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Hammond mayor says Indiana's SB 1 is 'crimping' city budget, could force cuts to services and traditions
Summary
At Hammond's Volunteer Awards breakfast, Mayor Thomas M. McDermott Jr. said Indiana Senate Bill 1 has reduced local government flexibility to pay employees and forced city leaders to consider cutting traditions and services, citing a $20,000 cost to the annual breakfast as an example.
Mayor Thomas M. McDermott Jr. told attendees at Hammond City’s annual Volunteer Awards breakfast that the passage of Indiana’s Senate Bill 1 is “crimping” the city’s ability to pay employees and could force cuts to municipal services and long-standing community traditions.
Speaking to volunteers and community partners, the mayor said the city is reviewing budgets and may need to reduce or eliminate programs and events that have run for decades, citing the volunteer breakfast — which he said costs the city more than $20,000 to stage — as one example of a tradition under financial strain. “It's insane what's going on in government right now,” McDermott said.
The mayor described SB 1 as legislation…
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