A Purdue University economist will speak at the Kosciusko County Council meeting Thursday.
Dr. Larry DeBoer, Purdue Department of Agricultural Economics professor, will speak about current legislative issues and the possible economic impact these issues have on local government.The council invited DeBoer to speak after County Auditor Marsha McSherry heard him address the Association of Indiana Counties. McSherry said DeBoer studies the economic issues which affect local and state government.
DeBoer studies state and local government public policy, including such topics as government budget and taxing options, issues of property tax assessment, local government revenue options and the fiscal impact of economic development. He has worked with the Indiana Legislative Services Agency on tax and finance issues since 1988.
DeBoer contributes to the annual state revenue forecasts. He helps maintain a model of the property tax used by the Indiana state legislature to analyze the impacts of assessment and tax policy changes. He directed a study on market value property tax assessment for the Indiana State Board of Tax Commissioners from 1995 to 1997.
DeBoer directed the staff work for Governor O'Bannon's Citizens' Commission on Taxation, 1997 to 1998, and contributed research to Governor Daniels' Commission on Local Government Reform in 2007. He writes the macroeconomic outlook section of the Agricultural Economics Department's annual outlook program. He teaches an undergraduate course in macroeconomics, and has authored a macroeconomics textbook.
All county council meetings are open to the public and the public is invited to hear DeBoer speak.
The council meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the courtroom on the second floor of the Old Courthouse, Warsaw.
