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4 | ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW | MARCH 2015 OFFICERS OF THE FROM THE Editor’s Desk ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE PRESIDENT Gov. Rauner has appointed Arlene Mulder to the serve Mayor Gerald E. Daugherty, Mascoutah on the Illinois Racing Board, the state board that regulates FIRST VICE PRESIDENT horse racing. Village President Thomas Gray, Chatham

Mulder is the former long-time mayor of SERGEANT-AT-ARMS Arlington Heights, a position she held for 20 Village President Dale B. Adams, Rockton years before retiring in 2013. Throughout her career she also served on numerous boards EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR including the IML Board of Directors, Brad Cole Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, and U.S. VICE PRESIDENTS Conference of Mayors. Mulder is a graduate of Mayor Thomas J. Weisner, Aurora the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Village President Karen Darch, Barrington Mayor Mark W. Eckert, Belleville Mayor Michael Chamberlain, Belvidere The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Village President Joe Cook, Channahon Opportunity (DCEO) has received 67 applications for Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor Kevin B. Hutchinson, Columbia Enterprise Zones from communities throughout the state. State Mayor Aaron Shepley, Crystal Lake law requires proposals for new and existing Enterprise Zones to Mayor Michael T. McElroy, Decatur compete for up to 49 available designations. DCEO will score Village President Teresa Kernc, Diamond each application that was submitted prior to the December Mayor Gail Mitchell, Fairview Heights 31, 2014, deadline and submit its fi ndings to a fi ve-member Mayor James L. Gitz, Freeport Enterprise Zone Board by June 30, 2015. The board is expected Mayor Joe W. Bisch, Grayville to approve or deny the applications by September 30, 2015, and Village President Rodney S. Craig, Hanover Park the new zones will take effect January 1, 2016. State law gives Mayor Andy Ezard, Jacksonville the new zones a 15-year term, with a review by the board after Mayor Keith Snyder, Lincoln 13 years for a possible 10-year extension. Mayor Joseph J. Broda, Lisle Village President Eugene Williams, Lynwood To be deemed eligible for a zone, applications will be Mayor Michael J. Inman, Macomb measured according to 10 criteria. They are: 1) a relatively high Mayor Robert L. Butler, Marion unemployment rate; 2) potential for signifi cant job creation Mayor Timothy D. Gover, Mattoon Mayor Mary Jane Chesley, Mount Vernon and investment; 3) relatively high poverty; 4) abandoned coal Mayor Leon Rockingham, Jr., North Chicago mines, brownfi elds, or federal disaster declarations; 5) major Village President Jack Reidner, Ogden layoffs; 6) high vacancy rate of industrial and commercial Mayor Jim Ardis, Peoria buildings; 7) existing plans to improve the local tax base; Mayor Scott J. Harl, Peru 8) plan for improving public infrastructure; 9) career skills Village President Rick Reinbold, Richton Park programs at high schools and community colleges; and 10) Mayor Chet Olson, Rochelle unusual changes in the taxable value of business properties. Mayor Dennis E. Pauley, Rock Island Mayor Lawrence J. Morrissey, Rockford For a list of communities that have submitted applications, Mayor Richard H. Hill, Round Lake Beach please see the web index version of this article at www.iml.org. Village President David L. Owen, South Chicago Heights Mayor Greg Brotherton, Taylorville Mayor Ricky J. Gottman, Vandalia A recent study published by CreditDonkey.com lists the 20 Mayor Gary W. Manier, Washington happiest cities in Illinois with populations of 25,000 or more. Mayor Tom Jordan, West Frankfort The City of Moline took the #1 spot. Cities were ranked based on restaurants, crime rate, commute, departure time, PAST PRESIDENTS Mayor J. Michael Houston, Springfi eld income, divorce rate and housing. Rounding out the top fi ve are Mayor Roger C. Claar, Bolingbrook Bloomington, Batavia, Normal, and O’Fallon. To see the full Village President B.J. Hackler, Saint Joseph report go to: www.creditdonkey.com/happy-illinois.html. Mayor Gerald R. Bennett, Palos Hills Mayor Gary L. Graham, O’Fallon Mayor Al Larson, Schaumburg Mayor Scott Eisenhauer, Danville Mayor Darryl F. Lindberg, Loves Park

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6 | ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW | MARCH 2015 Empower. DIRECTOR’S COMMENTS

BY BRAD COLE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, IML

There is a composite photo We are already engaging in a more ambitious and interactive hanging on the wall behind role with the General Assembly and statewide elected my offi ce desk that shows offi cials, we are enhancing our internal and external the pictures of each of the communication tools to advise on important and timely former directors of the issues, we are opening channels of dialogue with numerous Illinois Municipal League other trade associations and special interests to build more (IML). There have been six coalitions that can support our efforts, and we are focusing directors in the 102 years on the three tenets of our mission (educate, advocate, of our association’s history, empower). As we move forward, we will also be asking for making me the seventh to your help, direction, and input along the way… so please now serve in this role. The keep us in mind if there is something we should be aware of tenure for each of those men or if you have a great idea to share. ranged from about fi ve years to twenty-fi ve years in IML’s Getting back to that composite photo, it’s nice to have those top administrative spot, although former directors watching my back every day and knowing several also spent much or all of their professional career that they’re also looking forward to the great things to come elsewhere within the organization and had decades of from IML. The view from my offi ce also gives them a direct experience working with local government affairs. line of sight to the state capitol building, and I trust they’re keeping a watchful eye in that direction, too. I mention this because there has obviously been a great deal of stability in the organization and a lot of experience developed over time with just a handful of leaders. Fortunately, behind those directors were – and still are – a great SAVE THE DATE working staff of colleagues that provide for the everyday activities of the League and our IML Lobby Day member municipalities. Many organizations April 29, 2015 talk about having talented, educated, and devoted staff, but it is spot-on for us. When Springfield, IL supplemented with our equally professional and dedicated board members, who serve diligently as elected leaders in their own communities across Illinois, we truly have a great team.

With any organization, there are both individual and group dynamics that are affected by a change in senior leadership and I’m sure that will be the case, at some future point and to some small degree, within IML. What will not change, however, is the League’s commitment to serving the best interests of cities, towns, and villages throughout the state. Instead, we are strengthening that approach with the goal of improving and expanding the return on investment given to our members.

MARCH 2015 | ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW | 7 Advocate. IML LEGISLATIVE UPDATE The IML Legislative Website Has Much to Offer

BY JOE MCCOY, LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR, IML

The IML Legislative Program strives to make a vast amount legislative year will be available as of legislative information available and accessible to our the session progresses. membership. The foundation for this information is the IML Legislative Website. This powerful tool continues to evolve IML STATEHOUSE BRIEFINGS into a dynamic, content-rich platform full of useful information for education and successful legislative advocacy. The IML Legislative Program e-mails Statehouse Briefi ngs to The legislative website has gone through a few changes that each member that provides us with are intended to improve upon the value that it offers to our an e-mail address. These legislative membership. Here are some of the key features: updates are usually sent out twice a week when the General Assembly NEW “LEGISLATIVE SESSION INFORMATION” SECTION is in session. All Statehouse Briefi ngs, both current year and This is a new link on the left sidebar of the legislative website archived, are available on the that provides access to information that has been available legislative website under the “2015 on the page for several years. We’ve just reorganized the Legislative Session” section. information to enhance your search experience. IML-TRACKED LEGISLATION First, fi nd the section entitled “2015 Legislative Session” on the left sidebar. Next, click on the “Legislative Session During each regular legislative Information” link to search for pertinent information related session (January-June), the to a particular General Assembly (i.e., 99th, 98th, etc.). Each IML Legislative Program tracks General Assembly includes two years that are themselves hundreds of bills that affect searchable. The following information is available after municipal government. These bills clicking on a specifi c legislative year: can be viewed by clicking on the “All Bills by Topic” link within All Bills by Topic the “2015 Legislative Session” IML Bill Positions section. Each bill being tracked by IML Agenda Bills the IML has its own page within Bills in Committee the “All Bills by Topic” section. Fact Sheets These “digital bill pages” permit Issue Briefs our members to open up a bill page Letters to the Governor and read a brief summary of the End of Session Documents bill, identify the sponsors, discern If you’re interested in only the current legislative year, the whether the IML has a position, “2015 Legislative Session” section on the sidebar also includes and view any information that was a menu of links. For example, you can search all bills being published by the IML about that tracked by the IML under “All Bills by Topic,” review key particular bill. You can even contact legislative dates under “Legislative Calendar,” and search the staffer assigned to the bill through our frequent legislative updates under “Statehouse directly from a digital bill page. Briefi ngs.” More of these shortcuts relevant to the current

8 | ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW | MARCH 2015 SEARCHING FOR PUBLIC ACTS

This feature will be particularly useful for municipal attorneys. Keeping track of new laws that affect municipalities can be difﬁ cult because hundreds of bills are enacted into law each year that either affect, or are of interest to municipal governments. The IML publishes a report for the most recent year and maintains an online archive of new laws that were enacted in prior years as far back as 2001. These reports are available via the “Public Acts” link within the “Archived Public Acts” section on the left sidebar.

SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATES

The Legislative Program utilizes social media to enhance member communications. Each social media technology is accessible under the “Media and RSS” header located on the left sidebar of the legislative page. Our primary social media communications occur using Twitter and Facebook.

FIND YOUR STATE LEGISLATOR

This site contains a tool that our members can use to identify their state and federal legislators. This tool is available under the “Legislator Search” header on the sidebar.

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Information about each member of the Legislative Department, their responsibilities, primary policy areas, and contact information is available on this site under the “About Us” link, under the “Contact Us” header on the sidebar. Illinois Municipal League We hope that you will use our legislative website to keep up EDUCATE. ADVOCATE. EMPOWER. with legislative activity. We are always interested in feedback on how we might continue to improve the legislative website. MUNICIPAL ATTORNEYS SEMINAR Friday, April 10, 2015 Bloomington, IL Register online at www.iml.org

MARCH 2015 | ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW | 9 Governor Rauner Appoints New Leadership

Over the last several weeks, Governor Bruce Rauner has been While a member of the Senate, Meeks was a strong voice announcing his appointments to various agencies and boards. A in education, serving as the Chairman of the Senate’s brief bio for his new appointees is provided to help you get to Education Committee. know the new administration. Meeks is currently the Pastor of Salem Baptist Church. He received his bachelor’s degree in Religion & Philosophy from Additional appointments that have been announced after this Bishop College in Dallas, TX. His hometown is Chicago. magazine has gone to print will be included in the web index version of the article on the IML website (www.iml.org). ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DIRECTOR Jeff Mays ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY Former State Representative Jeff Mays, Randy Blankenhorn 62, has been appointed as the Director of the Department of Employment Security. Randy Blankenhorn, 56, has been nominated Mays is currently the President of the Illinois to serve as the Director of the Illinois Business Roundtable (IBR), which is an Department of Transportation (IDOT). He association of corporate business leaders and previously served as the Executive Director makes recommendations on policy issues facing Illinois. of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP). This is a return to IDOT Mays served fi ve terms in the Illinois General Assembly from for Blankenhorn; he worked for the agency for 22 years, most 1981 to 1990, representing large portions of Springfi eld, recently as the Bureau Chief of Urban Program Planning. Decatur, and surrounding communities. He was the Chief Blankenhorn has been the head of CMAP since its inception Sponsor on all Executive Agency Appropriations, and led by the General Assembly in 2006, overseeing transportation, House Republicans on all budget related committees. He was land use, housing economic development, environment, also the Co-Chair of the Legislative Audit Commission. and other quality of life issues in the seven counties that In between his time in the General Assembly and at the makeup Chicagoland. Blankenhorn has also overseen the IBR, he worked for the U.S. Department of Housing and implementation of GO TO 2040, which is the fi rst regional plan Urban Development as a Special Assistant to the Regional for the Chicago metropolitan area in more than 100 years. Administrator. He also spent fi ve years at the Illinois State While at IDOT, Blankenhorn worked in a number of positions Chamber of Commerce as the Vice President of Human in both the policy and planning divisions, eventually rising Resources, and as the Executive Vice President. to the Bureau Chief of Urban Program Planning. He was also Mays holds bachelor’s degrees from Northwestern University the point person on a number of major infrastructure projects in history and economics. He currently serves as the Vice in Illinois, including the extension of I-355 and IL 53; the President on the Quincy Public School Board. His hometown new Mississippi River crossing in St. Louis; and the South is Quincy Suburban Airport. Blankenhorn is a graduate of Illinois State University, with a ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE bachelor’s degree in business administration. His hometown DIRECTOR is Chicago. Connie Beard Connie Beard, 59, has been named Director STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION of the Illinois Department of Revenue. CHAIRMAN She is an attorney with more than 30 years James Meeks experience in the state and local tax fi eld. Former State Senator James Meeks, 59, has Her areas of expertise include a wide range been nominated to service as Chairman of off statet t anddl locall taxes, including income, sales, excise, and the Illinois State Board of Education. Meeks’ property taxes. commitment to education is evidenced by Beard comes from the Illinois Chamber, where she worked his work in the General Assembly, and as the for 17 years, most recently as Executive Director of the Pastor of Salem Baptist Church in Chicago.

10 | ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW | MARCH 2015 Illinois Tax Institute. She is former Managing Counsel of the a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter pilot, and provided operational Illinois Department of Revenue where she was instrumental support to senior military leaders. She also received her in developing Illinois tax policy. During her tenure with the bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the United Department, she advised the Director of Revenue and other key States Military Academy at West Point. agency offi cials on Illinois tax issues, acted as legal liaison to Currently, Jeffries is the Chief Inclusion and Diversity Offi cer the Department’s audit bureau, and supervised the litigation of Exelis, which is a global aerospace, defense, and information staff of the administrative hearings bureau. Beard worked solutions company. She coordinates the company’s corporate closely with the Department’s legislative staff in drafting social responsibility programs and assists management efforts tax legislation and in monitoring and reviewing proposed in areas of diversity, inclusion, and understanding. She also legislation. She advised top government offi cials on critical worked for ITT Exelis as its Corporate Finance Executive. state tax issues before the Illinois General Assembly and frequently represented the Department of Revenue at state and Prior to her work in the private sector, Jeffries worked at national tax conferences. the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a Senior Adviser to the Chief Financial Offi cer. During her tenure, Prior to joining the Illinois Chamber she was a manager in she served as the primary liaison and coordinator for the the state and local tax division of an international accounting EPA’s fi rst public-private partnership. She was also selected and management consulting fi rm, where she served as a tax for the prestigious White House Fellows Program, where she consultant to Fortune 500 businesses. worked with the EPA. Beard holds a degree in sociology from Eastern Illinois In addition to her undergraduate degree, Jeffries has a University and a Juris Doctor of Law from the University of master’s degree in Security Studies from Georgetown Illinois College of Law. Her hometown is Jacksonville. University, as well as an MBA from Virginia Tech University. Her hometown is Chicago. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY DIRECTOR ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Lisa Bonnett SECRETARY Lisa Bonnett, 53, has been asked to continue Philip Nelson her work as the Director of the Illinois Philip Nelson, 57, has been selected to serve Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA). as Secretary of the Illinois Department of Bonnett has worked for the IEPA for nearly Agriculture. Nelson is a fourth-generation 20 years, serving in a number of management farmer, and was most recently the President positions, eventually rising to director in 2013. of the Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB), a position As director, Bonnett develops environmental protection and he held from 2003 to 2013. economic development policies that promote and grow Illinois’ As the President of the IFB, Nelson led the state’s largest economy. She has developed and streamlined the permit agricultural advocacy organization in Illinois, which worked process to make sure the environment of Illinois and the health to grow agricultural interests in the state. In addition to his of its people are protected. Bonnett also created a program responsibilities with the IFB, he was also the President of for local governments to upgrade and expand aging water and COUNTRY Financial, which is the state’s third largest auto sewer systems. and home insurer. Nelson also was elected as the Director of Bonnett joined the IEPA in 1995, starting as the Chief Financial the American Farm Bureau Federation, which enabled him to Offi cer. She held that position for 12 years before she was advocate for Illinois on a national and international level. promoted to Deputy Director. She also worked for the state of In addition to his work with the IFB, Nelson served on advisory Illinois in various accounting positions for 15 years. committees with the United States Department of Agriculture Bonnett holds a bachelor’s degree and an MBA from in the areas of biotechnology, federal grain inspection and the University of Illinois at Springfi eld. Her hometown trade in animal and animal products. He was also elected as the is Springfi eld. Vice President of the American Soybean Association, and the President of the Illinois Soybean Association. ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS’ AFFAIRS Nelson has won a number of awards for his work in agriculture, DIRECTOR including being named Illinois Farmer of the year in 2014 Erica Jeffries by Senator Mark Kirk. Nelson runs a diversifi ed grain and Erica Jeffries, 38, has been nominated livestock farm in Seneca. to serve as the Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Jeffries served in the military for fi ve years as a Captain in the United States Army. She was GOVERNOR’S APPOINTMENTS CONTINUES ON PAGE 12

