Mayor vetoes firearms, increase in pay proposals

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard vetoed two ordinances to the council office; Proposal 228 regarding the reporting of lost or stolen firearms and Proposal 413 regarding increases in compensation for the City-County Council.

Ballard’s office released the following statement from the mayor:

Pursuant to the authority vested in the Office of the Mayor by Indiana Code §36-3-4-16, I hereby veto Proposal No. 228, 2015, General Ordinance, 82, 2015, presented to me on December 17, 2015, for the reason stated below. This proposal is contrary to state law. For this reason, I veto Proposal No. 228, 2015.

Pursuant to the authority vested in the Office of the Mayor by Indiana Code §36-3-4-16, I hereby veto Proposal No. 413, 2015, General Ordinance, 99, 2015, presented to me on December 17, 2015, for the reasons stated below. This proposal was passed during the transition period – the equivalent of the political dark of night. However one may feel about the appropriate levels of pay for elected officials, a vote such as this should be passed when there is accountability. For these reasons, I veto Proposal No. 413, 2015.