Reader sees “absolutely NO benefit to…merger”
We are pleased to see more readers actively commenting on the proposed merger between White River Township and Greenwood. This landed in our mailbox today and it is reproduced here without any edits.
No benefit to merge
Correct me if I am missing “something” but I see absolutely NO benefit to WRT residents from this proposed “merger” with Greenwood.
I suggest the City of Greenwood and its’ Mayor spend their time in a more useful way by securing new “Industrial” business’s as a means to create jobs and increase the tax base as they lag far behind their counterparts in Carmel, Brownsburg, Plainfield, Greenfield, Fishers, etc.
Leave WRT alone!
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SOURCE:
CG property taxes may jump over 18 percent
By JOSEPH S. PETE
Staff writer
Oct. 7, 2009
Center Grove area residents’ property tax bills would increase by at least 18 percent in 2011 if a merger took place, according to the merger study group’s preliminary estimate.
The finance subcommittee calculated a tax rate based on how much money would be needed for the projected spending of the city departments that are funded with property tax dollars, which is expected to be about $23.1 million, merger committee chairman Pat Sherman said.
What the merger study group assumed was that fire department spending would stay about the same, that the state will approve Greenwood’s projected 2010 tax rate of 63 cents per $100 in assessed valuation, and that Greenwood would merge with all of White River Township, Sherman said. The projected tax rate does not account for Bargersville’s three annexations of most of the township south of Stones Crossing Road.
Given those assumptions, all residents of the new city would pay a tax rate of about 59 cents per $100 in assessed valuation for city government and fire protection in 2011, which would be an 18 percent to 19 percent increase in property taxes for most Center Grove area residents. They would pay a new city rate and continue to pay tax rates for schools, Johnson County, libraries and other local governments.
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3 Responses to “Reader sees “absolutely NO benefit to…merger””
Agreed wholeheartedly! I don’t want my tax rates spiking 18 to 19 percent – for what? I, for one, am more than happy with county highway, the services of the Sheriff’s Office, White River Fire Department (which in my opinion has grown by leaps and bounds to become one of the finest fire departments in the county, if not the region) and the level of service provided by the county government in White River Township as it exists currently. In a time of massive expanse of government at the Federal level, now is most certainly not the time to do the same at the local level, especially when the benefits to many of us in the currently unincorporated area are negligible at best.
Am I against incorporation? No. But I also don’t believe that what amounts to an annexation by the City of Greenwood is the answer either.
Comment made on October 17th, 2009 at 12:33 amCOMMON SENSE 101
Small town….Small Govt. ….Small Taxes
Bigger City…Bigger Govt. …Higher Taxes
Greenwood hasn’t already annexed this area because of the cost to do so. (Remember the sewer issue) If we put them in, they would ride in on their white horse and save us all.
Comment made on October 17th, 2009 at 11:30 amIf we hand them the area on a silver platter, it will save them money because once again, WE will pay the expenses for it in the long run. I see people commenting on property values. You want to see your values drop? Become part of a Greenwood.
Do a little research and you will find the answers.
We should either Incorporate or leave it alone and let Greenwood pay the bill if they want it.
I attended Center Grove since the 4th grade, graduating in 1964. I still live in WRT and, obviously, love it here. My son and daughter are CG graduates. When I visit my son in the Carmel area I see what a city with visionary leadership can do. It really is a unique, attractive, and thriving community. I have never seen any kind of vision from the Greenwood government other than scrapping for business to ease their tax base (Cabellas anyone) ? I will vote NO! to pay ANY increase in property tax to be a party to the Greenwood governmental system.
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