MARCH 2015 | ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW | 11 GOVERNOR’S APPOINTMENTS CONTINUES served on the Morrisonville Community School Unit District #1 Board for six years, and fi ve of those years he served as ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHCARE the board’s Vice President. AND FAMILY SERVICES During his service in the Illinois Air National Guard, Rep. SECRETARY Rosenthal oversaw more than 500 enlisted personnel and Felicia Norwood offi cers, while managing a multi-million dollar budget and Felicia Norwood, 55, has been appointed more than $500 million in assets. Secretary to the Illinois Department Rep. Rosenthal is a life-long resident of Illinois and has owned of Healthcare and Family Services. his family’s farm for more than 20 years. His 800-acre grain Norwood brings more than twenty years farm has an emphasis on conservation. He also established of experience in health care policy, health a hunting and fi shing preserve in Montgomery County. Rep. business operations and health care Rosenthal has a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from delivery to the position. Sangamon State University. His hometown is Morrisonville. Norwood has spent large portions of her career working for the insurance company, Aetna. Most recently, she was President ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH of the Mid-America region, overseeing a budget of more than DIRECTOR $6 billion. She began her career at Aetna as a government Niray Dinesh Shah relations counsel, where she analyzed and drafted legislation Niray Shah, 37, has been appointed Director related to health care. From 2006 to 2010, Norwood stepped of the Illinois Department of Public Health. away from Aetna to become the CEO, President, and COO of Shah will lead the department, which helps ActiveHealth Management. protect the health and wellness of the people This is not the fi rst time, however, that Norwood has worked in of Illinois. Shah holds both a medical degree state government. She was a Senior Policy Advisory on Health and law degree, making him uniquely and Human Services to Governor Edgar, where she led health qualifi ed to understand both the health and administrative sides care reform initiatives, and chaired the Govenror’s Human of this position. Services Cabinet. She also served as a policy adviser on human Shah is currently an attorney at Sidley Austin in Chicago, services to Governor Thompson, where she developed and focusing on the administrative and legal aspects of public implemented policies on children and family services, public health. He works with clients around the world to administer health, and mental health. health programs, improving access to quality health care. Norwood earned her law degree from Yale Law School, a In addition, Shah is currently a lecturer in global public master’s degree in Political Science from the University of health at the University of Chicago’s medical school, where Wisconsin, and her bachelor’s degree in Political Science from he teaches students how to solve public health problems Valdosta State University in Georgia. Her hometown is Chicago. through empirical analysis. He also sits on the board of the Northwestern Global Health Foundation and the Women’s DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES Global Education project. DIRECTOR Wayne Rosenthal Prior to earning his medical and law degrees, Shah worked for the Ministry of Health in Cambodia as a public health State Representative Wayne Rosenthal, 64, economist. He worked with the Cambodian health care system (R- 95th District) has been nominated to to address ineffi ciencies, making the public health system more serve as the Secretary of the Department cost-effective for the government and for the people. of Natural Resources. Rep. Rosenthal is a retired Brigadier General from the Shah graduated from the University of Chicago with a law Illinois Air National Guard and the owner of degree in 2007 and his M.D. in 2008. He also attended Oxford his family’s farm in Morrisonville. University as a Rotary Scholar in economics. Shah earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Louisville. Rep. Rosenthal’s experience spans more than 30 years in His hometown is Chicago. both the military and as a civilian. He was recently re- elected to his third term as a member of the Illinois House ILLINOIS COMMERCE COMMISSION of Representatives. As a member of the House, he serves on CHAIRMAN eight committees, including Agriculture & Conservation, Brien Sheahan Energy, and Veterans’ Affairs. Rep. Rosenthal is also the Chairman of the Downstate GOP Caucus. Brien Sheahan, 45, has been nominated to serve as Chairman of the Illinois In addition to his work in the General Assembly, Rep. Commerce Commission. Sheahan has more Rosenthal is currently a Trustee on the Lincoln Land than 20 years of experience in managing Community College Board of Trustees. Previously, he government relations and policy making.

12 | ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW | MARCH 2015 This is a return to the ICC; Sheahan worked as Legal Counsel South Neighborhood Association and the Harvard Park to the commission 15 years ago. Neighborhood Association. His hometown is Springfi eld. Sheahan most recently assisted the Governor’s Transition Committee as Counsel. Prior to that, he served as the Deputy ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR DIRECTOR Suburban Director and Statewide Local Government Coalitions for Citizen’s for Rauner, Inc., where he oversaw the campaign Hugo Chaviano fi eld offi ce for northeastern Illinois. Hugo Chaviano, 62, has been selected to be Before joining the campaign, Sheahan worked as the Director the Director of the Illinois Department of of Government Relations at Navistar. He developed and Labor. Chaviano brings more than 35 years of managed relationships with key policy makers at local, state, legal experience to the job, including work as and federal government levels; drafted legislation and support a mediator and arbitrator. materials; and developed state and local economic initiatives. Chaviano is currently a senior partner for Sanchez Daniels As an attorney, Sheahan has worked as General Counsel for & Hoffman, LLP, where he works on litigation cases the Illinois Republican Party, run his own private practice, and in a number of areas including employment, contracts, provided legal counsel to the ICC. Sheahan also was an elected transportation, and torts. These cases have appeared before Board Member of DuPage County for ten years. state and federal courts, regulatory agencies, and in arbitration and mediation. Chaviano has worked for a number of law Sheahan has several years of experience in Illinois state fi rms throughout the Chicago area, including managing his government. Most recently, he worked for the Illinois Housing own law fi rm that was acquired in 1997. Development Authority as the Deputy Executive Director. Prior to that, he spent two years at the ICC as Legal Counsel. He also Throughout his professional career, Chaviano has become a was a Policy Adviser to Governor Edgar, acting as a liaison leader among Hispanic lawyers within the United States and to mayors and local offi cials across the state of Illinois. Prior across Latin America. He has received a number of accolades to that, he was an Assistant to the Lt. Governor and a Dunn for his work advocating diversity. Chaviano immigrated to the Fellow in the Governor’s offi ce. United States from Cuba when he was just 13 years old. He is bilingual in Spanish. Sheahan has been a licensed attorney for 15 years, earning his law degree from DePaul University. He earned his bachelor’s Chaviano graduated from Rutgers University with a bachelor’s degree in urban and regional planning from the University of degree in history, and he earned his law degree from Illinois. His hometown is Elmhurst. Northwestern University. His hometown is North Barrington.

ILLINOIS STATE POLICE ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TOURISM DIRECTOR DIRECTOR Leo Schmitz Cory Jobe Deputy Chief Leo Schmitz of the Chicago Cory Jobe, 41, has been appointed Director Police Department, 55, has been selected of the Illinois Offi ce of Tourism. He will be to become the Director of the Illinois leaving his current position as Deputy Chief State Police. of Staff in the Illinois Comptroller’s offi ce at the end of the legislative session. Jobe Schmitz has spent his nearly 30-year career also serves as an Alderman in the city of with the Chicago Police Department, starting as a patrolman Springfi eld, where he has lived since 1997. and rising to the rank of Deputy Chief. He currently oversees the Englewood district, where his policies reduced the murder Jobe has held positions as Director of Economic Development rate by 44 percent, shootings fell by 14 percent and all other in the Illinois State Treasurer’s Offi ce and as an Economic crimes dropped as well. Development Specialist for Peoples Economic Development Corporation (PEDC). PEDC specializes in the rehabilitation Prior to his work as Deputy Chief, Schmitz was the and revitalization of historic business districts and Commander of the Gang Enforcement Unit. He oversaw the neighborhoods in Illinois. centralization of 400 police offi cers from 25 different districts into one gang unit, which became the largest gang unit in the He is past president of the MacArthur Boulevard Business United States addressing gang violence. Association, and has been a champion in rehabilitating neighborhoods and business climate. Jobe is very active Schmitz has been recognized at the city, county, and state in his community as well as a member of the Capitol Area level for his excellence in police work. Notably, he’s Independent Business Alliance, MacArthur Boulevard Business received the Illinois Law Enforcement Medal of Honor; the Association, Inner City Older Neighborhood Association Superintendent’s Award of Valor and Blue Star Award; the (ICON), Downtown Springfi eld Incorporated, Illinois Coalition Illinois Police Association Medal of Valor; and the Cook for Historic Preservation and Economic Development, Near County Sheriff’s Medal of Valor. His hometown is Chicago. GOVERNOR’S APPOINTMENTS CONTINUES ON PAGE 14

