One-time disbursement brings $4.7 million to county taxing entities

With the passage of Senate Bill 67, the taxing entities in Dubois County are set to receive a total of $4,753,655 as estimated in a report prepared by the Office of Fiscal and Management Analysis.

This money comes from a fund the state created in 2009 that currently holds $450 million of collected local option income taxes in escrow in anticipation of further detrimental impacts by the 2008 recession.

The bill authored by Republicans Brandt Hershman, Luke Kenley and Carlin Yoder will disburse $430 million of that amount to the counties from which it was withheld beginning in 2009.

The county, city and towns will have to use 75 percent of the funds for roads while the remaining 25 percent can be used however they deem fit. The other taxing units can use the money however they wish.

In May, the following disbursements will be made to Dubois County’s taxing entities.

County

Dubois County – $2,124,512

Townships

Bainbridge Township – $10,800
Boone Township – $3,418
Cass Township – $6,398
Columbia Township- $2,742
Ferdinand Township – $8,273
Hall Township – $4,208
Harbison Township – $5,296
Jackson Township – $7,447
Jefferson Township – $2,465
Madison Township – $8,259
Marion Township – $5,535
Patoka Township – $13,889

Cities and towns

Jasper Civil City – $1,666,544
Huntingburg Civil City – $438,011
Birdseye Civil Town – $8,455
Ferdinand Civil Town – $165,403
Holland Civil Town – $34,667

Libraries

Huntingburg Public Library – $41,317
Jasper Public Library – $91,883
Dubois County Contractual Library – $67,591

Airport

Dubois County Airport – $24,139

Fire Protection

Northeast Dubois County Fire Protection – $12,403

The schools are not funded through LOIT and will not receive any money nor will the Dubois County Solid Waste Management District.