Lake 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	1,440,163,143	932,810,027	201,973,974	305,379,142	1,442,895,034	844,632,481	598,262,553	18,983,581,197	4.4493
Lake Cnty	239,761,174	111,104,677	15,911,133	112,745,364	239,761,174	208,398,088	31,363,086	18,983,581,058	1.0978
Calumet Twsp	19,149,278	1,676,030	3,428,752	14,044,496	19,149,278	17,373,195	1,776,083	2,681,345,599	0.6479
Cedar Creek Twsp	780,159	381,350	31,109	367,700	780,159	608,413	171,746	485,185,401	0.1254
Center Twsp	687,345	144,851	35,000	507,494	687,345	574,278	113,067	355,621,462	0.1615
Eagle Creek Twsp	158,425	38,425	15,000	105,000	158,425	139,212	19,213	104,670,360	0.1330
Hanover Twsp	450,336	183,710	30,000	236,626	450,336	330,750	119,586	419,645,455	0.0788
Hobart Twsp	851,735	249,911	0	601,824	851,735	557,575	294,160	1,021,206,557	0.0546
North Twsp	6,747,173	680,000	677,173	5,390,000	6,747,173	4,650,495	2,096,678	6,605,816,116	0.0704
Ross Twsp	1,840,923	358,813	31,685	1,450,425	1,840,923	1,032,883	808,040	2,422,240,876	0.0426
St. John Twsp	734,325	189,852	2,880	541,593	734,325	250,378	483,947	341,579,452	0.0733
West Creek Twsp	376,451	228,921	30,000	117,530	376,451	282,461	93,990	301,347,687	0.0937
Winfield Twsp	0	0	0	0	331,537	331,537	0	233,835,358	0.1418
Gary City	85,511,528	68,012,787	589,961	16,908,780	85,511,528	59,636,276	25,875,252	1,937,060,311	3.0787
Hammond City	67,015,391	48,569,943	2,911,063	15,534,385	67,015,391	41,504,583	25,510,808	2,314,037,863	1.7936
East Chicago City	54,339,646	37,364,812	3,534,113	13,440,721	54,339,646	42,305,434	12,034,212	1,272,879,849	3.3236
Hobart City	17,042,262	12,977,534	1,361,280	2,703,448	17,042,262	13,631,147	3,411,115	1,214,788,883	1.1221
Crown Point City	14,429,306	11,269,410	1,272,049	1,887,847	14,429,306	8,077,107	6,352,199	1,076,804,019	0.7501
Whiting City	10,484,917	7,085,017	266,551	3,133,349	10,484,917	6,310,676	4,174,241	275,671,666	2.2892
Lake Station City	6,230,910	4,218,877	198,000	1,814,033	6,230,910	3,686,609	2,544,301	252,248,323	1.4615
Cedar Lake Town	3,797,212	2,818,616	255,337	723,259	3,797,212	2,095,835	1,701,377	332,461,179	0.6304
Griffith Town	8,822,124	5,635,966	1,354,717	1,831,441	8,822,124	5,962,295	2,859,829	599,587,127	0.9944
Highland Town	11,481,733	6,758,633	1,405,879	3,317,221	11,481,733	6,564,614	4,917,119	1,171,415,707	0.5604
Munster Town	14,135,979	5,814,869	3,776,196	4,544,914	14,135,979	9,182,524	4,953,455	1,571,811,576	0.5842
Merrillville Town	11,864,374	7,348,624	1,852,034	2,663,716	11,864,374	7,306,371	4,558,003	1,725,642,523	0.4234
Dyer Town	6,045,753	3,990,000	830,180	1,225,573	6,045,753	3,376,765	2,668,988	765,359,118	0.4412
Lowell Town	3,841,129	2,517,850	256,297	1,066,982	3,841,129	2,529,919	1,311,210	289,398,340	0.8742
New Chicago Town	674,066	479,851	42,181	152,034	674,066	284,622	389,444	38,813,910	0.7333
St. John Town	6,687,532	4,100,000	1,351,145	1,236,387	6,687,532	3,823,013	2,864,519	586,171,973	0.6522
Schererville Town	13,821,267	8,090,023	2,228,499	3,502,745	13,821,267	8,342,427	5,478,840	1,539,193,080	0.5420
Schneider Town	0	0	0	0	117,115	117,115	0	10,930,005	1.0715
Winfield Town *	886,750	550,000	102,415	234,335	886,750	321,611	565,139	221,953,777	0.1449
Hanover School Corp	12,889,977	9,071,465	3,114,844	703,668	12,889,977	5,464,217	7,425,760	419,646,475	1.3021
River Forest School Corp	11,809,948	10,075,191	1,084,634	650,123	11,809,948	2,561,940	9,248,008	168,648,562	1.5191
Merrillville School Corp	57,107,092	35,074,636	17,566,856	4,465,600	57,107,092	36,900,427	20,206,665	2,422,241,444	1.5234
Lake Central School Corp	61,911,284	46,776,071	11,372,371	3,762,842	61,911,284	43,770,536	18,140,748	3,158,275,179	1.3859
Tri Creek School Corp	32,167,951	21,614,775	8,111,916	2,441,260	32,167,951	12,221,074	19,946,877	891,203,537	1.3713
