# Vigo Ledger — edition 2026-W40 Covers 2026-09-17 to 2026-09-30 · 6 meetings. ## Lead story [Mayor asks council to spend $2.75 million of saved EDIT money in cash in a proposed $142.9 million 2027 budget](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-23-terre-haute-city-council-2027-budget-presentation.md) Terre Haute City Council · 2026-09-23 · Outcome: No vote; discussion only Source: [Budget totals, 2:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MySCvHT24O0&t=143) · *Unverified* Also in this story: [Councilperson Loudermilk objects to paying fire and police overtime from the downtown TIF](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-23-terre-haute-city-council-overtime-in-downtown-tif.md) — No vote; mayor to review a swap and report back · [Overtime paid from the central business TIF, 32:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MySCvHT24O0&t=1934) · *Unverified* ## Where things stand - [Vigo County Jail](Ledger/Entities/Issues/vigo-county-jail.md) — passed, last 2026-09-29 - [Vigo County Safe Streets for All traffic safety study](Ledger/Entities/Contracts/safe-streets-for-all-study-vigo-county.md) — passed, last 2026-09-29 - [Ignition Arts (Larry Bird Museum graphics replacement)](Ledger/Entities/Contracts/ignition-arts.md) — passed, last 2026-09-23 - [General Ordinance 10, 2026 — Groundwater Usage Restrictions](Ledger/Entities/Ordinances/general-ordinance-10-2026.md) — passed, last 2026-09-10 - [Additional Appropriation 2026-42 — prosecutor forfeiture funds ($502,000)](Ledger/Entities/Ordinances/additional-appropriation-2026-42-prosecutor-forfeiture.md) — passed, last 2026-09-08 - [Additional Appropriation 2026-47 — sheriff's office gasoline shortfall ($110,000)](Ledger/Entities/Ordinances/additional-appropriation-2026-47-sheriff-gasoline.md) — passed, last 2026-09-08 ## 2026-09-29 — Vigo County Commissioners - [Commissioners approve a $26,500 Johnson Controls repair of the county jail's chiller](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-29-vigo-county-commissioners-jail-chiller-jci-contract.md) — Approved on a voice vote · [Request to replace chiller parts, 7:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ljTY9vWBZQ&t=461) - [Commissioners approve $31,590 to blow insulation into the jail's admin and lobby walls](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-29-vigo-county-commissioners-jail-insulation-gribbons-contract.md) — Approved on a voice vote · [Insulation request, 8:47](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ljTY9vWBZQ&t=527) - [Commissioners approve the Sheriff's Office cloud-software agreement after a Sheriff's Office representative came to answer questions](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-29-vigo-county-commissioners-sheriff-cloud-contract-approved.md) — Approved on a voice vote · [Sheriff's Office presents the agreement, 4:40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ljTY9vWBZQ&t=280) · *Unverified* - [Commissioners renew the county's $10,500 Dossett Consulting contract for tracking grant money](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-29-vigo-county-commissioners-dossett-consulting-contract.md) — Approved on a voice vote · [What the contract covers, 6:11](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ljTY9vWBZQ&t=371) · *Unverified* - [Commissioners close Bono Road for Pioneer Days, October 3 and 4](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-29-vigo-county-commissioners-bono-road-pioneer-days-closure.md) — Approved on a voice vote · [Parks Department request, 12:10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ljTY9vWBZQ&t=730) - [County traffic-safety study is under way; engineer says public meetings come this winter](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-29-vigo-county-commissioners-safe-streets-for-all-update.md) — Informational; no vote taken · [Commissioner raises Woodsmall crash, 16:19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ljTY9vWBZQ&t=979) ## Also this week - Seelyville Town Council: [Seelyville opens bids on four water-system jobs; the lowest range from about $355,000 to $3.8 million, with no contract awarded yet](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-30-seelyville-town-council-water-project-bid-opening.md) — No contract awarded; bids go to the town's engineer, HWC Engineering, for review. · [Bid-opening process explained, 3:13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eump4JKtAY&t=193) · *Unverified* - West Terre Haute Town Council: [West Terre Haute council tables a town donation-fund ordinance](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-22-west-terre-haute-town-council-donation-fund-tabled.md) — Tabled on a voice vote; no return date set · [5:42](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q4bC2PDOVc&t=342) · *Unverified* - West Terre Haute Town Council: [West Terre Haute clerk-treasurer asks for the right to hire a separate attorney; council