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Fort Wayne council sets $30 million floor, tightens rules for Legacy Joint Funding

Fort Wayne Common Council · December 16, 2025
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Summary

The Fort Wayne Common Council on Dec. 16 adopted a resolution formalizing the Legacy Joint Funding Program: it sets a $30,000,000 corpus, limits annual payout to approximately $2 million, tightens application and scoring rules, and requires supermajority approval and mayoral sign-off for requests by taxing entities.

The Fort Wayne Common Council unanimously approved a revision to the Legacy Joint Funding Program on Dec. 16, establishing a $30,000,000 corpus and tightening application, scoring and approval procedures for grants from the fund.

Sponsor Councilman Nathan Hartman told colleagues the change followed work by a task force and noted the fund’s history: about $80 million in contributions and roughly $25 million in investment returns over 15 years, leaving a current balance near $40 million. Under the new rules, the council set a corpus (floor) of $30,000,000 to preserve long-term growth while…

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