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# Vigo Ledger — edition 2026-W36

The most recent meeting cycle: **2026-08-24 through 2026-09-03**, across 5 meetings.
Everything older is listed under [Earlier](#earlier) as headlines only.
The archive goes back about 8 months, to December 2025.

## Lead story

### Council adopts a 10% sewer rate increase and new stormwater fee, the first sewer hike since 2019

**Terre Haute City Council · 2026-09-03 · money · passed · verified**

Outcome: Passed on a voice vote, first to take action and then to approve.

Approved sewer rate increase (2030): **10 percent**.

Affects: Terre Haute sewer customers.

Thread: [Long-Term Control Plan — sewer & stormwater rate plan](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Entities/Ordinances/long-term-control-plan) · 3 events.

- [Council adopts a 10% sewer rate increase and new stormwater fee, the first sewer hike since 2019](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-03-terre-haute-city-council-sewer-stormwater-rate-increase)
- [Council authorizes up to $125 million in bonds to fund the sewer and stormwater upgrade plan](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-03-terre-haute-city-council-sanitary-district-bonds)

Source: [Mayor's overview of the rate increase and stormwater fee, 15:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTaXfMFUA30&t=957)

*If you're wondering why your sewer bill is going up, this is the vote.*

## Where things stand

- **[Long-Term Control Plan — sewer & stormwater rate plan](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Entities/Ordinances/long-term-control-plan)** — passed · last 2026-09-03 · 3 events
  The council has adopted the sewer and stormwater rate plan and authorized up to $125 million in bonds to fund it, as of Sept. 3, 2026 — a 10% sewer rate increase starting in 2030, the first since 2019, plus a new $3-a-month stormwater fee. No further dated step is on the record.
- **[Vigo County schools building & funding plan ("Option 6.2")](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Entities/Issues/vigo-county-schools-funding-project)** — tabled · last 2026-09-01 · 21 events · next known date 2026-12-31
  The council has not voted: on Sep 1 it pulled the request from its agenda and referred it to a three-member review committee. The casino foundation's pledge is contingent on council approval by Dec. 31, 2026. The county is asked for $15 million up front and $6 million a year toward a $222 million plan.
- **[Additional Appropriation 2026-42 — prosecutor forfeiture funds ($502,000)](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Entities/Ordinances/additional-appropriation-2026-42-prosecutor-forfeiture)** — tabled · last 2026-09-01 · 2 events
  Additional Appropriation 2026-42 is tabled, held a second time on Sep 1, 2026 at the prosecutor's office's request with no vote taken. No return date is set. The request is $502,000 in seized-asset forfeiture money: $250,000 for vehicles, $52,000 for contractual services, $200,000 for equipment.
- **[Courthouse secure (inmate) elevator replacement](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Entities/Issues/courthouse-secure-elevator)** — tabled · last 2026-09-01 · 2 events
  The $500,000 request to rebuild the courthouse's only secure inmate elevator is off the county council's agenda for a second month, pulled on Sep 1, 2026 at the commissioners' request while they wait on another repair estimate. No funding decision has been made and no return date is set.

## 2026-09-03 — Terre Haute City Council

- **[Council adopts a 10% sewer rate increase and new stormwater fee, the first sewer hike since 2019](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-03-terre-haute-city-council-sewer-stormwater-rate-increase)** — money · passed · verified · *(lead story, above)*
  Passed on a voice vote, first to take action and then to approve. Affects: Terre Haute sewer customers.
  Source: [Mayor's overview of the rate increase and stormwater fee, 15:57](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTaXfMFUA30&t=957)
- **[Council holds off on a private-well ban near old contamination sites after members ask for more notice](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-03-terre-haute-city-council-groundwater-usage-restrictions-ordinance)** — rules · pending · verified
  No vote was taken; the council moved to the next agenda item without action. Deadline to close existing wells under the proposed ordinance: 365 days. Affects: private well owners near IDEM contamination sites.
  Source: [City Attorney Michael Wright explains the ordinance and IDEM's preference, 35:09](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTaXfMFUA30&t=2101)