hears objections, no vote heard](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-22-west-terre-haute-town-council-clerk-treasurer-attorney.md) — No motion or vote is audible on the recording · [10:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q4bC2PDOVc&t=650) · *Unverified* - West Terre Haute Town Council: [West Terre Haute debates handing condemned properties to redevelopment and recouping demolition costs; vote unclear](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-22-west-terre-haute-town-council-unsafe-property-redevelopment-liens.md) — A motion to approve was made and seconded; the recording does not capture a clear vote result · [22:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q4bC2PDOVc&t=1359) · *Unverified* - Capital Improvement Board: [Counsel says the board should reopen the convention center operator contract to bids](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-23-capital-improvement-board-convention-center-operator-contract-rfq.md) — No vote; board to take up a timeline in October or November · [1:07:20](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3Is1mqP4Qc&t=4040) · *Unverified* - Capital Improvement Board: [Capital Improvement Board OKs up to $35,000 to fix defective Larry Bird Museum exhibit graphics](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-23-capital-improvement-board-larry-bird-museum-repair-contract.md) — Passed on a voice vote; president authorized to sign a contract of up to $35,000 · [0:02:08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3Is1mqP4Qc&t=128) · *Unverified* - Capital Improvement Board: [Draft call for a builder to renovate the Indiana Theater gets board feedback; no vote yet](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-23-capital-improvement-board-indiana-theater-construction-manager-rfq.md) — No vote; draft to be revised and brought back at the October meeting · [0:39:39](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3Is1mqP4Qc&t=2379) · *Unverified* - Capital Improvement Board: [Capital Improvement Board wants a formula and an application process before groups ask it for money](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-23-capital-improvement-board-funding-request-process.md) — No vote; staff and counsel asked to work out how to calculate available money and a request process · [0:19:54](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3Is1mqP4Qc&t=1194) · *Unverified* - Capital Improvement Board: [Board floats free two-hour parking in the convention center garage; options due in October](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-23-capital-improvement-board-convention-center-garage-free-parking.md) — No action; three options requested for the October meeting · [0:54:22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3Is1mqP4Qc&t=3262) · *Unverified* - West Terre Haute Town Council: [West Terre Haute council approves state road-funding signing ordinance after narrowing it](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-22-west-terre-haute-town-council-indot-signing-ordinance.md) — Passed on a voice vote with two provisions changed; the town attorney still had to confirm INDOT would accept the changes · [0:47](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q4bC2PDOVc&t=47) · *Unverified* - West Terre Haute Town Council: [West Terre Haute approves a stray-dog intake agreement with a humane shelter](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-22-west-terre-haute-town-council-humane-shelter-dog-intake.md) — Passed on a voice vote · [39:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q4bC2PDOVc&t=2392) · *Unverified* - West Terre Haute Town Council: [West Terre Haute declares an old Ford F-150 surplus and votes to scrap a diesel pump](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-22-west-terre-haute-town-council-surplus-truck-and-pump.md) — Truck declared surplus and pump scrapped on voice votes; who owns the truck was still being checked · [45:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q4bC2PDOVc&t=2746) · *Unverified* - Vigo County Parks Department: [State to rebuild the slipping west-side road at Fowler Park at no cost to the parks department](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-28-vigo-county-parks-department-fowler-park-road-repair.md) — No vote; staff update · [State road repair, 7:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IItA7tZAWFA&t=441) · *Unverified* - Vigo County Parks Department: [Pioneer Village roofs, grist mill wheel and barn need major repairs after Pioneer Days](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-28-vigo-county-parks-department-pioneer-village-repairs.md) — No vote; staff update, no costs stated · [Blacksmith shop roof, 16:19](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IItA7tZAWFA&t=979) · *Unverified* - Vigo County Parks Department: [Parks staff push to pour all concrete at the new Fowler Park disc golf course