The Homewood-Flossmoor Park District approved the 2022 tax levy of $5.71 million at its meeting Tuesday, Dec. 6.
Karen Garrity, superintendent of finance and administration, said since she first presented a preliminary levy Cook County has provided actual Equalized Assessed Valuation (EAV) numbers. It was 8.4% below the prior year. She reworked the numbers and estimated the park district’s tax increase will be held at 5% over the 2021 levy extension.
The total levy filed with Cook County will be $5,714,549 “however, the actual total levy after tax caps . . .