What’s In the 2025 Budget for the City of Indianapolis

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INDIANAPOLIS--Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett presented his spending plan for 2025 on Monday night in front of the Indianapolis City-County Council.

It’s valued at $1.6 billion, which is about $90 million more than 2024. Hogsett says it contains no new taxes and is the city’s eighth balanced budget. He did acknowledge, however, that with federal COVID relief money running out and union labor contracts needing to be negotiated, that could pose some challenges.

“I would suggest that we have no intention of slowing down, but our 2025 spending plans are about more than keeping up with what we’ve been doing. This coming year is going to be about supporting the people who got us here in the first place,” said Mayor Joe Hogsett during his address.

The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department would get $338 million, which is $14 million more than last year.

“Our goal is simple; make IMPD the best trained and preeminent police force in the entire country,” said Hogsett to the council.

That money would include updated technologies for officers such as license plate readers, public safety cameras, dash cameras, and body-worn cameras. The budget would fully fund more than 1,700 officers and three recruitment classes a year.

The Indianapolis Fire Department would get $258 million. That’s about $3 million more than a year ago.

“We will continue to support the men and women of IFD by maintaining the 10-year fleet replacement program, funding a new arson unit and building new fire stations,” Hogsett said.

The budget also allots nearly $200 million for roads, bridges and other greenway improvements.

Multiple committees still have to review the budget before it gets approved.

You can view the full budget here.