Lake County Government Budgets, 2006
	APPROPRIATIONS				REVENUES & BALANCES			Assessed	Property
Unit Name	Total	Gen. Fund	Capital	Other	Total	Prop. Tax	Other	Value	Tax Rate
COUNTY TOTAL	1,415,512,290	899,943,445	222,853,554	292,715,291	1,415,512,290	880,508,090	619,129,702	19,210,322,805	4.5835
Lake Cnty	253,562,695	120,605,946	15,750,355	117,206,394	253,562,695	216,697,672	36,865,023	19,210,322,805	1.1280
Calumet Twsp	18,486,441	1,988,152	0	16,498,289	18,486,441	15,078,080	3,408,361	2,675,536,776	0.5636
Cedar Creek Twsp	923,180	487,800	62,384	372,996	923,180	631,220	291,960	495,370,441	0.1274
Center Twsp	688,373	145,954	35,000	507,419	688,373	598,503	89,870	1,394,040,868	0.0429
Eagle Creek Twsp	174,425	38,425	20,000	116,000	174,425	143,688	30,737	99,369,360	0.1446
Hanover Twsp	478,905	166,377	76,134	236,394	478,905	331,085	147,820	444,915,618	0.0744
Hobart Twsp	885,581	274,511	0	611,070	885,581	578,719	306,862	1,026,055,341	0.0564
North Twsp	7,434,547	700,000	1,034,547	5,700,000	7,434,547	4,816,402	2,618,145	6,473,656,019	0.0744
Ross Twsp	1,903,567	385,982	31,685	1,485,900	1,903,567	1,072,296	831,271	2,468,711,377	0.0434
St. John Twsp	772,864	194,402	20,000	558,462	772,864	698,657	74,207	3,344,245,677	0.0209
West Creek Twsp	359,215	227,339	45,000	86,876	359,215	292,532	66,683	310,076,558	0.0943
Winfield Twsp	596,918	142,882	57,000	397,036	596,918	343,661	253,257	478,344,770	0.0718
Gary City	96,704,050	73,497,120	825,663	22,381,267	96,704,050	66,940,496	29,763,554	1,928,676,298	3.4708
Hammond City	0	0	0	0	0	43,795,323	0	2,198,449,970	1.9921
East Chicago City	54,977,831	37,201,457	3,315,112	14,461,262	54,977,831	42,836,883	12,140,948	1,230,838,794	3.4803
Hobart City	13,916,939	10,455,409	1,830,370	1,631,160	13,916,939	14,903,851	0	1,239,199,351	1.2027
Crown Point City	15,805,110	10,957,572	2,052,890	2,794,648	15,805,110	8,540,063	7,265,047	1,153,906,564	0.7401
Whiting City	10,551,317	7,150,370	245,252	3,155,695	10,551,317	6,590,528	3,960,789	273,114,550	2.4131
Lake Station City	6,891,486	4,640,764	577,914	1,672,808	6,891,486	4,249,124	2,642,362	251,695,560	1.6882
Cedar Lake Town	3,768,665	2,907,571	205,809	655,285	3,768,665	2,135,337	1,633,328	348,512,618	0.6127
Griffith Town	9,481,338	6,059,509	1,477,746	1,944,083	9,481,338	5,893,274	3,588,064	598,910,058	0.9840
Highland Town	12,617,681	7,244,584	1,477,945	3,895,152	12,617,681	7,439,676	5,178,005	1,173,820,512	0.6338
Munster Town	13,325,304	5,406,528	4,175,047	3,743,729	13,325,304	9,630,920	3,694,384	1,597,432,193	0.6029
Merrillville Town	11,072,441	6,569,142	1,591,842	2,911,457	11,072,441	7,371,601	3,700,840	1,736,946,693	0.4244
Dyer Town	5,890,591	4,259,055	338,537	1,292,999	5,890,591	4,301,543	1,589,048	781,530,228	0.5504
Lowell Town	4,134,990	2,579,925	415,469	1,139,596	4,134,990	2,654,350	1,480,640	301,767,922	0.8796
New Chicago Town	561,078	420,607	14,131	126,340	561,078	295,655	265,423	38,501,744	0.7679
St. John Town	7,026,924	4,500,000	1,574,413	952,511	7,026,924	4,376,558	2,650,366	646,559,060	0.6769
Schererville Town	14,858,553	8,487,329	2,627,348	3,743,876	14,858,553	9,587,768	5,270,785	1,639,495,529	0.5848
Schneider Town	0	0	0	0	0	121,678	0	10,411,410	1.1687
Winfield Town *	1,154,567	605,000	303,375	246,192	1,154,567	575,460	579,107	239,475,820	0.2403
Hanover School Corp	14,468,584	9,320,771	4,386,093	761,720	14,468,584	7,738,418	6,730,166	444,915,618	1.7393
River Forest School Corp	11,845,710	9,950,050	1,220,844	674,816	11,845,710	2,859,241	8,986,469	167,835,249	1.7036
Merrillville School Corp	62,420,367	36,995,052	20,630,207	4,795,108	62,420,367	40,069,655	22,350,712	2,468,711,377	1.6231
Lake Central School Corp	71,341,378	49,807,925	15,471,297	6,062,156	71,341,378	31,833,875	39,507,503	3,344,245,677	0.9519
