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Council sends $9.976 million substitute appropriation and other first‑reading bills to committee
Summary
At its March 9 meeting the South Bend council gave first readings to several ordinances, including substitute Ordinance 10‑26 (an appropriation ordinance listing multiple fund transfers totaling $9,976,000 from the general fund and several other line items) and referred them to committee for public hearings on March 23, 2026.
The South Bend Common Council on March 9 read multiple ordinances for the first time and referred them to the appropriate standing committees for public hearings and third readings on March 23 (and March 16 for one planning item).
Clerk Toronto read substitute Ordinance 10‑26, described in the record as appropriating additional funds for city operations for 2026. The transcript lists $9,976,000 from the general fund and multiple additional line items transcribed as follows: $150,000 (Parks & Recreation Fund 201); $465,000 (Motor Vehicles Highway Fund 202); $500,000 (Community Investment Operating Fund 211); $50,000 (Gift Donation Fund 217); $114,300 (Law Enforcement Continuing Education Fund 220); $2,750 (Central Services Fund 222); $21,099 (IT Innovation call center fund 279); $296,600 (Police Federal Drug Enforcement Fund 299); $2,150,000 (Local Income Tax economic development fund 408); $1,100,000 (Professional Sports & Convention Development Area Fund 413); $3,800,000 (Water Works Capital Fund 622); $20,000 (Sewage Works Operations Fund 641); $600,000 (Storm Sewer Fund 667 — amount in transcript unclear); $71,265 (Century Center Operations Fund 670); and $5,000 (Self‑Funded Employee Benefits Fund 711). The record contains typographical errors and several dollar amounts or fund numbers that are garbled; the council clerk and staff will publish the official ordinance text prior to the committee hearing.
The council voted to send the substitute to the Personnel & Finance Committee for public hearing and third reading on March 23. Other first readings included Ordinance 07‑26 (a separate alley vacation sent to Public Works and Property Vacation Committee), Ordinance 08‑26 (salary adjustments for certain Human Rights Commission positions, sent to Personnel & Finance), Ordinance 09‑26 (budget transfers, sent to Personnel & Finance), Ordinance 11‑26 (payments in lieu of taxes for Heritage Veil South Bend LP, sent to Community Investment), Ordinance 12‑26 (utility service boundary changes, sent to Utilities Committee), and Ordinance 13‑26 (a zoning amendment for 911 Logan Street, sent to Plan Commission and Zoning & Annexation Committee).
Council members voted by voice or roll call where required; these items were referred for committee review and will return to the council for third reading after those hearings.
