County Board to consider $50.17 million levy, budget and data center ballot question
Thursday's agenda also includes a proposed advisory question for the April 6, 2027, election.
URBANA - The Champaign County Board is scheduled to vote Thursday on a $50,171,776 property tax levy and the fiscal 2027 budget, according to the Nov. 19 agenda packet posted on the county's website.
Ordinance No. 2026-20 would levy that amount on real and railroad property in the county, including $21,004,092 for general corporate purposes. A Truth in Taxation certificate in the packet is marked to show the aggregate levy did not exceed a 5 percent increase over the prior year's extension, so a hearing was not required. The levy would apply to property in Champaign, Urbana, Savoy and the rest of the county.
The board is also scheduled to consider Resolution No. 2026-330, which would place an advisory question on the April 6, 2027, consolidated election ballot asking whether voters support the development of hyperscale data centers, defined in the resolution as larger than 24 mega wattages of total power, in unincorporated areas of Champaign County.
The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. in the Shields-Carter Meeting Room at the Bennett Administrative Center, 102 E. Main Street, Urbana.
Sources: Champaign County Board agenda, Nov. 19, 2026; Nov. 19 agenda packet.