Hinsdale High School District 86 Board
Among other business at their Sept. 26 meeting, board members:
• held a public hearing on the 2025 budget, which shows projected expenses of $142.9 million and projected revenues of $141.3 million. Yvonne Mayer was the only community member to speak at the hearing, asking the board to look again at the projected legal fees before approving the document. The board voted 7-0 to approve the spending plan.
• reviewed a “request for qualifications” that will be sent to qualified legal firms in the state and some national firms as the district considers its legal representation moving forward. Firms must respond by Oct. 23.
• approved a “family” of pilot precalculus courses, including AP precalculus AB and AP precalculus BC, to be offered in the fall of 2025.
• heard Superintendent Mike Lach report on a meeting he and Josh Stephenson, chief financial officer, had with Clarendon Hills village manager Zach Creer regarding the proposed 55th Street tax increment financing district. Lach said he expects to have additional conversations and will keep the board apprised. District 86 and other affected school districts have objected to the plan.
• listened to Stephenson give an overview of the 2024 tax levy. The district expects to levy slightly more than $104 million for funds controlled by the tax cap and $12 million for the bond and interest fund for a total estimated levy of $116.6 million. The board will approve a levy resolution in October and the final levy in December.
Hinsdale Village Board
Among other business Tuesday night, trustees:
• heard Village President Tom Cauley announce that he would bring forth at the Oct. 15 board meeting a special service area proposal to fund restoration of the all-brick portion of Sixth Street. The original plan to reconstruct the historic brick lane from Garfield Street to County Line Road in asphalt with only brick intersections for $800,000 drew objections from residents, who are keen on keeping it all brick for an additional $2 million. To make up the difference, the SSA would proportionately assess the 38 properties with addresses on or abutting that stretch of Sixth Street. If the board approves it, a public hearing will be held the week of Dec. 15, according to officials.
• held a first read on the proposed 2024 tax levy of just under $9.08 million for the village, an increase of $360,376 or 4.14 percent from last year. The village also adopts the levy for the Hinsdale Public Library, which is proposed at $3.83 million.
• approved a four-way stop at Grant and Fourth streets, replacing a two-way stop regulation. The intersection, in proximity to both St. Isaac Joques School and Madison School, was targeted for the change after three crashes occurred in the last six months.
