Merrillville asks state to increase tax levies for public safety, infrastructure

A “Hail Mary” pass Merrillville is attempting to throw with its 2025 budget likely won’t get approved by the state, but even if it did, homeowners wouldn’t see a catastrophic rise in their property taxes, the town’s top administrators said. Merrillville Town Manager Michael Griffin announced at the September 24 Town Council meeting that the town is set to ask the Department of Local Government to increase several of its tax levies by more than double so that the town can better serve its residents. It must do so, he said, to be able to course-correct previous councils’ apparent reluctance […]