MARCH 2015 | ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW | 13 GOVERNOR’S APPOINTMENTS CONTINUES Tyrrell is a graduate of Texas A&M University-Kingsville, earning a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL AND also earned post-graduate degrees from the National Defense PROFESSIONAL REGULATION University  Industrial College of the Armed Forces and the SECRETARY Naval Postgraduate School. His hometown is Chicago. Bryan Schneider Bryan Schneider, 47, has been selected to PUBLIC SAFETY serve as the next Secretary for the Illinois DIRECTOR Department of Financial and Professional Rodger Heaton Regulation. Rodger Heaton, 55, will be the Rauner For the past 15 years, Schneider has worked administration’s Public Safety Director. as an attorney for Deerfi eld-based Walgreens. Currently, he is Heaton has 30 years of legal experience, the Divisional Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, including spending more than four years as where his work has included regulatory and transactional the U.S. Attorney for the Central District of support for the nation’s largest fl u immunization program. Illinois. Schneider is familiar with leadership roles in Illinois; he is As a U.S. Attorney, Heaton was the chief federal law currently a member of the State Board of Elections, a position enforcement offi cial for 46 counties from 2005-2009. Heaton he’s held since 2004. He also served one term as the board’s was appointed to the position by President George W. Bush. Chairman, and another as Vice Chairman. Heaton understands the other side of the legal system as well, Schneider began his career in the General Assembly, where he because of his work as a defense attorney. Most recently, he worked as General Counsel for Rep. Lee Daniels while he was was a partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson. He also spent two House Speaker and the Republican Leader in the House. years as a partner at Kirkland & Ellis. In addition to his law degree from the University of Wisconsin, Until joining the administration, Heaton was an Administrative Schneider is a certifi ed public accountant. He earned his Law Judge with the U.S. Offi ce of Disability Adjudication and bachelor’s degree in accounting from Trine University Review. He presided over federal administrative hearings of in Angola, Indiana. He also holds an MBA from DePaul disability claims under the Social Security Act. University in Chicago. His hometown is Chicago. Heaton earned his law degree from Indiana University and holds a bachelor’s degree in agricultural economics from the DEPARTMENT OF CENTRAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His hometown DIRECTOR is Rochester. Tom Tyrrell

Tom Tyrrell, 61, has been selected to become ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT the Director of the Department of Central DIRECTOR Management Services. Tyrrell has nearly 40 James Joseph years of combined experience in the military, public, and private sectors. James Joseph, 33, has been selected to serve as the Director of the Illinois Emergency ClTllCurrently, Tyrrell is the Chief Operating Offi cer (COO) of Management Agency. Joseph will also serve Chicago Public Schools (CPS). As the COO, Tyrrell oversees as the Illinois Homeland Security Adviser. He the day-to-day operations of the nation’s third largest school brings nearly 15 years of experience in both district, which educates 400,000 students; employs 42,000 ththe private i t andd public sector to the position. teachers and support staff; and operates with a budget of more than $5 billion. Since 2010, Joseph has worked for DuPage County in various roles within the Emergency Management Department. Prior to his work with CPS, he was the Chief Executive Offi cer Currently, he is the Director and oversees three county (CEO) of Steele Partners, which is a strategic advisory and departments, and is responsible for the Emergency Operations management fi rm. It connects innovating businesses with Center. For nearly two years, he served as Chief of the Security projects to improve the country’s well-being. Division. He also was an Emergency Management Coordinator, Tyrrell also spent three years as the Executive Director and where he managed county-wide emergencies and disasters. CEO of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. He is a veteran Joseph also founded his own private security company called of the U.S. Marine Corps, having served our country for 26 Center for Security Intelligence. He provided services in years, retiring as a Colonel. He also served as the Director security operations, workplace violence prevention, and of Strategic Planning & Coordination for the United Nations emergency management. Clients included the Lake County Interim Mission in Kosovo. Prior to that, he was the Special Government, the 19th Judicial Circuit Court of Illinois and Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. numerous businesses in the private sector.

14 | ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW | MARCH 2015 Prior to owning his own business, Joseph worked at HSBC – SENIOR ADVISOR North America as its Vice President of Security and Fraud Risk. Linda Lingle He created and implemented security protocols for corporate Linda Lingle was the fi rst woman elected offi ces, data centers, and fi eld offi ces. He also created security governor of Hawaii, serving two terms awareness strategies for the 70,000 employees of HSBC based from 2002-2010. Gov. Lingle oversaw a in North America. $10 billion annual budget and made state Joseph earned his bachelor’s degree in law enforcement from government more transparent, responsive and Oakton College. He also holds various certifi cations from the accountable. Prior to her role as governor, she Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency served as the Mayor of Maui County for eight years, and was a Management Agency. His hometown is Carol Stream. member of the Maui County Council for ten years prior to that. Gov. Lingle began her career as the founder, editor and owner TURN-AROUND TEAM of the Moloka’i Free Press. She earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from California State University, Northridge. She is CFO a native of St. Louis, Mo. Donna Arduin Donna Arduin has established a reputation LEGISLATIVE DIRECTOR for bringing government spending under Jim Kaitschuk control through long-term policy planning Jim Kaitschuk, 44, will head the Governor’s and fi scally responsible budgeting. She is a legislative offi ce. Kaitschuk will be leaving veteran of state budget management and tax his current position as executive director reform and as budget director, led toward responsibility the of the Illinois Pork Producers. With over budgets of Michigan, under Governor Engler; New York, under 20 years experience working with state Governor Pataki; Florida under Governor Bush; and California, government, he previously served as under Governor Schwarzenegger. A graduate of Duke legislative liaison for the Department of Agriculture and the University, Arduin graduated magna cum laude with honors in Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, among others. He is economics and public policy. Prior to her career in the public a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign sector, she worked as an analyst in New York and Tokyo in the where he majored in sociology. His home is in New Berlin. private fi nancial markets for Morgan Stanley and Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan.

DEPUTY GOVERNOR Trey Childress MUNICIPAL CALENDAR  MARCH Trey Childress served as the COO for the By March 31 of each year, the corporate authorities shall cause the zoning map to be published. If State of Georgia under two governors. there are no changes from the preceding year, no map shall be published. (65 ILCS 5/11-13-19.) He was responsible for leadership Any municipality with a population of less than 500,000 which attempts to impose, amend or and supervision of Georgia’s 50 state repeal the Simplifi ed Municipal Telecommunications Tax must fi le a certifi ed copy of such ordinance departments, agencies, and boards and with the Illinois Department of Revenue prior to March 20, or September 20. Ordinances received commissionsi i whilehi leading government transformation prior to March 20 will be collected on or after the following July 1. Ordinances received prior to initiatives. Prior to that, he served as the Director of the September 20 will be collected on or after the following January 1. (35 ILCS 636/5-20.) Governor’s Offi ce of Planning & Budget, and was responsible On or before the fi rst day of April, home rule and non-home rule municipalities imposing or for the state’s $32 billion budget, annual capital outlay discontinuing a retailer’s occupation tax or effecting a change in the rate thereof must fi le a portfolio of $1 billion and state business planning during certifi ed copy of any ordinance or resolution (and referendum if appropriate) with the Department the unprecedented revenue losses of the Great Recession. of Revenue. Ordinances received by the Illinois Department of Revenue by April 1 will be collected Childress previously served as Senior Adviser and Director July 1. Ordinances received by October 1 will be collected January 1. (65 ILCS 5/8-11-1, and 65 of Policy for the Offi ce of the Governor with the successful ILCS 8-11-1.1.) passage of more than 30 signature policy initiatives in education, health care, transportation, taxation, and natural Where the Act has been adopted, members of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners are to be resources. He began his career in public service working with appointed by the mayor or village president with the consent of the council or board. However, no the former Georgia Information Technology Policy Council, such appointment shall be made by the mayor or president within 30 days before his term of offi ce the Georgia Technology Authority, and the Offi ce of Planning expires. (65 ILCS 5/10-2.1-1, 10-2.1-2.) & Budget. During his service, Georgia was recognized as The annual budget must be passed before the start of the fi scal year by municipalities that have one of the best managed states in the country by Governing adopted the Optional Budget Offi cer System (65 ILCS 5/8-2-9.1 through 8-2-9.10) in lieu of Magazine. Childress earned a master’s degree in public policy the Appropriations Ordinance System. (65 ILCS 5/8-2-9.) The annual appropriation ordinance or and bachelor’s degrees in industrial and systems engineering budget, as well as an estimate of revenues anticipated to be received by the municipality in the and international affairs from the Georgia Institute of following fi scal year, must be fi led with the County Clerk within 30 days of the adoption of the Technology in Atlanta. appropriation ordinance or budget. (35 ILCS 200/18-50.)

