(WBBM NEWSRADIO) — A proposed tax referendum on Illinois primary election ballots in Will and Kendall Counties would have benefited the Oswego Fire Protection District, but it appears to have been extinguished — by one vote.
The Oswego Fire Protection District has seen a growing need for service over the past 20 years. In 2002, the district was tasked with protecting 27,000 residents, but in 2022 that number exceeded 70,000 residents.
During that 20-year span, officials said, voters have never voted to approve more money for the Oswego Fire Protection District.
According to the Beacon-News, election officials said final results have not yet been certified. If they stand, though, there will have been one vote that tipped the scales to kill the effort to raise property taxes by about $100 per year on a house valued at $300,000.
The fire protection district had wanted the tax increase in order to pay for the higher costs of equipment and of running the district.
Kendall County Clerk Debbie Gillette said people need to remember that every vote does count.
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