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Zionsville council introduces 2026 budget; consultants flag ongoing uncertainty from state tax changes
Summary
On first reading the council introduced a balanced draft 2026 budget that reduces capital spending and includes proposed salary adjustments. Consultants warned long-term revenue impacts from Indiana Senate Bill 1 and recommended follow-up steps including a possible excess-levy appeal.
The Town of Zionsville Town Council received the first reading of the 2026 budget on Sept. 22 and introduced the ordinance for further review. Tim Berry, the town's financial consultant with Crow, presented the draft budget and five-year projections.
Berry said staff and department heads reduced expenditures to offer a balanced 2026 operational budget after factoring early estimates of the impact of Indiana's Senate Bill 1 (SB1). He reported a conservative supplemental local income tax estimate of…
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