At a special Avon Township meeting held December 24th, 2011, Supervisor Sam Yingling and the Avon Township Board approved the appointment of Trustee Chris Ditton to serve out the remaining term of Avon Township Assessor. Former Assessor Bryce Carus had resigned earlier this year citing health reasons and an interim assessor is currently fulfilling the [...]
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Trustee Chris Ditton is New Avon Township Assessor
December 24th, 2011 
Gene Carey 
Posted in Avon Township Office, District 116 Area News 
Tags: appointed, Appointment, Assessor, Avon, Bryce Carus, Chris Ditton, resigned, Sam Yingling, term, Township, vacancy 
No Comments »Avon Twp. Board Votes to Reduce Tax Levy
December 13th, 2011 Gene Carey Avon Township Supervisor Sam Yingling and the Avon Township Board unanimously voted in favor of ordinances adopting the 2011 Tax Levy. The levy adopted in 2011 will result in property tax receipts for the Township in the year 2012. The proposed (and passed) levy amount for the Town of Avon is $690,000 which represents an [...]
Avon Twp. Needs Your Feedback on Tax Levy
December 6th, 2011 Gene Carey This coming Monday, December 12, 2011 at 6:30pm, the Avon Township Board will be considering substantial tax levy reductions to its three tax levies and they are looking for support from the local residents. In the last fiscal year the Township generated over a $170,000 surplus which they want to use to reduce the tax [...]
Avon Township Tax Levy Hearing Nov 14th
November 10th, 2011 Gene Carey UPDATE: We were just informed that the regular meeting WILL take place on Monday the 14th but the Tax Levy portion will NOT be on the agenda since they are still waiting for some final numbers. Stay tuned for further details or visit the Township’s site at www.AvonTownship.us November 10, 2011 *****For Immediate Release***** [...]
Yingling, Avon Township Officials Continue Fulfilling Campaign Pledge
October 28th, 2011 Gene Carey Avon Township Supervisor Sam Yingling, Highway Commissioner Tom Brust, Clerk Lisa Rusch, and Trustees Chris Ditton, Randy Evangelides and Mark Feldstein, fulfilling a campaign pledge to give back pay raises put in place by the previous administration, presented their third check for $16,633.22 at the last Avon Township Board Meeting. The total amount of salary [...]
Posted in Avon Township Food Pantry, Avon Township Office, District 116 Area News, Political Issues Tags: 62nd District, Avon Township, Avon Township Food Pantry, Chris Ditton, Democrat, Lisa Rusch, Mark Feldstein, pay raises, Randy Evangelides, refund check, Republican, salary pay-returns, Sam Yingling, State Representative, Tom Brust, Township Supervisor Sam Yingling 1 Comment »Is the Avon Community Garden Worth the Effort
September 21st, 2011 Gene Carey With $2,000 in Township funds budgeted towards the Avon Community Garden and Food Pantry Production Farm and an anticipated harvest of 2,000 to 3,000 pounds of fresh vegetables, it may be time to think about scaling back in the future. Last year a lot of the major work such as the tilling was donated by local [...]
Posted in Avon Township Food Pantry, Avon Township Office, District 116 Area News Tags: Avon Community Garden, Avon Community Garden and Food Pantry Production Farm, Avon Township, Avon Township Community Foundation, Avon Township Community Garden, Avon Township Food Pantry, Sam Yingling, Wendy Warden No Comments »Avon Township Supervisor, Sam Yingling, Running in Illinois 62nd District
August 26th, 2011 Gene Carey Avon Township Supervisor Sam Yingling announced earlier this month that he was running as a Democratic candidate for State Representative of the newly created 62nd District. With the recent debt ceiling debate in Washington, many of us had a first hand opportunity to see whether those we elected stuck to their election campaign promises. Sam [...]
Posted in Avon Township Food Pantry, Avon Township Office, District 116 Area News, Political Issues Tags: 62nd State Representative District, Avon Township Community Foundation, Avon Township Food Pantry, District 62, Illinois, promises, raises, Sam Yingling, tax levy, Township Supervisor Sam Yingling, Wendy Warden No Comments »
