Comments for Assessor Report and Comment http://wevaluebloomington.org/AssrRptComnt Just another WordPress site Thu, 26 May 2011 14:12:58 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Comment on Monthly Report – Assessor – May 2011 by Brian Davis http://wevaluebloomington.org/AssrRptComnt/?p=20#comment-4 Brian Davis Thu, 26 May 2011 14:12:58 +0000 http://wevaluebloomington.org/AssrRptComnt/?p=20#comment-4 From the Bloomington Pantagraph website: Flags Go Up In City Property Tax Report: http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/government-and-politics/article_358a6914-85c4-11e0-958d-001cc4c03286.html (NOTE: There are 36 comments on that site, the most recent one (5/24) makes the claim " . . . Every homeowner in Bloomington has lost 25% of the market vsalue of their home in the last 3 years." I'm guessing that he hasn't read the report on THIS site!) "BLOOMINGTON -- Several city aldermen are worried a property tax increase could be coming this fall after hearing a report Monday that the city's total property values will remain unchanged for the coming year. During the City of Bloomington Township Board meeting Monday, where aldermen serve as township trustees, Township Assessor Mike Ireland reported that the value of property that is the city's tax base likely will not increase in the coming year. Later in the evening during the City Council's regular meeting, those financial concerns led four aldermen to vote against a plan that would allow city staff members to negotiate with contractors to keep the cost to build Gaelic Park, 3102 Cave Creek Road, at less than $1 million. The council approved the measure 5-4." From the Bloomington Pantagraph website: Flags Go Up In City Property Tax Report: http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/government-and-politics/article_358a6914-85c4-11e0-958d-001cc4c03286.html

(NOTE: There are 36 comments on that site, the most recent one (5/24) makes the claim ” . . . Every homeowner in Bloomington has lost 25% of the market vsalue of their home in the last 3 years.” I’m guessing that he hasn’t read the report on THIS site!)

“BLOOMINGTON — Several city aldermen are worried a property tax increase could be coming this fall after hearing a report Monday that the city’s total property values will remain unchanged for the coming year.

During the City of Bloomington Township Board meeting Monday, where aldermen serve as township trustees, Township Assessor Mike Ireland reported that the value of property that is the city’s tax base likely will not increase in the coming year.

Later in the evening during the City Council’s regular meeting, those financial concerns led four aldermen to vote against a plan that would allow city staff members to negotiate with contractors to keep the cost to build Gaelic Park, 3102 Cave Creek Road, at less than $1 million. The council approved the measure 5-4.”

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