## 2026-09-01 — Vigo County Council (Sunshine)

- **[Council pulls the county's school-funding vote from tonight's agenda, refers it to a new three-member committee](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-01-vigo-county-council-sunshine-school-funding-vote-pulled-committee-referral)** — deferral · tabled · verified
  Pulled from tonight's agenda and referred to a new three-member committee; no vote taken. Total project cost: $222,000,000. Affects: Vigo County School Corporation · West Vigo High School · Vigo County property taxpayers. Thread: [Vigo County schools building & funding plan ("Option 6.2")](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Entities/Issues/vigo-county-schools-funding-project) · 21 events.
  Also in this story: [Commissioners ask the council for $15 million up front and $6 million a year for 20 years toward a $222 million school plan](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-01-vigo-county-council-sunshine-commissioners-school-funding-presentation)
  Source: [13:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9WTgXtkSw&t=801)
- **[A council member moves to fire the county council's attorney; vote to come next meeting](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-01-vigo-county-council-sunshine-council-attorney-no-confidence-motion)** — friction · pending · verified
  Motion and second made to remove the attorney; a vote is expected at the next meeting.
  Source: [4:10:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9WTgXtkSw&t=15035)
- **[Council president orders an outside audit and revenue forecast after the county's bond rating is downgraded](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-01-vigo-county-council-sunshine-council-president-orders-audit-revenue-forecast)** — friction · informational · verified
  Executed by the council president using existing council rules; no council vote taken.
  Source: [11:47](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9WTgXtkSw&t=707)
- **[Vigo County holds its first public hearing on a $124.2 million 2027 budget](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-01-vigo-county-council-sunshine-2027-budget-public-hearing)** — money · informational · verified
  Public hearing held; adoption vote scheduled for October 13. Vigo County operating budget (proposed): $124,231,122.
  Source: [2:42:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9WTgXtkSw&t=9743)
- **[Courthouse's secure elevator funding is pulled from the agenda for a second month](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-01-vigo-county-council-sunshine-courthouse-elevator-second-deferral)** — deferral · tabled · verified
  Removed from the agenda for a second time at the commissioners' request; no funding decision made. Estimated repair cost: $500,000. Affects: Vigo County Courthouse. Thread: [Courthouse secure (inmate) elevator replacement](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Entities/Issues/courthouse-secure-elevator) · 2 events.
  Source: [2:55:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9WTgXtkSw&t=10550)
- **[Prosecutor's $502,000 forfeiture-funds appropriation is tabled again](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-01-vigo-county-council-sunshine-prosecutor-forfeiture-appropriation-2026-42-tabled)** — deferral · tabled · verified
  Tabled again at the prosecutor's office's request; no vote taken. Total forfeiture funds: $502,000. Affects: Terre Haute Police Department. Thread: [Additional Appropriation 2026-42 — prosecutor forfeiture funds ($502,000)](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Entities/Ordinances/additional-appropriation-2026-42-prosecutor-forfeiture) · 2 events.
  Source: [2:56:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9WTgXtkSw&t=10580)
- **[Sheriff's office asks for $110,000 more to cover a gasoline shortfall through the end of the year](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-01-vigo-county-council-sunshine-sheriff-gasoline-appropriation-2026-47)** — money · introduced · verified
  Presented for a first reading; no vote taken at this meeting. Requested appropriation: $110,000. Affects: Vigo County Sheriff's Office.
  Source: [2:58:05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9WTgXtkSw&t=10685)
- **[Prosecutor's office moves to update the county's decades-old forfeiture and RICO reimbursement ordinance](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-01-vigo-county-council-sunshine-forfeiture-rico-ordinance-amendment)** — rules · introduced · verified
  Introduced on first reading, with minor revisions expected before next week's meeting.
  Source: [2:53:28](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9WTgXtkSw&t=10408)

