Lake County Government Budgets, 2004
	APPROPRIATIONS				REVENUES & BALANCES			Assessed	Property
Unit Name	Total	Gen. Fund	Capital	Other	Total	Prop. Tax	Other	Value	Tax Rate
COUNTY TOTAL	1,427,974,456	926,301,655	201,822,351	299,850,450	1,439,452,873	838,265,166	601,187,707	18,605,864,876	4.5054
Lake Cnty	235,125,785	110,722,571	16,887,469	107,515,745	235,125,785	209,244,995	25,880,790	18,605,864,876	1.1246
Calumet Twsp	20,098,639	2,390,297	3,671,473	14,036,869	20,098,639	17,189,788	2,908,851	2,721,353,330	0.6317
Cedar Creek Twsp	764,169	355,750	63,559	344,860	764,169	583,527	180,642	479,247,019	0.1218
Center Twsp	674,353	141,037	35,000	498,316	674,353	551,162	123,191	346,737,530	0.1590
Eagle Creek Twsp	151,425	38,425	15,000	98,000	151,425	134,064	17,361	102,967,376	0.1302
Hanover Twsp	423,080	166,010	30,000	227,070	423,080	317,990	105,090	412,423,729	0.0771
Hobart Twsp	773,535	198,053	0	575,482	773,535	534,207	239,328	1,023,454,545	0.0522
North Twsp	6,282,000	680,000	542,000	5,060,000	6,282,000	4,957,858	1,324,142	6,558,013,462	0.0756
Ross Twsp	1,817,527	369,325	31,685	1,416,517	1,817,527	1,021,379	796,148	2,313,485,915	0.0441
St. John Twsp	0	0	0	0	239,895	239,895	0	324,181,818	0.0740
West Creek Twsp	374,622	222,722	40,000	111,900	374,622	271,146	103,476	292,318,115	0.0928
Winfield Twsp	304,229	156,000	48,000	100,229	318,626	318,626	0	230,180,055	0.1384
Gary City	87,451,628	63,999,598	1,144,761	22,307,269	87,451,628	70,528,559	16,923,069	1,966,830,050	3.5859
Hammond City	67,219,759	47,404,677	3,335,322	16,479,760	67,219,759	42,090,264	25,129,495	2,343,164,479	1.7963
East Chicago City	55,972,199	38,974,507	3,545,535	13,452,157	55,972,199	42,100,588	13,871,611	1,240,514,705	3.3938
Hobart City	17,029,001	12,710,915	1,971,502	2,346,584	17,029,001	12,828,938	4,200,063	1,211,305,670	1.0591
Crown Point City	13,145,332	10,144,103	1,182,882	1,818,347	13,145,332	7,761,832	5,383,500	990,029,615	0.7840
Whiting City	11,839,922	7,953,534	587,572	3,298,816	11,839,922	6,330,179	5,509,743	275,872,873	2.2946
Lake Station City	5,984,943	4,106,387	198,000	1,680,556	5,984,943	3,531,406	2,453,537	253,038,509	1.3956
Cedar Lake Town	3,519,872	2,653,979	231,529	634,364	3,519,872	1,972,248	1,547,624	331,358,768	0.5952
Griffith Town	8,227,297	5,646,721	920,836	1,659,740	8,227,297	5,011,733	3,215,564	611,261,507	0.8199
Highland Town	0	0	0	0	6,758,630	6,758,630	0	1,171,339,452	0.5770
Munster Town	12,887,569	5,097,385	3,779,109	4,011,075	12,887,569	8,860,356	4,027,213	1,527,121,061	0.5802
Merrillville Town	11,392,199	7,400,000	1,433,810	2,558,389	11,392,199	7,223,557	4,168,642	1,679,506,133	0.4301
Dyer Town	0	0	0	0	3,395,248	3,395,248	0	723,162,355	0.4695
Lowell Town	3,728,660	2,452,247	252,606	1,023,807	3,728,660	2,415,415	1,313,245	287,960,775	0.8388
New Chicago Town	497,925	348,440	32,866	116,619	497,925	272,656	225,269	39,659,038	0.6875
St. John Town	6,217,353	3,900,000	1,248,590	1,068,763	6,217,353	3,676,617	2,540,736	549,897,893	0.6686
Schererville Town	12,568,353	7,703,109	1,442,455	3,422,789	12,568,353	7,727,556	4,840,797	1,454,461,679	0.5313
Schneider Town	0	0	0	0	117,118	117,118	0	12,436,869	0.9417
Winfield Town *	764,315	487,645	78,953	197,717	764,315	306,552	457,763	201,811,933	0.1519
Hanover School Corp	11,412,548	8,692,705	2,050,488	669,355	11,412,548	5,269,548	6,143,000	412,424,574	1.2777
River Forest School Corp	11,665,460	9,886,167	1,047,275	732,018	11,665,460	2,388,948	9,276,512	171,042,260	1.3967
Merrillville School Corp	56,585,649	35,732,279	16,692,570	4,160,800	56,585,649	34,607,435	21,978,214	2,313,485,851	1.4959
Lake Central School Corp	68,602,342	48,027,675	14,705,909	5,868,758	68,602,342	33,316,709	35,285,633	2,984,833,248	1.1162
Tri Creek School Corp	30,857,265	20,130,978	8,435,117	2,291,170	30,857,265	12,268,818	18,588,447	874,532,562	1.4029
