How Spring Bay is run
Spring Bay spent $101,000 in the year to May 31, 2022, about $221 per resident.
What stands out about how Spring Bay is run
Read from the town’s budget, meetings and records. The page puts what stands out first.
About $221 per resident a year, or $0.61 a day
The biggest line: roads & transportation, at 52% of spending.
Thank you for being a neighbor
The typical homeowner pays $2,391 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.84% of the home’s value, vs 2.01% across Illinois.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Spring Bay’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate. In a town this small the estimate has a wide margin.
County of Woodford School
Spring Bay’s high school district, shared with Bay View Gardens, Cazenovia, Germantown Hills, Metamora, Metamora and more. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $17,388 per pupil, $9,889 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Illinois districts overall: 52% local, 38% state, 10% federal.
Riverview Consolidated Community School District 2 · $19,037 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Who’s in charge in Spring Bay
Local officials aren’t in the public records we use for Spring Bay yet. Neighbors can add them.
0 full-time staff
On the payroll in March 2022.
By department full-time, plus part-time
Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it’s approximate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
How Spring Bay’s budget compares
Town budgets across the town line. Towns that run their own schools spend more. Tap a town to see its Town Hall.
| Town | Spent per resident | Debt per resident | Tax bill |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Bay | $221 | — | $2,391 |
| Bay View Gardens | $287 | — | $2,266 |
The town government’s own spending in its newest year (often a Census Bureau estimate). — = no figures.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Spring Bay.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilLocal officials aren’t on record yet.
- 2Illinois HouseState representatives
- 3Illinois SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Illinois
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Spring Bay’s government
Numbers and hours come from neighbors and the town’s own site (the Handbook). A new one goes live once two neighbors confirm it.
Questions about how Spring Bay is run?
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. School district: Census school finance survey. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates. Representatives: Open States, the Census and congress-legislators.