## 2026-09-01 — Vigo County Commissioners

- **[Vigo County commissioners approve $4,258,122.91 in claims for August 21-27, most of it public-safety-related](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-01-vigo-county-commissioners-claims-docket-aug21-27)** — money · passed · **unverified**
  Approved on a voice vote. Claims docket total: $4,258,122.91.
  Source: [Claims docket presented, 1:58](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcj3MK3mt-A&t=118)

## 2026-08-25 — Vigo County Commissioners

- **[Resident flags an unfinished grade at the fairgrounds' new concrete; commissioners say they're aware](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-25-vigo-county-commissioners-fairgrounds-concrete-grade)** — property · **unverified**
  No formal action taken; commissioners acknowledged the gap. Affects: Vigo County Fairgrounds visitors with limited mobility.
  Source: [Fairgrounds concrete raised, 18:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ0IoaGhUhg&t=1081)

## Also this week

- **[State guidance says the county's 0.2% correctional/rehab tax fund can't pay for non-facility staff](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-24-vigo-county-budget-committee-correctional-rehab-fund-restricted)** — Vigo County Budget Committee · 2026-08-24 · rules · verified
  No fund decision changed; that spending has to come from county general instead, per state guidance. Affects: Vigo County dual-diagnosis staff.
  Source: [State Board of Accounts guidance reported, 1:42:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cez3g1CO4FE&t=6172)

## Still open

- [Long-Term Control Plan — sewer & stormwater rate plan](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Entities/Ordinances/long-term-control-plan) — passed · 3 events · last 2026-09-03
- [Vigo County schools building & funding plan ("Option 6.2")](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Entities/Issues/vigo-county-schools-funding-project) — tabled · 21 events · last 2026-09-01
- [Additional Appropriation 2026-42 — prosecutor forfeiture funds ($502,000)](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Entities/Ordinances/additional-appropriation-2026-42-prosecutor-forfeiture) — tabled · 2 events · last 2026-09-01
- [Courthouse secure (inmate) elevator replacement](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Entities/Issues/courthouse-secure-elevator) — tabled · 2 events · last 2026-09-01

## Dates ahead

- **2026-10-13** — council adoption vote · [Vigo County 2027 operating budget](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Entities/Issues/vigo-county-2027-budget) · Vigo County Council (Sunshine)
- **2026-10-13** — county auditor's 18-month revenue forecast due · [Vigo County bond rating downgrade and financial audit](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Entities/Issues/vigo-county-bond-rating-downgrade) · Vigo County Council (Sunshine)
- **2026-10-13** — 2027 budget adoption vote · [Vigo County Council](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Entities/Bodies/vigo-county-council) · Vigo County Council (Sunshine)

## Earlier

Headlines only. Open any item for its sources.

