property taxes

"Senate Bill 1 has been the talk of city hall now and municipal governments for four months," City Administrator Bill Oeding told the city council Monday. "And, like it or hate it, we've got it, and so we've got to figure out what we're going to do with it and how we're going to make it work in the city."

State Treasurer Daniel Elliott joined Hobart Mayor Brian Snedecor for a ceremonial bond signing Tuesday.

Indiana University Northwest recently hosted the Chancellor’s Commission for Community Engagement in the John W. Anderson Library Conference Center. The theme for the meeting was Identifying Barriers to Economic Redevelopment: University-Community Collaboration.”

St. John property taxpayers won't be getting a break on the Cumulative Capital Development Fund rate in the near future. The town council Wednesday voted to reestablish the CCD Fund at five cents per $100 of assessed valuation.

Valparaiso residents will have to wait until next month to weigh in on a proposed tax hike. The city council planned to hold a public hearing Monday on the reestablishment of the Cumulative Capital Development (CCD) Fund, but City Attorney Patrick Lyp said that's had to be pushed back until April 11.

Valparaiso residents have a chance to weigh in on a proposed property tax increase. The city's Cumulative Capital Development Fund rate is currently just over one cent per $100 of assessed valuation. Now, the city council is considering an ordinance to reestablish the fund at its maximum rate of four cents, starting in 2023.

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