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04.08.2025 | What You Need To Know Today

Homewood-Flossmoor School District Board of Education Finance Committee will meet at 7:45 a.m. Tuesday, April 8, in the Viking Room, South Building, 999 Kedzie Ave. The agenda was not available online by Sunday, but will appear here when it is.

Thornton Township Annual Meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, followed by regular Board of Trustees meeting at 7 p.m. Both meetings will be held at township hall, 333 E. 162nd St. in South Holland. The agenda for the annual meeting is available here. The agenda for the regular meeting is available here.

Highlight:
The annual meeting agenda includes a motion to place a referendum on the March 17, 2026, primary election ballot that reads: “Shall the State of Illinois, which has the second highest property taxes in the nation, deliver annual property tax rebates to the more than three million residential property taxpayers in Illinois, as provided for in the Illinois Property Tax Relief Fund Act of 2019?”

Homewood Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, in village hall, 2020 Chestnut Road. The agenda is available here. The livestream will be available here. Meeting ID 980 4907 6232, passcode 830183.

Highlights: 

  • A public hearing on the proposed Harwood Avenue TIF District is on the agenda with a motion to continue the hearing until the May 27 meeting. 
  • Homewood Science Center Executive Director Edie Dobrez will present the center’s annual report. The annual reports from the Appearance Commission and Planning and Zoning Commission will be included in the consent agenda. 
  • An amendment to the village’s redevelopment agreement with HCF Homewood, developer of the Hartford Building to remove language that guaranteed a minimum return on cost, which could have resulted in payments from the village’s general fund, and provided for revenue sharing with the village once certain profit metrics were accomplished.

Flossmoor Public Library Board of Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. in the library, 1000 Sterling Ave. The agenda is available here.

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