- **2026-08-18** · Vigo County Commissioners · friction · [Commissioners say next month's school-funding meeting may move to a bigger venue after the last meeting overflowed the room](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-18-vigo-county-commissioners-meeting-venue-school-funding)
- **2026-08-18** · Vigo County Commissioners · money · [County signs $469,000 contract to study traffic safety problems countywide](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-18-vigo-county-commissioners-safe-streets-for-all-contract)
- **2026-08-18** · Vigo County Commissioners · property · [County commissions design for a bigger south highway garage after years of cramped, outdoor repairs](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-18-vigo-county-commissioners-south-garage-addition-design)
- **2026-08-18** · Vigo County Commissioners · money · [Commissioners approve ordinance creating a new fire tax district for Otter Creek Township](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-18-vigo-county-commissioners-otter-creek-fire-protection-district)
- **2026-08-18** · Vigo County Commissioners · deferral · [Commissioners pull jail-overcrowding ordinance from the agenda, say a decision is still weeks away](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-18-vigo-county-commissioners-jail-overcrowding-decision-deferred)
- **2026-08-13** · Vigo County Budget Committee · deferral · [Sheriff's office budget put off to a later meeting](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-13-vigo-county-budget-committee-sheriff-budget-deferred)
- **2026-08-13** · Vigo County Budget Committee · deferral · [Two Juvenile Justice Center budget lines held pending a check with the auditor's office](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-13-vigo-county-budget-committee-juvenile-justice-center-items-deferred)
- **2026-08-13** · Vigo County Budget Committee · deferral · [Budget committee recesses without deciding on salaries, grade changes, or how to pay for a tower](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-13-vigo-county-budget-committee-recess-salaries-deferred)
- **2026-08-13** · Vigo County Budget Committee · deferral · [Budget committee holds off on the weights and measures budget over an unresolved raise question](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-13-vigo-county-budget-committee-weights-and-measures-raise-deferred)
- **2026-08-13** · Vigo County Budget Committee · money · [County's 911 fund set to spend more than it takes in next year](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-13-vigo-county-budget-committee-911-fund-cash-drawdown)
- **2026-08-13** · Vigo County Budget Committee · property · [Funding for the Clinton Road widening project drops from $3 million to $500,000](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-13-vigo-county-budget-committee-clinton-road-funding-drop)
- **2026-08-13** · Vigo County Budget Committee · money · [Clerk's office scanning project budget jumps from $9,000 to $109,000](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-13-vigo-county-budget-committee-clerk-scanning-project-funding)
- **2026-08-12** · Vigo County Budget Committee · deferral · [Vigo County holds off approving the sheriff's budget to recheck the numbers](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-sheriff-budget-held-off)
- **2026-08-12** · Vigo County Budget Committee · money · [Vigo County clerk wins $300,000 for records digitization and higher pay for election-day workers](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-clerk-digitization-and-election-worker-pay)
- **2026-08-12** · Vigo County Budget Committee · money · [Vigo County jail budget goes up for vehicles, repairs, and new body cameras](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-jail-budget-increase-body-cameras)
- **2026-08-12** · Vigo County Budget Committee · money · [State funding cuts push more of Vigo County's community corrections costs onto local taxpayers](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-community-corrections-funding-shift)
- **2026-08-12** · Vigo County Budget Committee · money · [A drug-treatment court program may need $250,000 from Vigo County's general fund instead of opioid settlement money](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-judge-readys-program-funding-shift)
- **2026-08-12** · Vigo County Budget Committee · money · [Vigo County Highway Department needs more money set aside for workers' comp insurance](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-highway-department-workers-comp-increase)
- **2026-08-12** · Vigo County Budget Committee · deferral · [Vigo County forwards a pay-grade increase and staff stipends for tax-office employees to the full council](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-auditor-office-pay-grade-and-stipend-forwarded)
- **2026-08-12** · Vigo County Board of Zoning Appeals · property · [Zoning board approves a garage variance next to a vacant lot, over one neighbor's written objection](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-board-of-zoning-appeals-garage-setback-variance)
- **2026-08-12** · Vigo County Budget Committee · money · [Vigo County adds $520,000 to cover a run of building-maintenance emergencies](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-building-maintenance-emergency-funding)
