New Home Rule Communities
March 23, 2006
http://www.iml.org/npps/story.cfm?ID=725
Citizens in at least four Illinois communities voted to adopt home rule in Tuesday's primary election. Voters in Hazel Crest, Markham, Phoenix and West Frankfort adopted home rule which shifts greater responsibility for local government decision-making from the state to the local level.
Hazel Crest voters supported a home rule question with 1,440 voters approving the change to home rule and 1,167 opposing it. The village plans to use home rule to generate revenue through sources such as liquor and cigarette taxes to support programs for seniors and youths. Hazel Crest voters rejected home rule by 46 votes in 2003.
Home rule was approved in Markham by a 926 to 766 vote. City officials plan to use home rule powers to generate taxes to pay for repairs, create incentives to encourage development and to establish a municipal court. The community had sought home rule in 2002, but the measure was defeated by 200 votes.
In Phoenix, home rule was approved by a 266 to 136 vote. The village plans to use home rule to allow for an easier process to demolish vacated properties and give the village leverage to create tax incentives for prospective businesses.
West Franfort voters approved a measure to adopt home rule by a total of 907 to532.
There are now 180 Illinois communities with home rule authority.
Home Rule Municipalities
http://www.iml.org/dbs/imllegal/dyncat.cfm?catid=77
As of 1/04/06 there were 176 Home Rule Municipalities in Illinois
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Addison
Alsip
Alton
Arlington Heights
Aurora
Barrington Hills
Bartlett
Bartonville
Bedford Park
Belleville
Bellwood
Benton
Berkeley
Berwyn
Bloomingdale
Bloomington
Bolingbrook
Bridgeview
Bryant
Buffalo Grove
Burbank
Burnham
Cahokia
Calumet City
Calumet Park
Carbondale
Carlock
Carol Stream
Carpentersville
Carterville
Champaign
Channahon
Chicago
Chicago Heights
Chicago Ridge
Christopher
Cicero
Collinsville
Country Club Hills
Countryside
Crainville
Crystal Lake
Danville |
Darien
Decatur
Deerfield
DeKalb
Des Plaines
Dolton
Downers Grove
DuQuoin
East Dundee
East Hazel Crest
East St. Louis
Elgin
Elk Grove Village
Elmhurst
Elmwood Park
Elwood
Evanston
Evergreen Park
Fairview Heights
Flora
Forest View
Freeport
Galesburg
Glen Ellyn
Glendale Heights
Glenview
Glenwood
Golf
Granite City
Gurnee
Hanover Park
Harvey
Harwood Heights
Herrin
Highland Park
Hillside
Hodgkins
Hoffman Estates
Hopkins Park
Inverness
Jacksonville
Joliet
Kankakee
Lake Barrington |
Lansing
Lincolnshire
Lincolnwood
Manhattan
Marion
Mascoutah
Maywood
McCook
Mettawa
Moline
Monee
Monmouth
Morton Grove
Mound City
Mount Prospect
Mount Vernon
Muddy
Mundelein
Murphysboro
Naperville
Naples
Nauvoo
Niles
Normal
Norridge
North Chicago
Northbrook
Northlake
Oak Forest
Oak Lawn
Oak Park
Oakbrook Terrace
Old Mill Creek
Onarga
Orland Park
Palatine
Park City
Park Forest
Park Ridge
Pekin
Peoria
Peoria Heights
Peru |
Posen
Prairie Grove
Quincy
Rantoul
Robbins
Rock Island
Rockdale
Rolling Meadows
Romeoville
Rosemont
Round Lake Beach
Saint Charles
Sauget
Schaumburg
Schiller Park
Sesser
Sherman
Skokie
South Barrington
South Holland
Springfield
Standard
Stickney
Stone Park
Streamwood
Sycamore
Thornton
Tilton
Tinley Park
Tuscola
University Park
Urbana
Valmeyer
Warrenville
Washington
Watseka
Waukegan
West Chicago
West Dundee
Wheaton
Wheeling
Wilmette
Winnetka
Woodridge |