Three local governments serving Fort Wayne and Allen County are each asking to raise more property-tax revenue in 2027, according to figures published on Indiana's budget-notice site and checked on Oct. 18 and 19. Allen County's proposed levy is $114,414,072, up 6.10% from its 2026 certified levy. Fort Wayne's civil city levy would rise 5.86% to $198,805,526, and Northwest Allen County Schools proposes $43,237,327, up 10.79%.
The decisions arrive on different days. Allen County's adoption agenda was dated Monday, Oct. 19. Fort Wayne City Council is scheduled to discuss proposed budget cuts on Tuesday, Oct. 20, ahead of final action on Oct. 27, and the school corporation's advertised adoption is Oct. 26.
Fort Wayne's administration describes a $257.7 million property-tax-supported operating budget, up 2.9% on the comparison it uses. The city's advertised General Fund plan would use about $2.58 million of existing cash alongside about $150.6 million in expected revenue, leaving a projected year-end cash balance of about $61 million in that fund.
Allen County's adoption packet lists about $169.7 million in operating resources against about $169.68 million in spending, including $3 million of expected rollover cash based on a three-year average of unspent appropriations. At Northwest Allen County Schools, about $3.07 million of the $4.21 million proposed levy increase — roughly 73% — comes from regular debt service, with operations and referendum debt making up the rest.
A larger levy does not translate directly into the same percentage change on an individual tax bill. A bill depends on the property's assessment, its taxing district, and its deductions and credits, and Indiana's homestead deduction structure changes again for taxes payable in 2027.
