I heard Fishers officials complain for some time about an imbalance in the distribution formula for local income taxes, with Fishers officials claiming Carmel was getting an unfair share of the local income tax money.

In the 2020 session of the Indiana General Assembly, House Speaker Todd Huston was instrumental in passing legislation providing more money for Fishers in passing out local income tax funds.

However, a Marion County judge just issued a ruling that this measure passed by state lawmakers is not consistent with Indiana’s constitution and struck down the law.  The story posted yesterday by Ann Marie Shambaugh of Current Publishing had plenty of quotes from a clearly pleased Carmel Mayor Sue Finkam.

So, what is the reaction to this ruling from Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness?  How will this ruling impact planning for the 2025 city budget and beyond?   Does the city have any plans to appeal?

I have covered Scott Fadness for more than 12 years and he is always careful when commenting on matters such as this.  His spokesperson, Ashley Elrod, says the city “is not providing comment at this time.”

The city will need to respond to this judge’s ruling, but we may need to wait a bit before we have that reaction in this instance.