Wabash Township’s push for cut of public safety tax gets WL Council backing
$750,000 request for Wabash Township Fire Dept. still requires support from either Lafayette or Tippecanoe councils. Plus, original trial gets moved for man at center of alleged plot to shoot a judge.
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WABASH TOWNSHIP’S PUSH FOR CUT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TAX GETS WEST LAFAYETTE CITY COUNCIL BACKING
Despite misgivings about how the move might slice into the city’s share of revenues from a countywide income tax for fire, police and other public safety needs, the West Lafayette City Council on Monday put its weight behind Wabash Township’s request for a cut of the money in 2027.
The city council’s 6-2 vote did not guarantee success for a $750,000 request Wabash Township Trustee Angel Valentin presented Monday night for a share of next year’s 0.18% local option income tax, one started in Tippecanoe County in 2019 and expected to raise $13.1 million this year.
But it was first bit of traction Wabash Township has found in the past four years of asking for a share of local income tax revenues to fund equipment or operations at the Wabash Township Fire Department, which covers 39 square miles of territory just north, west and south of West Lafayette.
With West Lafayette’s commitment, Wabash Township still would need similar backing from either the Lafayette City Council or the Tippecanoe County Council to win a majority of a local tax board that sets rates and distribution of local income tax revenue.
“It’s a first step, for sure,” Valentin said. “It’s further than we’ve gotten before. I’ll take that as a good thing.”
