Noblesville Common Council - 10/27/26

At the October 27, 2026, Noblesville Common Council meeting, the council advanced the city’s 2027 budget, which allocates 57% of the core operational budget to public safety, limits ongoing core spending growth to 5%, and is based on a targeted property tax rate of $1.10. The amended budget ordinance passed 8–0. The council also approved a one-year bond authorization for capital projects and a related appropriation of bond proceeds; both passed 8–0. A separate $20,000 appropriation from the Downtown Development Fund for a custom hot-water power-washer attachment for downtown maintenance was approved. The council approved the resolution setting the maximum 2027 civil-city property tax rate and considered 2027 meet-and-confer agreements with the police and firefighters’ unions; the transcript records a motion on the agreements but does not capture the vote result.

The mayor reported that design work is underway for a roundabout at Oak Bay and North Harbor, with the city seeking funding and evaluating whether to accelerate the project following traffic fatalities. Other infrastructure updates included downtown improvements and a planned new police station groundbreaking. A developer also presented a proposed amendment to the Promenade planned-development ordinance to allow three office buildings on separately owned lots; it is scheduled for Planning Commission review, with no council action recorded. No vendor selection or contract award was identified.