Fall 2004 Illinois Fire Protection Districts Referendum Recap
Prepared by the Illinois Association of Fire Protection District
Of the more than 332 referenda, proposals submitted to the voters for the General Election held November 2, 2004, a total of 52 proposals
concerning fire protection districts appeared on the ballots across the state. According to the unofficial state records as of 12/14/04,
fire protection districts were successful in passing 33 of the proposed referenda, while 19 failed.
Below is a report of select referenda (those affecting fire protection districts) that were submitted to the voters for the General Election.
The data was obtained from election authorities and jurisdictional canvassing board abstracts. If you are aware of an initiative thatType | # of Proposals | Pass/Fail | Category | # of Proposals | Pass/Fail |
Taxes | 163 | 67/96 | School | 74 | 29.45 |
Bonds | 34 | 23/12 | County | 29 | 21/8 |
Miscellaneous | 82 | 45/37 | Township/Road | 28 | 14/14 |
Advisory | 42 | 36/6 | City/Village/Town | 99 | 46/40 |
Miscellaneous | 76 | 36/40 | |||
Neighborhood in Chicago | 20 | 19/1 | |||
Precinct Chicago | 6 | 6/0 |
Fire Protection Districts Referenda Results
County | District | Type | Description | Pass/Fail | Votes Yes/No |
Rock Island | Andalusia Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Proposition to increase the maximum allowable tax rate from 0.30% to 0.40% of the value of all taxable property within the District for firefighting purposes. | Pass | 914/789 |
Lake | Beach Park Fire Protection Dist | Miscellaneous | Shall the Beach Park Fire Protection District continue to provide emergency paramedic ambulance services? | Pass | 3696/471 |
Lake | Beach Park Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Proposition to authorize the levy of a special service tax at a rate not to exceed .30% of the value of all taxable property within the district for the purpose of providing ambulance service. | Fail | 1975/2143 |
Will | Beecher Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Financing/Funding Proposition to increase the maximum allowable tax rate for the corporate fund from 0.30% to 0.40% of the value of all taxable property within the district. | Fail | 1071/1125 |
Kendall | Bristol Kendall Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Financing/Funding Proposition to increase the maximum tax rate for the corporate fund from 0.125% to 0.31% of the value of all taxable property within the district. | Pass | 3920/3654 |
Clinton | Carlyle Fire Protection Dist | Bond | Financing/Funding - Shall bonds of the Carlyle Fire Protection Dist in the amount of $1,500,000.00 be issued? | Pass | 1141/710 |
Winnebago, Boone | Cherry Valley Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Shall the Cherry Valley FPD levy a special tax at a rate not to exceed .30% of the value of all taxable property within the district for the purpose of providing ambulance service? | Pass | 6183/4244 |
Tazewell | Cincinnati Fire Protection Dist/Normandale Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Consolidation Proposition to consolidate the Cincinnati FPD with Normandale FPD to organize new consolidated Cincinnati FPD with tax rate set at 0.3000% of the value of all taxable property within the new district. | Pass | 63/43 |
Williamson | City of Creal Springs | Miscellaneous | Proposition for joining the Williamson County Fire Protection District and assuming a proportionate share of the bonded indebtedness, if any. | Pass | 169/44 |
Jasper |
Crooked Creek Township |
Miscellaneous |
Proposition to establish a Fire Protection District. |
Pass |
312/62 |
Sangamon | Dawson Fire Protection Dist | Miscellaneous | Proposition to establish a Fire Protection District. | Pass | 107/37 |
Sangamon | Dawson Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Proposition to increase the maximum allowable tax rate from.125% to .40% of the value of all taxable property within the district. | Pass | 73/64 |
Sangamon | Dawson Fire Protection District | Tax | Under the property tax extension limitation law, may an aggregate extension not to exceed $70,000.00 be made for the Dawson FPD for the 2004 levy year? | Pass | 98/40 |
Union | Dongola Rural Fire Protection Dist | Miscellaneous | Proposition to establish a Fire Protection District. | Fail | 111/506 |
Union | Dongola Rural Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Proposition to increase the maximum allowable tax rate from .125% to .30% of the value of all taxable property within the district. | Fail | 62/561 |
Union | Dongola Rural Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Proposition under the property tax extension limitation law may an aggregate extension not to exceed $28,500.00 be made for the Dongola Rural FPD for the 2004 levy year. | Fail | 95/436 |
Cook | Elk Grove Rural Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Shall the maximum tax rate for the corporate fund of the District be established at 0.50% on the equalized assessed value instead of 0.40%, the present maximum rate. | Pass | 485/172 |
| Stephenson |
Freeport Rural Fire Protection Dist |
Tax |
Shall the extension limitation under the property tax extension limitation law be increased from 2.4% to 23.56% for the 2004 levy year? |
Pass |
619/ |
Madison | Glen Carbon Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Proposition to levy a special tax at a rate not to exceed 30% of the value of all taxable property for the purpose of providing ambulance service. | Pass | 3251/3225 |
Madison | Godfrey Fire Protection Dist | Miscellaneous | Offices/Boards/Commissions - Shall the trustees of the Godfrey Fire Protection District be elected, rather than appointed? | Pass | 7914/1097 |
| Jasper | Grove Township | Miscellaneous | Proposition to join the Montrose Fire Protection District and assuming a proportionate share of bonded indebted, if any. | Pass | 70/27 |
Kane, DeKalb | Hampshire Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Proposition to increase the extension limitation tax rate from 1.9% to 37.25% for the 2004 levy year. | Fail | 1196/1623 |
McHenry | Hebron-Alden-Greenwood Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Proposition to increase the extension limitation from 1.9% to 59.3%. | Fail | 327/1113 |
Kane | Kaneville Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Proposition under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law to increase the tax rate from 1.9% to 143% for the 2004 levy year. | Pass | 379/275 |
