The Homewood District 153 board agreed to work with Mesirow Financial Inc. for the sale of $4.3 million in working cash bonds.
The sale is being underwritten by community residents who approved a referendum for a property tax increase that will cover up to $9 million in new money for Homewood’s schools.
‘These dollars are very much needed,” Superintendent Dale Mitchell said at Monday’s board meeting. From 2010 through 2015, the state reduced promised general…
