(La Porte, IN) - Good use is being made of a new drive thru at La Porte City Hall.  City residents can drive up to the back of city hall and pay their city bills with a vacuum tube system, just like the ones at banks.  There’s also a monitor to communicate with a city employee.

Clerk Treasurer Courtney Parthun says word is getting out about the new service, judging by the steady stream of people utilizing the new social distancing feature since it opened two weeks ago.  Parthun said it cost about 70 thousand dollars to install the drive up window and the entire expense is being paid for with federal COVID-19 relief money.