MARCH 2015 | ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW | 15 IMLRMA TODAY How to Ensure Safe Excavation Projects

BY BLAINE KURTH, LOSS CONTROL SPECIALIST, IMLRMA

There are many dangers your employees face while working THE RULES FOR WORKING IN TRENCHES for your municipality. One of the most hazardous tasks is working in an open trench. They confront this peril when On every trench project, a competent person must be on site installing, inspecting, or repairing underground services such as for the entire duration  from the time the fi rst bucket of soil water and sewer lines or to access buried electric lines. Granted comes out of the ground until the trench is backfi lled and the this exposure may not occur on a daily basis, but arguably that job is complete. By defi nition, “competent person” means fact actually increases the risk of injury or death. If a crew is one who is capable of identifying existing and predictable not properly trained or is not aware of the correct procedures hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which to follow, a tragedy can result. This may sound like a broken are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and record, but if your workers don’t have the proper training or who has authorization to take prompt corrective measures to equipment to safely work in open trenches, this is a job task eliminate them. that should be hired out to a professional. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMPETENT PERSON One of the reasons this job is so dangerous is because there are usually no warning signs of an impending collapse. The  Conducting soil analysis to determine the soil type primary hazard is being crushed by the weight of falling soil.  Determining if any atmospheric monitoring is necessary Believe it or not, one cubic yard of soil can weigh over 3,000 (e.g., excavations near sewers, landfi lls, or hazardous pounds! This will easily crush or suffocate an unprotected storage areas) worker. This operation is so hazardous that the Illinois  Deciding what protective methods will be used to Department of Labor and the federal Occupational Safety protect workers and Health Administration (OSHA) fi eld representatives are  Planning for and installing means of access and egress required to stop and inspect any trench that they see. It’s also  Inspecting shoring equipment before initial use, daily before why OSHA calls an unprotected trench “an early grave.” the shift starts, during the shift, and after any occurrence that may impact the stability of the excavation or cause damage to the protective systems (e.g., water accumulation after a rainstorm) ... OSHA calls an unprotected trench  Determining and requiring use of personal protective equipment (PPE) including hard hats and refl ective warning “an early grave.” clothing if exposed to vehicular traffi c  Determining if any traffi c control will be needed  Identifying hazards above and below ground  Reviewing safety procedures with the crew before starting work This hazard can be controlled to ensure that workers can  Stopping work when a prohibitive condition exists complete their tasks in a safe environment. Guidance for  Backfi lling the trench as soon as possible working safely in a trench can be found in the OSHA construction standards (29 CFR 1926 Subpart P). The rules There is no specifi c test that one must take or a license to apply to work in any trench fi ve feet deep or deeper and not procure to be considered a competent person. A person can use more than 20 feet deep. Any trench that is deeper than 20 feet their experience on the job to qualify as a competent person. requires a professional registered engineer to design and sign Also, there are training classes available if one doesn’t have an off on the protective measures. extensive background in underground operations.

16 | ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW | MARCH 2015 METHODS OF PROTECTION

There are four primary means to protect workers engaged in underground activities. Each have their advantages and disadvantages. They include:  Sloping  Benching/cutting  Shoring (pneumatic or hydraulic supports)  Shielding (trench boxes or trench shields)

Sloping and benching/cutting both involve removing the soil from the sides of the trench to prevent a collapse. Sloping involves removing soil in a V or wedge shape and benching removes the soil leaving behind a stair step appearance. Both methods have the feature of not requiring any additional equipment to protect workers. However the amount of soil that needs to be removed often prevents the use of this type of protection. The more unstable the soil is the wider the excavation must be to offer adequate protection for workers. For example, to properly slope a 14 foot deep 4 foot wide trench in class B soil the top opening would be 32 feet from side to side.

Shoring systems use either pneumatic or hydraulic rams to hold the walls in place during operations. The placement of these devices is determined by the competent person using tabulated data from OSHA. The soil type, depth and width of the trench are variables used to determine vertical and horizontal spacing of the rams. Advantages of these systems are that they are easy to use and can be installed around other utilities located in the trench that would prevent a trench box from being used. Disadvantages are that they are bulky and require more space FOR IMLRMA MEMBERS ONLY: for storage. There are also pinch points where the units fold Sadly, IMLRMA members have experienced the tragedy of workers who that can cause severe fi nger injuries if care is not used while have been severely and fatally injured from trench collapses. Don’t installing/removing. let one of your employees be the next one. We have many ways that you can educate and train your department heads, supervisors, Shielding systems can include trench boxes and trench shields. and workers on the safety of working in open trenches: Public Works Trench boxes are much sturdier and are designed to take an impact should the trench wall fall against it. The disadvantage Initiative materials on Excavations/Trenching including a PowerPoint to this system is that the boxes are heavy and may require the presentation, checklists, and handouts; on-site training; a DVD you can trench to be larger than necessary to accommodate the size of check out of our DVD library; online training courses your employees the box. Trench shields are lightweight options for protecting can take. And best of all, these resources are available to you at no workers in trenching activities. The benefi ts are that the shields additional cost – so take advantage of them! Contact us today at are easy to transport and install because they are usually 217.525.1220. constructed from aluminum. The disadvantage of trench shields is they won’t take the impact should a trench collapse against it. Therefore, it’s necessary to back fi ll against the box to prevent could affect the lives of your employees and their families such an occurrence. forever (as well as coworkers who witness such events). The only way to truly avoid risk is to not do an activity. Therefore, CONCLUSION if your workers don’t have the necessary training and safety equipment to safely carry out an excavation project, you should With warmer weather approaching and more construction avoid the risk by outsourcing the job to a qualifi ed contractor activity anticipated, it’s a good time to review excavation/ who is capable of undertaking the task. If your workers do trenching basics with your workers. No elected offi cial, have the required training and equipment, make sure they go department head, or supervisor wants to see an employee over the proper safety procedures and tips prior to starting and severely or fatally injured due to a trench collapse when such returning to the task. an event is completely preventable. Don’t take chances that

MARCH 2015 | ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW | 17 Statutory Sources of Municipal Revenue

BY ROGER HUEBNER, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/GENERAL COUNSEL, IML

This column lists various revenue sources that municipalities 4. City Water Fund Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-131-1) may impose based on the authority of the Illinois statutes. Rate: 0.0166%. With 2/3 vote may increase. These taxes apply both to home rule and to non-home rule [For the extension and maintenance of waterworks systems.] municipalities. Home rule municipalities have additional authority over some of these taxes, but this column does not set 5. Corporate Fund Property Tax (65 ILCS 5/8-3-1) out that additional authority. Rate: 0.25% or at the rate limit that was in effect on July 1, 1967, whichever is greater. The tax may be increased to While the revenue sources are numerous, each municipality, 0.4375% with referendum. when making local decisions, has the opportunity to determine [This tax is the one most frequently levied by municipalities. an overall philosophy of meeting the community’s needs with The proceeds of this tax levy can be used for any an appropriate tax policy. corporate purpose.]

Additionally, if your municipality is subject to tax caps under 6. Fire Protection Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-7-1) the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (PTELL), then Rate: 0.075% without referendum—but if the municipality the property tax rates are subject to the restrictions under that was authorized to levy this tax on July 1, 1967, then the Law. The interaction of these property tax rates and PTELL rate limit is the greater of 0.15% or the limit that was in should be reviewed in the context of the overall tax extension. effect on July 31, 1969. Additionally, the Truth in Taxation Law sets forth certain [This tax may be increased to 0.60% with referendum.] requirements that you must adhere to when increasing prior levy amounts of property taxes. 7. Fireﬁ ghters’ Pension Fund (40 ILCS 5/4-118) Rate: Levy whatever rate is necessary to produce When imposing a tax, please review the statutory authority and the amount needed to meet the requirements of the any relevant case law so that your local ordinance complies pension fund. with those sources of law. 8. Garbage Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-19-4) I. PROPERTY TAXES Rate: 0.10% if population over 25,000 or the rate in effect on July 1, 1969. A. MUNICIPAL PROPERTY TAXES WITHOUT Rate: 0.20% if population less than 25,001 or the rate in REFERENDUM REQUIREMENT effect on July 24, 1969. [For the collection and disposal of garbage; in addition, a 1. Auditing Tax (65 ILCS 5/8-8-8) service charge may be levied by ordinance.] Rate: Tax is levied at whatever rate is necessary to produce a sum sufﬁ cient to meet the cost of the required audit. 9. Harbor Construction Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-123-11) Rate: 0.0125% 2. Chlorination of Sewage (65 ILCS 5/11-142-3) [For each of four consecutive years for the construction of Rate: 0.02% the harbor.] [For treatment of sewage to meet requirements of the Pollution Control Board.] 10. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (40 ILCS 5/7-171) Rate: Municipality may levy a tax which shall not exceed 3. City Sewage Fund Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-143-1) amount appropriated for municipality’s contributions. Rate: 0.01666%. With 2/3 vote may increase .10%. [For the extension and maintenance of sewers.]

