Council committee advances $27.2 million spring supplemental spending package to full council

The Indianapolis City-County Administration & Finance Committee advanced a spring supplemental package that would appropriate $27,200,000 in new spending to the full council with a due-pass recommendation on a voice and later roll-call vote.

The package, presented by Abby Hansen, controller and director of the Office of Finance and Management, is financed from a $77,700,000 supplemental county-option income tax distribution received in 2025. "$77,700,000 has been received and that would be, that's the big number and that is for all eligible units in the county," Hansen said during the presentation.

Why it matters: The supplemental package reallocates one-time county income-tax receipts among several city priorities and fills gaps created by lower property-tax projections and increased circuit‑breaker losses. That includes funding for parks landscaping and upgrades, implementation of fatal-crash review recommendations, stormwater work tied to the IndyGo Blue Line corridor, homeowner repair grants, and an initial urban-forest preservation allocation.

Key allocations and program details - Public-safety income tax/certified shares: Hansen said $18,000,000 is associated with public-safety income tax and $34,400,000 is the county-certified share received by the city-county; those figures explain the overall pool available to allocate, although the $18,000,000 for union contract increases was not included in this fiscal packet because it will be appropriated later to cover labor costs. - Facilities assessment (Duval Work Release Center): $1,100,000 is requested to fund a facilities assessment to evaluate long-term…