Village officials want Homewood residents to have a clearer idea how their property tax dollars are spent, so they added a chart to the annual tax levy presentation that shows how a typical tax bill is divided.
Homewood Finance Director Dennis Bubenik presented the proposed property tax levy of $6,324,211 for 2017 to the board of trustees on Tuesday. That represents a 4.9 percent increase over the current levy and would be within the increase…