- **2026-08-12** · Vigo County Oversight Board · money · [Oversight board recommends $15 million up front and $6 million a year in county money for the school building plan](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-oversight-board-funding-recommendation-vote)
- **2026-08-12** · Vigo County Oversight Board · friction · [Teachers' union president tells the oversight board most teachers support the school plan but says teacher voice has been missing from the process](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-oversight-board-vcta-teacher-survey)
- **2026-08-12** · Vigo County Oversight Board · property · [Oversight board votes 5-0 to send "Option 6.2" — a new high school east of the river and a renovated West Vigo — to the county commissioners](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-oversight-board-option-6-2-facilities-vote)
- **2026-08-11** · Vigo County Council · money · [IT moves $40,000 out of the county's computer-replacement fund to cover a contract that includes new website ADA rules](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-11-vigo-county-council-it-website-ada-transfer)
- **2026-08-06** · Terre Haute City Council · property · [Council approves rezoning at 335 Kent Avenue to allow a duplex](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-06-terre-haute-city-council-so7-2026-kent-ave-rezoning)
- **2026-08-06** · Terre Haute City Council · deferral · [Rezoning of a 140-year-old Terre Haute home is delayed to September after conflicting city and county meeting times](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-06-terre-haute-city-council-so9-2026-908-s-7th-st-deferral)
- **2026-08-06** · Terre Haute City Council · property · [Council approves rezoning of the former Mason Lodge at 2215 Garfield Avenue from residential to commercial](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-06-terre-haute-city-council-so10-2026-garfield-ave-rezoning)
- **2026-08-06** · Terre Haute City Council · money · [Council approves $100,000 toward a new street department plow truck, with a state grant covering part of the cost](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-06-terre-haute-city-council-resolution-11-2026-street-truck)
- **2026-08-06** · Terre Haute City Council · money · [State gas tax extension leaves part of Terre Haute's road funding for this year unconfirmed](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-06-terre-haute-city-council-gas-tax-road-funding-update)
- **2026-08-06** · Terre Haute City Council · rules · [City picks a firm to update Terre Haute's 46-year-old historic buildings survey](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-06-terre-haute-city-council-historic-resources-survey)
- **2026-08-06** · Terre Haute City Council · money · [Council approves $45,000 to help keep Susie's Place child advocacy center open after federal funding cuts](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-06-terre-haute-city-council-appropriation-12-2026-susies-place)
- **2026-08-06** · Terre Haute City Council · money · [Council approves $225,000 for a replacement fire department rescue truck](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-06-terre-haute-city-council-appropriation-11-2026-fire-truck)
- **2026-08-04** · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · money · [County asked to give Susie's Place $15,000 as federal funding for child abuse interviews shrinks](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-council-sunshine-susies-place-funding)
- **2026-08-04** · Vigo County Commissioners · money · [Commissioners confirm they'll ask the county council tonight to fund a full rebuild of the jail's secure elevator](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-commissioners-jail-elevator-rebuild-funding)
- **2026-08-04** · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · money · [Prosecutor asks to spend $502,000 in seized drug-case money on police vehicles and gear](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-council-sunshine-prosecutor-seized-assets-appropriation)
- **2026-08-04** · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · money · [County's school oversight committee reports $87,146 balance, sets September date for a school funding proposal](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-council-sunshine-school-oversight-committee-report)
- **2026-08-04** · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · money · [Lost Creek fire district asks county for $50,000 after paying to fix a truck's pump mid-fire](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-council-sunshine-lost-creek-fire-pump-appropriation)
- **2026-08-04** · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · money · [Council revisits restoring $200,000 to Community Corrections after it was pulled from the budget by mistake](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-council-sunshine-community-corrections-200k-restored)
- **2026-08-04** · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · money · [Prosecutor asks for $10,000 more to bring wanted suspects back to Vigo County](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-council-sunshine-prosecutor-fugitive-return-appropriation)
