CRYSTAL LAKE – McHenry County College Board of Trustees approved a tax increase Thursday despite pleas from residents to hold the line.

The college is seeking 3 percent more – the maximum allowed under the tax cap law. But to capture all potential dollars from new growth, trustees approved – by a 4-3 vote – a 9.9 percent increase in its levy.

Trustees Cynthia Kisser, Carol Larson, Linda Liddell and Mary Miller supported the increase; trustees Dennis Adams, Ronald Parrish and Barbara Walters voted against it.