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James Mueller, Mayor
City of South Bend
Department of Administration & Finance
Division of Human Resources
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Email 311@southbendin.gov
Website Southbendin.gov
Filed in Clerk's Office
Sep 9, 2026
Bianca Tirado
City Clerk, South Bend, IN
September 8th, 2026
Canneth Lee, President
City of South Bend Common Council
215 S. Dr. MLK Jr. Blvd. Suite 300
South Bend, Indiana 46601
RE: 2027 TRANSPO Budget Appropriation and Property Tax Levy
Dear Council President Lee:
Attached, please find a bill for consideration by the Common Council of the City of South Bend
appropriating, adopting and approving monies for the South Bend Public Transportation
Corporation (Transpo) for the fiscal year commencing January 1, 2027, and ending December 31,
2027.
This bill is respectfully submitted for 15' reading filing with the Common. Council for the council
meeting on September 14', 2026, 2nd reading and public hearing at the council meeting on
September 28''', 2026, with 3'd reading and council vote at the council meeting on October I2',
2026. 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.
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. Employees of the South Bend
Public Transportation Corporation will also be available at these meetings.
Regards,
Kyle Willis
City Controller
BILL NO. 68-26
ORDINANCE NO.
Filed in Clerk's Office
Sep 9, 2026
Bianca Tirado
City Clerk, South Bend, IN
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,
INDIANA, APPROPRIATING, ADOPTING AND APPROVING THE SOUTH BEND
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION'S 2027 BUDGET AND LEVYING THE
TAX AND FIXING THE RATE OF THE TAXATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF
RAISING REVENUE TO FUND THE SOUTH BEND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
CORPORATION, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 2027
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE AND INTENT
Pursuant to Indiana law, the South Bend Public Transportation Corporation is required to submit
its proposed budget and tax levy to the Common Council of the City of South Bend for adoption.
Specifically, Indiana Code § 6-1.1-17-20 requires that the South Bend Public Transportation
Corporation, as a political subdivision governed by a majority of unelected officials, submit its
proposed budget and property tax levy to the Common Council of the City of South Bend.
Pursuant to Indiana Code § 6-1.1-17-20(e), the Common Council of the City of South Bend is
required to review the South Bend Public Transportation Corporation's budget and proposed tax
levy and adopt a final budget and tax levy for the South Bend Public Transportation Corporation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, as follows:
SECTION I. The South Bend Public Transportation Corporation's budget for the year
ending December 31, 2027, the sums of money stated in the budget summary attached to this
Ordinance as Exhibit A, is appropriated, adopted, approved and ordered set apart out of the several
funds herein named and for the purposes herein specified, subject to the laws governing the same.
Such sums herein appropriated shall be held to include all expenditures authorized to be made
during the year, unless otherwise expressly stipulated and provided for by 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.
SECTION II. For the purpose of raising revenue to meet the necessary expenses of the
South Bend Public Transportation Corporation, 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 2026 to be collected in the year 2027, as shown and described in Exhibit B.
SECTION III. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage
by the Common Council of the City of South Bend and approved 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 , 2026, at o'clock .m.
Approved and signed by me on the
.m.
Bianca L. Tirado, City Clerk
Office of the City Clerk
day of , 2026, at o'clock
James Mueller, Mayor
City of South Bend, Indiana