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Council adopts Transpo 2026 budget; bill moves to third reading then passed

Common Council of the City of South Bend · October 28, 2025
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Summary

The council approved a favorable recommendation and then adopted Bill 57-25, the South Bend Public Transportation Corporation's 2026 budget and tax rate for Transpo. Councilmembers thanked staff and Transpo leadership for work on the budget.

The Common Council approved Bill 57-25, which adopts the South Bend Public Transportation Corporation(Transpo) budget for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 2026, and sets the tax rate to raise revenue for Transpo operations.

Council members said they had reviewed the budget multiple times and thanked Transpo staff for their work; no public comment was recorded on the ordinance during the Committee of the Whole. A motion to send the Transpo budget bill to the full council with a favorable recommendation passed and, at third reading, the ordinance was adopted by roll-call vote recorded as 9 ayes.

Council did not include line-item debate in the meeting minutes; staff will move the ordinance through the normal appropriation and implementation steps for the South Bend Public Transportation Corporation.