- **2026-08-04** · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · money · [Council to consider a $4,500 clothing allowance for security officers, missed in last year's budget](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-council-sunshine-building-security-clothing-allowance)
- **2026-08-04** · Vigo County Commissioners · money · [A project code-named 'Project Holly' is seeking a partial property-tax break for an $8-10 million Terre Haute investment](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-commissioners-project-holly-tax-abatement)
- **2026-08-04** · Vigo County Commissioners · deferral · [No regular Tuesday commissioners meeting next week — special Wednesday 5pm session will hear the East Side school recommendation instead](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-commissioners-special-wednesday-meeting-east-side-school)
- **2026-08-04** · Vigo County Commissioners · money · [County will fix a billing error that let about 84 properties skip a small conservancy tax since 2010](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-commissioners-conservancy-tax-correction)
- **2026-08-04** · Vigo County Commissioners · money · [Commissioners approve a legal engagement letter for a potential future county bond](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-commissioners-taft-bond-engagement-letter)
- **2026-07-20** · Vigo County Oversight Board · money · [Oversight board pays a $2,269.50 legal bill and reports an $87,135 balance](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-07-20-vigo-county-oversight-board-attorney-fees-treasurer-report)
- **2026-07-20** · Vigo County Oversight Board · money · [Terre Haute Casino Foundation pledges $10 million upfront and up to $4.3 million a year for a new high school](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-07-20-vigo-county-oversight-board-casino-foundation-funding-commitment)
- **2026-07-20** · Vigo County Oversight Board · friction · [West Vigo teachers push back on a plan detail that would move sixth graders into an "elementary" building](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-07-20-vigo-county-oversight-board-sixth-grade-consolidation-concern)
- **2026-07-09** · Terre Haute City Council · money · [Sewer bills are on track to rise 10% in 2030, plus a new $3-a-month stormwater fee](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-sewer-stormwater-rate-plan)
- **2026-07-09** · Terre Haute City Council · money · [Council adopts a new city wheel tax — but says it replaces, not adds to, what you already pay](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-wheel-tax-adopted)
- **2026-07-09** · Terre Haute City Council · money · [Council fixes a paperwork mix-up and keeps Govina Inc.'s tax abatement active](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-govina-cf1-correction)
- **2026-07-09** · Terre Haute City Council · friction · [A union rep says the YMCA expansion's contractor isn't following Terre Haute's responsible-bid rules](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-responsible-bid-ordinance-ymca)
- **2026-07-09** · Terre Haute City Council · money · [EDC says it's dropping automatic 10-year tax abatements — and a $30-50 million project is headed to council soon](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-edc-project-holly)
- **2026-07-09** · Terre Haute City Council · money · [Council approves $750,000 to rebuild Ray Park's tennis courts this year instead of next](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-ray-park-tennis-appropriation)
- **2026-07-09** · Terre Haute City Council · friction · [Terre Haute has stopped issuing cat-colony permits — residents say enforcement hasn't stopped](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-cat-colony-ordinance-friction)
- **2026-07-09** · Terre Haute City Council · money · [Council lets CHI Overhead Doors keep its tax break despite falling short on new jobs](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-chi-overhead-doors-abatement)
- **2026-07-09** · Terre Haute City Council · property · [Council approves rezoning so Fastenal can expand into the building next door on Poplar Street](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-1009-poplar-fastenal-rezoning)
- **2026-07-09** · Terre Haute City Council · deferral · [A rezoning request for 335 Kent Avenue got pushed to August because no one showed up to present it](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-335-kent-avenue-rezoning-deferred)
- **2026-06-25** · Vigo County Oversight Board · money · [Oversight board approves two Barnes & Thornburg legal invoices totaling $4,563](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-06-25-vigo-county-oversight-board-legal-invoices-treasurer-report)
- **2026-06-25** · Vigo County Oversight Board · deferral · [A revised West Vigo school plan could save $30 million to $40 million, but no decision has been made](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-06-25-vigo-county-oversight-board-west-vigo-plan-revision-presented)
- **2026-06-11** · Terre Haute City Council · rules · [Terre Haute police detail their 30 license-plate cameras — and say ICE data-sharing is off, for now](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-06-11-terre-haute-city-council-flock-camera-privacy-policy)
- **2026-06-11** · Terre Haute City Council · deferral · [New Terre Haute wheel tax ordinance held over to July 9 without a vote](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-06-11-terre-haute-city-council-wheel-tax-tabled)
