Election Results: Final Count Shows Burr Ridge Against Raising Village's Corporate Levy by Half a Million

The numbers are in: Burr Ridge residents voted “no” on a local referendum that would have approved of raising the village’s corporate levy by $520,000.

In the final count, 57.89 percent of voters were in favor of the referendum, while 42.11 percent were against it, according to unofficial Cook County election results. A total 2,275 people voted on the question.

The number is the same amount that taxpayers currently put forth every year for the bonds that brought Lake Michigan water to Burr Ridge.

The money would have gone toward maintaining village roads and improving infrastructure in the area.
The bonds connected to Lake Michigan water, however, expire at the end of the year, so residents will no longer be paying for them. If the referendum asking for half a million dollars had passed, residents of Burr Ridge would be paying the village the same amount as they have been — it would just be going toward road and infrastructure maintenance.

If the referendum was ultimately approved, property owners’ taxes would be raised by $16.63 per $100,000 of assessed valuation in DuPage County, and $12.81 per $100,000 of assessed valuation in Cook County. Since it wasn't, those taxes won't change as a result.

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