Lake Ridge School Corp	22,752,418	18,290,287	2,947,354	1,514,777	22,752,418	6,617,675	16,134,743	265,216,219	2.4952
Crown Point School Corp	51,889,759	35,032,039	13,479,414	3,378,306	51,889,759	26,877,191	25,012,568	1,783,844,928	1.5067
East Chicago City School Corp	69,939,647	49,518,976	14,763,454	5,657,217	69,939,647	28,083,548	41,856,099	1,272,879,812	2.2063
Lake Station School Corp	11,947,589	9,866,896	1,653,629	427,064	11,947,589	2,968,758	8,978,831	188,996,524	1.5708
Gary School Corp	172,668,518	147,577,962	13,005,755	12,084,801	172,668,518	42,563,682	130,104,836	1,834,720,514	2.3199
Griffith Public School Corp	22,388,316	15,905,798	5,665,219	817,299	22,388,316	9,429,338	12,958,978	579,517,978	1.6271
Hammond City School Corp	110,645,979	80,190,850	24,543,072	5,912,057	110,645,979	40,912,189	69,733,790	2,314,037,810	1.7680
Highland Town School Corp	26,972,351	20,648,830	5,015,843	1,307,678	26,972,351	13,666,905	13,305,446	1,171,415,615	1.1667
City Of Hobart School Corp	30,324,228	21,883,823	6,884,306	1,556,099	30,324,228	12,186,443	18,137,785	665,453,205	1.8313
Munster School Corp	34,800,596	24,055,070	9,297,820	1,447,706	34,800,596	19,341,138	15,459,458	1,571,811,378	1.2305
Whiting City School Corp	9,234,826	6,768,916	1,851,972	613,938	9,234,826	6,132,315	3,102,511	275,671,626	2.2245
East Chicago Library	4,389,572	4,264,692	124,880	0	4,819,123	4,819,123	0	1,272,879,720	0.3786
Gary Library	7,738,900	7,028,900	103,000	607,000	7,738,900	6,742,598	996,302	1,834,720,556	0.3675
Hammond Library	4,715,405	3,600,405	1,115,000	0	4,715,405	4,301,796	413,609	2,314,037,763	0.1859
Lowell Library	1,179,316	848,388	330,928	0	1,179,316	971,412	207,904	891,203,980	0.1090
Whiting Library	1,021,458	971,458	0	50,000	1,021,458	947,759	73,699	275,671,611	0.3438
Lake Library	14,534,225	10,905,247	3,378,978	250,000	14,534,225	11,067,505	3,466,720	10,611,222,778	0.1043
Crown Point Library	0	0	0	0	1,109,551	1,109,551	0	1,783,844,643	0.0622
East Chicago Sanitary	14,878,247	0	844,638	14,033,609	14,878,247	13,226,495	1,651,752	1,272,879,869	1.0391
Gary Sanitary	11,294,125	0	2,588,978	8,705,147	11,294,125	9,829,655	1,464,470	2,047,844,920	0.4800
Hammond Sanitary	7,689,352	0	4,596,500	3,092,852	7,689,352	6,077,468	1,611,884	3,885,848,749	0.1564
Highland Sanitary	203,010	0	0	203,010	203,010	163,998	39,012	1,171,414,286	0.0140
Whiting Sanitary	3,519,448	0	1,108,810	2,410,638	3,519,448	2,632,940	886,508	275,671,597	0.9551
Gary Airport	4,425,397	0	1,500,000	2,925,397	4,425,397	1,536,089	2,889,308	1,937,060,561	0.0793
Gary Redevelopment	465,767	0	0	465,767	465,767	255,692	210,075	1,937,060,606	0.0132
Hammond Redevelopment	0	0	0	0	421,155	421,155	0	2,314,038,462	0.0182
Gary Public Trans	7,435,410	0	1,120,681	6,314,729	7,435,410	3,490,582	3,944,828	1,937,060,109	0.1802
Highland Water	281,170	0	281,170	0	281,170	236,626	44,544	1,171,415,842	0.0202
Schererville Waterworks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0000
Winfield Waterworks	35,745	0	31,045	4,700	35,745	33,865	1,880	38,352,490	0.0883
St. John Sanitary	516,619	0	150,953	365,666	516,619	311,844	204,775	586,172,662	0.0532
Lake Ridge Fire	432,512	0	28,075	404,437	432,512	425,878	6,634	167,602,699	0.2541
St. John Water	351,604	0	0	351,604	351,604	200,471	151,133	586,172,515	0.0342
Town Of Dyer Sanitary	1,006,179	0	531,250	474,929	1,006,179	762,298	243,881	765,359,877	0.0996
Lake Cnty Solid Waster	4,750,000	0	0	4,750,000	4,750,000	4,442,158	307,842	18,983,581,197	0.0234
Gary Storm Water Mgmt	1,200,000	0	0	1,200,000	1,200,000	1,016,957	183,043	1,937,060,952	0.0525
Dyer Water Works	0	0	0	0	322,982	322,982	0	765,360,190	0.0422
*  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.