| Porter 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 | 293,255,481 | 197,918,978 | 54,337,633 | 40,998,870 | 294,625,938 | 157,653,157 | 136,972,781 | 1,688,032,258 | 9.3395 |
| Porter Cnty | 39,451,975 | 25,998,705 | 4,034,812 | 9,418,458 | 39,451,975 | 24,957,465 | 14,494,510 | 1,688,032,258 | 1.4785 |
| Boone Twsp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82,144 | 82,144 | 0 | 39,870,192 | 0.2060 |
| Center Twsp | 1,012,708 | 115,256 | 200,000 | 697,452 | 1,012,708 | 767,441 | 245,267 | 341,505,703 | 0.2247 |
| Jackson Twsp | 107,330 | 29,330 | 25,000 | 53,000 | 107,330 | 104,644 | 2,686 | 47,250,000 | 0.2215 |
| Liberty Twsp | 388,102 | 31,390 | 160,000 | 196,712 | 388,102 | 177,022 | 211,080 | 50,146,119 | 0.3530 |
| Morgan Twsp | 80,755 | 29,310 | 0 | 51,445 | 80,755 | 64,585 | 16,170 | 29,617,647 | 0.2181 |
| Pine Twsp | 90,820 | 48,206 | 5,000 | 37,614 | 90,820 | 75,277 | 15,543 | 29,131,123 | 0.2584 |
| Pleasant Twsp | 205,726 | 44,170 | 47,456 | 114,100 | 205,726 | 157,493 | 48,233 | 33,128,560 | 0.4754 |
| Portage Twsp | 2,180,479 | 528,000 | 157,688 | 1,494,791 | 2,180,479 | 1,188,590 | 991,889 | 375,037,313 | 0.3169 |
| Porter Twsp | 310,638 | 72,120 | 108,118 | 130,400 | 310,638 | 248,343 | 62,295 | 74,320,000 | 0.3342 |
| Union Twsp | 265,092 | 39,848 | 50,000 | 175,244 | 265,092 | 227,245 | 37,847 | 81,823,529 | 0.2777 |
| Washington Twsp | 181,282 | 51,982 | 42,700 | 86,600 | 181,282 | 138,366 | 42,916 | 72,497,436 | 0.1909 |
| Westchester Twsp | 147,062 | 40,100 | 41,623 | 65,339 | 147,062 | 108,086 | 38,976 | 513,743,590 | 0.0210 |
| Valparaiso City | 16,117,103 | 9,827,251 | 1,138,491 | 5,151,361 | 16,117,103 | 9,698,130 | 6,418,973 | 258,217,687 | 3.7558 |
| Portage City | 15,506,900 | 8,712,817 | 888,229 | 5,905,854 | 15,506,900 | 9,344,011 | 6,162,889 | 311,094,068 | 3.0036 |
| Chesterton Town | 5,185,114 | 2,836,380 | 967,202 | 1,381,532 | 5,185,114 | 3,053,641 | 2,131,473 | 93,816,858 | 3.2549 |
| Beverly Shores Town | 688,967 | 501,185 | 26,581 | 161,201 | 688,967 | 351,120 | 337,847 | 13,958,686 | 2.5154 |
| Burns Harbor Town | 1,733,125 | 1,238,970 | 274,198 | 219,957 | 1,733,125 | 1,545,778 | 187,347 | 326,045,662 | 0.4741 |
| Dune Acres Town | 292,251 | 226,094 | 15,114 | 51,043 | 292,251 | 197,528 | 94,723 | 11,483,412 | 1.7201 |
| Hebron Town | 911,037 | 634,637 | 50,845 | 225,555 | 911,037 | 412,980 | 498,057 | 20,148,315 | 2.0497 |
| Kouts Town | 529,557 | 301,757 | 66,807 | 160,993 | 529,557 | 226,841 | 302,716 | 13,491,892 | 1.6813 |
| Ogden Dunes Town | 689,921 | 439,929 | 98,592 | 151,400 | 689,921 | 473,083 | 216,838 | 24,080,537 | 1.9646 |
| Porter Town | 2,515,644 | 1,459,119 | 189,775 | 866,750 | 2,515,644 | 1,431,362 | 1,084,282 | 46,612,141 | 3.0708 |
| Pines Town | 204,183 | 102,683 | 7,500 | 94,000 | 204,183 | 60,628 | 143,555 | 4,573,972 | 1.3255 |
| Michigan City Area School Corp * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,288,313 | 1,288,313 | 0 | 24,570,000 | 5.2434 |
| Boone Twsp School Corp | 7,124,007 | 5,540,000 | 1,215,807 | 368,200 | 7,124,007 | 2,427,220 | 4,696,787 | 39,870,000 | 6.0878 |
| Duneland School Corp | 45,822,021 | 29,925,088 | 13,064,002 | 2,832,931 | 45,822,021 | 32,509,281 | 13,312,740 | 615,710,000 | 5.2800 |
| East Porter School Corp | 16,764,259 | 10,709,261 | 5,288,838 | 766,160 | 16,764,259 | 9,168,156 | 7,596,103 | 135,240,000 | 6.7792 |
| Porter Twsp School Corp | 12,203,198 | 8,311,797 | 3,033,886 | 857,515 | 12,203,198 | 5,193,735 | 7,009,463 | 74,302,386 | 6.9900 |
| Union Twsp School Corp | 11,428,399 | 7,890,213 | 2,736,124 | 802,062 | 11,428,399 | 5,776,676 | 5,651,723 | 81,801,761 | 7.0618 |
| Portage Twsp School Corp | 55,077,998 | 43,707,761 | 7,837,215 | 3,533,022 | 55,077,998 | 18,878,555 | 36,199,443 | 375,040,000 | 5.0337 |
| Valparaiso School Corp | 47,738,998 | 33,678,750 | 10,494,469 | 3,565,779 | 47,738,998 | 21,127,525 | 26,611,473 | 341,504,648 | 6.1866 |
| Westchester Library | 1,908,893 | 1,646,652 | 262,241 | 0 | 1,908,893 | 1,576,694 | 332,199 | 513,748,595 | 0.3069 |
| Porter Library | 4,719,537 | 3,200,217 | 1,519,320 | 0 | 4,719,537 | 4,025,423 | 694,114 | 1,174,278,196 | 0.3428 |
| West Porter Fire | 69,898 | 0 | 0 | 69,898 | 69,898 | 69,864 | 34 | 37,320,513 | 0.1872 |
| Porter Co Sw Dist | 613,408 | 0 | 0 | 613,408 | 613,408 | 0 | 613,408 | 0 | 0.0000 |
| Porter Co Airport Auth | 989,094 | 0 | 290,000 | 699,094 | 989,094 | 519,912 | 469,182 | 1,688,030,000 | 0.0308 |
| * 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. | |||||||||