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August 21, 2018 KAREEMAH FOWLER
CITY CLERK,SOUTH BEND,IN
Mr. Tim Scott
President - City of South Bend Common Council
County- City Building - Room 400S
South Bend, IN 46601
Dear President Scott:
Enclosed please find an original and several copies of:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA,
APPROPRIATING, ADOPTING AND APPROVING THE SOUTH BEND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
CORPORTATION'S 2019 BUDGET AND LEVYING THE TAX AND FIXING THE RATE OF THE TAXATION
FOR THE PURPOSE OF RAISING REVENUE TO FUND THE SOUTH BEND PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 2019
Due to a recent enactment of Indiana law, Transpo is required to submit its proposed budget and tax levy to
the City of South Bend Common Council (the "Council") for adoption by the Council. Specifically, Indiana Code
§ 6-1.1-17-20 requires that Transpo, as a political subdivision governed by a majority of unelected officials,
submit its proposed budget and property tax levy to the Council for adoption. Pursuant to I.C. § 6-1.1-17-20(e),
the Council should review Transpo's budget and proposed tax levy and adopt a final budget and tax levy for
Transpo.
Transpo's Board of Directors will vote to approve the budget and levy on September 17, 2018. The scheduled
public hearing of the budget with South Bend Common Council is scheduled to be on September 24, 2018.
Transpo's budget was filed with the Common Council on August 22, 2018. This Ordinance will be presented to
the Council by Transpo's Controller, Christopher Kubaszak. Transpo's General Counsel, Jamie C. Woods and
representatives of Transpo's Board of Directors may also attend.
On behalf of Transpo's Board of Directors, the Council's assistance in this budget process is greatly
appreciated.
Sincerely,
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Amy E. Hill
Interim General Manager and Chief Executive Officer
(574) 232-9901 • FAX (574) 239-2309 • 1401 South Lafayette Blvd • South Bend, IN 46613
Filed in Clerk's Office
BILL NO. 41-18 LAUG 21 2016
ORDINANCE NO. KAREEMAH FOWLER
CITY CLERK,SOUTH BEND,IN
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA,APPROPRIATING,ADOPTING AND APPROVING THE SOUTH BEND
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION'S 2019 BUDGET AND LEVYING THE
TAX AND FIXING THE RATE OF THE TAXATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF
RAISING REVENUE TO FUND THE SOUTH BEND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
CORPORATION, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA,FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31,2019
STATEMENT OF INTENT
Pursuant to Indiana law, the South Bend Public Transportation Corporation is required to submit
its proposed budget and tax levy to the Common Council of the City of South Bend for adoption.
Specifically, Indiana Code § 6-1.1-17-20 requires that the South Bend Public Transportation
Corporation, as a political subdivision governed by a majority of unelected officials, submit its
proposed budget and property tax levy to the Common Council of the City of South Bend.
Pursuant to Indiana Code § 6-1.1-17-20(e),the Common Council of the City of South Bend is
required to review the South Bend Public Transportation Corporation's budget and proposed tax
levy and adopt a final budget and tax levy for the South Bend Public Transportation Corporation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, as follows:
SECTION 1. The South Bend Public Transportation Corporation's budget for the year ending
December 31, 2019 in the sum of$13,390,931.00, as shown on Budget Form 4-A, filed with the
Common Council on August 21, 2018, is appropriated, adopted, approved and ordered set apart
out of the several funds herein named and for the purposes herein specified, subject to the laws
governing the same. Such sums herein appropriated shall be held to include all expenditures
authorized to be made during the year, unless otherwise expressly stipulated and provided for by
law. In addition, for the purpose of raising revenue to meet the necessary expenses of the South
Bend Public Transportation Corporation, a total property tax levy of$4,648,000.00 and a total
tax rate of 0.1218 as shown on Budget Form 4-B are also appropriated, approved and adopted.
SECTION 2. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage by the
Common Council of the City of South Bend and approved by the Mayor.
Tim Scott, Council President
South Bend Common Council
Attest:
Kareemah N. Fowler, City Clerk
Office of the City Clerk
Presented by me, the undersigned Clerk of the City of South Bend, to the Mayor of the
City of South Bend, Indiana on the day of , 2018, at
o'clock m.
Kareemah N. Fowler, City Clerk
Office of the City Clerk
Approved and signed by me on the day of , 2018, at o'clock
.m.
Pete Buttigieg, Mayor
City of South Bend, Indiana