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SPECIAL MEETING DECEMBER 11, 2008 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> SECTION I. The Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, proposes <br />and casts its 40.59 votes in favor of the following Ordinance of the St. Joseph County <br />Income Tax Council: <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE INCOME TAX COUNCIL <br />OF ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA IMPOSING A <br />PUBLIC SAFETY LOCAL OPTION INCOME TAX <br />IN <br />ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA <br /> <br /> <br />STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The St. Joseph County Income Tax Council <br />recognizes that maintaining public safety is a local <br />government priority. The imminent decline in property tax <br />revenues threatens to compromise and challenge local <br />government's ability to provide high quality public safety to <br />citizens of St. Joseph County, Indiana. <br /> <br /> By enacting Indiana Code 6-3.5-6-31, the Indiana <br />legislature has provided a means for local government to <br />help maintain quality public safety through imposition of a <br />public safety local option income tax (Public Safety LOIT). <br />Pursuant to Indiana Code 6-3.5-6-31, the members of the <br />St. Joseph County Income Tax Council hereby adopt and <br />impose such a tax in St. Joseph County effective December <br />31, 2008. <br /> <br /> Imposition of the Public Safety LOIT in St. Joseph <br />County meets all requirements of I.C. 6-3.5-6-31(b) and <br />(c), in that St. Joseph County recently imposed a property <br />tax relief Local Option Income Tax (LOIT) of at least <br />0.25%, and the public safety tax to be imposed does not <br />exceed 0.25%. <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE <br />ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA INCOME TAX <br />COUNCIL, as follows: <br /> <br /> SECTION I. The St. Joseph County, Indiana <br />Income Tax Council imposes the public safety local option <br />income tax (Public Safety LOIT) on the taxpayers of St. <br />Joseph County, Indiana at a rate of 0.25% effective <br />December 31, 2008. <br /> <br /> SECTION II. This ordinance meets all <br />requirements of Ind. Code § 6-3.5-6-31(b). <br /> <br /> SECTION III. If any portion of this Ordinance is <br />declared to be unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, <br />such determination shall not affect the remaining portions <br />of this Ordinance. <br /> <br /> SECTION IV. This Ordinance shall be in full force <br />and effect from and after December 31, 2008 upon its <br />passage by the St. Joseph County, Indiana, Income Tax <br />Council. <br /> 4 <br /> <br />