Marshall County Council Approves Budgets

  
 

The Marshall County Council members approved the 2015 budget after making over $300,000 in cuts.

They initially cut $177,654 out of the General Fund with the sheriff’s budget and the prosecutor’s budget getting hit the hardest. The council also decided to move $216,859 in the sheriff’s pension to the certified shares portion of the budget. With those changes, the $9,041,321 all-funds budget was approved.

The council also looked at all of the township, school and library budgets. Plan Director Ralph Booker crunched the numbers for the council in a non-binding review. All of the budgets were approved. A few budgets showed little inflation with purchases of fire department equipment and park plans.

Several townships show budgets over the county’s growth quotient.

Here’s the breakdown:

Bourbon Township:
2015 proposed budget – $227,000 with a 0.89% change from 2014. The tax rate is $.1356
Bourbon Library:
2015 proposed budget – $210,300 with a 2.69% change from 2014. The tax rate is $.0921
Town of Bourbon:
2015 proposed budget – $1,369,750 with a -7.29% change from 2014. The tax rate is $2.1400
Triton Schools:
2015 proposed budget – $10,210,345 with a 24.71% change from 2014. The tax rate is $1.3831
Center Township:
2015 proposed budget – $721,481 with a 32.21% change from 2014. The tax rate is $.1307
Plymouth Library:
2015 proposed budget – $1,810,000 with a 1.69% change from 2014. The tax rate is $.1559
City of Plymouth:
2015 proposed budget – $11,436,816 with a 3.97% change from 2014. The tax rate is $1.7123
Plymouth Schools:
2015 proposed budget – $36,586,985 with a 4.97% change from 2014. The tax rate is $1.1211
German Township:
2015 proposed budget – $544,600 with a 9.99% change from 2014. The tax rate is $.1403
Bremen Library:
2015 proposed budget – $758,197 with a 2.70% change from 2014. The tax rate is $.1299
Town of Bremen:
2015 proposed budget – $5,905,115 with a 42.41% change from 2014. The tax rate is $2.3148
Bremen Schools:
2015 proposed budget – $13,266,239 with a 0.66% change from 2014. The tax rate is $.9164
Green Township:
2015 proposed budget – $99,152 with a 2.96% change from 2014. The tax rate is $.1209
Argos Library:
2015 proposed budget – $304,600 with a 2.63% change from 2014. The tax rate is $.1229
Town of Argos:
2015 proposed budget – $1,465,984 with a 10.27% change from 2014. The tax rate is $2.6142
Argos Schools:
2015 proposed budget – $6,075,057 with a -0.75% change from 2014. The tax rate is $1.5326
North Township:
2015 proposed budget – $290,000 with a 1.47% change from 2014. The tax rate is $.1630
Town of LaPaz:
2015 proposed budget – $601,884 with a 148.38.% change from 2014. The tax rate is $.7729
Union North Schools:
2015 proposed budget – $12,673,324 with a 3.63% change from 2014. The tax rate is $1.8552
Polk Township:
2015 proposed budget – $274,150 with a 28.02% change from 2014. The tax rate is $.2158
John Glenn Schools:
2015 proposed budget – $16,516,268 with a 5.69% change from 2014. The tax rate is $1.2653
Tippecanoe Township:
2015 proposed budget – $126,450 with a -26.07% change from 2014. The tax rate is $.1602
Union Township:
2015 proposed budget – $345,025 with a -34.76% change from 2014. The tax rate is $.0577
Culver Library:
2015 proposed budget – $837,012 with a 2.63% change from 2014. The tax rate is $.1018
Town of Culver:
2015 proposed budget – $2,109,815 with a 8.47% change from 2014. The tax rate is $.9255
Culver Schools:
2015 proposed budget – $11,942,061 with a 7.48% change from 2014. The tax rate is $.6398
Walnut Township:
2015 proposed budget – $120,000 with a 2.49% change from 2014. The tax rate is $.1595
West Township:
2015 proposed budget – $750,000 with a 127.79% change from 2014. The tax rate is $.1605