Property taxes for residents of the Black Hawk College district may go up next year. Thursday night the board of trustees will consider a staff recommendation to raise the tax rate by 4 1/4 per cent.
Chief Financial Officer Steve Frommelt says with the increase, the owner of a 100,000 dollar home would pay an additional 7-dollars and 93-cents next year.
He says the college held off raising taxes a year ago, hoping the state would finally come through.
"And now with the budget impasse and uncertainty - although there is a stop gap measure that's getting organizations through December 31, we're realizing we need to establish our budget without state support."
The stop gap state budget approved by the governor and Illinois General Assembly last summer only provides funding for half a year for higher education.
And even if some new money is approved for colleges for the second half of the year, Frommelt says that would only help make up for the big shortfall in state support during the past 18 months when Black Hawk College had to dip into its reserve funds.
If approved Thursday night, the proposed tax rate and tax levy would come up for a public hearing and final adoption by trustees next month.
