Kane County holds Fire SSD town hall; county treasurer offers projections on potential fees

Kane County part of voter wave saying ‘no’ to more taxes – Illinois Policy

"The county leaders now say they will have to cut budgets or raise revenue in a different way. Board Chair Corinne Pierog mentioned they might look at other ways to raise money, which could include increasing the gasoline tax. But that misses the point of what voters are clearly saying: they want government to make do with what it already has. They aren’t interested in replacing Tax A with Tax B."

Kane County holds Fire SSD town hall; county treasurer offers projections on potential fees

On the evening of Tuesday, April 15, 2025, the Kane County Commission hosted a town hall in order to take feedback from the residents of the proposed Vermillion Cliffs Fire Protection Special Service District, as well as to present information composed by the County Treasurer and County Assessor; given the proposed Fire Protection Agreement from Kanab City, county officials calculated potential fees based on the city’s tax assessable value prici…