Lake Township Budget (2023)

── Lake Township Budget (2023) ── Total budget: $354K Population: 2,185 Per-capita spending: $162/resident Poverty: 697 residents (32%) Median household income: $83K Fire & EMS: $224K ($102/resident) • Ward Apparatus LLC: $67K • Lake Twp Vol Fire Dept: $48K • Newton County: $35K • The Brownfield Insurance Agency: $29K • NIPSCO: $9,473 General: $126K ($58/resident) • Hanger, Nikki: $16K • NIPSCO: $15K • Brian Laffoon: $9,500 • Tod Lange: $8,450 • Cemify (Computer Program): $5,445 Poor Relief: $3,551 — $5/person in poverty ($2/resident) • NIPSCO: $1,871 • Hicksgas: $978 • Ljiljana Micic: $450 • Midland Mortgage: $252 Trustee compensation: $16K/yr (4.4% of total budget) Source: Indiana Gateway for Local Government Annual Financial Report, 2023 Compensation: Gateway 100R Employee Compensation Report, 2023 Demographics: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2020-2024)