Meet your Batavia Township officials

James R. Anderson is your Batavia Township Supervisor. Elected in 1985 as Supervisor, Jim is responsible for general assistance and serves as chairman of the township board of trustees. In addition to the Supervisor the four elected Township Trustees make up the township board of trustees.

The Batavia Township Board of Trustees generally meets on the second Tuesday of each month at 7pm in the township offices. The next meetings will be on November 15 and December 13. Township meetings are televised by Batavia Access Television.

As Supervisor, Jim is also the treasurer of township funds, and responsible for their distribution. Jim has been instrumental in developing and funding various programs including:

• 708 Board for Mental Health Funding
• Tri-City Health Partnership
• RSVP Medication Assistance Program
• St. Vincent DePaul Society
• Home Sharing
• Lazarus House
• Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry
• Riverwalk Funding
• Crisis Line Funding
• Batavia Eastside Community Center
• Salvation Army Tri-City Corps
• Dial-A-Ride

Batavia Township Assessor Tammy J. Kavanaugh

Tammy J. Kavanaugh is your Batavia Township Assessor. Tammy has served as your Assessor since 1998, and prior to that was employed in that office since 1994. She holds a CIAO (Certified Illinois Assessing Officer) designation and attends continuing education classes annually. Tammy and her staff welcome the opportunity to answer your questions and help you obtain a fair assessment of your property.

The office of the Assessor is the only elected position that has statutory, pre-election requirements. Candidates for Assessor must obtain the Certified Illinois Assessing Officer designation from the Illinois Property Assessment Institute. The township assessor is essentially an appraiser. The assessor’s responsibilities include the appraisal of all taxable property within the township.

The Assessor must analyze recent sales and perform sales ratio studies to determine which areas require reassessment and must also analyze the fairness of assessments. The assessor reports changes to county officials and also establishes homestead exemptions and responds to complaints about assessments.

The Assessor determines the market value of all taxable property, which is then assessed at 33¹/³% of that value. The purpose of the assessment is to apportion the tax burden as created by taxing districts: schools, municipalities, park districts, counties and townships. Assessors do not levy, collect or distribute tax revenues.

The 2011 equalized assessments are now complete and can be viewed on our website www.bataviatownship.com. Click on Assessor’s Office, Property Search. Assessments are as of January 1, 2011. The market “today” may not be reflected in the current assessment. Any sales or appraisals dated after January 1, 2011 cannot be considered until the 2012 assessment year. Illinois State Statutes mandate the use of the three previous years of sales to obtain the fair cash value for a current assessment year. So for the 2011 assessment year we must use sales from 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Review your 2011 equalized assessment. If you have questions please contact the Assessor’s Office, 630-879-1323, 8am–4pm, Monday through Friday.

Batavia Township Highway Department

Hours of operation:
Monday–Friday 6:30am–3pm
Phone: 630-879-5515
Fax: 630-879-5556
E-mail: crew@bataviatownship.com

The Batavia Township Highway Commissioner and his services will be featured in a future issue. In the meantime, two services provided by the Highway Commissioner for residents of unincorporated areas of the township are worthy of mention at this time.

Leaf Program
The Batavia Township Highway Department provides a leaf removal program for the township residents. This program starts October 19 and ends November 23 (the week of Thanksgiving). For more information view the details of this program on the township website or contact the Highway Department.

Snow Removal Generally snow removal begins when at least 2" of snow is on the road. On certain occasions it may begin earlier but 2" is usually the starting point. While plowing, salt is also spread to help prevent the roadways from freezing. Plowing the roads continues until the snow storm has ended. You may also view the details of this program on the township website or contact the Highway Department.