Howard County Government Budgets, 2005 
  APPROPRIATIONS REVENUES & BALANCES Assessed Property
Unit Name Total Gen. Fund Capital Other Total Prop. Tax Other Value Tax Rate
COUNTY TOTAL   206,251,245   145,054,185   25,499,755   35,697,305   211,646,969   121,679,659   89,967,310   4,321,223,425    2.8159
Howard Cnty      32,891,709     20,334,073     2,324,000   10,233,636     32,891,709     18,741,145   14,150,564   4,321,223,425    0.4337
Center Twsp        2,641,671       1,100,000                   0     1,541,671       2,641,671       1,671,626        970,045   2,575,926,036    0.0649
Clay Twsp             49,050            15,400                   0          33,650            49,050            35,838          13,212      169,656,442    0.0211
Ervin Twsp             81,292            17,500                   0          63,792            81,292            47,049          34,243      122,844,068    0.0383
Harrison Twsp           281,560            54,760          80,000        146,800          281,560          200,917          80,643      322,825,688    0.0622
Honey Creek Twsp             83,950            12,129          42,896          28,925            83,950            64,366          19,584        48,034,913    0.1340
Howard Twsp             61,357            22,944                   0          38,413            61,357            53,142            8,215      120,641,618    0.0440
Jackson Twsp             27,430            10,205                   0          17,225            27,430            16,502          10,928        35,719,368    0.0462
Liberty Twsp             56,272            17,427                   0          38,845            56,272            39,221          17,051      182,279,570    0.0215
Monroe Twsp             52,450            14,950                   0          37,500            52,450            27,388          25,062        64,444,444    0.0425
Taylor Twsp           513,300            43,200          48,300        421,800          513,300          171,527        341,773      244,745,875    0.0701
Union Twsp             73,046            37,850                   0          35,196            73,046            26,625          46,421        63,696,335    0.0418
Kokomo City      53,477,985     37,533,871                   0   15,944,114     53,477,985     31,437,051   22,040,934   2,732,231,163    1.1506
Greentown Town        1,018,287          617,095        106,262        294,930       1,018,287          303,173        715,114        62,163,830    0.4877
Russiaville Town           474,736          316,593          17,774        140,369          474,736          196,744        277,992        30,046,452    0.6548
Taylor School Corp      13,296,821       9,483,845     3,121,189        691,787     13,296,821       6,639,024     6,657,797      350,122,568    1.8962
Northwestern School Corp      15,614,199     10,034,738     4,312,457     1,267,004     15,614,199       9,092,431     6,521,768      534,251,714    1.7019
Eastern Howard School Corp                      0                     0                   0                   0       5,362,719       5,362,719                   0      281,699,717    1.9037
Western School Corp      17,265,488     12,099,116     3,994,111     1,172,261     17,265,488       7,706,560     9,558,928      579,222,891    1.3305
Kokomo-Center School Corp      62,636,916     48,211,050   11,452,766     2,973,100     62,636,916     35,599,305   27,037,611   2,575,926,536    1.3820
Greentown Library           313,342          313,342                   0                   0          313,342          208,458        104,884      281,700,000    0.0740
Kokomo-Howard Library        4,764,097       4,764,097                   0                   0       4,764,097       3,429,556     1,334,541   4,039,524,146    0.0849
Howard Cnty Solid Waste           576,287                     0                   0        576,287          609,292          609,292                   0   4,321,219,858    0.0141
*  Cross-county unit.  If total appropriations are zero, the unit is assigned to another county.  Cross county units assigned to this county will have additional 
property tax revenue and assessed value in another county.  Zero total appropriations for units that are not cross county indicate missing data.
Notes.  Appropriations are authorized spending for the budget year.  Capital appropriations include debt service, lease payments, cumulative funds, capital projects funds.
Other appropriations include all non-general, non-capital funds, such as highway funds for counties and transportation funds for school corporations.
Property taxes are gross levies, before subtracting state property tax replacement credits or homestead credits.  Tax rate is gross payment per $100 assessed value.
Other revenues/balances include miscellaneous revenues, such as income taxes, motor vehicle excise taxes, state aid, and fees.  It also includes net changes
in balances, and (for cross county units) gross property taxes collected in other counties.
Source:  Prepared by Larry DeBoer, Purdue University, from Local Government Data Base data.