On July 22, 2016, Mayor Pete Buttigieg announced that all City employees (including part-time, seasonal, and temporary) would be paid a minimum wage of at least $10.10 an hour.
The Community Forum for Economic Justice, at its June 2017 meeting, discussed a proposal to require companies receiving tax abatements from the City of South Bend to pay their workers a minimum wage at least as high as the minimum wage paid to all City employees.
Second District Representative Regina Williams-Preston submitted such an ordinance (Download Substitute 48-17 Tax Abatement Amendment) to the City Council. The Council will hold a public hearing and vote on the ordinance on
Monday, September 25, 7 PM
4th floor, County-City building, 227 West Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend