Bremen Town Council Holds Special Meeting to Discuss Amended Budget

The Bremen Town Council members held a special meeting Tuesday afternoon to discuss the amended 2023 budget. 

The Bremen Town Council is repeating the budget process in an effort to realize additional levy, under the recommendation from the Department of Local Government Finance, according to Bremen Clerk-Treasurer Janet Anglemyer.

The estimated Civil Max Levy is $3,031,505. With that, some of the budget numbers have changed.

According to the amended submission on the Indiana Gateway website, some of the major funds include the General Fund estimated at just over $3 million, Rainy Day at $150,000, Local Road and Street at almost $80,000, Motor Vehicle Highway at almost $932,000, Emergency Ambulance/Med Services – Fire at $366,000, Park and Recreation at $383,000, Cemetery at $217,000, Cumulative Capital Improvement at about $32,000, Cumulative Capital Development at $200,000, Redevelopment at $1.6 million, and American Rescue Plan Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund at $506,000, among other funds.

The all-funds total budget is $7,845,597. 

The Bremen Town Council approved the first reading of the amended budget during the special meeting Tuesday afternoon.

The council will host a public hearing on the budget Tuesday, October 18 at 4:30 p.m. ET at the Bremen Town Hall with the adoption scheduled for Tuesday, November 1 at 4:30 p.m. ET at the same location.