8/30/2005
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Mayor, city officials to testify on Indy Works, government reform tomorrow
INDIANAPOLIS - Mayor Bart Peterson and a team of city officials will testify before the Marion County Consolidation Summer Study Committee tomorrow on Indianapolis Works, the government reform plan to improve local city and county services and save local property taxpayers $35 million every year.
WHEN: Tomorrow - Wednesday, August 31
Meeting starts at 9:15 a.m.
WHERE: Indiana Statehouse, Senate Chambers
When Peterson proposed Indianapolis Works last year, he warned that if nothing were done, the city and county would be forced to make up the $35 million by cutting programs and services that rely on property tax dollars. By law, Indianapolis Works had to be passed by the Indiana General Assembly, but the legislature did not pass the plan.
Since then, the city has been forced to cut services in 2005 and 2006 by nearly $30 million and cut 189 positions through attrition.
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