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Merrillville redevelopment commission approves $19.7M 2026 spending plan, transfers allocation-area funds and schedules abatements workshop
Summary
The Merrillville Redevelopment Commission unanimously approved a $19.7 million spending plan for 2026 required by state law, approved an intra-budget transfer to cover a community center lease, reviewed an impact report for taxing units and scheduled a tax-abatement workshop for Dec. 9.
The Merrillville Redevelopment Commission on Nov. 25 approved a $19.7 million spending plan for 2026, unanimously passed a budget transfer to cover a community center lease and scheduled a workshop to review the commission—s history of tax abatements.
Bob Swentz of the London Whitty Group, who prepared the spending-plan disclosure required by 2024 state legislation to be filed with the Department of Local Government Finance, told the commission, "It says that you'll spend $19,700,000 in the year 2026." Swentz said the plan follows the commission—s adopted budget and debt-service schedule and that, if approved, the document would be uploaded to the DLGF Gateway to meet the Dec. 1 filing timeline.
Commissioners raised no substantive questions before a motion to approve the plan was moved and seconded and…
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