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President August 9, 2017
Oliver Davis South Bend Common Council
Vice-President 4th Floor, County-City Building
South Bend, IN 466o1 Filed in Clerk's Office
Gavin Ferlic —�-- �:-
Chairperson,Committee AUG 0 9 2017
of the Whole Re: Proposed Tax Abatement Amendment
Tim Scott KAREEMA9( r5VILER
First District Dear Council Members: CITY CLERK,SO: T,-!F;, N!D; IN
Regina Williams Preston I am filing the attached proposed ordinance amendment for section 2,
Second District Article 6, section 2-76.3 of the municipal code with the Office of the City
Clerk. The proposed amendment adds the requirement that applicants
Randy Kelly for a base abatement be required to pay all company employees (full-
Third District time, part-time, seasonal and temporary) a minimum wage at least as
Jo M. Broden
high as the minimum wage paid to all employees of the City of South
Bend.
Fourth District
David Varner The proposed ordinance will have first reading by the Common Council
Fifth District on August 14, 2017.
Oliver Davis Thank you for your consideration.
Sixth District
Gavin Ferlic Sincerely Yours,
At Large
John Voorde � n
At Large
Karen White Reg i a Williams-Preston
At Large South Bend Common Council Member
BILL NO.
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA,AMENDING A SECTION OF CHAPTER 2,ARTICLE 6 OF THE
SOUTH BEND MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO TAX ABATEMENTS
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT
The Mayor of South Bend has stated that"Raising the minimum wage of our city
employees can increase morale and productivity, while cutting turnover. It's also good
economics, since city workers are consumers at local businesses. . . Most importantly, it's the
right thing to do for hardworking public servants." The Mayor noted that this wage applies to all
City employees, part-time, temporary, and seasonal, as well as full-time employees. Since a tax
abatement is a subsidy to employers from the City and is intended to improve the economic
environment of the City of South Bend, it is incumbent upon companies receiving tax
abatements from the City to pay their employees at least as well as the City pays its employees.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, as follows:
SECTION I. Chapter 2, Article 6, Section 2-76.3 is hereby amended by adding
paragraph(6),to read as follows:
Sec. 2-76.3. Base abatement.
A base abatement("base abatement") is an abatement for three (3) years in the case of
real property other than single-family residential, five (5) years in the case of real property that is
single-family residential, and five (5) years in the case of personal property. The Council may
grant a base abatement to an applicant who fulfills the following requirements:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6) The applicant must pay all company employees (full-time,part-time, seasonal, and
temporary) a minimum wage at least as high as the minimum wage paid to all employees of the
City of South Bend.
SECTION II. This Ordinance shall take effect upon passage by this Common Council,
approval by the Mayor, and any publication required by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
this day of , 2017.
Member, Common Council of the
City of South Bend
ATTEST:
Kareemah Fowler, Clerk
Presented by me, the undersigned Clerk of the City of South Bend, to the Mayor of the City for
his approval on the day of , 2017, at o'clock m.
Kareemah Fowler, Clerk
Having examined the foregoing Ordinance, I do now, as the Mayor of the City of South Bend,
approve said Ordinance and return the same to the Clerk of the City of South Bend this
day of , 2017.
Pete Buttigieg, Mayor
Filed in Clerk's Office
AUG 0 9 2017 1
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