It'll be a tough season for Charlie Weis … tax season, that is.

St. Joseph County’s property tax bills have finally been calculated. The property taxes on the Harris Township home of Notre Dame’s Head Football Coach will increase nearly $10,000, or 54%.

Meantime, all three St. Joseph County Commissioners will see their property tax bills increase. At the Harris Township home of Mark Dobson, they will increase by five percent. At the Mishawaka home of Robert Kovach, they will increase by 22%. At the Centre Township home of Steve Ross, they will increase 46%.

“It’s approximately a $1,500 increase in taxes,” Ross said Thursday from his office in the County City Building.

“I will appeal just like any other citizen would, or could” said Ross. Ross claims he has made no recent improvements to the property.

In the South Bend Mayor’s race, this time the candidate with the lowest total wins.

The 2007 property tax bill of Stephen Luecke will increase nearly seven percent. The bill of his Republican challenger, Juan Manigault, will increase by 24% or $642.

“It’s unbelievable,” said Manigault. He stated that high property taxes would be the “death knell” of South Bend and the State of Indiana.

Of the 16 bills studied by NewsCenter 16, three went down, and 13 went up.

Of the 13 that went up, ten posted double-digit percentage increases.

In Mishawaka, Mayor Jeff Rea will see his property tax bill increase by 23% this year. Democratic challenger Mike Hayes will pay a bill that is 18% higher on a Mishawaka home in Penn Township.

On the other hand, Indiana House Speaker B. Patrick Bauer will see the taxes on his South Bend home decrease by three percent. The taxes of former Governor Joseph Kernan will increase by one percent.

The taxes on the Lakeville home of Indiana Representative Jackie Walorski will increase by 38%, or $635. The taxes on the Granger home of State Senator Joseph Zakas will increase by 45%.

Plans call to begin printing St. Joseph County’s tax bills on Friday. A legal advertisement of the tax rates must be published on Saturday, before bills could be mailed next week.