Redevelopment Commission approves 10 annual excess TIF resolutions
May 05, 2026 | Crown Point City, Lake County, Indiana
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The Crown Point Redevelopment Commission voted to approve resolution numbers 2026‑05‑04‑1R through 10R after a presentation from Greg Garrity, the commission’s municipal advisor from Financial Solutions Group.
Garrity told commissioners he was presenting the annual excess‑TIF resolutions to ‘‘give notice to the county and, as I like to say, the world’’ and to preserve assessed valuation for debt service and planned projects. He reviewed each allocation area’s projected incremental tax revenues for 2027, noting examples such as an estimated $10,000 for the Mississippi Street expansion (1R), about $2,450 for the I‑65 West 109 allocation (3R), an estimated $110,000 for the 2023 Delaware expansion area (4R) and approximately $4,254,678 in projected revenues for the I‑65 east side allocation (5R).
After Garrity’s review, a motion was made and seconded to approve all ten resolutions as presented. A roll‑call vote recorded affirmative votes from Commission members Laura Saueran, Andrew Karris, Brad Bossa, Aaron McDermott and Craig Slason; the chair declared the motions approved. The mover and seconder were not identified on the record.
Garrity reminded the commission that the approvals are procedural steps required on an annual basis and that the city will develop detailed spending plans and the broader budget in the summer months. He said the spending plans for the TIF allocation areas would be finalized in the third or fourth quarter of 2026 following the budget work scheduled for July and August.
What this means: the approved resolutions formally document the commission’s findings of existing and projected incremental tax revenues for the listed allocation areas and preserve the commission’s ability to use those revenues for debt service and future redevelopment projects. Several area revenue figures were read aloud during the presentation; in one instance the transcript lists a debt‑service figure as “3,110,” and it is unclear from the record whether that numeral includes thousands (see clarifying details). The commission did not adopt specific spending decisions for the funds during this meeting.
The commission moved on to other agenda items after the vote.
Garrity told commissioners he was presenting the annual excess‑TIF resolutions to ‘‘give notice to the county and, as I like to say, the world’’ and to preserve assessed valuation for debt service and planned projects. He reviewed each allocation area’s projected incremental tax revenues for 2027, noting examples such as an estimated $10,000 for the Mississippi Street expansion (1R), about $2,450 for the I‑65 West 109 allocation (3R), an estimated $110,000 for the 2023 Delaware expansion area (4R) and approximately $4,254,678 in projected revenues for the I‑65 east side allocation (5R).
After Garrity’s review, a motion was made and seconded to approve all ten resolutions as presented. A roll‑call vote recorded affirmative votes from Commission members Laura Saueran, Andrew Karris, Brad Bossa, Aaron McDermott and Craig Slason; the chair declared the motions approved. The mover and seconder were not identified on the record.
Garrity reminded the commission that the approvals are procedural steps required on an annual basis and that the city will develop detailed spending plans and the broader budget in the summer months. He said the spending plans for the TIF allocation areas would be finalized in the third or fourth quarter of 2026 following the budget work scheduled for July and August.
What this means: the approved resolutions formally document the commission’s findings of existing and projected incremental tax revenues for the listed allocation areas and preserve the commission’s ability to use those revenues for debt service and future redevelopment projects. Several area revenue figures were read aloud during the presentation; in one instance the transcript lists a debt‑service figure as “3,110,” and it is unclear from the record whether that numeral includes thousands (see clarifying details). The commission did not adopt specific spending decisions for the funds during this meeting.
The commission moved on to other agenda items after the vote.
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