Tri Creek School Corp	36,747,887	24,358,224	9,759,489	2,630,174	36,747,887	14,658,929	22,088,958	904,816,359	1.6201
Lake Ridge School Corp	23,263,301	18,397,815	2,957,451	1,908,035	23,263,301	6,402,021	16,861,280	258,281,422	2.4787
Crown Point School Corp	59,329,680	39,609,987	16,292,298	3,427,395	59,329,680	32,287,418	27,042,262	1,872,385,638	1.7244
East Chicago City School Corp	86,660,045	53,502,900	28,100,141	5,057,004	86,660,045	26,186,095	60,473,950	1,230,838,794	2.1275
Lake Station School Corp	11,541,135	9,416,130	1,751,779	373,226	11,541,135	3,968,425	7,572,710	187,783,320	2.1133
Gary School Corp	170,569,097	144,499,878	13,508,368	12,560,851	170,569,097	47,602,426	122,966,671	1,836,088,376	2.5926
Griffith Public School Corp	24,372,782	17,292,242	6,153,615	926,925	24,372,782	9,841,590	14,531,192	579,189,658	1.6992
Hammond City School Corp	121,703,612	89,471,678	25,706,704	6,525,230	121,703,612	42,465,259	79,238,353	2,198,449,970	1.9316
Highland Town School Corp	0	0	0	0	0	14,757,270	0	1,173,820,512	1.2572
City Of Hobart School Corp	31,323,909	22,433,226	7,282,986	1,607,697	31,323,909	12,081,265	19,242,644	672,414,092	1.7967
Munster School Corp	36,259,656	24,657,487	10,051,144	1,551,025	36,259,656	21,081,312	15,178,344	1,597,432,193	1.3197
Whiting City School Corp	11,071,867	7,612,088	2,771,335	688,444	11,071,867	6,173,754	4,898,113	273,114,550	2.2605
East Chicago Library	0	0	0	0	0	4,904,893	0	1,230,838,794	0.3985
Gary Library	0	0	0	0	0	6,951,430	0	1,836,088,376	0.3786
Hammond Library	5,246,760	4,134,760	1,112,000	0	5,246,760	4,858,574	388,186	2,198,449,970	0.2210
Lowell Library	1,179,662	847,734	331,928	0	1,179,662	982,630	197,032	904,816,359	0.1086
Whiting Library	1,000,505	950,505	0	50,000	1,000,505	984,305	16,200	273,114,550	0.3604
Lake Library	20,602,529	17,080,420	3,272,109	250,000	20,602,529	11,156,100	9,446,429	10,894,629,118	0.1024
Crown Point Library	1,482,361	1,304,861	77,500	100,000	1,482,361	1,153,390	328,971	1,872,385,638	0.0616
East Chicago Sanitary	0	0	0	0	0	12,598,866	0	1,230,838,794	1.0236
Gary Sanitary	10,880,798	0	2,579,025	8,301,773	10,880,798	9,801,945	1,078,853	2,045,054,278	0.4793
Hammond Sanitary	6,859,916	0	3,979,301	2,880,615	6,859,916	6,479,571	380,345	3,795,882,163	0.1707
Highland Sanitary	313,563	0	96,259	217,304	313,563	220,678	92,885	1,173,820,512	0.0188
Whiting Sanitary	3,555,390	0	1,109,742	2,445,648	3,555,390	3,012,454	542,936	273,114,550	1.1030
Gary Airport	4,077,465	0	1,223,865	2,853,600	4,077,465	1,585,371	2,492,094	1,928,676,298	0.0822
Gary Redevelopment	456,837	0	0	456,837	456,837	264,229	192,608	1,928,676,298	0.0137
Hammond Redevelopment	682,098	0	257,188	424,910	682,098	419,904	262,194	2,198,449,970	0.0191
Gary Public Trans	7,440,529	0	1,125,800	6,314,729	7,440,529	3,816,851	3,623,678	1,928,676,298	0.1979
Highland Water	284,325	0	284,325	0	284,325	293,455	0	1,173,820,512	0.0250
Schererville Waterworks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,804,077,569	0.0000
Winfield Waterworks	33,760	0	30,460	3,300	33,760	33,249	511	40,301,800	0.0825
St. John Sanitary	544,741	0	144,741	400,000	544,741	388,160	156,581	666,942,660	0.0582
Lake Ridge Fire	586,890	0	97,010	489,880	586,890	444,348	142,542	169,598,350	0.2620
St. John Water	374,768	0	0	374,768	374,768	208,086	166,682	666,942,660	0.0312
Town Of Dyer Sanitary	1,035,190	0	535,190	500,000	1,035,190	686,965	348,225	781,530,228	0.0879
Lake Cnty Solid Waster	5,464,169	0	0	5,464,169	5,464,169	4,495,216	968,953	19,210,322,805	0.0234
Gary Storm Water Mgmt	1,113,056	0	0	1,113,056	1,113,056	1,054,986	58,070	1,928,676,298	0.0547
Dyer Water Works	372,392	0	372,392	0	372,392	182,878	189,514	781,530,228	0.0234
*  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.