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Residents press La Porte County for transparency as 2026 budget hearings open
Summary
At public hearings on Oct. 16 the La Porte County Council took comment on the proposed 2026 county budget and the 2026 solid waste budget. Speakers urged the county to post budget packets online, pursue fee reviews and consider attrition instead of layoffs, and residents reported large assessment increases in parts of the county.
La Porte County opened public hearings Oct. 16 on the county's 2026 budget and the 2026 solid waste budget, drawing residents who said they were concerned about assessment increases, transparency and potential new taxes.
The public hearing on the solid waste budget included questions about whether user fees would rise; council and board members clarified the operation is funded by user fees and that the user fee for solid waste had not changed for 2026. A county commissioner who serves on the solid waste board urged an increase in user fees to make the facility self-sustaining, saying cleanup costs and broader operational pressures "are going to cost more money to clean…
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