Aug

11

Lake Co. Unigov?

Filed Under Lake County, Lake County Council, unigov 



Steve Dalton at Porter County Politics looks at a John Byrne post that asks if HEA 1001 was an attempt to create a Lake County unigov like Marion County’s by requiring the county council to review budgets for Lake County’s municipalities and other taxing units.

I can see unigov as being one way to solve problems with the budgets in Lake County by taking advantages of economies of scale.

But, will people in south and north counties be willing to let go of local control in favor a county-wide control for schools — which are exempt from HEA 1001 — and other government offices?

What governmental units would be at their best if they were county-wide?

Would a Marion County style unigov system work in Lake County?

Would a unigov system concentrate power in the hands of too few elected officials — namely the Lake County Council?

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    2 Responses to “Lake Co. Unigov?”

    1. Daltonsbriefs on August 11th, 2008 7:46 pm

      Been building a set of blogs for Merrillville based Cender and Company http://cendercompany.wordpress.com and http://municipalconsultant.blogspot.com dealing quite a bit with HEA 1001 of course.

      I don’t think that was the goal, but I do wonder if Uni-Gov of North Lake County will eventually happen. Two things could force us there:

      Major corruption problems could cause the Feds to step in and force things

      Tax circuit breaker will cause these governments to actually look to combine redundant and inefficient services.

    2. Christopher C. Hedges on August 12th, 2008 5:17 am

      Hi Steve,

      I’m going to take a look at the Cender and Company sites — they sound pretty interesting.

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