18 | ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW | MARCH 2015 11. Installment Contracts (65 ILCS 5/11-76.1-2) 20. Police Protection Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-1-3 and 11-1-5.1) Rate: Municipality may levy whatever rate is necessary Rate: 0.075% without referendum—but if the municipality to pay annual amount due or rent on purchase or lease of was authorized to levy this tax on July 1, 1967, then the real or personal property for public purposes pursuant to rate limit is the greater of 0.15% or the limit that was in contracts providing for payments in annual installments effect on July 31, 1969. during a period not exceeding 20 years. [This tax may be increased to 0.60% with referendum.] [Can be made subject to a referendum if an appropriate petition is fi led within 60 days after newspaper publication of the 21. Public Building Restoration (65 ILCS 5/11-70-1) ordinance authorizing the tax (back-door referendum).] Rate: 0.08333% [May not exceed 10 consecutive years.] 12. Insurance and Tort Judgments (745 ILCS 10/9-107) Rate: Levy whatever rate is necessary to pay liability and 22. Public Comfort Station Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-21-4) property insurance or self-insurance costs, create reserves, Rate: 0.0333% pay the cost of risk management programs, to pay for [To be used for the establishment, equipment, and maintenance legal services in protecting against liability and to pay of public comfort stations.] judgments or settlements. 23. School Crossing Guards Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-80-23) 13. Joint Recreation Programs for the Handicapped (65 ILCS Rate: 0.02% 5/11-95-14) [To be used to hire part-time school crossing guards.] Rate: 0.04%, cannot be levied if a tax is levied under §5-8 of Park District Code in area. 24. Social Security Tax (40 ILCS 5/21-110) Rate: Levy whatever rate is necessary to meet the cost of 14. Lease of Building from Public Commission (50 ILCS participation in the Social Security Act. 20/18) Rate: Levy whatever rate is necessary to pay the 25. S pecial Assessment Public Benefi t Tax (65 ILCS 5/9-2-39 annual rent. and 9-2-49) Rate: The greater of 0.05% or the rate that was in effect on 15. Library Tax (75 ILCS 5/3-1and 3-2): July 1, 1967. Rate: 0.15% 0.60% with referendum [For the sole purpose of paying the amounts assessed, or to be [For the establishment and maintenance of a free assessed, against the municipality for public benefi ts.] public library.] 26. Street and Bridge Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-81-1 and 11-81-2) 16. Library Building Tax (75 ILCS 5/3-1 and 3-4) Rate: 0.060% Rate: 0.02% [This tax may be increased to 0.10% by a 3/4 vote of the [Subject to back-door referendum each year that the tax governing body. is levied.] If, on July 1, 1967, a municipality had a rate that exceeded 0.10%, then that municipality may continue to levy the tax at 17. Medicare Tax (40 ILCS 5/21-110.1) that higher rate.] Rate: Levy amount necessary to meet cost of participating in Federal Medicare Program. 27. Street Lighting Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-80-5) Rate: 0.05% 18. Mentally Defi cient Persons Facilities (65 ILCS 5/11-29.1-1) [This tax requires the vote of at least 2/3 of governing body.] Rate: 0.10% [Subject to back-door referendum.] 28. Unemployment Insurance (745 ILCS 10/9-107) Rate: Levy whatever rate is necessary to meet the costs of 19. Police Pension Fund (40 ILCS 5/3-125) unemployment insurance. Rate: Whatever rate is necessary to produce a sum suffi cient to meet the requirements of the fund. 29. Wastewater Disposal System (65 ILCS 90/3(g) and 22) Rate: No limit but user charge may also be assessed.

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MARCH 2015 | ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW | 19 STATUTORY SOURCES OF MUNICIPAL REVENUE CONTINUES 11. Forestry Program Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-73-1) Rate: 0.05% 30. Workers’ Compensation and Occupational Diseases Claims (745 ILCS 10/9-107) 12. Levee Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-112-1 and 11-112-2) Rate: Levy whatever rate is necessary to pay for legal Rate: 0.1666% limited to a period of not more than seven services, purchase insurance, purchase claim services, years; §11-112-3 authorizes annual levy of 0.1666% for pay for judgments and settlements, or otherwise to municipalities subject to ﬂ oods. provide protection against liability under the Workers’ Compensation Act or Workers’ Occupational Diseases Act. 13. Library Tax (75 ILCS 5/3-1 through 3-4) Rate: 0.15% without referendum, 0.60% with referendum B. MUNICIPAL PROPERTY TAXES REQUIRING REFERENDUM: 14. Library and Gymnasium Tax (75 ILCS 50/1 and 2) Rate: 0.15% for villages of 2,500 population or less. 1. Airport Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-103-16, 17) Rate: 0.10% 15. Monuments and Memorials Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-116-1) Rate: 0.01% 2. Ambulance Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-5-7) [This tax is available only to municipalities with a population Rate: 0.15% original of 100,000 or less.] Rate: 0.25% increased with additional referendum. In addition to the tax, the municipality may establish a 16. Municipal Buildings (65 ILCS 5/11-64-1, 11-64-2, 8-4-1, service charge. and 8-4-2) Rate: Amount sufﬁ cient to service bonds. 3. Bridge & Terminal Tax (605 ILCS 5/10-605) Rate: 0.25% 17. Municipal Coliseum Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-66-1) Rate: 0.25% for a municipality with a population of 4. Community Building Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-63-1) less than 500,000 to establish a coliseum and 0.05% to Rate: 0.075% maintain the coliseum.

5. Community Mental Health Facilities (405 ILCS 20/4 and 5) 18. Municipal Coliseum Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-67-4) Rate: 0.15% Rate: 0.025% for a municipality with a population of less than 75,000 to establish and maintain a coliseum. 6. Community Nurse Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-18-2) Rate: 0.0075% 19. Parks and Boulevards Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-99-1) [This tax applies to populations from 5,000 to 100,000.] Rate: 0.03% [This tax applies only for municipalities of not less than 5,000 7. Corporate Fund Property Tax (65 ILCS 5/8-3-1) or more than 100,000.] Rate: 0.25% or at the rate limit that was in effect on July 1, 1967, whichever is greater without referendum. The tax 20. Playground and Recreation Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-95-7 and may be increased to 0.4375% with referendum. 11-95-8) [This tax is the one most frequently levied by municipalities. Rate: 0.09% with referendum 0.20% authorized The proceeds of this tax levy can be used for any increased rate. corporate purpose.] 21. Police Protection Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-1-3 and 11-1-5.1) 8. Cultural Activities Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-45-1) Rate: 0.075% without referendum—but if the municipality Rate: 0.04% was authorized to levy this tax on July 1, 1967, then the [For municipal band or programs in performing arts.] rate limit is the greater of 0.15% or the limit that was in effect on July 31, 1969. 9. Cultural Centers (65 ILCS 5/11-45.1-4) [This tax may be increased to 0.60% with referendum.] Rate: 0.25% 22. Public Health Board Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-17-1) 10. Fire Protection Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-7-1 and 11-7-3) Rate: 0.075% Rate: 0.075% without referendum—but if the municipality [This tax applies only for municipalities of more than 100,000 was authorized to levy this tax on July 1, 1967, then the and less than 200,000.] rate limit is the greater of 0.15% or the limit that was in effect on July 31, 1969. 23. Public Hospital Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-23-1) [This tax may be increased to 0.60% with referendum.] Rate: 0.06% [This tax applies only for municipalities of less than 100,000.]

20 | ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW | MARCH 2015 24. Public Parks Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-98-1) 2. Auto Leasing and Rentals (65 ILCS 5/8-11-7, 8-11-8, and Rate: 0.075% 8-11-11) [This tax is limited to municipalities less than Rate: 1% and $2.75 per vehicle per rental period. 85,000 population.] 3. Cable TV (65 ILCS 5/11-42-11) 25. Railroad Grade Separation Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-58-2 and 11-58-6) 4. Cable and Video Competition (220 ILCS 5/21-801 Rate: 0.5% Limited to a 10-year period. [A supplemental defi ciency tax at a rate of 1.25% may be 5. Foreign Fire Insurance Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-10-1) levied for no more than fi ve successive years.] Rate: 2% of the gross receipts of foreign fi re insurance on property in the municipality. Expenditure of fees (65 ILCS 26. Recreational Programs for the Handicapped provided jointly 5/11-10-2) by two or more municipalities. (65 ILCS 5/11-95-14) Rate: 0.04% 6. Hotel Occupation/Use Tax (65 ILCS 5/8-3-14, 5/8-3-14a) [This tax may not be levied in an area where it is levied by the Rate: 5% on the gross receipts from room rentals. To park district.] promote tourism.

