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CITY OF SOUTH BEND, IN JAMES MUELLER,MAYOR
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
Filed in Clerk's Office
September 16,2025
Sep 16, 2025
Bianca Tirado
Mr.Canneth Lee City Clerk, South Bend, IN
President,South Bend Common Council
4th Floor,County-City Building
South Bend,IN 46601
RE:Mayor's Salary Ordinance
Dear President Lee:
Attached is an ordinance setting the Mayor's salary for the calendar year 2026. Under Indiana law,I.C.36-4-7-
2(c),the Mayor's salary may not be reduced from the prior year's amount. This ordinance proposes an increase
for the Mayor's salary to be commensurate with the proposed increase for non-bargaining employees in 2026.
I will present this bill to the Common Council at the appropriate committee and council meetings.It is requested
that this bill be filed for 1st reading on September 22,2025,with 2nd reading,public hearing and 3rd reading
scheduled for October 13,2025.If you have any further questions or need additional information,please let me
know.
Thank you for your consideration.
Siincerely,,-l nn.
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Kyle Willis
City Controller
Filed in Clerk's Office
BILL NO. 61-25 Bianca Tirado
City Clerk, South Bend, IN
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA, SETTING THE ANNUAL SALARY FOR THE MAYOR
FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2026
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT
Pursuant to Indiana Code § 36-4-7-2,the City's legislative body is required to fix the annual
compensation of all elected officers. Such compensation may "not be changed in the year for
which it is fixed, nor may it be reduced below the amount fixed for the previous year."
The following Ordinance establishes the annual compensation for Mayor of the City of
South Bend in calendar year 2026.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, as follows:
SECTION I. The annual compensation for the Mayor of the City of South Bend in
calendar year 2026 shall be and hereby is established as follows:
2025 2026
$126,681 $130,481
SECTION II. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage
by the Common Council, approval by the Mayor and any publication required by law.
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