- **2026-06-04** · Terre Haute City Council · friction · [A trustee asked council to approve 100 homeless shelter beds at the fairgrounds with no city money — and got no response on the record](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-06-04-terre-haute-city-council-homeless-shelter-fairgrounds-proposal)
- **2026-06-04** · Terre Haute City Council · money · [City may drop the 'Make My Move' relocation incentive as the state scales back funding](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-06-04-terre-haute-city-council-appropriation-9-2026-make-my-move)
- **2026-06-04** · Terre Haute City Council · property · [Council approves rezoning for three small 'efficiency' homes on North 13th Street, across from ISU student housing](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-06-04-terre-haute-city-council-special-ordinance-4-2026-13th-street-rezoning)
- **2026-05-14** · Terre Haute City Council · money · [Councilman Nation: property tax breaks are helping build affordable and senior housing](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-05-14-terre-haute-city-council-warren-village-ii-affordable-housing)
- **2026-05-14** · Terre Haute City Council · friction · [Council questions why a tax-abated apartment building has only two employees](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-05-14-terre-haute-city-council-miller-parrott-employee-count)
- **2026-05-07** · Terre Haute City Council · property · [City to tear down about ten more houses in May, plus a condemned building near the mall](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-05-07-terre-haute-city-council-blight-demolitions)
- **2026-05-07** · Terre Haute City Council · rules · [Terre Haute plans to loosen ADU and setback rules, then hire an outside firm to rewrite the entire zoning code](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-05-07-terre-haute-city-council-chapter-10-zoning-rewrite)
- **2026-04-09** · Terre Haute City Council · money · [Redevelopment Commission's 2025 report: downtown hotel TIF area spent $46,494 more than it collected](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-04-09-terre-haute-city-council-tif-report-cbd-shortfall)
- **2026-04-09** · Terre Haute City Council · money · [City spends about $47,500 to keep the homeless warming center open 37 nights this winter](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-04-09-terre-haute-city-council-warming-center-appropriation)
- **2026-04-09** · Terre Haute City Council · property · [Council rezones two North 12th Street lots from residential to business use](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-04-09-terre-haute-city-council-north-12th-street-rezoning)
- **2026-04-09** · Terre Haute City Council · friction · [Resident says the city isn't enforcing its street-basketball-hoop ban near where kids were hit by a car](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-04-09-terre-haute-city-council-basketball-street-code-enforcement)
- **2026-04-09** · Terre Haute City Council · rules · [Mayor warns a 2028 state tax change could double-tax residents — city is exploring a workaround](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-04-09-terre-haute-city-council-income-tax-must-proposal)
- **2026-04-09** · Vigo County Oversight Board · deferral · [Oversight board pushes school-funding recommendation from April to July](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-04-09-vigo-county-oversight-board-recommendation-timeline-delay)
- **2026-04-02** · Terre Haute City Council · property · [Council backs a plan to turn South 8th Street into a park for the Children's Museum — but doesn't fund or close anything yet](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-04-02-terre-haute-city-council-8th-street-park-resolution)
- **2026-04-02** · Terre Haute City Council · money · [Council appropriates $20,000 for the Ray Park and Riley Trail projects using returned grant money](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-04-02-terre-haute-city-council-riley-trail-appropriation)
- **2026-04-02** · Terre Haute City Council · deferral · [Council can't yet vote on the 3317 North 12th Street rezoning — the area plan commission hasn't met](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-04-02-terre-haute-city-council-north-12th-street-rezoning-held)
- **2026-03-26** · Vigo County Oversight Board · deferral · [District says it can't set a construction start date for its school building plan until the county decides whether to help pay for it](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-03-26-vigo-county-oversight-board-construction-start-timing)
- **2026-03-26** · Vigo County Oversight Board · money · [Vigo County Schools cuts its 2026 combined property tax rate to 90.53 cents, down from 97.61 cents](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-03-26-vigo-county-oversight-board-2026-tax-rate-cut)
- **2026-03-12** · Vigo County Oversight Board · friction · [Public comments show competing views of Vigo County's school consolidation plan](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-03-12-vigo-county-oversight-board-public-comment-school-consolidation)
