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REGULAR MEETING JULY 13, 2009 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 3980-09 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL <br /> OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA <br /> PROPOSING AND VOTING IN FAVOR OF AN <br /> ORDINANCE OF THE ST. JOSEPH COUNTY <br /> INCOME TAX COUNCIL IMPOSING A PUBLIC <br /> SAFETY LOCAL OPTION INCOME TAX <br /> <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana recognizes public <br />safety as a priority for citizens of South Bend, and acknowledges the need to maintain <br />effective public safety despite expected loss of property tax revenue; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Indiana General Assembly recently authorized local <br />governments to impose a public safety local option income tax (Public Safety LOIT) <br />provided certain conditions are met, which authority is codified at Ind. Code § 6-3.5-6- <br />31; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, there is a financial need to provide a Public Safety LOIT pursuant to <br />I.C. 6-3.5-6-31. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF <br />THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, as follows: <br /> <br /> SECTION I. The Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, proposes <br />and casts its 40.59 votes in favor of the following Ordinance of the St. Joseph County <br />Income Tax Council: <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE INCOME TAX COUNCIL <br />OF ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA IMPOSING A <br />PUBLIC SAFETY LOCAL OPTION INCOME TAX <br />IN <br />ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA <br /> <br /> <br />STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT <br /> <br /> <br />The St. Joseph County Income Tax Council <br />recognizes that maintaining public safety is a local <br />government priority. The severe loss in property tax <br />revenues resulting from HEA 1001 threatens to <br />compromise and challenge local government's ability to <br />provide high quality public safety to citizens of St. Joseph <br />County, Indiana. <br /> <br /> By enacting Indiana Code 6-3.5-6-31, the Indiana <br />legislature has provided a means for local government to <br />help maintain quality public safety through imposition of a <br />public safety local option income tax (Public Safety LOIT). <br />Pursuant to Indiana Code 6-3.5-6-31, the members of the <br />St. Joseph County Income Tax Council hereby adopt and <br />impose such a tax in St. Joseph County effective October 1, <br />2009. <br /> <br /> Imposition of the Public Safety LOIT in St. Joseph <br />County meets all requirements of I.C. 6-3.5-6-31(b) and <br />(c), in that St. Joseph County recently imposed a property <br /> 7 <br /> <br />