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Bianca Tirado
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September 3,2025
Canneth Lee,President
City of South Bend Common Council
227 W.Jefferson Boulevard,4th Floor
South Bend, Indiana 46601
RE:2026 Annual Budget Appropriation and Property Tax Levy
Dear President McBride,
Attached,please find a bill for consideration by the Common Council of the City of South Bend
appropriating monies for city expenditures for the fiscal year commencing January 1,2026 and
ending December 31,2026 and levying property taxes for the same.
This bill is respectfully submitted for 1st reading filing with the Common Council for the council
meeting on September 8,2025,2nd reading and public hearing at the council meeting on September
22,2025, with 3rd reading and council vote at the council meeting on October 13,2025.Per
requirements of the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance("DLGF"),when this bill is
voted upon,each Councilmember's vote must be reflected on the last page of Exhibit B("DLGF
Budget Form No.4"),and each Councilmember must sign this page of Exhibit B.
It should be noted that the exhibits will be forthcoming in a substitute ordinance.
I will be available to discuss this bill at the appropriate sessions of the Personnel and Finance
Committee and other meetings of the South Bend Common Council.
Regards
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Kyle Willis
City Controller
Filed in Clerk's Office
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BILL NO. 56-25 Bianca Tirado
City Clerk, South Bend, IN
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA, LEVYING TAXES AND FIXING THE RATE OF TAXATION FOR THE
PURPOSE OF RAISING REVENUE TO MEET THE NECESSARY EXPENSES OF THE
CIVIL CITY OF SOUTH BEND FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31,
2026,AND APPROPRIATING MONIES FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFRAYING THE
EXPENSES OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
BEGINNING JANUARY 1,2026 AND ENDING DECEMBER 31,2026, INCLUDING
ALL OUTSTANDING CLAIMS AND OBLIGATIONS, AND FIXING A TIME WHEN
THE SAME SHALL TAKE EFFECT
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT
It is necessary to pass this Ordinance in order to appropriate monies to defray the expenses
of several Departments of the Civil City of South Bend, Indiana for 2026, and it is necessary to
levy a tax on taxable property for the purpose of meeting said expenses.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. For the expenses of the Civil City Government, its various
Departments, Funds, Commissions, and institutions for the fiscal year ending December
31, 2026, the sums of money stated in the budget summary attached to this Ordinance as
Exhibit A (in the form required by South Bend Municipal Code Sec. 2-90) are hereby
appropriated and ordered set apart within the funds identified in that Exhibit(the"Funds"),
subject to the laws governing the same. The sums herein appropriated shall be deemed to
include all expenditures authorized to be made in said year, unless otherwise expressly
stipulated or provided by the law. By adoption of and consistent with this Ordinance, the
State-mandated Budget Form No. 4 attached to this Ordinance as Exhibit B is hereby
approved and adopted with respect to the Funds.
SECTION II. For the purpose of raising revenue to meet the expenses of the Civil
City Government, its various Departments, Funds, Commissions, and institutions for the
fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, there shall be levied a property tax upon each one
hundred dollars of assessed valuation of taxable property within the City of South Bend,
Indiana, for the fiscal year 2024 to be collected in the year 2025, as shown and described
in the State-mandated Budget Form No. 4 attached to this Ordinance as Exhibit B.
SECTION III. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage by the Common Council and approval by the Mayor.
Canneth J. Lee, Council President
South Bend Common Council
Attest:
Bianca L. Tirado, 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 , 2025, at o'clock .m.
Bianca L. Tirado, City Clerk
Office of the City Clerk
Approved and signed by me on the day of , 2025, at _ o'clock
.m.
James Mueller, Mayor
City of South Bend, Indiana