Chairperson Tanner reviewed a package of amendments to the county’s proposed community‑investment (tax‑abatement) ordinance (Bill 60‑25). The revisions circulated to council members and staff addressed definitional errors, adjusted scoring language, restored a provision that establishes minimum wage thresholds for qualifying projects, and clarified protections for individual employee and contractor privacy in required compliance reporting.

Tanner summarized the principal changes for the committee: corrections to the definition of “local company,” removal of antiquated references that implied municipal utility obligations, reintroduction of objective wage thresholds (to be administered using averages under state law), and replacement of the word “fine” with the more precise “penalty” language in the compliance sections. He said the amendments were developed in consultation with the South Bend Regional Chamber and county economic‑development staff.

Committee members debated whether to delay the ordinance until the next meeting to allow more review; that motion resulted in a tie and the chair exercised his authority to break the tie and deny the delay. After discussion the committee voted to send the amended ordinance favorably to the full council for consideration.

The committee also asked staff to clarify reporting formats and thresholds and to circulate final clean copies of the exhibits before the full‑council hearing.