HomeMy WebLinkAboutA Petition and Appeal to the State Board of Tax Commissioners of the State for Relief from Levy Limitations for 1984 Payable 1985 Tax Levies RESOLUTION
NO. 1206-84
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana,
September 24, 19 84 .
Attest: ` a-"J City Clerk
Attest: 4.4-e.../c1 .12- _ President of Common Council.
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Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Indiana
September 25, 19 84
l City Clerk
Approved and signed by me C�j%7L M 02-fc 19 79 .
tit, Mayor
RESOLUTION NO. 1 R o(o - ?1
A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND THE COMMON
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND AUTHORIZING
AND JOINING IN A PETITION AND APPEAL TO THE
STATE BOARD OF TAX COMMISSIONERS OF THE STATE
OF INDIANA FOR RELIEF FROM LEVY LIMITATIONS
FOR THE 1984 PAYABLE 1985 TAX LEVIES FOR THE
CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA
WHEREAS, pursuant to Indiana Code 6-1.1-18.5-1 et seq. , the
maximum tax levy for 1984 payable 1985 for the City of South Bend has
been frozen at 105% of the 1983 payable in 1984 level; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of Indiana Code 6-1.1-18 .5-
12 et seq. , an appeal for relief from such frozen levy may be pursued
by a municipal corporation so as to fund certain governmental
functions specified therein; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and the South Bend Common Council have
joined in the adoption of an appeal from such frozen levy for the
purpose of funding certain expenses which are a part of the operation
of the municipal government of the City of South Bend , Indiana, which
requirements have been caused by the increase in utility costs in
excess of 10% based on I & M' s electrical increase of twenty (20)
plus percent, and the operational costs deficit of the Parking
Garages resulting from the lease payments; and
WHEREAS, such an appeal seeks an increase in the maximum
levy in the total amount of $712 ,560.00; and
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the Mayor and the Common
Council of the City of South Bend that such an appeal is necessary
and in the best interests of the citizens of the City of South Bend ,
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Indiana.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and the
Common Council of the City of South Bend , Indiana, do hereby petition
and appeal to the State Board of Tax Commissioners of the State of
Indiana for relief from levy limitations pursuant to Indiana Code
6-1.1-18.5-1 et seq. , as applied to the 1984 payable 1985 tax levies
for the City of South Bend , Indiana; such appeal shall be for the
purpose of funding certain expenses which are a part of the
operations of the municipal government of the City of South Bend ,
Indiana, which have been caused by the increase in utility costs in
excess of 10% based on I & M' s electrical increase of twenty (20)
plus percent, and the operational costs deficit of the Parking
Garages resulting from lease payments , as follows :
A. For utility costs in excess of 10% based
on I & M' s electrical increase of twenty (20)
plus percent. This accounts for Two Hundred and
Fifty-nine Thousand Five Hundred Sixty Dollars
($259,560.00) of the excess levy.
I .C. 6-1.1-18.5-13(17)
B . The operational costs deficit of the Parking
Garages resulting from lease payments . That
accumulated deficit is estimated to be Four
Hundred and Fifty-three Thousand Dollars
($453,000.00) through December 31st of 1985 .
I.C. 6-1 .1-18.5-8(a) (2)
and shall seek total relief from the frozen levy in the amount of
$712,560.00 for the tax year 1984 payable 1985.
IT IS HEREBY FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor and the
Common Council of the City of South Bend do hereby join in this
petitioning resolution to the State Board of Tax Commissioners of
the State of Indiana, that without the requested emergency financial
relief for which the City of South Bend petitions , it will be unable
to carry out, in its ensuing budget year, the governmental functions
and responsibilities committed to it by law.
Approved this 24 day of Sept mbe , 1984, by
the Common Council of the City of South Bend,Indiana.
founci rest ¢pt
This resolution approved and signed by me this a c2 day
of , 1984.
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ROGER O . PAR NT, Mayor
ATTEST:
MICHAEL L. VANCE, Controller
PRESENTED 9 - .24- - `f
NOT APPROVED
ADOPTED q _ a4 - S1 -2