Naperville City Council Wants to Reduce Tax Levy by $200,000

After a month of budget hearings and cutting $3 million in projected costs, the Naperville City Council has asked city officials to cut another $200,000, according to the Daily Herald.

The move is an effort to reduce the tax burden from last year's levy of $46.1 million, even if it's just by a small amount.

"It's clear we could do at least a modest reduction," council member Kevin Coyne told the Daily Herald. "It didn't look like that would be possible at first."

Like many other municipalities in Illinois, Naperville had to contend with increased contributions to police and firefighter pensions. The city had to increase the allocation to the pension fund by $14 million before they could reduce taxes.

Next year the city plans on spending $441 million, and it expects to collect $446 million in revenue. The official vote on next year's budget will be on December 20.

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