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Council schedules hearing on hotel-motel tax appropriation as mayor warns Hard Rock convention center has budget impact
Summary
The Hammond City Council set a public hearing for Ordinance 25-10 (hotel-motel innkeepers tax fund appropriation) for its May meeting; Mayor reported the proposed Hard Rock convention center could affect the city's budget and discussed multiple local development items including an old Walmart redevelopment and a Purdue NW dormitory project.
The Hammond City Council introduced Ordinance 25-10 — “an ordinance to appropriate funds in the hotel, motel, innkeepers tax fund for economic development purposes in 2025” — and set a public hearing for the council meeting on May 12, 2025.
Mayor told the council he had discussed the budget effects of a proposed convention center adjacent to the Hard Rock Casino and said, “So far, we have down $13,000,000 in our budget, much of that lost to Hard Rock.” He…
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