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RESOLUTION
NO. 2345 -96
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana,
March 5, 19 96
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Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
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RESOLUTION NO
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
VOTING IN FAVOR OF AN ORDINANCE
OF THE ST. JOSEPH COUNTY INCOME TAX COUNCIL
IMPOSING THE COUNTY OPTION INCOME TAX
IN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY
(COIT)
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of South Bend,
Indiana recognizes that the Indiana Legislature has passed
legislation which provides for the County Option Income Tax
(COIT); and
WHEREAS, in order to continue to provide essential
governmental services to all residents of St. Joseph County,
Indiana, and in recognition there is a financial need to impose
the County Option Income Tax (COIT).
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I. The Common Council of the City of South Bend,
Indiana casts its 42.71 votes for the proposed ordinance of the
St. Joseph County Income Tax Council which reads as follows:
AN ORDINANCE IMPOSING A COUNTY OPTION
INCOME TAX
IN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA
(COIT)
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE & INTENT
The St. Joseph County Income Tax Council,
pursuant to IC 6- 3.5 -6, has determined that it
will be in the public interest to impose a county
option income tax in St. Joseph County to provide
funding for needed governmental services to all
residents of St. Joseph County, Indiana.
The members of the St. Joseph County Income
Tax Council are the South Bend Common Council,
Mishawaka Common Council, the St. Joseph County
Council, and other local units.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE ST.
JOSEPH COUNTY INCOME TAX COUNCIL OF ST. JOSEPH
COUNTY, INDIANA, as follows:
SECTION I. The St. Joseph County Income Tax
Council imposes the County Option Income Tax
(COIT) on the county taxpayers of St. Joseph
County. The County Option Income Tax (COIT) is
imposed at a rate of Two - tenths of one percent
(0.2%) on the resident county taxpayers and at a
rate of Five - hundredths of one percent (0.05 %) on
all nonresident county taxpayers. This tax takes
effect July 1 of this year, 1996.
SECTION II. The county option income tax
(COIT) is imposed on the county taxpayers of St.
Joseph County at the following rates for
subsequent years as follows:
Resident
County
Taxpayers
July 1,
0.3%
July 1,
0.4%
July 1,
0.5%
July 1,
and sub:
0.60
Nonresident
County
Taxpayers
1997 to June 30, 1998
0.075%
1998 to June 30, 1999
0.1%
1999 to June 30, 2000
0.125%
2000 to June 30, 2001
Sequent years
0.15%
SECTION III. If any part, section,
subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
Ordinance is for any reason declared
unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance.
SECTION IV. This Ordinance shall be in full
force and effect from and after its passage by the
St. Joseph County Income Tax Council.
SECTION II. This resolution shall be in full force and effect
from and after its adoption by the Common Council and approval by the
Mayor.
PRESENTED 3- 5 - 96
NOT APPROVED
ADOPTED � 3-6-9(.
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City of South Bend
Joseph E. Kernan, Mayor
Office of the Mayor
February 21, 1996
Mr. Roland Kelly
President
South Bend Common Council
4th Floor, County -City Building
South Bend, IN 46601
Re: A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA VOTING IN FAVOR OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE ST. JOSEPH
COUNTY INCOME TAX COUNCIL IMPOSING THE COUNTY OPTION INCOME
TAX IN ST. JOSEPH COUNTY (COIT)
Dear Mr. Kelly,
I am attaching for filing, the above - referenced
resolution, voting in favor of a proposed ordinance of the St.
Joseph County Income Tax Council, to impose the County Option
Income Tax in St. Joseph County, Indiana.
As you know, the South Bend Common Council is a member of
the St. Joseph County Income Tax (COIT) Council. Last evening, the
St. Joseph County Council, also a member of the COIT Council,
proposed and voted in favor of the ordinance addressed by the
attached resolution. Pursuant to Indiana law, the proposed
ordinance has been sent to the City for consideration.
The proposed ordinance of the COIT Council imposes the
County Option Income Tax in St. Joseph County at a rate of two -
tenths of one percent on resident county taxpayers effective July
1, 1996 and increasing by one -tenth of one percent each year until
the year 2001 when the rate shall thereafter remain at constant
rate of six - tenths of one percent. The COLT rate imposed on all
nonresident county taxpayers shall be, at all times as required by
Indiana law, one - quarter of that imposed on resident county
taxpayers.
I am also filing a companion bill which to increase the
percentage allowed for homesteads in St. Joseph County by an
additional eight percent above that provided by the State.
County -City Building • South Bend, Indiana 46601 •219/235 -9261 • FAX 219/235 -9892 • TDD 219/235 -5567
Mr. Roland Kelly
February 21, 1996
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The imposition of COIT in St. Joseph County, along with
the increase in available homestead credits, will allow the
generation of revenues needed to support the services and
operations of local government, while at the same time more fairly
distribute the burden of paying for those services.
Your favorable consideration is respectfully requested.
Sincerely,
Joseph E. Kernan
Mayor