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Elkhart County Council members press for clarity on SB1; no immediate action taken
Summary
Council members spent the bulk of the Aug. 21 meeting debating how Indiana’s Senate Bill 1 will affect local budgets, property tax bills and municipal revenue sharing. Councilman Clark urged a public special session; the body agreed to continue discussions but took no formal vote.
Elkhart County Council discussed the local implications of Indiana’s Senate Bill 1 for more than an hour at its Aug. 21 meeting, pressing for specific fiscal numbers and for state guidance before taking any formal county action.
Councilman Clark, a member of the Elkhart County Council, led the discussion, saying the bill contains “political gamesmanship” and that what was presented by state leaders differs from what local officials were told. “This bill does not do that,” Clark said of an earlier characterization that SB1 would immediately move the state from a levy-based to a rate-based system. “I sat through the whole meeting. I never heard that.”
Clark urged the council to hold a publicly advertised special session to review SB1’s provisions, invite local state legislators and give county residents a forum to ask…
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