Lake County Government Budgets, 2000
	APPROPRIATIONS				REVENUES & BALANCES			Assessed	Property
Unit Name	Total	Gen. Fund	Capital	Other	Total	Prop. Tax	Other	Value	Tax Rate
COUNTY TOTAL	1,021,517,900	720,723,004	140,990,773	159,804,123	1,208,425,379	702,256,996	506,168,383	3,476,148,889	20.2022
Lake Cnty	0	0	0	0	169,192,010	169,192,010	0	3,476,148,889	4.8672
Calumet Twsp	0	0	0	0	13,451,160	13,451,160	0	781,998,451	1.7201
Cedar Creek Twsp	601,480	289,300	62,995	249,185	601,480	435,774	165,706	62,215,898	0.7004
Center Twsp	675,677	122,390	35,000	518,287	675,677	471,388	204,289	190,644,898	0.2473
Eagle Creek Twsp	136,606	35,606	11,000	90,000	136,606	109,104	27,502	12,526,448	0.8710
Hanover Twsp	352,691	137,650	28,732	186,309	352,691	225,277	127,414	55,791,209	0.4038
Hobart Twsp	743,507	205,959	0	537,548	743,507	461,259	282,248	120,972,692	0.3813
North Twsp	5,903,404	621,000	582,404	4,700,000	5,903,404	4,072,496	1,830,908	1,347,616,592	0.3022
Ross Twsp	2,066,300	293,500	26,600	1,746,200	2,066,300	897,775	1,168,525	373,793,182	0.2402
St. John Twsp	622,057	145,777	18,376	457,904	622,057	262,858	359,199	446,836,257	0.0588
West Creek Twsp	396,235	207,775	60,000	128,460	396,235	235,250	160,985	37,435,670	0.6284
Winfield Twsp	431,000	100,000	30,000	301,000	431,000	256,530	174,470	46,318,766	0.5538
Gary City	79,995,628	58,088,674	1,591,299	20,315,655	79,995,628	59,617,661	20,377,967	659,655,298	9.0377
Hammond City	55,158,692	38,547,810	2,050,299	14,560,583	55,158,692	34,956,234	20,202,458	350,499,002	9.9733
East Chicago City	41,008,052	27,688,879	3,037,666	10,281,507	41,008,052	32,825,674	8,182,378	542,815,618	6.0473
Hobart City	15,883,578	12,119,074	1,321,047	2,443,457	15,883,578	10,627,742	5,255,836	179,407,792	5.9238
Crown Point City	12,175,728	7,708,277	1,351,593	3,115,858	12,175,728	6,450,375	5,725,353	142,176,667	4.5369
Whiting City	10,241,265	6,592,323	723,107	2,925,835	10,241,265	6,006,452	4,234,813	98,916,000	6.0723
Lake Station City	5,311,104	3,608,772	198,000	1,504,332	5,311,104	2,830,048	2,481,056	28,119,444	10.0644
Cedar Lake Town	3,289,201	2,101,727	214,692	972,782	3,289,201	1,622,245	1,666,956	44,305,502	3.6615
Griffith Town	8,552,488	4,683,929	916,441	2,952,118	8,552,488	4,164,096	4,388,392	96,679,946	4.3071
Highland Town	10,814,581	6,053,040	1,111,840	3,649,701	10,814,581	5,665,087	5,149,494	153,501,409	3.6906
Munster Town	12,862,463	6,002,766	2,849,616	4,010,081	12,862,463	6,972,972	5,889,491	201,887,240	3.4539
Merrillville Town	11,394,731	6,356,594	1,595,433	3,442,704	11,394,731	6,141,647	5,253,084	264,749,646	2.3198
Dyer Town	4,830,464	3,079,386	599,078	1,152,000	4,830,464	2,910,741	1,919,723	100,865,031	2.8858
Lowell Town	3,079,010	1,965,664	105,000	1,008,346	3,079,010	1,928,627	1,150,383	44,735,772	4.3112
New Chicago Town	621,544	379,261	15,738	226,545	621,544	237,852	383,692	3,774,893	6.3009
St. John Town	4,554,532	2,762,959	971,875	819,698	4,554,532	2,997,119	1,557,413	77,698,018	3.8574
Schererville Town	10,743,980	5,706,844	978,066	4,059,070	10,743,980	6,100,670	4,643,310	235,058,252	2.5954
Schneider Town	239,627	156,300	7,000	76,327	239,627	100,011	139,616	2,049,448	4.8799
Winfield Town *	496,187	330,000	3,177	163,010	496,187	187,807	308,380	16,698,413	1.1247
Hanover School Corp	10,045,413	7,615,851	1,664,134	765,428	10,045,413	3,109,267	6,936,146	55,790,633	5.5731
River Forest School Corp	10,848,280	9,426,643	874,587	547,050	10,848,280	1,918,602	8,929,678	20,924,216	9.1693
Merrillville School Corp	46,127,315	29,752,258	13,336,855	3,038,202	46,127,315	26,861,095	19,266,220	373,792,417	7.1861
Lake Central School Corp	58,834,862	43,062,568	11,623,934	4,148,360	58,834,862	24,343,689	34,491,173	446,840,000	5.4480