by end of October](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-28-vigo-county-parks-department-fowler-disc-golf-course.md) — No vote; staff progress report · [Concrete deadline, 9:27](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IItA7tZAWFA&t=567) · *Unverified* ## Still open - [Vigo County Jail](Ledger/Entities/Issues/vigo-county-jail.md) — passed, last 2026-09-29, 6 events - [Vigo County Safe Streets for All traffic safety study](Ledger/Entities/Contracts/safe-streets-for-all-study-vigo-county.md) — passed, last 2026-09-29, 2 events - [Ignition Arts (Larry Bird Museum graphics replacement)](Ledger/Entities/Contracts/ignition-arts.md) — passed, last 2026-09-23, 2 events ## Dates ahead - 2026-10-08 — Terre Haute 2027 city budget: council vote on final budget - 2026-10-13 — Vigo County 2027 operating budget: council adoption vote - 2026-10-13 — Vigo County bond rating downgrade and financial audit: county auditor's 18-month revenue forecast due - 2026-10-13 — Vigo County Council: 2027 budget adoption vote - 2026-10-20 — Fowler Park: Disc golf course preview for donors and dignitaries ## Earlier - 2026-09-15 · Vigo County Commissioners · [Vigo County commissioners approve $1,171,087.57 in claims for September 4-10](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-15-vigo-county-commissioners-claims-docket-sep4-10.md) - 2026-09-15 · Vigo County Commissioners · [Commissioners vacate a 12-foot alley in Burnett for property owner Austin Smith](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-15-vigo-county-commissioners-otterville-alley-vacate-ordinance-15-2026.md) - 2026-09-14 · Terre Haute Board of Public Works · [City saves an estimated $400,000 by remounting a backup ambulance instead of buying new](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-14-terre-haute-board-of-public-works-ambulance-remount.md) - 2026-09-14 · Terre Haute Board of Public Works · [Board tables a Deming Early Learning Center street-closure request over insurance](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-14-terre-haute-board-of-public-works-deming-early-learning-center-tabled.md) - 2026-09-14 · Terre Haute Board of Public Works · [City requires a maintenance agreement before Folks Village renovation tears up sidewalks and parking lots](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-14-terre-haute-board-of-public-works-folks-village-maintenance-agreement.md) - 2026-09-14 · Terre Haute Board of Public Works · [City commits $65,000 more to a program that pays for home repairs blocking energy-efficiency upgrades](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-14-terre-haute-board-of-public-works-iesp-aegis-agreement.md) - 2026-09-14 · Terre Haute Board of Public Works · [City approves a sewer agreement for new sewers near Innovation Road](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-14-terre-haute-board-of-public-works-innovation-road-sewer-agreement.md) - 2026-09-14 · Terre Haute Board of Public Works · [City adds a minimum-staffing rule to the police union contract, cleaning up a December agreement](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-14-terre-haute-board-of-public-works-police-minimum-staffing.md) - 2026-09-14 · Terre Haute Board of Public Works · [Ray Park clubhouse rebuild pushed to November after hidden repairs](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-14-terre-haute-board-of-public-works-ray-park-clubhouse-change-order-7.md) - 2026-09-10 · Terre Haute City Council · [City budget public hearing draws no comment; council sets Oct. 8 vote](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-10-terre-haute-city-council-2027-city-budget-public-hearing.md) - 2026-09-10 · Terre Haute City Council · [Council prepays $604,377 in 2027 fire-truck and ambulance lease payments using casino fund money](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-10-terre-haute-city-council-appropriation-13-2026-fire-lease-prepayment.md) - 2026-09-10 · Terre Haute City Council · [Council passes groundwater-use restrictions after a records check finds no customers relying only on wells](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-10-terre-haute-city-council-groundwater-usage-restrictions-ordinance-passed.md) - 2026-09-10 · Vigo County Election Board · [Election board pulls Meadows Shopping Center as an early vote center, opens an Election Day-only replacement at Woodrow Wilson](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-10-vigo-county-election-board-meadows-vote-center-relocation.md) - 2026-09-08 · Seelyville Town Council · [Seelyville's proposed 2027 budget clears the first of two required votes](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-08-seelyville-town-council-2027-budget-first-reading.md) - 2026-09-08 · Seelyville Town Council · [Seelyville's Glen Tank water tower needs major repairs, and only one contractor has bid on the job](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-08-seelyville-town-council-glen-tank-repair-estimate.md) - 