Wayne County citizens have an opportunity to address how their tax money is spent locally.

The county’s taxing districts must advertise their proposed 2024 budgets, public hearings and budget adoption plans on the state’s Department of Local Government Finance website.

Visit https://budgetnotices.in.gov/unit_lookup.aspx?ct=89000 to find budget information submitted by county government, the city of Richmond, plus the county’s towns, townships, school districts and public library systems.

Information posted to the site so far follows.

Townships

  • Abington: $153,295 proposed budget, with a public hearing scheduled at 6 p.m. Sept. 20 and budget adoption planned for 6 p.m. Oct. 18, both at 4618 Pottershop Road.
  • Clay: $86,605 proposed budget, with a public hearing scheduled at 7 p.m. Sept. 11 and budget adoption planned for 7 p.m. Sept. 25, both at 114 E. Pearl St., Greens Fork.
  • Jackson: $310,792 proposed budget, with a public hearing scheduled at noon Aug. 30 and budget adoption planned for noon Sept. 13, both at 340 W. Main St., Cambridge City.
  • New Garden: $76,410 proposed budget, with a public hearing scheduled at 7 p.m. Sept. 18 and budget adoption planned for 7 p.m. Oct. 9, both at 312 W. Main St., Fountain City.
  • Perry: $138,014 proposed budget, with a public hearing scheduled at 7 p.m. Sept. 14 and budget adoption planned for 7 p.m. Oct. 12, both at 138 Poplar St., Economy.
  • Washington: $87,900 proposed budget, with a public hearing scheduled at 6 p.m. Aug. 24 and budget adoption planned for 6 p.m. Sept. 7, both at 101 Central Ave., Milton.

Towns

  • Milton: $291,666 proposed budget, with a public hearing scheduled at 6 p.m. Sept. 12 and budget adoption planned for 6 p.. Oct. 10, both at 101 N. Central Ave., Milton.

School districts

  • Centerville-Abington: $25,955,191 proposed budget, with a public hearing scheduled at 7 p.m. Sept. 13 and budget adoption planned for 7 p.m. Sept. 27, both at 115 W. South St., Centerville.

Libraries

  • Dublin: $31,751 proposed budget, with a public hearing scheduled at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 14 and budget adoption planned for 6:30 p.m. Oct. 12, both at 2249 E. Cumberland St., Dublin.
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A version of this article appeared in the August 16 2023 print edition of the Western Wayne News.