An Oak Brook resident who is In-District pays 8.46% of their total property tax bill to the Oak Brook Park District. Thirty-one (31) percent of the Park District Tax Levy is paid for by corporations, roughly $1.7M. Forty percent of the Park District’s revenue comes from property taxes.  Forty-seven percent of the Park District revenues comes from “Charges for Services and Programs”.  Any “Out of District” patrons pay at least 25% more in fees for programming and 20% more in a membership.  The only exception to this rule is for Senior Programming as we try to keep all fees at the minimum.  Most tax levy expenditures go to our beautiful parks, repairs and maintenance, and administrative services.  

The Park District had community input meetings on August 8, 2024 and August 19, 2024 to gather community input for the playground and outdoor tennis project.  The District also had the preschoolers vote on the playground equipment! The community wanted to upgrade the outdoor tennis courts, increase outdoor pickleball and update two playgrounds as they have all outlived their useful life. Three million dollars of this project will be funded by the Tennis Center, which operates without the use of any taxpayer revenue.  In 2024, grants were applied for but not successfully obtained, so this project is on hold until alternate funding can be secured.  

Each Staff member and Commissioner are allotted meal expenses at conferences for the day.  If a person is at conference, for part of the day, then the allocation is adjusted.  If the meal reimbursement is $75.00 per day, and a staff member is only coming for the morning until after lunch, it would only be $40.00 for meal reimbursement.  Therefore, if a staff member chooses to use all $75.00 for one meal if they attended the entire day, it is permissible.  This documentation is all tracked through our travel expense forms.  If for some reason, the amount goes over the daily meal expenses, the staff member or the Commissioner would reimburse the Park District.  To date, this has not happened. Moreover, the tip is not included in the meal reimbursement policy.