Continuously serving Kosciusko County since 1854
WINONA LAKE - Laura Kaufman appeared before the Winona Lake town council this morning to discuss an Indiana Housing Authority Grant application of $250,000.
During a public hearing Kaufman, Housing Opportunities of Warsaw director, said she is fairly confident the grant will be approved.
The owner-occupied rehabilitation funds are available to property owners who make less than 80 percent of the area's median income.
Pre-applications, brochures explaining income requirements and the application process are available at HOW in Warsaw and in the Winona Lake clerk's office.
During the 2002 budget public hearing the council heard the estimates for the general fund of $867,663; motor vehicle-highway, $882,674; local road and street, $90,000; park and recreation, $46,500; EDIT, $263,000; local law enforcement education, $2,500; redevelopment district capital, $50,000; redevelopment district bond fund, cumulative capital development, $110,000, for a total budget of $2,312,337.
Net assessed property valuation was advertised as $25,850,500. The estimated maximum the town can raise through taxes is $869,760, with current levels at $820,165. Revenues from other sources will total $1,145,528.
The council will hold a second public hearing Sept. 11 at 6:15 p.m. to adopt next year's budget.
Town coordinator Craig Allebach said water samples will be taken from the lake near the South Shore Subdivision soon.
In other business the board:
• Set the next council meeting for Sept. 21 at 7 a.m.
• Thanked Earth Service Corps, a group of YMCA-sponsored teens, for cleanup of the park.
• Heard a Senior Center meeting will be Wednesday at 4 p.m.
Upcoming events were given as:
• Sept 1, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., "Fill the Boot" sponsored by Winona Lake Fire Department for muscular dystrophy and Jeff VanHouten in the Artisan Court 1 to 4 p.m.
• Sept. 3, Grace College fall classes begin.
• Sept. 6 and 7, Indiana Mid Amateur Tournament at Stonehenge Golf Club.
• Sept. 15, "A Day at the Lake," sponsored by the Catherine Peachey Fund, with proceeds to go for a breast cancer prevention clinic at the Indiana University Cancer Center research grant.
• Sept. 20, "Light the Night" at Westminster Hall, sponsored by the Leukemia-Lymphoma Society.
Town council members are Jerry Clevenger, David Delp, Jeff Carroll, Craig Snow and Rolly Ortega.
