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11 /28/2011
• 100-0-11
AN ORDINANCE
Levying Taxes in the City of Evanston, County of Cook,
and State of Illinois, for the Fiscal Year Beginning
January 1, 2012 and Ending December 31, 2012
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston, Illinois, has heretofore adopted an annual
budget for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2012, and ending December 31, 2012,
which said Budget document was reviewed at a public hearing and copies of which said
Budget document have been continuously available for public inspection at the office of
the City Clerk of the City of Evanston at the Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Avenue, Evanston,
Illinois, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except
holidays; and
WHEREAS, said Budget document contains the expenditures to be made
with the monies collected through taxation and other sources during said fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston, II'iinois, is a Home Rule unit of local
government pursuant to the terms and provisions of Article VII of the 1970 Constitution
of the State of Illinois, which said Constitution, in Section 6(a) thereof, grants unto the
City of Evanston as a Home Rule unit of local government the power to tax;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
SECTION 1: That, in order to meet expenses and liabilities of the City of
Evanston, Illinois, for the current fiscal year beginning January 1, 2012, there is hereby
levied on all real properly subject to taxation within the corporate limits of said City of
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Evanston as assessed and equalized for the year 2011 the sum of Thirty -One Million,
Two Hundred Ninety -One Thousand, Five Hundred Seventy -Six Dollars
($31,291,576.00), being the total of the appropriation legally made plus allowances for
collection losses, which are to be collected from the tax levy of the City of Evanston for
the year 2011 and all corporate purposes appropriated and specifically referred to in the
annual Budget passed by the City Council of the City of Evanston at a regular Council
meeting held November 28, 2011. Appropriations are to be collected from the tax levy of
the current fiscal year of the City of Evanston, Illinois, for:
General Corporate Purposes
Illinois Municipal Retirement
Fund Pension (IMRF)
Firemen's Pension Fund
Police Pension Fund
$13,624,172.00
$3,059,093.00
$6,244,279.00
$8,364,032.00
The specific amounts hereby levied for the various purposes and funds are designated
by being placed in separate columns under the heading "To Be Raised By Taxation,"
and are identified in that manner on the following pages of this Ordinance.
SECTION 2: That there be appropriated for the City of Evanston:
A) Thirteen Million, Six Hundred Twenty -Four Thousand, One Hundred Seventy -Two
Dollars ($13,624,172.00) for the General Corporate Purposes; B) Three Million, Fifty -
Nine Thousand, Ninety -Three Dollars ($3,059,093.00) for the Illinois Municipal
Retirement Fund Pension(IMRF); C) Six Million, Two Hundred Forty -Four Thousand,
Two Hundred Seventy -Nine Dollars ($6,244,279) for the Fire Pension Fund; and D)
Eight Million, Three Hundred Sixty -Four Thousand, Thirty -Two Dollars ($8,364,032.00)
for the Police Pension Fund, as outlined in the City of Evanston Tax Levy Filing with
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Cook County FY12 Budget - Tax Levy Year 2011 to be Received in FY12, attached
hereto as "Exhibit A" and incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 3: That the foregoing recitals are found as fact and made
a part hereof.
SECTION 4: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 5: That this Ordinance 100-0-11 shall be in full force and effect
from and after its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
Introduced: wf'.n1,bv-/4 , 2011 Approved:
Adopte lrD� J�Q,I i� 'o{ , 2011 VAit rW J-9 2011
Attest:
dney Gr ne, City Clerk
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Elizabeth B. Tisdahl, Mayor
Approved as to form:
W. Grant'Farrar, Corporation Cori nsel
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