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WHEREAS, the City hereby agrees to review the assessment study from SD #115 upon
its completion and to review and amend School Transition Fee to reflect the actual impact on SD
#115 as a direct result of the continuing growth of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and City Council of the
United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois, as follows:
Section 1. The foregoing preambles are hereby incorporated into this Section I as if fully
restated.
Section 2. Ordinance 2002-4 passed by the Mayor and City Council is hereby amended
to increase the School Transition Fee from $3,000 to $5,000, effective immediately.
Section 3. The School Transition Fee as increased pursuant to Section 2 of this Ordinance
shall be reviewed by the City upon receipt of an assessment from the SD 4115 with statistics
substantiating current costs and future projections of all costs resulting from the continuing
growth of the City.
Section 4. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effective upon its passage, approval
and publication as provided by law.
Passed by the City Council of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois
this I I" day of March, A.D. 2025.
. C TY CLERK
KEN KOCH
AYE
DAN TRANSIER
AYE
ARDEN JOE PLOCHER
AYE
CRAIG SOLING
AYE
CHRIS FUNKHOUSER
NAY
MATT MAREK
AYE
SEAVER TARULIS
ABSENT
RUSTY CORNEILS
AYE
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this
APPROVED by me, as Mayor of the United City of Yorkville, Kendall County, Illinois
i�day of A LLE_, A.D. 2025.
Attest:
Y CLERK
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