Crafting a responsible and responsive budget that reflects our needs and values.
One of our most important roles on The City Council is our role as the city's fiscal body. We look at the budget, as presented by our mayor, and ensure that it's fiscally responsible, but fiscally responsive to the priorities of our fellow residents.
In order to do that, we need to have you engaged in this process too.
On August 13th, Mayor Hogsett will present his 2019 Budget. From August 13, the Council will hash over this $1.6 Billion budget before passing it at our meeting in October.
That means that the budgets for each department will go before the corresponding City Council Committee for hearing, and Public input. This is your opportunity to hear the proposed budget for a particular department, and share your views on it.
One important thing to remember. A city budget will always follow what our real values are. (not what we say they are.)
If our budget does not reflect what we say our values are, they aren't really our values.
To that end, we need your input. We need the public to help us craft a budget that reflects our values as One City.
In the coming days, I will post the budget as presented to give you, the public, the opportunity to review what Mayor Hogsett presents to the Council. In the days following, each Council Committee will have several opportunities to shape the budget to reflect our priorities. These hearings will be televised live and presented on line and archived for you to watch and review.
Below, please find the hearing schedule for each department. If there is an area of city Government you are interested in and don't see it listed, it could be a sub-department of another. I'll help you find where that budget hearing will take place if you let me know your interest.
2019 BUDGET SCHEDULE
ADMINISTRATION & FINANCE COMMITTEE– Clerk, Leslie Williams
August 14, Room 260
5:30 p.m. Office of the Mayor
Office of Finance and Management
Office of Minority and Women Business Development
Office of Corporation Counsel
Information Services Agency/CIO’s Office
August 21, Room 260
5:30 p.m. Marion County Election Board
Voter Registration
Marion County Building Authority
Office of Audit and Performance
Indianapolis Bond Bank and Debt Obligations
September 4, Room 260
5:30 p.m. Marion County Treasurer’s Office/Commissioners
Marion County Auditor’s Office/Administrator
City-County Council Office and Clerk
September 11, Room 260
5:30 p.m. City Market Corporation
Marion County Cooperative Extension Service
Telecom & Video Services Agency
Noble of Indiana
October 2, Room 260
5:30 p.m. Review and Analysis
EDUCATION COMMITTEE–Clerk, Kimberly Nance
September 25, Room 260
5:30 p.m. Office of Education and Innovation
METROPOLITAN AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE– Clerk, Kimberly Nance
August 20, Room 260
5:30 p.m. Department of Metropolitan Development
Department of Business and Neighborhood Services
Animal Care Services
September 17, Room 260
Marion County Recorder’s Office
Marion County Surveyor’s Office
Marion County Assessor’s Office
October 1, Room 260
5:30 p.m. Review and Analysis
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS COMMITTEE– Clerk, Leslie Williams
September 13, Room 260
5:30 p.m. Indianapolis Capital Improvements Board
Indianapolis Public Transportation Corporation
September 19, Room 260
5:30 p.m. Indianapolis Airport Authority
Marion County Health and Hospital Corporation
Indianapolis Marion County Public Library Board
September 26, Room 260
5:30 p.m. Review and Analysis
PARKS & RECREATION COMMITTEE– Clerk, Kimberly Nance
September 6, Room 260
5:30 p.m. Arts Council of Indianapolis
Department of Parks and Recreation
September 27, Room 260
5:30 p.m. Review and Analysis
PUBLIC SAFETY & CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE– Clerk, Leslie Williams
August 15, Room 260
5:30 p.m. Marion County Prosecutor and Child Support Division
Marion County Public Defender’s Agency
Marion County Community Corrections
August 22, Room 260
5:30 p.m. Marion County Clerk’s Office
Marion County Coroner’s Office
Marion County Circuit Court
Marion Superior Court
Indianapolis-Marion County Forensic Services Agency
August 29, Room 260
5:30 p.m. Early Intervention Planning Council
Regional Health & Mental Health Centers
Office of Public Health and Safety
September 5, Room 260
5:30 p.m. Marion County Sheriff’s Office
September 12, Public Assembly Room
5:30 p.m. Indianapolis Fire Department
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department
October 3, Room 260
5:30 p.m. Review and Analysis
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE– Clerk, Fernanda Ramirez-Strickland
August 23, Room 260
5:30 p.m. Department of Public Works
October 4, Room 260
5:30 p.m. Review and Analysis