Census Bureau report - 2,000 more than second-place Pennsylvania. That’s higher than the 6,032 tally from the Illinois Policy Institute and the 6,918 listed in a 2017 U.S. The Civic Federation, which charts government spending and claims to have done the most exhaustive search, says Illinois has 8,923. There are so many entities that even the experts differ on their number. The Cook County treasurer’s website lists eight taxing districts for Chicago, 11 for Winnetka, and 10 each for Norridge and Hodgkins. But I’m not optimistic there are going to be meaningful conversations about this.”Īnyone who gazes at a property tax bill realizes Illinois is awash in local government: townships, school and park districts, road and bridge agencies, community colleges, police and fire departments, and a collection of water, housing, cultural, cemetery, and even mosquito abatement districts. And that mystifies Cronin: “If all 102 counties in Illinois abolished seven units of government, it would be significant. Even so, political interest in slimming local government is waning. Those moves will save taxpayers more than $100 million over 20 years, the county estimates. In DuPage, Cronin eliminated or absorbed seven: underutilized fire districts and water sanitation agencies, a dedicated street lighting office, an election commission, and an authority devoted to helping put on the county fair. For years, DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin led a quixotic struggle to reduce taxes by cutting Illinois’s enormous roster of local governments - nearly 9,000 publicly financed entities, by one count, far more than any other state.
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