Tri Creek School Corp	24,028,668	17,282,376	4,961,839	1,784,453	24,028,668	8,254,282	15,774,386	112,180,000	7.3581
Lake Ridge School Corp	20,724,821	17,992,448	1,596,248	1,136,125	20,724,821	4,463,450	16,261,371	50,084,180	8.9119
Crown Point School Corp	37,960,314	28,804,741	6,528,714	2,626,859	37,960,314	14,884,371	23,075,943	236,963,258	6.2813
East Chicago City School Corp	63,458,738	43,247,929	16,033,370	4,177,439	63,458,738	41,608,426	21,850,312	542,820,000	7.6652
Lake Station School Corp	10,312,655	8,901,247	1,077,641	333,767	10,312,655	1,855,311	8,457,344	21,424,191	8.6599
Gary School Corp	157,850,701	135,049,104	13,179,354	9,622,243	157,850,701	49,412,183	108,438,518	638,012,908	7.7447
Griffith Public School Corp	18,504,750	14,281,015	3,596,458	627,277	18,504,750	6,074,006	12,430,744	93,590,240	6.4900
Hammond City School Corp	97,126,339	77,849,209	14,693,224	4,583,906	97,126,339	36,429,728	60,696,611	350,500,000	10.3936
Highland Town School Corp	23,869,257	18,833,000	4,071,982	964,275	23,869,257	10,488,685	13,380,572	153,500,454	6.8330
City Of Hobart School Corp	23,118,864	18,881,208	3,054,433	1,183,223	23,118,864	7,877,245	15,241,619	78,940,000	9.9788
Munster School Corp	31,361,371	22,814,910	7,105,292	1,441,169	31,361,371	14,110,885	17,250,486	201,890,000	6.9894
Whiting City School Corp	8,864,272	6,335,035	2,190,276	338,961	8,864,272	6,124,261	2,740,011	98,920,000	6.1911
East Chicago Library	3,989,096	3,872,172	116,924	0	3,989,096	3,862,674	126,422	542,816,901	0.7116
Gary Library	6,572,550	6,572,550	0	0	6,572,550	5,232,344	1,340,206	638,012,925	0.8201
Hammond Library	3,205,550	3,205,550	0	0	3,205,550	2,762,276	443,274	350,498,160	0.7881
Lowell Library	808,584	481,604	326,980	0	882,393	882,393	0	112,179,054	0.7866
Whiting Library	974,473	924,473	0	50,000	974,473	731,975	242,498	98,915,541	0.7400
Lake Library	10,074,372	8,364,272	1,710,100	0	10,074,372	7,898,430	2,175,942	1,496,765,317	0.5277
Crown Point Library	1,208,892	1,081,605	107,287	20,000	1,208,892	900,934	307,958	236,963,257	0.3802
East Chicago Sanitary	10,308,313	0	844,676	9,463,637	13,002,599	13,002,599	0	542,815,376	2.3954
Gary Sanitary	9,091,960	0	2,991,960	6,100,000	9,091,960	7,101,619	1,990,341	677,312,297	1.0485
Hammond Sanitary	7,274,603	0	4,124,823	3,149,780	7,274,603	6,111,035	1,163,568	552,384,991	1.1063
Highland Sanitary	1,612,054	0	1,417,708	194,346	1,612,054	899,512	712,542	153,500,407	0.5860
Whiting Sanitary	3,425,218	0	1,165,866	2,259,352	3,425,218	2,611,372	813,846	98,915,614	2.6400
Gary Airport	0	0	0	0	1,306,777	1,306,777	0	659,655,282	0.1981
Gary Redevelopment	289,903	0	0	289,903	289,903	205,153	84,750	659,655,949	0.0311
Hammond Redevelopment	1,080,415	0	723,800	356,615	1,080,415	327,015	753,400	350,498,392	0.0933
Gary Public Trans	7,727,000	0	0	7,727,000	7,727,000	1,825,266	5,901,734	659,655,222	0.2767
Highland Water	128,980	0	128,980	0	263,867	263,867	0	153,500,291	0.1719
Schererville Waterworks	79,409	0	79,409	0	79,449	79,449	0	235,056,213	0.0338
St. John Sanitary	529,130	0	229,130	300,000	529,130	340,549	188,581	77,697,720	0.4383
Lake Ridge Fire	306,944	0	0	306,944	318,398	318,398	0	28,879,637	1.1025
St. John Water	260,686	0	0	260,686	260,686	162,544	98,142	77,697,897	0.2092
Town Of Dyer Sanitary	861,517	0	531,715	329,802	861,517	793,499	68,018	100,864,472	0.7867
Special District	82,819	0	0	82,819	82,819	57,594	25,225	100,865,149	0.0571
Lake Cnty Solid Waster	5,000,000	0	0	5,000,000	5,000,000	3,900,239	1,099,761	3,476,148,841	0.1122
Dyer Water Works	407,000	0	407,000	0	450,056	450,056	0	100,864,187	0.4462
*  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.