- **2026-03-12** · Terre Haute City Council · deferral · [Resident's push for a 13th Street corridor committee stalls — council says it has to start with the mayor's office](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-03-12-terre-haute-city-council-13th-street-corridor-committee)
- **2026-03-12** · Terre Haute City Council · rules · [Council locks in — and slightly expands — the days fireworks are legal in Terre Haute](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-03-12-terre-haute-city-council-fireworks-ordinance)
- **2026-03-05** · Terre Haute City Council · money · [City and county put $2 million into a revolving housing loan fund; separate program offers up to 5% down-payment help](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-03-05-terre-haute-city-council-revolving-loan-fund-hoosier-homes-plus)
- **2026-03-05** · Terre Haute City Council · friction · [13th Street Corridor advocates tell council they've been shut out of housing funding for two decades](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-03-05-terre-haute-city-council-malone-jonah-13th-street-corridor-funding)
- **2026-03-05** · Terre Haute City Council · property · [Council rezones 2722 South Fruitridge Avenue for a wealth-management office, with a safeguard back to residential](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-03-05-terre-haute-city-council-special-ordinance-1-fruitridge-rezoning)
- **2026-03-05** · Terre Haute City Council · rules · [State law forces Terre Haute to update its zoning code by the end of 2026](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-03-05-terre-haute-city-council-zoning-code-update-hb1001)
- **2026-03-05** · Terre Haute City Council · deferral · [Two fire code ordinances held back over state-law conflicts](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-03-05-terre-haute-city-council-go2-go4-fire-ordinances-tabled)
- **2026-03-05** · Terre Haute City Council · property · [74 former ISU lots north of campus go up for sale with a $6,500-per-lot infrastructure incentive](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-03-05-terre-haute-city-council-isu-parcels-redevelopment)
- **2026-02-26** · Vigo County Oversight Board · friction · [A resident tells the Vigo County School Oversight Board it lacks Black representation](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-02-26-vigo-county-oversight-board-committee-representation-equity-concern)
- **2026-02-26** · Vigo County Oversight Board · friction · [Board member questions an illustration that uses Vigo County Schools' full existing bonding capacity](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-02-26-vigo-county-oversight-board-bonding-capacity-no-tax-increase)
- **2026-02-23** · Vigo County Oversight Board · friction · [Resident questions how the county calculated a $102 million savings figure](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-02-23-vigo-county-oversight-board-savings-figure-public-question)
- **2026-02-12** · Vigo County Oversight Board · money · [Oversight Board hires Barnes & Thornburg as counsel for its school-plan review](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-02-12-vigo-county-oversight-board-barnes-thornburg-engagement-approved)
- **2026-02-02** · Vigo County Oversight Board · property · [School board adopts "Option Six," closing eight Vigo County buildings to avoid an estimated $191 million in costs](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-02-02-vigo-county-oversight-board-option-six-adopted)
- **2026-01-29** · Vigo County Oversight Board · money · [State budget ends a $155-per-student textbook grant; district cites grant loss and enrollment decline in a $1.5 million annual shortfall](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-01-29-vigo-county-oversight-board-textbook-grant-removed)
- **2026-01-29** · Vigo County Oversight Board · money · [SEA 1 creates a new credit for qualifying homestead property owners, reducing local tax collections](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-01-29-vigo-county-oversight-board-sea1-homestead-credit)
- **2026-01-29** · Vigo County Oversight Board · money · [State lawmakers cap Vigo County Schools' property-tax growth at 4.4% for a third year running](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-01-29-vigo-county-oversight-board-operations-levy-growth-cap-2026)
- **2026-01-29** · Vigo County Oversight Board · money · [Vigo County Schools has lost $80 million to $100 million in property tax revenue since 2015 to the state's tax caps](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-01-29-vigo-county-oversight-board-circuit-breaker-property-tax-loss)
- **2026-01-12** · Vigo County Oversight Board · property · [Plan would raze West Vigo Middle School as Terre Haute North and South become middle schools](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-01-12-vigo-county-oversight-board-option-six-school-building-fates)
- **2026-01-12** · Vigo County Oversight Board · money · [District says it can bond for one new high school without raising taxes, but not two](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-01-12-vigo-county-oversight-board-county-bonding-partnership-request)
- **2026-01-05** · Vigo County Oversight Board · rules · [Oversight Board adopts a public-comment policy for its school-plan meetings](/p/vigo-ledger/Ledger/Highlights/2026-01-05-vigo-county-oversight-board-public-comment-policy)

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