2017 Ordinance for the Levy of Taxes for the Harvard Fire Protection District

ORDINANCE NO. 17- 003   

An Ordinance for the Levy of Taxes

for the Harvard Fire Protection District for the Fiscal Year 2017

 

WHEREAS, on June 13, 2017, the Board of Trustees of the Harvard Fire Protection District, in the County of McHenry, State of Illinois, passed the Appropriation Ordinance for the fiscal year commencing on May 1, 2017, and ending on the 30th day of April, 2018, in the amount of $2,511,525.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the HARVARD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, McHenry County, Illinois, as follows:

 

SECTION 1: That there be and is hereby levied on all taxable property within the corporate limits of said District for the year 2017 the total sum of $1,097,460 for all corporate and special purposes of said Harvard Fire Protection District for purposes of providing for General Corporate Fund and Ambulance Fund, in the respective sums as follows, to-wit:

 

  1. GENERAL CORPORATE
    1. General Corporate Tax:

 

  1. Administration:
    1. Telephone and alarm services $ 4,400
    2. Printing, postage, office supplies 5,000
    3. Legal services, expenses 5,000
    4. Association dues, conference expense 7,000
    5. Publication of legal notices 1,600
    6. Audit expense 6,200
    7. Insurance 80,000
    8. SRT expense, dues 3,000
    9. Fire prevention bureau 15,000
    10. Computer supplies, support 15,000
    11. Dispatch service 40,000

Total $182,200

  1. Personnel Expenses:
    1. Officers’ salaries $ 30,000
    2. Fire paid on call salaries 40,000
    3. Trustees’ salaries 7,500
    4. Treasurer’s salary 1,500
    5. Records Clerk salary 12,000
    6. FICA 12,760
    7. Training, education 5,000
    8. Training pay 5,000
    9. Medical expense 1,750

Total $115,510

 

  1. Fire Equipment Expense:
    1. Purchase of new fire equipment $10,000
    2. Repair, maintenance 50,000
    3. Fuel 8,000
    4. Radio/pager repair & replacement 8,000
    5. Knox box purchase 1,000
    6. Uniforms, dress 3,800
    7. Turn out gear 35,000

Total $115,800

 

  1. Building and Grounds Expense:
    1. Utilities:
      1. Natural Gas $  9,000
      2. Electric $12,000                                             $ 21,000
    2. Building equipment purchases 10,000
    3. Building maintenance, repair 1,000

Total $ 32,000

 

  1. Contingency and Miscellaneous: $1,000

 

  1. Equipment Accumulation: $65,000

 

Total General Fund:                                                                                                $511,510

 

  1. Ambulance Service Tax:

 

  1. Administration Expenses:
    1. Cell telephone service $ 10,000
    2. Audit expense 6,200
    3. Insurance 50,000
    4. Billing expense 20,000

Total $ 86,200

  1. Personnel Expenses:
    1. Paid on premise salaries, 24 hour personnel 400,000
    2. FICA 36,500
    3. Training pay 10,000
    4. Paramedic incentive pay 4,000
    5. Training classes 5,000
    6. Medical expense 1,750

Total $457,250

 

  1. Ambulance Equipment Expenses:
    1. New equipment $ 8,000
    2. Supplies 8,000
    3. Equipment, vehicle maintenance 8,000
    4. Fuel 8,000
    5. Uniforms/duty 8,000

Total $40,000

 

  1. Contingency and Miscellaneous: $ 2,500

 

Total Ambulance Fund:                                                                                           $585,950

 

  1. SUMMARY:

 

  1. General Fund                                      $511,510
  2. Ambulance Service Fund                    $585,950

 

                                    Total Property Taxes to be Levied  $1,097,460

 

SECTION 2:  The tax so levied and assessed as aforesaid shall be collected and enforced in the same manner and by the same officers as in general taxes of the Harvard Fire Protection District, County of McHenry, State of Illinois, and shall be paid over by the officers collecting the same to the Treasurer of the Board of Trustees of the Harvard Fire Protection District.

 

SECTION 3:  The Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the Harvard Fire Protection District shall make and file with the County Clerk of McHenry County, Illinois, a certified copy of this Ordinance, and that the rate percent be ascertained and the tax extended, as provided by law, against the property included in the Harvard Fire Protection District, County of McHenry, State of Illinois.

 

SECTION 4:  The provisions of 35 ILCS 200/18-55 et seq., Truth in Taxation Law, were complied with by the Harvard Fire Protection District.

 

SECTION 5:  This Ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage, approval and publication in pamphlet form (which publication is hereby authorized) as provided by law.

 

Ayes:               Carbonetti, Clark, Condon

Nayes:           None

Absent:            None

Abstain:           None

APPROVED:

 

 

                                                           

President Thomas J. Condon

(SEAL)

ATTEST:                                                        

Secretary Joseph P. Clarke

 

Passed:            October 10, 2017       

 

Approved:       October 10, 2017       

 

Published:       In Pamphlet form       


C E R T I F I C A T I O N

 

I, Joseph P. Clarke, hereby certify that I am the duly qualified secretary of the Harvard Fire Protection District, McHenry County, Illinois, and that as such secretary, I am the keeper of the ordinances, records, corporate seal and proceedings of the President and Board of Trustees of said Harvard Fire Protection District.

 

I do hereby further certify that at a meeting of the President and Board of Trustees of the Harvard Fire Protection District, held on the 10th day of October, 2017, an ordinance entitled An Ordinance for the Levy of Taxes for the Harvard Fire Protection District for the Fiscal Year 2017, was duly passed and approved by the President and Board of Trustees of the Harvard Fire Protection District.

 

The pamphlet form of Ordinance No. 17-003, including the Ordinance and a cover sheet thereof, was prepared, and a copy of such Ordinance was available at Fire Station 1, 502 S. Eastman Street, Harvard, commencing on the     11th       day of October, 2017, and continued for at least 10 days thereafter. Copies of such Ordinance are also available for public inspection upon request in the office of the Board of Trustees.

 

I do further certify that the original, of which the attached is a true and correct copy, is entrusted to me as the secretary of said District for safekeeping, and that I am the lawful custodian and keeper of the same.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have affixed my name as the secretary and caused the seal of said District to be affixed hereto this          10th       day of October, 2017.

 

 

                                                           

Joseph P Clarke, Secretary,

Harvard Fire Protection District

McHenry County, Illinois

(SEAL)

C E R T I F I C A T E

 

The undersigned, President of the Harvard Fire Protection District Board of Trustees, hereby certifies that I am the presiding officer of the Harvard Fire Protection District and as such presiding officer, I hereby certify that the levy ordinance, a certified copy of which is appended hereto, was adopted pursuant to, and in all respects in compliance with the provisions of 35 ILCS 200/18-55 et seq., the Truth in Taxation Law.

 

Dated:              October 10, 2017

 

 

                                                           

Thomas J. Condon, President

Harvard Fire Protection District