2026-09-08 · Seelyville Town Council · [Developers ask Seelyville to let them split a Second Street lot into up to four rental buildings](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-08-seelyville-town-council-second-street-subdivision.md) - 2026-09-08 · Sugar Creek Township Board · [Sugar Creek Township Board re-votes a $67,000 Rainy Day Fund property purchase after a posting error voided the first vote](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-08-sugar-creek-township-board-rainy-day-property-purchase.md) - 2026-09-08 · Vigo County Commissioners · [Commissioners accept the Shrine Farm subdivision's roads, a week after pulling the item over paperwork](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-08-vigo-county-commissioners-shrine-farm-roads-accepted.md) - 2026-09-08 · Vigo County Commissioners · [Commissioners present Susie's Place with the county council's $15,000 check](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-08-vigo-county-commissioners-susies-place-check-presentation.md) - 2026-09-08 · Vigo County Council · [Council approves $502,000 forfeiture appropriation for police vehicles and gear after a September deferral](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-08-vigo-county-council-appropriation-2026-42-prosecutor-forfeiture-passed.md) - 2026-09-08 · Vigo County Council · [Council approves $110,000 to cover the sheriff's office gasoline shortfall](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-08-vigo-county-council-appropriation-2026-47-sheriff-gasoline-passed.md) - 2026-09-08 · Vigo County Council · [Auditor's complaint and a heated appeal revive the push to fire the county council's attorney](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-08-vigo-county-council-council-attorney-no-confidence-motion.md) - 2026-09-08 · Vigo County Council · [Council passes updated forfeiture and RICO reimbursement rules, first unwinding a 1996 ordinance](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-08-vigo-county-council-forfeiture-rico-ordinance-2026-3-passed.md) - 2026-09-08 · Vigo County Council · [Council rejects a bid to pull the school-funding resolution back from committee for an October vote](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-08-vigo-county-council-school-funding-committee-dissolution-vote.md) - 2026-09-08 · Vigo County Council · [Commissioner says the council broke its promise to meet on school funding within a week](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-08-vigo-county-council-school-funding-meeting-schedule-dispute.md) - 2026-09-03 · Terre Haute City Council · [Council approves a Farrington's Grove-area rezoning for an art studio and by-appointment tattoo parlor, over a neighbor's objection](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-03-terre-haute-city-council-715-park-street-rezoning.md) - 2026-09-03 · Terre Haute City Council · [Council downzones 908 South 7th Street to single-family only, at the owning family's request](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-03-terre-haute-city-council-908-south-7th-street-rezoning.md) - 2026-09-03 · Terre Haute City Council · [Council holds off on a private-well ban near old contamination sites after members ask for more notice](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-03-terre-haute-city-council-groundwater-usage-restrictions-ordinance.md) - 2026-09-03 · Terre Haute City Council · [Council rezones three parcels for an 80-unit affordable senior housing project pending state funding](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-03-terre-haute-city-council-margaret-senior-affordable-housing-rezoning.md) - 2026-09-03 · Terre Haute City Council · [Council authorizes up to $125 million in bonds to fund the sewer and stormwater upgrade plan](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-03-terre-haute-city-council-sanitary-district-bonds.md) - 2026-09-03 · Terre Haute City Council · [Council adopts a 10% sewer rate increase and new stormwater fee, the first sewer hike since 2019](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-03-terre-haute-city-council-sewer-stormwater-rate-increase.md) - 2026-09-02 · Area Plan Commission · [Area Plan Commission sends a contested Farrington's Grove-area tattoo-studio rezoning to City Council](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-02-area-plan-commission-715-park-street-recommendation.md) - 2026-09-02 · Area Plan Commission · [Area Plan Commission recommends approval of the 908 South 7th Street rezoning, a month after a meeting-time mix-up shut the family out](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-02-area-plan-commission-908-south-7th-street-recommendation.md) - 2026-09-02 · Area Plan Commission · [Area Plan Commission tables a battery-storage zoning ordinance to add flood-zone rules first](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-02-area-plan-commission-battery-storage-ordinance-tabled.md) - 