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Residents will see increases in their property tax bills next year as several units of government move to raise their respective levies.

The Lake Bluff Library, all three local public school districts, and the Lake Bluff Park District are poised to approve levy hikes.

One of the largest increases is from the Lake Bluff Library, which will raise its property tax levy by 9% over last year, according to Library Director Natalie Starosta. She said minimal levy increases in past years have left the library with a depleted capital fund.

“I wish we didn’t have to do that, but because we don’t have that capital fund built up and we have so many things in the facility that haven’t been addressed on an ongoing basis, we are having to do some catch-up

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