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Auditor announces Oct. 16 public hearing on 2026 budgets and proposed 0.2% EMS local income tax addition
Summary
The county auditor announced a public hearing for Oct. 16 on the 2026 county budget, the solid waste budget and a proposed 0.2% local income tax addition for EMS.
LaPorte County Auditor Mike Rosenbaum told the commissioners on Oct. 1 that the county’s 2024 financial statements were audited and certified before Sept. 30 and uploaded to Gateway and federal reporting systems.
Rosenbaum said his office is preparing Form 3 (which lists tax rates and related information) for upload and that a public hearing on the 2026 county budget, the solid waste budget and a proposed local income tax modification to add emergency medical services (EMS) at a 0.2% rate is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 16, at 5 p.m. He said adoption of the listed items will occur at a subsequent regular meeting (date described in the transcript as occurring "later in October").
The auditor’s announcement sets the formal hearing and adoption timeline; apparatus for public participation was not detailed in the transcript beyond the hearing date and time. The transcript records the auditor’s statements as the county moves through the statutory budget schedule.
