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CHICAGO December 11. 2013 To the President and Members of the City Council: Your Committee on Finance having had under consideration
An ordinance authorizing the imposition of a tax levy and the approval of the 2014 budget for Special Service Area Number 16.
02013-9212 Amount to be levied: $ 117,383
Having had the same under advisement, begs leave to report and recommend that your Honorable Body pass the proposed Ordinance Transmitted Herewith
This recommendation was concurred in by (a (viva voce vote^)
of members of the committee with dissenting vote(s):
Respectfully submitted
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Chairman
Document No.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE TO THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF CHICAGO
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
CITY OF CHICAGO
RAHM EMANUEL
MAYOR
November 26, 2013
TO THE HONORABLE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO
Ladies and Gentlemen:
At the request of the Commissioner of Housing and Economic Development, I transmit herewith ordinances authorizing a scope of services, budget and management agreements for various Special Service Areas.
Your favorable consideration of these ordinances will be appreciated.
Mayor
Very truly yours,
ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, special service areas may be established pursuant to Article Vll, Sections 6(1) and 7(6) of the Constitution of the State of Illinois, and pursuant to the provisions of the Special Service Area Tax Law, 35 ILCS 200/27-5 et seq., as amended from time to time (the "Act") and pursuant to the Property Tax Code, 35 ILCS 200/1-1 et seq., as amended from time to time; and
WHEREAS, on July 31, 1996, the City Council of the City of Chicago (the "City Council") enacted an ordinance, as further amended by an ordinance by the City Council on November 20, 1996 (collectively the "Establishment Ordinance") which established an area known and designated as City of Chicago Special Service Area Number 16 (the "Area") and authorized the levy of an annual tax, for the period beginning in tax year 1996 through and including tax year 2016, not to exceed an annual rate of one percent (1%) of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property therein (the "Services Tax") to provide certain special services in and for the Area in addition to the services provided by and to the City of Chicago generally (the "Special Services"); and
WHEREAS, the Establishment Ordinance established the Area as that territory approximately bounded by Madison Street on the north, the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Expressway on the east, Congress Parkway on the south and Green Street on the west; and
WHEREAS, the Special Services authorized in the Establishment Ordinance included recruitment of new businesses to the Area, rehabilitation activities, loan packaging services, landscaping, security, maintenance and beautification activities including, but not limited to, the maintenance and lighting of certain public improvements in the form of pillars and pavilions to be erected in the Area, coordinated promotional and advertising activities for the Area, and other technical assistance activities to promote commercial and economic development; and
WHEREAS, notwithstanding any provision of any other ordinance (including but not limited to the Establishment Ordinance) to the contrary, the Department of Housing and Economic Development ("DHED") has heretofore prepared and transmitted to the City Council its recommendations for a budget to provide the Special Services in the Area for the fiscal year commencing January 1, 2014, and has advised the Mayor and the City Council concerning the Services Tax for the tax year 2013 for the purpose of providing funds necessary to provide the Special Services; and
WHEREAS, the DHED anticipates that in the future it will recommend the execution of an agreement with a service provider for the provision of the Special Services in and for the Area in fiscal year 2014 to the City Council; now, therefore,
Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Chicago.
SECTION 1. Incorporation of Preambles. The preambles of this ordinance are hereby incorporated into this text as if set out herein in full.
SECTION 2. Appropriations. There is hereby appropriated the following sums in the amounts and for the purposes necessary to provide the Special Services in and for the Area,
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the estimated amounts of miscellaneous income and the amounts required to be raised by the levy of the Services Tax indicated as follows:
SPECIAL SERVICE AREA NUMBER 16 BUDGET
For the fiscal year commencing January 1, 2014 and ending December 31, 2014:
EXPENDITURES
Service Provider Agreement for the provision of Special
Services $138,342
TOTAL BUDGET REQUEST $138,342
SOURCE OF FUNDING Tax levy at an annual rate not to exceed one percent (1%) of the equalized assessed value of taxable property within
Special Service Area Number 16 $117,383
Carryover funds currently available
from prior tax years $15,159
Late collections received by the City of Chicago
attributable to the levy of the Services Tax
in prior tax years, along with interest income
thereon, if any $5,800
SECTION 3. Levy of Taxes. There is hereby levied pursuant to the provisions of Article VII, Sections 6(a) and 6(l)(2) of the Constitution of the State of Illinois and pursuant to the provisions of the Act and pursuant to the provisions of the Establishment Ordinance, the sum of $117,383 as the amount of the Services Tax for the tax year 2013.
SECTION 4. Filing. The City Clerk of the City of Chicago (the "City Clerk") is hereby ordered and directed to file in the Office of the County Clerk of Cook County, Illinois (the "County Clerk") a certified copy of this ordinance on or prior to December 31, 2013, and the County Clerk shall thereafter extend for collection together with all other taxes to be levied by the City of Chicago, the Services Tax herein provided for, said Services Tax to be extended for collection by the County Clerk for the tax year 2013 against all the taxable property within the Area, the amount of the Services Tax herein levied to be in addition to and in excess of all other taxes to be levied and extended against all taxable property within the Area.
SECTION 5. Enforceability. If any section, paragraph or provision of this ordinance shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the invalidity or unenforceability of
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such section, paragraph or provision shall not affect any of the remaining provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 6. Conflict. This ordinance shall control over any provision of any other ordinance, resolution, motion or order in conflict with this ordinance, to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 7. Publication. This ordinance shall be published by the City Clerk, in special pamphlet form, and made available in her office for public inspection and distribution to members of the public who may wish to avail themselves of a copy of this ordinance.
SECTION 8. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect 10 days after its passage and publication.
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