REFERENDA QUESTIONS

MARCH 17, 1998 GENERAL PRIMARY ELECTION

CITIES & VILLAGES

 Village of Antioch

Shall bonds in the amount of $2,500,000 be issued by the Village of Antioch, Lake County, Illinois, for the purpose of paying costs of constructing public safety buildings and purchasing public safety equipment, and for expenses incidental thereto, said bonds bearing interest at the rate of not to exceed the greater of 9% per annum or 125% of the rate for the most recent date shown in the 20 G.O. Bonds Index of average municipal bond yields as published in the most recent edition of The Bond Buyer, published in New York, New York, at the time the contract is made for the sale of said bonds.

City of North Chicago

Shall the State of Illinois enact the Managed Care Reform Act of 1998 which establishes basic rights and protections for Illinois consumers enrolled in HMOs and managed health care plans, including coverage of all appropriate emergency care and the elimination of gag rules which prevent doctors from fully disclosing treatment options to their patients?

LIBRARY DISTRICTS

 Cook Memorial Public Library District

Shall the annual public library tax rate for the Cook Memorial Public Library District, Lake County Illinois, be established at .40% instead of at .25%, the maximum rate otherwise applicable to the next taxes to be extended?

Fremont Public Library District

Shall the annual public library tax rate for the Fremont Public Library District, Lake County, Illinois, be established at .330% instead of at .220%, the maximum rate otherwise applicable to the taxes to be extended for the next tax year?

Shall the bonds or notes of the Fremont Public Library District in the amount of Ten Million Dollars be issued for the purpose of constructing a new library building, furnishing necessary equipment therefore and acquiring library materials and electronic data storage and retrieval facilities in connection therewith?

Round Lake Area Public Library District

Shall the annual public library tax rate for the Round Lake Area Public Library District, Lake County, Illinois be established at 0.36 percent of the value of all the taxable property within the library district, as equalized and assessed by the Department of Revenue, instead of at 0.27 percent, the maximum rate otherwise applicable to the next taxes to be extended?

Zion-Benton Public Library District

Shall the annual public library tax rate for The Zion-Benton Public Library District, Lake County, Illinois, be established at .22% of full, fair cash value instead of at .15%, the maximum rate otherwise applicable to the next taxes to be extended?

PARK DISTRICTS

Park District of Highland Park

Shall the Park District of Highland Park be authorized to levy and collect an additional tax of 0.25% for all corporate purposes as provided in Section 5-3 of the Park District Code?

Wauconda Park District

Shall the Wauconda Park District, Lake County, Illinois, be authorized to levy and collect an additional tax of not to exceed .10% for all corporate purposes as provided in Section 5-3 of the Park District Code?

(a) The approximate amount of taxes extendible for all corporate purposes under the maximum rate now in force in said Park District is the sum of $165,492.

(b) The approximate amount of taxes extendible for all corporate purposes under the proposed rate is the sum of $330,984.

SCHOOL DISTRICTS

Community High School District 157

Shall the Board of Education of Community High School District Number 157, McHenry and Lake Counties, Illinois, be authorized to build and equip a new high school facility, and be further authorized to issue bonds in the amount of $13,700,000.00 for the purpose of paying the costs thereof?

Community High School District 156

Shall the Board of Education of Community High School District Number 156, McHenry and Lake Counties, Illinois, be authorized to acquire a new high school site, build and equip school facilities thereon and improve said site, and alter, repair, renovate and build and equip additions to the West Campus facilities, and issue bonds of the District therefore to the sum of $46,000,000?

Community Unit School District Number 220

Shall the Board of Education of Community Unit School District Number 220, Cook, Lake, McHenry and Kane Counties, Illinois, repair, alter, renovate and equip, and build and equip additions to, Barrington High School and the School District=s other school facilities and issue bonds of said School District in an amount not to exceed $69,900,000 for said purposes?

McHenry Community Consolidated School District Number 15

Shall the Board of Education of McHenry Community Consolidated School District Number 15, McHenry and Lake Counties, Illinois, alter, repair and equip school buildings of said School District, build and equip an addition to an existing school building of said School District, build and equip a new school building as may be necessary, purchase a school site with a building thereon and alter, repair and equip the building for school purposes, and issue bonds of said School District to the amount of $25,000,000 for said purpose?

Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District No. 96

Shall the Board of Education of Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District No. 96, County of Lake, State of Illinois, purchase a new school site, construct and equip a new elementary school building and a new middle school building thereon and improve the site, and reconstruct, alter, repair, and equip the Willow Grove, Prairie, Kildeer, Ivy Hall and Twin Groves Schools and improve their respective sites, and to pay the cost thereof issue bonds to the aggregate amount of TWENTY-NINE MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND AND NO/100THS DOLLARS ($29,300,000)?