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Council discusses 3% raises and a proposed 0.2% local income tax to fund EMS
LaPorte County Council Budget Workshop · September 23, 2025
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Summary
Council members discussed a proposed 0.2% local income tax expected to raise about $6–6.5 million to cover EMS costs; members asked for clearer line-item breakdowns of how revenue would be spent and scheduled a public hearing on the proposal.
At the Sept. 22 workshop the council discussed countywide general raises (a 3% figure was discussed as the baseline) and a potential local income tax to fund Emergency Medical Services (EMS).
An unidentified speaker outlined the proposal: "a local income tax of a point 2% ... would give us a little over $6,000,000, about 6…
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