The Will County Forest Preserve District would use about $25 million to preserve between 1,000 and 1,250 acres of land.
Tracy Chapman, left, and Ralph Schultz from the Forest Preserve District of Will County take turns reading about 200 emails from residents June 6, 2024, about the proposed $50 million bond sale to preserve land, improve facilities and trail access and restore habitats and natural areas.
“In 2024, we will retire a significant amount of debt, and so that portion of the levy will be reduced by about 60%,” Executive Director Ralph Schultz said. “At times like this in the past, the board has chosen to fund a continuation of the but still give property tax owners a tax break.” Schultz and Deputy Director Tracy Chapman spent more than an hour of the public hearing reading about 200 emails from residents, the majority of them opposing the bond issue.
Board member Mark Revis, a Republican from Plainfield, said he took credit for the emails from residents who were opposed. Republican board member Julie Berkowicz, of Naperville, said land the forest preserve district would buy prevents it from becoming a residential home development that would put a burden on municipalities, roads, police, first responders and school districts, leading to higher taxes.
“Very few times we have the opportunity to provide a service for our public that actually provides to so much of our public,” he said. “I don’t want to be made to feel that I’m not a fiscal conservative because I am going to support this bond. I think it’s a wise expenditure.”
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