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Jennings County Council adopts $24.3 million 2026 budget, approves ordinance 2025-09
Summary
The Jennings County Council voted to adopt the 2026 budget and approve ordinance 2025-09 on Oct. 14 after suspending the rules to consider a second reading. The ordinance sets the 2026 appropriations at $24,298,404 with a levy of $7,369,668 and a property tax rate of 0.7427.
Speaker 1 opened the meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Oct. 14 and turned the floor over to Speaker 4 to read ordinance number 2025-09, the formal appropriation ordinance for the county's 2026 budget. The ordinance text read included standard appropriation language, references to submission requirements to the Department of Local Government Finance, and a direction that the levy and rates be set by the ordinance.
Speaker 2 then requested that council read the principal figures aloud so the public in attendance would know the totals under consideration. Speaker 2 read the top-line numbers from the ordinance: an adopted budget of $24,298,404, an adopted tax levy of $7,369,668, and an adopted property tax rate of 0.7427.
After brief procedural discussion, Speaker 1 moved to suspend the rules and adopt the budget on second reading; Speaker 2 seconded. The chair called for a voice vote, declared “Motion carries,” and stated the adopted budget would be signed and forwarded to the county auditor as required by statute and local practice. The chair then closed the budget portion of the meeting and opened the regular monthly meeting.
The ordinance reading and the council's voice vote complete the formal adoption step recorded in these minutes; the council indicated the ordinance will be delivered to the auditor for official filing. The transcript does not include a roll-call vote tally or any amendments to the figures presented.
