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Johnsburg Library borrows funds until taxes arrive PAGE 7 - PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY. JULY 25.1984 by Carol A. Stevens ' Plaindealer News Service & Hie Board of Trustees of the johnsburg District Library •-recently met to consider the ~>entative budget of the library -;for the fiscal year 1984-85. Although published as a public '^meeting, only one concerned Citizen attended and asked ^questions regarding the effect of %the library on her upcoming tax r-bill. > Because tax monies will not "•become available to the library '-tmtil May or June of 1985, the •library found it necessary to '^borrow funds to cover expenses I^until that time. The funds will 'A# loaned to the library by the Northern Illinois Library System (NILS) interest-free, %fcnd will be paid back within the »;iiext several years. X The citizen, who asked not to Nfce identified, questioned a •-rumor she had heard that NILS •rwill no longer be in existence year and that the books that now received by interlibrary uest from NILS will no be available. > Library Director Randy tfcellinger explained that NILS is an agency that has been set un by state law and cannot be dissolved unless the law is repealed. The citizen indicated that she had been told that the library board is empowered to raise . taxes at any time. Board member Elsie Munson stated that this is not true. The legal established limit for taxes is 1.6 -mils and it can be changed only by referendum. Board president, Dick Kusik added that there are some back door taxes that could be used but even the others can be challenged by the residents of the district. He stated, "We are not going to use back door taxes." Elsie Munson added that each member of the board is also a memer of the district and does not want his or her taxes raised unreasonably. The board agreed that they want to remain "up front" with all residents. Board member Carol Kennebeck indicated that she wished more people had come to the meeting to find out the facts. Munson agreed, saying, "If more people would come and find out the truth, they would feel more at ease (about the library)". When questioned about the amount of the total budget, the board figured that if the amount (approximately $98,000 total budget) were divided by 3,700 (approximately the number of homes in the district), the amount per household would be $26. Since the district is a new taxing body, there are no figures from past years on which to base the budget, so the board needed to levy for a higher amount than they expect to receive. If they do not levy for the full amount they will be entitled to, they will not receive the money, they explained. In other words, if $86,000 of tax money is collected,out the board only budgets for $75,000, by law only $75,000 will be given to the library. On the other hand, if the board budgets for $98,000 and $80,000 is collected, the library will receive $80,000 and the budget wiQ have to be trimmed to meet the $80,000 amount. A copy of the tentative budget is available for public inspection at the library. A public hearing has been set for Sept. 4 at 7 p.m. at the library to discuss the budget and appropriation or­ dinance. All residents of the library district are invited to attend. Man held for home invasion A Fox Lake man was being held in McHenry County Jail today* on $141,000 bond after being arrested Saturday for home invasion, armed violence and aggravated battery. John H. Dutze, 34, of 100 U.S. 12, was charged by McHenry County sheriff's police following a battery complaint at 101 Kohl Ave., Spring Grove. The Spring Grove address is reportedly the home of Dutze's former girlfriend, 34-year-old Ramona M. Herman. According to police, during an argument and subsequent fight at the residence, Dutze fired a shot into the wall of a bedroom with a 38-calibre handgun. He also allegedly used the weapon to strike a witness, 25-year-old Vladimir Zwilling. Police said that, prior to leaving the residence, Dutze stole about $64 in currency and slashed the tires of the Herman and Zwilling cars to prevent them from leaving. Deaths Aleta E. Goelet Aleta E. Goelet, 69, of Elm- wood park, IL, died Friday, July 20, 1984, at Crystal Pines Nur­ sing Home in Crystal Lake. She was born Dec. 16, 1914, in 3Chicago, the daughter of Lewis and Emilia (Haas) Falk. Birs. Goelet was preCfcGfed.fri death by her husband, Arthur, who died in 1961. They were married in Chicago. She was an employee of the Continental Coffee Company, of franklin Park, IL. V Mrs. Goelet is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Barbara (Fred) £teele, of McHenry; one grandson, Kevin; and a sister, Thalia Falk, of New York, NY. v ( She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother. ' Services will be held Sunday, July 29, at Unity Church, Oak Park, at 1 p.m. Interment was private. Arrangements were made by teh Querhammer Funeral Home, Crystal Lake. »k litis* dae M valrSf eog- oo £ VI O O 3 w </> gir It • • • •! if 2 ? 2 . m i 2 s 2.1 3 2 ^ w <a r\W S 5- </> A CO V) > > vn (A (ft (ft Joseph J. Brefeld / Joseph J. Brefeld, 73, of McHenry, died Monday, July 23, 1984, at Sherman Hospital in /Elgin. Mr. Brefeld was born Dec. 3, 4910, in McHenry, to Ben and Margaret (Wirfs) Brefeld and lived here all of his life. He was a carpenter by trade, working for the Ladd Construction and Ben Arvidson and Sons Construction Companies in the McHenry area. He was a member of St. Mary's Court 594 of the Catholic Order of Foresters. Mr. Brefeld is survived by his "wife, Jane (Van De Buuse) TBrefeld; a daughter, Lois ~(Peter) Kaspers, Sr., of ' McHenry; a son, James J. (Mary Jo) Brefeld; seven grandchildren and four great "grandchildren. He is also sur­ vived by a brother, Paul ^(Katherine) Brefeld, of McHenry; and four sisters Mrs. Tracy Malcor, of Mt. Prospect; Mrs. Mary Kearns, of Arkan­ sas; Mrs. Viola Brda, of ^McHenry; and Olga Carpenter, >of Chicago. *- He was preceded in death by £)iis first wife, Lillian (Krec) CBrefeld, who died Jan. 27, 1981. •I A Funeral Mass was held at 10 va.m. Wednesday at St. Mary of ••the Assumption Catholic Church £in McHenry with burial in the :h cemetery. Friends of Brefeld called on Tuesday 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the M. Justen Funeral Home. BUY EQUIPMENT The McHenry City Council recently voted to sDend $2,960 tor equipment replacement at sewage treatment facility. 3 ̂ 30 LQ I