Indiana Voting in Favor of Ordinance Imposing the County Option Income Tax is St. Joseph Co. (COIT)

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City of South Bend Joseph E. Kernan, Mayor Office of the Mayor February 21, 1996 Mr. Roland Kelly President South Bend Common Council 4th Floor, County -City Building South Bend, IN 46601 Re: A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA VOTING IN FAVOR OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE ST. JOSEPH COUNTY INCOME TAX COUNCIL IMPOSING THE COUNTY OPTION INCOME TAX IN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY (COIT) Dear Mr. Kelly, I am attaching for filing, the above - referenced resolution, voting in favor of a proposed ordinance of the St. Joseph County Income Tax Council, to impose the County Option Income Tax in St. Joseph County, Indiana. As you know, the South Bend Common Council is a member of the St. Joseph County Income Tax (COIT) Council. Last evening, the St. Joseph County Council, also a member of the COIT Council, proposed and voted in favor of the ordinance addressed by the attached resolution. Pursuant to Indiana law, the proposed ordinance has been sent to the City for consideration. The proposed ordinance of the COIT Council imposes the County Option Income Tax in St. Joseph County at a rate of two - tenths of one percent on resident county taxpayers effective July 1, 1996 and increasing by one -tenth of one percent each year until the year 2001 when the rate shall thereafter remain at constant rate of six - tenths of one percent. The COLT rate imposed on all nonresident county taxpayers shall be, at all times as required by Indiana law, one - quarter of that imposed on resident county taxpayers. I am also filing a companion bill which to increase the percentage allowed for homesteads in St. Joseph County by an additional eight percent above that provided by the State. County -City Building • South Bend, Indiana 46601 •219/235 -9261 • FAX 219/235 -9892 • TDD 219/235 -5567