Lake County commissioners will be in a position to veto a local income tax next week if the County Council approves one.
Commissioner Gerry Scheub, D-Crown Point, called Wednesday for a special commissioners' meeting at 8:30 a.m. May 10 to deal with any tax ordinances to come out of next week's special County Council meeting.
Last month the council tentatively approved, by a 4-3 margin, a 1.5 percent tax on the personal incomes of all county residents and out-of-state residents working in the county.
If the council approves the tax on second reading at its 4:30 p.m. Monday special meeting, commissioners have the choice of adopting or vetoing it.
Although Commissioner Roosevelt Allen, D-Gary, supports an income tax as an unpleasant necessity, Scheub and Commissioner Mike Repay, D-Hammond, have promised to veto it.
That would kill the tax package — unless five council members vote to override. For that to happen, one of the three council members who voted against the tax would have to switch his or her vote.
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