27. Restoration of Neglected Cemeteries Tax (65 ILCS 5/11- 7. Motor Fuel Tax (65 ILCS 5/8-11-15) 50-1) Rate: $0.01 per gallon. Rate: 0.025% [This tax is limited to municipalities of more than 100,000. [This tax applies only for municipalities of less than 25,000.] Referendum is required.]

28. Sewage Disposal Plant Additional Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-143-2) 8. Motor Vehicle Tax/License Fee (65 ILCS 5/8-11-4). Rate: 0.075% [This tax applies only to municipalities of less than 100,000 9. Replacement Vehicle Tax (65 ILCS 5/8-11-9) that are not in a sanitary district. Rate: $50 per vehicle This tax is in addition to the tax levied under the City Sewerage Fund Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-143-1.)] 10. Home Rule Retailers’ Occupation Tax, Service Occupation Tax, Use Tax, and Service Use Tax (65 ILCS 5/8-11-1, 29. Sewage Treatment and Disposal (65 ILCS 5/11-142-1 and 8-11-5, and 8-11-6) 11-142-2) Rate: 0.075% 11. Non-Home Rule Retailer Occupation Tax, Service [This tax applies for municipalities that are not in a Occupation Tax, Use Tax (65 ILCS 5/8-11-1.3, 8-11-1.4 sanitary district.] and 8-11-1.5 [Referendum is required to impose or increase.] 30. Stormwater Management Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-113.1-1) Rate: 0.06% if the municipality owns and operates 12. Simpliﬁ ed Municipal Telecommunications Tax (35 ILCS a wastewater treatment plant and .03% otherwise. 636/5-1 et seq.) Municipality must be at least partly in county under 1.5 million in population that is served by the Northeastern 13. Home Rule Real Estate Transfer Tax (65 ILCS 5/8-3-19) Illinois Planning Commission. [Referendum is required.]

31. Transportation System Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-120-1) 12. Utility Taxes (65 ILCS 5/8-11-2) Rate: 0.03% [Gas: 65 ILCS 5/8-11-2(2)] [Electricity: 65 ILCS 5/8-11-2(3)] 32. Tuberculosis Sanatoriums Tax (65 ILCS 5/11-29-1) [Water: 65 ILCS 5/8-11-2(4)] Rate: 0.025% for municipalities of less than 75,000 and 0.05% for municipalities of 75,000 or more. III. MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS TAXES

33. Waterworks Purchase—Construction or Enlargement (65 Division 42 of Article 11 of the Illinois Municipal Code ILCS 5/11-128-1) sets forth various other businesses and occupations that a Rate: 0.1666%, not more than 30 years. municipality has the power to tax. (See generally, 65 ILCS 5/11-42-1 through 11/42-14). II. NON-PROPERTY TAXES

1. Amusement Taxes (65 ILCS 5/11-42-1, 11-42-5, 11-54-1, and 11-55-1)

MARCH 2015 | ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW | 21 Municipal Revenue Trends, 2002-2012

BY NORMAN WALZER AND ANDY BLANKE

The Great Recession offi cially ending in 2010, the subsequent Municipal Price Index2 which estimates the price increases slow recovery, and the current fi scal situation in Illinois have for goods and services purchased by a sample of Illinois negatively affected revenues available to public agencies, municipalities is used to adjust revenue increases for the including municipalities. Not only has the revenue growth impacts of infl ation. slowed but in some cases higher expenditures were needed to serve unemployed residents and those in poverty. Perhaps the The total revenues collected by Illinois municipalities, in one positive aspect is that infl ation has been relatively low, at constant dollars (2002=100.0), declined during the past 10 least in the private sector. years. In 2012, the $1,558 per capita collected had a purchasing power of only $1,127 in 2002 dollars, a decline of 6.1%. This article examines revenue sources collected by Illinois Several factors explain this trend but mainly that wages and municipalities between 2002 and 2012 both in current dollars salaries paid by municipalities must keep pace with those in and adjusted for prices that Illinois municipalities have had to the private sector and are a high proportion of the municipal pay for inputs used in providing services. These comparisons budget. Thus, increases in wages and salaries can reduce the use recently released Census of Governments data and include overall purchasing power of municipalities. both revenues per capita and distribution by major revenue source. The trends are somewhat diffi cult to interpret because Municipal revenues are grouped in two broad categories: the recession occurred in this period and data are available local sources and intergovernmental aid with the latter further at fi ve-year intervals but nevertheless provide insights into subdivided into federal, state, and revenues from other local resources available. governments. In most cities, property taxes are a major local revenue source and amounted to $356 per capita in 2012, REVENUE TRENDS an increase from $206 per capita in 2002 (72.8%) in current dollars. When adjusted for infl ation, however, the $356 per Revenues collected by municipalities differ with needs for capita represented only $257 per capita in constant dollars public services and structure of the local economy, which (2002 = 100.0), an increase of 24.9%. Thus property tax compensate comparisons. Above all, local budgets must revenues grew, in part, out of necessity to meet rising prices for balance with adequate revenues to support needed services. service delivery. Interpreting the changes in property taxes is During the past 10 years or more, municipal revenues have complicated because the tax revenues lag assessments. Thus, increased in both total dollar amounts and on a per capita growth in property tax base during a construction boom can basis. The sources of revenues also changed slightly in relative yield additional revenues several years later when they are importance during this time. collected. Property taxes also are sometimes used to balance the budget so declines in other major revenue sources may require LOCAL REVENUE SOURCES higher property tax levies to maintain services.

In 2002, the average Illinois municipality, excluding Chicago, In many cities, especially those with large shopping centers, collected $1,200 per capita in total revenues (Table 1).1 By sales taxes are a signifi cant revenue source and one that can contrast in 2012, the average city collected $1,558 per person, be sensitive to the national recession. In Illinois, sales taxes an increase of 29.8 % (current dollars) with a 19.8% increase are collected by point of sale and municipalities have been between 2002 and 2007. Revenue growth between 2007 and adversely affected by the growth in Internet sales. In current 2012, including the recession and recovery period, was slower dollars, sales taxes per capita increased 12.5 % in current at 8.4% as one might expect. dollars but when adjusted for infl ation, the revenues declined 18.7%. In all probability, as consumer confi dence builds during In making these comparisons, however, one must recognize the on-going recovery, sales tax revenues will increase in many that the compensation paid to municipal employees increased cities. However, competition from on-line sales will continue to as did the prices of goods and other services in this period. challenge local sales tax revenues. Consequently, it cost more for cities to provide essentially the same service in 2012 than it did ten years earlier. The Illinois

22 | ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW | MARCH 2015 TABLE 1. Municipal Revenue Trends (Excluding Chicago) Dollars Per Capita Percent Change Source of Revenue 2002 2007 2012 02-07 07-12 02-12 Total Revenue* Current 1,200 1,438 1,558 19.8% 8.4% 29.8% Constant (Adjusted By Municipal Price Index) 1,200 1,182 1,127 -1.5% -4.7% -6.1% From Local Sources Current 808 1,055 1,151 30.6% 9.1% 42.5% Constant 808 868 832 7.4% -4.1% 3.0% Property Tax Current 206 296 356 43.6% 20.3% 72.8% Constant 206 243 257 18.1% 5.8% 24.9% Sales Tax Current 158 152 177 -3.3% 16.3% 12.5% Constant 158 125 128 -20.5% 2.3% -18.7% License Taxes Current N/A 44 33 -24.9% Constant N/A 36 24 -33.9% Charges & Fees (Excl. Utilities)** Current 187 230 23.2% Constant 154 167 8.4% From Federal Government Current 14 19 28 38.4% 48.2% 105.2% Constant 14 16 20 13.8% 30.3% 48.4% From State Government Current 373 355 369 -4.8% 4.0% -1.0% Constant 373 292 267 -21.7% -8.5% -28.4% From Other Local Governments Current 6 9 10 42.6% 16.7% 66.4% Constant 6 7 7 17.2% 2.7% 20.3% Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Government Finances, 2002, 2007, 2012 *Total revenue does not equal the sum of items in table. Non-utility charges, fees, and miscellaneous revenue were excluded in table to conserve space. **Due to a difference in data available for the 2002 Census of Governments compared to 2007 and 2012, it was not possible to disaggregate utility charges from total charges for 2002.

