PEORIA HEIGHTS PUBLIC LIBRARY
APPROPRIATION DETERMINATION BUDGET
FOR TAX LEVY PURPOSES
2025/2026
BE IT SO RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRCTORS OF THE PEORIA HEIGHTS PUBLIC LIBRARY in the County of Peoria, Peoria Heights, Illinois, that the following be adopted as a budget of the library for the fiscal year beginning May 1, 2025 and ending April 30, 2026.
1. SALARIES............................................................................................... $335,000.00
2. RSA..................................................................................................... $9,200.00
3. STAFF & BOARD DEVELOPMENT........................................................ $7,000.00
4. BOOKS................................................................................................ $44,000.00
5. AUDIO-VISUAL.................................................................................... $3,500.00
6. PERIODICALS...................................................................................... $4,000.00
7. TECHNOLOGY..................................................................................... $20,000.00
8. TELEPHONE COSTS............................................................................. $5,600.00
9. UTILITIES............................................................................................ $22,000.00
10. INSURANCE........................................................................................ $13,800.00
11. GENERAL SUPPLIES............................................................................ $2,500.00
12. CAPITAL OUTLAY................................................................................ $20,000.00
13. MAINTENANCE OF BUILDING & EQUIPMENT.................................... $35,000.00
14. OFFICE SUPPLIES................................................................................ $7,000.00
15. EMPLOYEE INSURANCE...................................................................... $56,500.00
16. CONTINGENT...................................................................................... $1,000.00
17. PROGRAMS …………………………………………………………………………………… $12,000.00
Total amount appropriated for library purposes....................................................... $598,100.00
Less reserves............................................................................................... -$20,000.00
Less funds appropriated from grants and donations.................................. -$10,000.00
Less income from fees, etc. ........................................................................ -$4,000.00
Less interest from certificates of deposit, savings..................................... -$35,000.00
Less estimated replacement tax revenue.................................................... -$60,000.00
ITEM I. ANNUAL PUBLIC LIBRARY TAX LEVY....................................................... $469,100.00
ITEM II. PUBLIC LIABILITY, WORKMAN’S COMP., UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE......... $2,500.00
ITEM III. AUDIT EXPENSE LEVY............................................................................. $9,000.00
ITEM IV. REPAIR OF BUILDING & EQUIPMENT (.02%)......................................... $21,900.00
ITEM V. IMRF LEVY............................................................................................. $21,200.00
ITEM VI. FICA LEVY.............................................................................................. $21,200.00
ITEM VII. MEDICARE LEVY.................................................................................... $4,950.00
Final Total.................................................................................................................. $549,850.00
The Peoria Heights Public Library has on hand a fund authorized by statute. Chapter 75, Section 5/5-8 authorizes a Special Reserve Fund, and the Board of Directors has resolved to develop and adopt a plan pursuant thereto.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT THE SUM OF five hundred forty nine thousand eight hundred fifty dollars ($549,850.00) be levied by the Board of Directors upon all taxable property in the Village of Peoria Heights for the fiscal year 2025/2026.
BE IT ALSO RESOLVED that a tax be levied for public liability, workman’s compensation & unemployment insurance in the amount of two thousand five hundred ($2,500.00), that a tax be levied in the amount of nine thousand dollars ($9,000) for audit expense, that a tax be levied in the amount of twenty one thousand nine hundred dollars ($21,900.00) for repair of building & equipment, that a tax be levied in the amount of twenty one thousand two hundred dollars ($21,200.00) for IMRF expense, that a tax be levied in the amount of twenty one thousand two hundred dollars ($21,200.00) for FICA expense, and that a tax be levied in the amount of four thousand nine hundred fifty dollars ($4,950.00) for MEDICARE expenses.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be delivered to the Corporate Authorities of the Village of Peoria Heights to be included in their tax determination and levy ordinance.
I, Lisa Reinholtz, Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Peoria Heights Public Library, do hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the resolution revised and adopted by this Board of Directors on March 11, 2025.
Lisa Reinholtz, Secretary
RESOLUTION
BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Library Trustees of the Village of Peoria Heights,
Peoria County, Illinois, as follows:
SECTION ONE: Pursuant to and subject to the limitations of Section 5/5-8 of Chapter
75, Illinois Compiled Statutes 2012, a fund for maintenance, repairs, alteration of Library
buildings and equipment, is established by this Board of Library Trustees.
SECTION TWO: There shall be included in the appropriation and levy request of this
Board of Library Trustees to the corporate authorities an alteration of library buildings
and equipment fund in the amount of not to exceed .02% of the value of equalized or
assessed by the Department of Revenue for the year in which the levy is made of all
taxable property within the corporate limits of the Village of Peoria Heights; said tax to
be in addition to all other Library taxes.
SECTION THREE: The fund shall be known as the Special Reserve Fund for
maintenance, repairs, alteration of Library buildings and equipment. Once the fund has
been created, the proceeds shall be deposited in a separate fund and may be carried over
from year to year without in any manner reducing or abating a future annual tax levy.
Said fund may be used for the purchase of sites and buildings required for Library
purposes .
SECTION FOUR: The resolution shall be full force and effect from after its adoption
as provided by law.
ADOPTED this 11th day, of March, 2025, pursuant to a roll call as follows:
AYES: NAYS:
Becci Bush
Lisa Brown
Stefanie Crawford
Tom Horstmann
Patricia Johnson
Amy Peck
Lisa Reinholtz
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Treasurer