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Hammond council re-adopts state-adjusted and voter‑approved millage rates for 2025
Summary
The Hammond City Council on June 24 re-adopted state‑approved adjusted millage rates and approved the city’s voter‑approved levies for 2025 as part of its legally required two‑step process, completing the procedural step that allows the city to levy local rates on the official assessment roll.
The Hammond City Council voted June 24 to re‑adopt state‑approved ‘adjusted’ millage rates and to adopt the city’s voter‑approved local millages for 2025, fulfilling a state law requirement that the two actions be completed together.
City finance staff said the two steps are procedural: the state issues adjusted rates after reassessments, and local governments must readopt the state‑approved rates before levying local, voter‑approved millages on top of them. Charles Marshall told the council the rates being readopted mirror those the council approved late last year and are required to proceed with the local levies.
The ordinance language read at the meeting lists adjusted rates for the general fund, fire and police, and public works and shows the combined 2025 levy. After that reading, the council moved to final adoption and approved the measures by roll call.
Why it matters: re‑adoption of the state rates is a legal prerequisite for the city to collect its locally authorized millages; the action preserves the city’s ability to collect voter‑approved property tax levies under the official assessment roll for 2025.
The council took the vote during its regular session following a public hearing; no member of the public spoke against the millage readings during the hearing. The adoption now allows the administration to proceed with billing and revenue planning tied to the fiscal year that begins July 1.
