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LaPorte County Council adopts 2026 budget submitted to DLGF after rescinding earlier motion
Summary
The LaPorte County Council voted to rescind an earlier motion and adopt the 2026 spending budget as the figures were submitted to the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance on Oct. 6, 2025. The voice vote carried; four members were eligible to vote on the budget at the reconvened meeting.
The LaPorte County Council voted to adopt the county—s 2026 spending budget as submitted to the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance (DLGF) on Oct. 6, 2025, after first rescinding an earlier motion on the subject.
Council reconvened the Oct. 27 meeting and, after a roll call, moved to rescind the prior motion to adopt the 2026 budget. The council then moved and seconded a new motion to adopt the 2026 budget "as submitted to the DLGF on 10/06/2025." The presiding official clarified the adoption covered the spending figures previously prepared and did not include any funding tied to a separate "lit modification" referenced earlier in the meeting.
Only four councilmembers were eligible to vote on the budget at the reconvened session because one member was participating via Zoom and the council indicated that member could not vote on budget matters from Zoom; one councilmember was not present. The motion to adopt the 2026 budget passed by voice vote; no roll-call breakdown of individual votes was provided in the transcript.
Council asked whether any additional signatures or paperwork were required to finalize the budget submission; staff indicated signatures on the supplied pages would be provided. No public comment or substantive amendment to the budget figures was recorded during the reconvened session.
The council adjourned after completing the budget action and addressing a separate agenda item to fill a vacancy on the LaPorte County Redevelopment Commission.
