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.