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AN ORDINANCE
LEVYING TAXES IN THE CITY OF EVANSTON
COUNTY OF COOK AND STATE OF ILLINOIS
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING MARCH 1, 2003
AND ENDING FEBRUARY 29, 2004
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston, Illinois, has heretofore adopted an annual budget for
the fiscal year beginning March 1, 2003, and ending February 29, 2004, which said Budget
document has been reviewed at a public hearing and copies of which said Budget document are
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 60201, 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, Illinois, 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 March 1, 2003 there is hereby levied on all real
property subject to taxation within the corporate limits of said City of Evanston as assessed and
equalized for the year 2003 the sum of Twenty One Million Five Hundred Fifty Thousand Six
Hundred and Eighty Dollars ($21,550,680), being the total of the appropriation heretofore legally
made plus allowances for collection losses, which are to be collected from the tax levy of the
City of Evanston for the year 2003 and all corporate purposes heretofore appropriated and
specifically referred to in the annual Budget passed by the City Council of the City of Evanston
at a regular meeting held February 24, 2003, which appropriations are to be collected from the
tax levy of the current fiscal year of the City of Evanston, Illinois, for:
General Corporate Purposes
Firemen's Pension Fund
Police Pension Fund
The specific amounts hereby levied for the various purposes and funds are designated by being
placed in separate columns under headings "TO BE RAISED BY TAXATION" and are
identified in that manner on the following pages of this ordinance.
40 SECTION 2: That there be appropriated for the City of Evanston General Fund:
SECTION 14: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby •
repealed.
SECTION 15: That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
Introduced:
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, 2003
Adopted:
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, 2003
Approved:
ATTEST:
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Corporation Counsel
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