ED-RED Finance-Legislation Meeting

Firm partners Ares Dalianis and Michael Hernandez speak at the Finance-Legislation meeting of ED-RED and provide an update on property tax appeals, assessment issues, and the Cook County Assessor's reclassification of property for 2009.  They discuss the status of Madison Two case regarding the right of local districts to intervene in tax objection complaints in circuit courts and implications for local districts.

Established in the fall of 1971 by seven north suburban high school districts whose superintendents and board presidents met periodically to discuss mutual interests and concerns, ED-RED's present membership has expanded to include 15 high school districts, 85 elementary school districts, 1 unit district, 3 Special Education Cooperatives and 3 Intermediate Service Centers in Cook, Lake, and DuPage Counties. Legislatively, ED-RED's area includes all or part of 18 of the present 59 Senate districts and 32 of the 118 House districts.