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Michigan City Council leaves sales-tax allocations unchanged after resident urges protection for JDA funding
Summary
At its June 8 meeting the council decided not to change current sales-tax percentages and will review allocations again in February 2027 after resident Rod Fisk asked officials not to reduce the Michigan JDA's share.
At its June 8, 2026 regular meeting the Michigan City Council decided not to change its current sales-tax allocations and scheduled the next formal review for February 2027. Resident Rod Fisk had urged the council not to lower the Michigan JDA portion when he spoke during the public-comment portion of the meeting.
Rod Fisk, a community resident, asked council members "not to lower the Michigan JDA portion of the Sales Tax," and described the work the JDA performs for the community. Mayor Lauri Rysavy opened the meeting and acknowledged Fisk's remarks; Fisk left after making his request.
Council members discussed the ongoing sales-tax review as part of the meeting's old-business agenda item and chose to retain the existing percentages. The record states only that the council "is not changing any of the percentages" and that the next review will occur in February 2027; the minutes do not record a formal roll-call motion or vote related to the decision.
Why it matters: the Michigan JDA receives a portion of local sales taxes that fund local economic and community development activities, and any change would affect allocations to those programs. The council did not adopt any ordinance or formal action at this meeting to alter allocations and left further review to the February 2027 meeting.