Charges and fees (excluding utility fees) are another INTERGOVERNMENTAL AID important local revenue source that can be adjusted during difﬁ cult economic times. The data on this revenue source Municipalities receive federal assistance from a variety of was not consistent in the Census of Governments in 2002 so federal programs and during the period of study, funds were comparisons are made only between 2007 and 2012. In 2012, provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Illinois cities reported collecting an average of $230 per capita Act (ARRA). While the funds received from this source were from user charges, excluding utilities. This was an increase substantial in some cities, they are not continuing funds so they of 23.2% from 2007 in current dollars but an increase of only cloud the comparisons. In many instances they may have been 8.4% in purchasing power. Since user charges are subject to spent on one-time capital projects rather than to fund operating the discretion of local ofﬁ cials, it is likely that declines in programs. Likewise, some funds may have included relatively purchasing power from sales taxes may have been partly offset little local discretionary authority. by cities charging for more services. REVENUE TRENDS CONTINUES ON PAGE 24

MARCH 2015 | ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW | 23 TABLE 2. Distribution of Revenues in Illinois Municipalities, Excluding Chicago Revenues received from the state Percent of Total government went from 31.0% of Source of Revenue 2002 2007 2012 municipal revenues in 2002 to 23.7% in 2012 partly refl ecting the From Local Sources 67.3% 73.4% 73.9% fi scal diffi culties the state is facing Property Tax 17.2% 20.6% 22.8% including a slow recovery. While Sales Tax 13.1% 10.6% 11.4% a relatively small share of total municipal revenues, federal revenues License Taxes N/A 3.1% 2.1% increased slightly but, as noted Charges & Fees (Excl. Utilities) 13.0% 14.8% previously, the ARRA funds during From Federal Government 1.1% 1.3% 1.8% this period affect the comparisons. From State Government 31.0% 24.7% 23.7% CONCLUSIONS From Other Local Governments 0.5% 0.6% 0.7% Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Government Finances, 2002, 2007, 2012 The past decade has brought turbulent times for municipal fi nance in Illinois. The prosperity REVENUE TRENDS CONTINUES and construction during the early 2000s infl ated property In 2002, Illinois municipalities, excluding Chicago, received tax bases in some cities which was then followed by an average of $14 per capita in Federal intergovernmental high unemployment and declining tax bases. Increasing aid which increased to $28 per capita in 2012. Adjusting for competition from Internet sales and realignment of sales infl ation, however, means that cities had $20 per person in practices by large chains resulted in the closing of large purchasing power in 2012, an increase of 48%. The ARRA retailers and a subsequent loss of local sales taxes. funds included housing and community development projects ($9.01 per capita in 2012) as well as highways ($3.49 per The above comparisons of revenue trends indicate that cities person in 2012) and not all cities received these funds to the are relying more on local sources to fi nance public services same degree. Thus, the impact, while positive, was not all that than in the past. Dependence on property taxes and user large because this revenue source was a relatively small part charges seem to be offsetting state aid to fi nance local services of total revenues and some of the revenues ended with project and the prospects for large increases in sales tax revenues completions. will depend on consumer confi dence and spending as well as the competition from other sources such as Internet sales. Illinois municipalities received much higher amounts from the Likewise, the population is aging with a substantial increase in state government but, as one might guess, these revenues were the number of persons 65 years and older. Many of these people relatively stagnant, losing in both current and constant dollars vacation outside of Illinois during the winter months and may in recent years. The two main state shared revenues are the purchase fewer goods and services because of reduced incomes Illinois Redistributive Fund (income tax sharing) and the Motor and needs. Both of these factors work against local sales taxes. Fuels Taxes. According to the Census of Governments data, Illinois municipalities received an average of $373 per capita in Perhaps the most useful contribution of this analysis has been state shared revenues in 2002 and in 2012 received an average to see how the price increases of goods and services purchased of $369 per capita, a decrease of 1.0% in current dollars. When by municipalities eroded the revenues generated. While, in adjusted for infl ation, however, the $369 in 2012 purchased some instances, it may seem as though revenues have increased only $267 in 2002 dollars, thus a decrease of 28.4%. Given the substantially, municipalities can actually purchase less and this current state of fi nances in Illinois, the likelihood of increases issue must be factored into decisions about which services can is not bright. be provided and at what levels. ______1 Revenues are adjusted for population size of city based on Census fi gures REVENUE DISTRIBUTION to facilitate comparisons. For 2007, we divided the total revenue by the estimated mid-point between 2000 and 2010 for population. Chicago was The past decade or so have also brought several changes in removed from the comparisons because of size. relative importance of revenue sources. For instance, local 2 Norman Walzer and Amanda Davis. “Municipal Price Index for 2013”. revenues represented 67.3% of the total revenues in 2002 but Illinois Municipal Review, July 2014. by 2012 they had increased to 73.9% indicating greater reliance ______The authors are Senior Research Scholar and Research Associate, respectively, in the Center for Governmental on local tax bases and economic structure. Within the local Studies at Northern Illinois University. revenues, sales taxes declined in importance slightly from 13.1% to 11.4% while property taxes increased from 17.2% to 22.8%. The relatively short period of time for comparison and the intervening recession make it diffi cult to determine whether this is the start of a longer-term trend.

24 | ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL REVIEW | MARCH 2015 EVANSTON RECOGNIZED IN U.S. CONFERENCE “Effi ngham has always been a strong OF MAYORS NATIONAL SUMMER YOUTH economic highlight in central Illinois. This JOBS CHALLENGE award shows that the community is using the internet to continue that progress in a new Each year the United States Conference of Mayors economy,” said Congressman John Shimkus. (USCM) holds its winter meeting in Washington D.C., during which they announce the winners of awards in a “We are very proud of our businessi variety of categories. This year’s conference, held January community for winning this award. 21-23, 2015, saw awards for youth job challenges, national We are very grateful to them for education programs, green spaces, childhood obesity the recognition they bring not only prevention, and the arts. for themselves but also for the City of Effi ngham,” said Mayor Merv The City of Evanston, IL was recognized for its Gillenwater. exceptional summer youth employment program when the USCM announced three winners of the 2014 National Google and independent research fi rm ipsos MORI Summer Youth Jobs Challenge. analyzed the online strength of local small businesses in cities in all fi fty states. The city with the highest scores in “Cities are making enormous strides in partnering with each state was designated a Google eCity. (http://ipsos- their business and nonprofi t communities to create na.com/knowledge-ideas/media-content-technology/ comprehensive summer youth employment opportunities articles/?q=google-ecities-methodology) for youth,” said Tom Cochran, CEO and Executive Director of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. “I applaud U.S. CONFERENCE OF MAYORS, WELLS FARGO these mayors for their leadership, and for their strong LAUNCH GRANT PROGRAM dedication to summer youth jobs.” The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) and Wells Fargo Each year, the U.S. Conference of Mayors launches the announced the CommunityWINS grant program, aimed National Summer Youth Jobs Challenge to urge mayors to at accelerating neighborhood revitalization, economic create innovative partnerships with their local business and development, and job creation in municipalities across non-profi t communities, to ensure that the nation’s youth the country. have a meaningful summer job experience. Cities have the opportunity to provide information about their programs, “This Wells Fargo grant program is a great example of how and three cities  one small, one medium, and one large – the private and public sectors can work together to bring are recognized for their success. real solutions to help address local economic challenges in cities,” said Conference of Mayors CEO and Executive Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl was Director Tom Cochran. awarded fi rst place for small-sized cities. Mayor Tisdahl worked with her business Through a competitive application process, the and philanthropic communities to secure USCM will determine eligibility and administer grant a 225% increase in placements with funds to eligible nonprofi ts in six cities that support private sector employers for young people neighborhood revitalization, economic development, in her city. and job creation initiatives.

EFFINGHAM AWARDED AS USCM member cities can nominate up to three eligible GOOGLE’S 2014 eCITY OF ILLINOIS nonprofi t initiatives or programs that address one of the following categories: Google’s eCity Awards recognize the strongest online  NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION – projects business communities in the U.S. designed to stimulate growth and stability while assisting in the removal of blight and the rebuilding of The City of Effi ngham has been named the “2014 eCity neighborhoods. of Illinois” by Google’s eCity Awards. Now in its second  ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT – projects designed to year, the Google eCity Award recognizes the strongest promote business development. online business commun ity in each state as one of the  JOB CREATION – projects designed to aid in local job “digital capitals” of America. The awarded cities are creation or assist in job training. recognized for their innovation in using the web to fi nd Grant requirements, application details, application new customers, connect with existing customers, and fuel checklists, and the online application forms are available their local economies. now at usmayors.org/communitywins and applications must be submitted by March 16, 2015.

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