“Warren was hired as a commercial fee appraiser for the Township in 1976 from where he was elected to his first term of office as Assessor in 1985. He holds an active Real Estate Broker License, is a Certified Illinois Assessing Officer (C.I.A.O.), a State Licensed General Real Estate Appraiser, and a General Accredited Appraiser (GAA) with the National Association of Realtors. He is also a former instructor of Real Estate Appraisal for the Illinois Property Assessment Institute and Waubonsee Community College.
A U.S. Navy veteran, Warren is a graduate of Marmion Military Academy and attended both Southern Illinois University and North Central College. Dixon is a former vice president of the Sts. Peter and Paul Athletic Association, a NYFL coach of the year in 1988, and coached both Aurora Boys Baseball and Naperville Little League. He served two years as editor of the “Will-O-Way What” homeowner's newsletter.
Currently he belongs to the American Legion (Post43) and VFW (Post 3873) and is a Republican Precinct Committeeman. Warren is a Past President of the Northern Illinois Assessor's Association, DuPage Township Officials, DuPage Assessor's Association, and a past director of the Illinois Assessor's Association.
He and his wife, Katie, have been residents of the Naperville/Aurora area all their lives. They have three children, Warren III, Tracy (husband Erik) and Brian, and one grandson, Justin.”
From: http://www.napervilletownship.com/content.asp?dir=assessor&file=dixon
Chamber of Commerce Questionnaire: http://www.naperville.net/government/Candidate%20Response%202005/candidates_naperville_township_warren_dixon.asp
“So who pays?
Without enough businesses to absorb all the cost of giving some homeowners tax breaks, assessors are predicting a jump in tax rates.
“The asking amounts of the taxing bodies are not going to decrease,” Milton Township Assessor Jim Gumm said. “So if the assessed value falls, then they are going to have to increase their rate to get the same revenue.”
That could mean bigger property tax bills for the owners of lower-priced homes and seniors who have their property assessments frozen.
“Capping the assessments will increase the tax rates,” said Naperville Township Assessor Warren Dixon Jr. “And, therefore, it will increase taxes for seniors who are on a freeze.”
Dixon said the owners of moderate- and lower-priced homes wouldn't benefit from an assessment cap because the value of their properties generally don't increase more than 7 percent per year.
Coupled with a higher tax rate, he said, those homeowners could end up paying more property taxes than they would without an assessment cap.
“They should just leave the assessment system the way it is,” Dixon said.
Still, Cockrell concedes, an assessment cap would save some homeowners money on their property taxes. So politically, it might be harder for county board members to vote against it.
“On its surface, it sounds very good,” she said. “That's going to be a problem for any county voting against this particular bill.”