116-20 - NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS

NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS

PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED LOCAL INCOME TAX
ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION:

PULASKI COUNTY ORDINANCE NO. 2020-05
AND RESOLUTION NO. 2020-07

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE TAXPAYERS OF PULASKI COUNTY, INDIANA, THAT THE PULASKI COUNTY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER, AT THE PULASKI COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT GARAGE, 1131 NORTH U.S.-35, WINAMAC, AT 7:00 PM E.T., ON MONDAY, 10 AUGUST 2020, THE FOLLOWING PROPOSED ORDINANCE [CONDENSED] AND RESOLUTION [CONDENSED] REGARDING THE LOCAL INCOME TAX IMPOSED WITHIN PULASKI COUNTY:

PULASKI COUNTY ORDINANCE 2020-05

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF PULASKI COUNTY, INDIANA, THAT A NEED NOW EXISTS TO MODIFY THE LOCAL INCOME TAX (‘LIT’) RATES IMPOSED IN THE FOLLOWING WAY:

EXISTING PROPOSED

ALLOCATION RATE CATEGORY LIT RATE LIT RATE

CERTIFIED SHARES (IC 6-3.6-6) 1.40% 1.40%

PUBLIC SAFETY (IC 6-3.6-6) 0.25% 0.60%

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (IC 6-3.6-6) 0.25% 0.50%

PROPERTY TAX RELIEF RATE (IC 6-3.6-5) 1.18% 0.35%

SPECIAL PURPOSE RATE (IC 6-3.6-7-18) 0.30% 0.00%

TOTAL RATE 3.38% 2.85%

EXISTING PROPOSED

PROPERTY TAX CREDIT ALLOCATION PERCENT OF PERCENT OF

CATEGORIES (IC 6-3.6-5-6) REVENUE REVENUE

ALL PROPERTY TAX ALLOCATION 

  CATEGORIES 84.7458% 71.4286%

1% ALLOCATION TYPE HOMESTEADS 

  ELIGIBLE FOR A CREDIT 

  UNDER IC 6-1.1-20.6-7.5. 15.2542% 28.5714%

EXISTING PROPOSED

ALLOCATION RATE CATEGORY LIT RATE LIT RATE

PUBLIC SAFETY (IC 6-3.6-6) 0.25% 0.60%

EXISTING PROPOSED

LOCAL INCOME TAX TYPE PSAP RATE PSAP RATE

PUBLIC SAFETY ACCESS POINT RATE 0.00% 0.30%

EXISTING PROPOSED

ALLOCATION RATE CATEGORY LIT RATE LIT RATE

CERTIFIED SHARES (IC 6-3.6-6) 1.40% 1.40%

EXISTING PROPOSED

LOCAL INCOME TAX TYPE RATE RATE

LEVY FREEZE RATE 0.40% 0.40%

PULASKI COUNTY RESOLUTION NO. 2020-07

WHEREAS PULASKI COUNTY ORDINANCE 2020-05 INCREASES THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMPONENT OF THE PULASKI COUNTY LOCAL INCOME TAX (‘LIT’) RATE FROM A 2020 RATE OF 0.25% TO A 2021 RATE OF 0.60%;

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNTY COUNCIL OF PULASKI COUNTY, INDIANA, THAT A NEED NOW EXISTS TO MODIFY THE LOCAL INCOME TAX (‘LIT’) RATES IMPOSED IN THE FOLLOWING WAY:

EXISTING PROPOSED

ALLOCATION RATE CATEGORY LIT RATE LIT RATE

PUBLIC SAFETY (IC 6-3.6-6) 0.25% 0.60%

EXISTING PROPOSED

LOCAL INCOME TAX TYPE PSAP RATE PSAP RATE

PUBLIC SAFETY ACCESS POINT RATE 0.00% 0.30%

AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE PULASKI COUNTY COUNCIL MAY TAKE ACTION ON THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION. THERE IS NO REMONSTRANCE OPPORTUNITY ON ANY ACTION TAKEN ON THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IDENTIFIED ABOVE IS THE TAXPAYER’S OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS CONCERNS AND TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. THE MODIFICATIONS PRESENTED IN THE ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION, IF ADOPTED, SHALL BE EFFECTIVE 1 JANUARY 2021.

DATED THIS 29TH DAY OF JULY, 2020.

PULASKI COUNTY COUNCIL

KENNETH R. BOSWELL, PRESIDENT

LAURA WHEELER, AUDITOR/CLERK TO THE COUNCIL

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