Urbana Mayor Laurel Prussing says the proposed fiscal 2017 budget released Monday holds the line on the city's property tax rate, and has no new hires. But she says the $49.5 million spending plan also includes investments like road repairs, including the partially grant-funded MCORE project, reconstructing a section of Green Street.
Do you own a house, a business, or a farm in Champaign County? If so, you can benefit from a new program sponsored by the City of Urbana that secures a big discount in the price for rooftop solar by bringing consumers together to buy as a group, from a contractor selected through a competitive bidding process.
Carle Foundation Hospital’s exemption from property taxes is in question after an Illinois appellate court ruling earlier this week found a 2012 state law setting tax exemptions for charitable care to be unconstitutional.
An appellate court has ruled that Illinois’ law governing when hospitals are exempt from taxes for their charity care is unconstitutional. The ruling involves a lawsuit brought by Carle over the tax status of its Urbana hospital, but has statewide implications.
The Urbana City Council and the Forsyth Village Board are the 9th and 10th local governments to approve the agreement with the Clinton Landfill that would restrict its intake of PCB and manufactured gas plant waste, and stop legal action by the 14-government coalition.