Lake | Lake Zurich Rural Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Proposition to increase the maximum tax rate from .30% to .40% of the value of all taxable property for corporate purposes. | Fail | 3065/4027 |
Lake | Lake Zurich Rural Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Proposition to increase the maximum allowable ambulance service tax rate from .30% to .40% of the value of all taxable property within the district. | Fail | 3217/3859 |
JoDaviess Stephenson | Lena Fire Protection Dist | Bond | Build/Construct Shall Lena Fire Protection district acquire, construct and install a new fire station, including furnishings, fixtures and equipment, and related facilities, improvements and costs, and issue its bonds to the amount of $1,250,000. | Pass | 1318/887 |
Lee | Lee Community Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Proposition to levy a special tax at a rate not to exceed .03% of the value of all taxable property within the District a equalized or assessed for the purpose of providing ambulance services. | Fail | 106/115 |
Sangamon | Loami Township | Miscellaneous | Shall a Special Fire District for tax purposes be established in the unincorporated area of Loami Township with a tax rate not to exceed 0.40% | Pass | 149/38 |
DeKalb, Kane | Maple Park & Countryside Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Proposition to increase the tax extension limitation from 1.9% to 83.2%. | Pass | 559/502 |
Will | Monee Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Proposition to increase the extension limitation of the district from 1.9% to 44.0% for the 2004 levy year? | Fail | 1380/1865 |
DuPage | Oakbrook Terrace Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Proposition to increase the tax rate extension limitation from 1.9% to 4.9% for the 2004 levy year? | Fail | 413/838 |
Cook | Palatine Rural Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Proposition to increase the maximum allowable tax rate from 0.30% to 0.40% of the value of all taxable property within the district. | Fail | 1975/2133 |
Stephenson | Pearl City Fire Dist | Miscellaneous | Offices/Boards/Commissions - Shall the trustees of the Pearl City Fire Dist be elected, rather than appointed? | Pass | 669/250 |
KANE | Pingree Grove & Countryside Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Proposition to increase the extension limitation tax rate from 1.9% to 0.4% for the 2004 levy year. | Fail | 1357/1734 |
Will, Kendall | Plainfield Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Proposition to increase the corporate fund of the district from 0.30% to 0.40% of the value of all taxable property within the District. | Pass | 8835/6755 |
Rock Island | Rock Island County | Miscellaneous | Shall the Rock Island County Board be authorized to adopt a Comprehensive Fire Protection Plan for the unincorporated lands located in Rock Island County? | Pass | 47,157/15,846 |
Cook, DuPage | Roselle Fire Protection Dist 1 | Tax | Proposition to increase the maximum allowable tax rate from 0.30% to 0.40% of the value of all taxable property within the district as equalized or assessed by the Dept of Revenue. | Fail | 798/1037 |
Macon | South Macon Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Proposition to levy a special tax at a rate not to exceed .05% of the value of all taxable property within the district for the purpose of providing funds to pay for the costs of emergency and rescue crew and equipment. | Pass | 625/458 |
Madison, St. Clair | State Park Fire Protection Dist | Safety | Shall the maximum allowable tax rate for the State Park Fire Protection District be increased from .30% to .40% of the value of all taxable property within the District as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue? | Pass | 155/151 |
Champaign | St Joseph-Stanton Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Proposition to levy a special tax at a rate not to exceed 0.05% of all taxable property for the purpose of providing emergency and rescue crews and equipment? | Pass | 583/373 |
Champaign | St Joseph-Stanton Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Proposition to increase the tax rate extension limitation by 39% for the general fund for the 2004 levy year. | Fail | 399/529 |
Kane | Sugar Grove Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Proposition to increase tax rate under the property tax extension limitation law from 1.9% to 25.7% for the 2004 levy year. | Pass | 2813/2528 |
Whiteside | Thomson Fire Protection Dist/Fulton Fire Protection Dist | Bond | Boundary Changes Proposition to transfer from the Thomson FPD to the Fulton FPD remaining liable for a proportionate share of the bonded indebtedness outstanding as of the date of disconnection & of the bonded indebtedness, if any, of the dist transfer is proposed. | Pass | 58/9 |
Macoupin | Unit 7 Fire Protection Dist | Miscellaneous | Proposition to form, organize and establish a fire protection district. | Pass | 208/133 |
Macoupin | Unit 7 Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Proposition to extend taxes under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law not to exceed $150,000.00 for the Unit 7 Fire Protection District for the 2004 levy year. | Pass | 187/160 |
Macoupin | Unit 7 Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Shall the maximum allowable tax rate for the Unit 7 Fire Protection District be increased from .125% to 0.30% of the value of all taxable property within the District as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue. | Fail | 136/205 |
Cook | Village of Lynwood | Miscellaneous | Shall the Village of Lynwood consider the creation of a full time fire department within the Village of Lynwood? | Pass | 2462/484 |
KANE | West Dundee Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Proposition to increase the extension limitation tax rate from 1.9% to 125% for the 2004 levy year. |
Pass | 33/4 |
Vermillion | Westville Area Fire Protection Dist | Miscellaneous | Office Term/Size - Shall the number of Trustees of the Westville Area Fire Protection District be increased from 3 to 5? | Pass | 1809/747 |
Lake | Winthrop Harbor Fire Protection Dist | Tax | Proposition to levy a special tax for the 2004 levy year at a rate not to exceed .10% of all taxable property for the purpose of providing ambulance services. | Fail | 329/421 |
McHenry | Woodstock Fire/Rescue Dist | Tax | Proposition to increase the special tax for ambulance services from .30% to .48%. | Fail | 5551/5693 |