The Indianapolis City-County Council approved a series of budgetary measures Dec. 1 that include a $44.8 million appropriation to migrate the county property-tax system to a cloud-based software service and multiple appropriations tied to public-safety contracts and capital needs.

Councilors voted 25–0 to approve Proposal 330, which the administration described as “an additional appropriation of $44,800,500 … for the purpose of transferring this county’s property tax system into software services.” Councilor Muscari, who presented several finance items, said the measure passed out of committee with unanimous support.

The council also approved appropriations related to municipal unions and public safety. Proposal 340 — funding for an IMPD collective bargaining agreement, equipment replacement and related grants — passed 24–1 after a brief exchange in which Councilor J.C. Brown explained his no vote, saying the city should not move money out of medical-care funds for corrections amid recent deaths at the criminal justice center.

Other votes on Dec. 1 included:
- Proposal 331: $710,000 in additional support for animal care services to cover personnel and medical supplies (25–0).
- Proposal 342: $4,222,000 for the Marion County Public Defender Agency to cover collective bargaining and capital case costs (25–0).
- Proposal 345: $12.6 million for fire department collective bargaining and related apparatus lease payoff (25–0).
- Proposal 349: roughly $5 million for Department of Public Works fleet maintenance, early snow response and facility needs (25–0).
- Proposal 368: transfer of $1,000,000 from the stormwater fund to Parks for an urban-forestry preservation account (25–0).

Several items drew committee reports before coming to the floor. Chairwoman Lewis and other committee chairs repeatedly told the council the proposals were recommended for passage by the relevant committees (typically 9–0 or 10–0 in committee). When public comment was allowed under the public-hearing portion of the agenda, the council recorded no sustained objections to the finance items other than discussion on the police and corrections-related appropriations.

The council’s approval moves the specified expenditures forward; for most appropriations the sponsors said implementation will follow existing departmental procurement and contract rules. The meeting minutes show several votes recorded as unanimous or near-unanimous, with a handful of abstentions where councilors cited conflicts of interest or employment relationships.