Lake Ridge School Corp	21,744,819	17,625,151	2,246,510	1,873,158	21,744,819	5,509,557	16,235,262	261,686,972	2.1054
Crown Point School Corp	51,692,570	35,645,142	12,991,356	3,056,072	51,692,570	24,617,366	27,075,204	1,717,770,263	1.4331
East Chicago City School Corp	75,317,094	50,995,920	19,844,902	4,476,272	75,317,094	26,370,862	48,946,232	1,240,514,718	2.1258
Lake Station School Corp	11,576,125	9,920,196	1,302,496	353,433	11,576,125	2,575,098	9,001,027	188,734,845	1.3644
Gary School Corp	171,095,868	145,184,768	14,460,488	11,450,612	171,095,868	44,113,137	126,982,731	1,869,121,531	2.3601
Griffith Public School Corp	22,283,611	16,325,381	5,116,602	841,628	22,283,611	9,358,472	12,925,139	588,620,153	1.5899
Hammond City School Corp	113,661,116	87,500,000	19,878,749	6,282,367	113,661,116	43,878,097	69,783,019	2,343,164,463	1.8726
Highland Town School Corp	26,626,376	20,715,579	4,802,665	1,108,132	26,626,376	12,370,516	14,255,860	1,171,339,527	1.0561
City Of Hobart School Corp	29,428,478	20,880,166	7,154,291	1,394,021	29,428,478	13,584,895	15,843,583	665,599,959	2.0410
Munster School Corp	35,280,430	25,366,911	8,390,119	1,523,400	35,280,430	17,600,071	17,680,359	1,527,121,167	1.1525
Whiting City School Corp	10,404,430	7,365,726	2,461,157	577,547	10,404,430	6,067,823	4,336,607	275,872,887	2.1995
East Chicago Library	5,505,026	5,384,773	120,253	0	5,505,026	4,615,955	889,071	1,240,514,702	0.3721
Gary Library	7,602,986	6,744,653	205,211	653,122	7,602,986	6,530,710	1,072,276	1,869,121,465	0.3494
Hammond Library	5,278,283	4,159,283	1,119,000	0	5,278,283	4,358,286	919,997	2,343,164,296	0.1860
Lowell Library	1,035,884	731,159	304,725	0	1,035,884	955,864	80,020	874,532,484	0.1093
Whiting Library	1,201,328	1,043,626	0	157,702	1,201,328	909,001	292,327	275,872,838	0.3295
Lake Library	14,250,086	10,589,230	2,910,856	750,000	14,250,086	10,994,546	3,255,540	10,284,888,608	0.1069
Crown Point Library	1,338,750	1,230,750	83,000	25,000	1,338,750	1,059,865	278,885	1,717,771,171	0.0617
East Chicago Sanitary	15,114,419	0	845,516	14,268,903	15,114,419	13,113,481	2,000,938	1,240,514,719	1.0571
Gary Sanitary	11,259,473	0	2,759,545	8,499,928	11,259,473	9,607,793	1,651,680	2,080,509,634	0.4618
Hammond Sanitary	7,771,102	0	4,643,647	3,127,455	7,771,102	6,672,372	1,098,730	3,870,285,576	0.1724
Highland Sanitary	762,047	0	564,950	197,097	762,047	272,922	489,125	1,171,340,741	0.0233
Whiting Sanitary	4,494,708	0	1,660,032	2,834,676	4,494,708	2,909,907	1,584,801	275,872,880	1.0548
Gary Airport	3,100,000	0	400,000	2,700,000	3,100,000	1,484,956	1,615,044	1,966,829,421	0.0755
Gary Redevelopment	351,303	0	0	351,303	351,303	245,854	105,449	1,966,832,000	0.0125
Hammond Redevelopment	517,042	0	0	517,042	517,042	447,544	69,498	2,343,162,304	0.0191
Gary Public Trans	7,125,291	0	1,111,263	6,014,028	7,125,291	4,004,466	3,120,825	1,966,830,438	0.2036
Highland Water	282,440	0	282,440	0	282,440	257,695	24,745	1,171,340,909	0.0220
Schererville Waterworks	265,734	0	265,734	0	265,734	0	265,734	0	0.0000
Winfield Waterworks	30,005	0	26,405	3,600	30,005	26,922	3,083	37,495,161	0.0718
St. John Sanitary	485,011	0	153,128	331,883	485,011	371,182	113,829	549,899,061	0.0675
Lake Ridge Fire	458,530	0	35,438	423,092	458,530	412,054	46,476	168,874,449	0.2440
St. John Water	196,609	0	0	196,609	196,609	192,464	4,145	549,897,143	0.0350
Town Of Dyer Sanitary	0	0	0	0	619,751	619,751	0	723,163,065	0.0857
Lake Cnty Solid Waster	5,000,000	0	0	5,000,000	5,000,000	4,670,072	329,928	18,605,864,542	0.0251
Gary Storm Water Mgmt	1,078,527	0	0	1,078,527	1,078,527	1,026,685	51,842	1,966,829,502	0.0522
Dyer Water Works	0	0	0	0	333,378	333,378	0	723,162,690	0.0461
*  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.