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The official go-ahead has been given to a $22 million overhaul of the historic Michigan City courthouse.
The renovation and expansion of the 1909 courthouse along U.S 12 at Washington Street will be financed under a 15-year lease without an increase in property taxes, LaPorte County Council President Randy Novak said.
Under the plan given final approval May 8 by the county council, $8 million will be paid up front out of the county’s emergency fund supplied annually with county income tax dollars, known as CAGIT, or County Adjusted Gross Income Tax, he said.
The renovation and expansion of the 1909 courthouse along U.S 12 at Washington Street will be financed under a 15-year lease without an increase in property taxes, LaPorte County Council President Randy Novak said.
Under the plan given final approval May 8 by the county council, $8 million will be paid up front out of the county’s emergency fund supplied annually with county income tax dollars, known as CAGIT, or County Adjusted Gross Income Tax, he said.