NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS OF

BUDGET ESTIMATES &

TAX RATES

Notice is hereby given the taxpayers of the White Oak Conservancy District located in Union and Portage Townships, Porter County, Indiana, that the Board of Directors of the White Oak Conservancy District will meet at their regular meeting place at the Wheeler United Methodist Church at 307 North Street, Wheeler, Indiana, on the 9th day of September 2010, at 7:00 p.m., and will at that time conduct a public hearing on the proposed 2011 conservancy district operating budget, tax rate and levy. Thereafter, pursuant to I.C. 6-1.1-17-5, ten or more taxpayers may object to the budget, tax rate, or tax levy of the conservancy district by filing an objection petition with the conservancy district not more than seven (7) days after the aforementioned public hearing. The objection petition must specifically identify the provisions of the budget, tax rate and tax levy to which the taxpayers object. If a petition is filed by objecting taxpayers, the Board of Directors of the White Oak Conservancy District will consider such objections and will adopt with its budget a finding concerning the objections in the petition and any testimony presented at the adoption hearing. Thereafter, the aforementioned Board of Directors will meet at their regular meeting place (Wheeler United Methodist Church) on the 28th day of October, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. to adopt the following budget:

BUDGET ESTIMATE

(Complete details of the budget estimate by fund and/or department may be seen at the law offices of the attorneys of the White Oak Conservancy District, BLACHLY TABOR BOZIK & HARTMAN, Suite 401, 56 South Washington Street, Valparaiso, Indiana, during regular business hours or by contacting any of the members of the Board of Directors of the White Oak Conservancy District).

NET ASSESSED VALUATION: $40,000,000

GENERAL FUND

Budget Estimate $39,900

Estimate of funds to

be raised $39,900

Net Tax Rate $0.0997

Current Tax Levy $38,800

Taxpayers appearing shall have a right to be heard thereon. After the tax rates have been determined and presented to the Porter County Auditor, ten or more taxpayers, feeling themselves aggrieved by such rates, may appeal to the State Department of Local Government Finance for further and final hearing thereon by filing a petition with the county auditor on or before the tenth day after publication by the county auditor of tax rates charged, and the State Department of Local Government Finance will fix a date for hearing in Porter County.

John Hack, Chairman

Board of Directors

WHITE OAK

CONSERVANCY DISTRICT

(August 27, September 3, 2010)