CRYSTAL LAKE – The Crystal Lake Park District agreed to freeze its levy request at last year’s level, opting for only a slight increase to cover its debt service.

The park district’s $5.6 million levy request is the same amount it received this year from taxpayers, excluding bond and interest payments. The district will seek an additional $1 million, or $26,000 more than last year, to cover annual debt service payments, bringing the total levy request to $6.6 million.

“This is great news for the taxpayers of the Crystal Lake Park District as their tax bill ... should see an almost unnoticeable increase,” park district Executive Director Jason Herbster wrote in an email to the Northwest Herald.