Upcoming Public Hearings
VALPARAISO LAKES AREA CONSERVANCY DISTRICT, Porter County, Public Hearing
December 3, 2025
3 p.m. CST
Notice is hereby given to the fiscal officers and taxpayers of the VALPARAISO LAKES AREA CONSERVANCY DISTRICT, Porter County, Indiana, that prior to the review of the District’s budgets, tax rates and tax levies for the year 2025 payable 2026, the Department of Local Government Finance, by its representatives, will conduct a public hearing on said matter, on December 3, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. CST. The hearing will be held electronically through the Microsoft Teams telecommunications service. Instructions on how to access the electronic hearing will be made available on the Department’s website homepage, www.in.gov/dlgf. Taxpayers shall have the right to be heard on the budget, tax rates, and tax levies adopted by the District for all of its funds. Taxpayers who resides in the District that would like to provide testimony must submit a request by email to hearings@dlgf.in.gov. Email submissions must contain “Budget Hearing” in the subject line and the request must express an intent to testify at the hearing. This request must be received no later than 12:00 p.m. CST on December 2, 2025.
Past Public Hearings
Owen County Public Hearing - December 4, 2024
City of Lawrence Public Hearing - December 2, 2024
- City of Lawrence Taxpayer Petition
- Response to the Request for Public Hearing on Budget, Tax Rate, and Levy for the City of Lawrence and Notice of Intent to Present Testimony at December 2 Hearing
Allen County Jail Lease Final Determination - February 22, 2024
Allen County Jail Lease Objection Hearing - January 4, 2024
- Timeline and Notices
- Baker Tilly 2021 Study
- Baker Tilly October 2023 Study
- Elevatus Study
- Presentation from Feasibility Study
- Federal Civil Rights Complaint
- Opinion and Order
- County Council Resolution
- Allen County Residents Against the Jail Alternative Plan
- Allen County Commissioners' Letter to DLGF
Lake County Land Order Final Determination - February 28, 2025
Lake County Land Order Petition Review Hearing - October 10, 2023
- Assessor Exhibit 1 - 2023 Lake County Land Order
- Assessor Exhibit 2 - Neighborhood Counts
- Assessor Exhibit 3 - 21-22 Sales by Neighborhood
- Assessor Exhibit 4 - Calumet Land Order with Additional Information
- Assessor Exhibit 5 - All Properties Mr. Young - Mr. Nowacki 2023
- Assessor Exhibit 6 - List of parcels sold by Mr. Young & Mr. Nowacki
- Assessor Exhibit 7 - Email responses and information from assessors (various dates)
- Assessor Exhibit 8 - June 21, 2023 Lake County PTABOA Meeting Minutes
- DLGF Document 1 - Letters to Assessors Requesting Additional Information for Land Orders
- DLGF Document 2 - 2023 Lake County Ratio Study
- DLGF Document 3 - Hearing Letter to Petition Signatories
- DLGF Document 4 - Land Order Hearing Guidelines & Agenda
- DLGF Document 5 - Department Field Representative Reports with related worksheets
- DLGF Document 6 - Miller Beach neighborhood 2514-004 sales with ratio comparisons worksheets
- Taxpayer Exhibit A - Petition for Review of Lake County Land Order
- Taxpayer Exhibit B - Email to Department from Mr. George Rogge with Exhibits 1-3
- Taxpayer Exhibit C - Letter dated October 23, 2023, from Mr. Andy Young
- Taxpayer Exhibit D - Miscellaneous Taxpayer Emails (various dates)