2026-09-02 · Area Plan Commission · [Area Plan Commission recommends rezoning for an 80-unit affordable senior apartment complex on Margaret Avenue](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-02-area-plan-commission-margaret-senior-recommendation.md) - 2026-09-02 · Area Plan Commission · [Area Plan Commission replats five North 22nd Street lots into three, over a resident's parking and sewer concerns](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-02-area-plan-commission-vernon-court-replat.md) - 2026-09-02 · Terre Haute Board of Zoning Appeals · [Zoning board grants a lot-size variance for two new single-family homes on North 14th and Liberty](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-02-terre-haute-board-of-zoning-appeals-14th-half-liberty-ave-lot-size-variance.md) - 2026-09-02 · Terre Haute Board of Zoning Appeals · [Zoning board approves setback variances for a new garage and a 1928 house on South 22nd Street](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-02-terre-haute-board-of-zoning-appeals-335-s-22nd-st-setback-variance.md) - 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](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-01-vigo-county-commissioners-claims-docket-aug21-27.md) - 2026-09-01 · Vigo County Commissioners · [Shrine Farm roads acceptance stays off the agenda over a missed mail deadline](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-01-vigo-county-commissioners-shrine-farm-roads-acceptance-deferred.md) - 2026-09-01 · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · [Vigo County holds its first public hearing on a $124.2 million 2027 budget](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-01-vigo-county-council-sunshine-2027-budget-public-hearing.md) - 2026-09-01 · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · [Commissioners ask the council for $15 million up front and $6 million a year for 20 years toward a $222 million school plan](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-01-vigo-county-council-sunshine-commissioners-school-funding-presentation.md) - 2026-09-01 · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · [A council member moves to fire the county council's attorney; vote to come next meeting](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-01-vigo-county-council-sunshine-council-attorney-no-confidence-motion.md) - 2026-09-01 · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · [Council president orders an outside audit and revenue forecast after the county's bond rating is downgraded](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-01-vigo-county-council-sunshine-council-president-orders-audit-revenue-forecast.md) - 2026-09-01 · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · [Courthouse's secure elevator funding is pulled from the agenda for a second month](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-01-vigo-county-council-sunshine-courthouse-elevator-second-deferral.md) - 2026-09-01 · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · [Prosecutor's office moves to update the county's decades-old forfeiture and RICO reimbursement ordinance](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-01-vigo-county-council-sunshine-forfeiture-rico-ordinance-amendment.md) - 2026-09-01 · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · [Prosecutor's $502,000 forfeiture-funds appropriation is tabled again](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-01-vigo-county-council-sunshine-prosecutor-forfeiture-appropriation-2026-42-tabled.md) - 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](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-01-vigo-county-council-sunshine-school-funding-vote-pulled-committee-referral.md) - 2026-09-01 · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · [Sheriff's office asks for $110,000 more to cover a gasoline shortfall through the end of the year](Ledger/Highlights/2026-09-01-vigo-county-council-sunshine-sheriff-gasoline-appropriation-2026-47.md) - 2026-08-31 · Lost Creek Township Board · [Lost Creek Township adopts a flat 2027 tax levy with no pay raises](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-31-lost-creek-township-board-2027-tax-levy.md) - 2026-08-26 · Capital Improvement Board · [CIB pencils in $1 million for Indiana Theater repairs in 2027, banking on a state grant match](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-26-capital-improvement-board-indiana-theater-capital-budget.md) - 2026-08-26 · Capital Improvement Board · [Larry Bird Museum replaces peeling graphics after warranty dispute with original vendor](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-26-capital-improvement-board-larry-bird-museum-graphics.md) - 2026-08-26 · Capital Improvement Board · [Developer asks Capital Improvement Board for $2.5 million toward a 100-acre youth sports complex](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-26-capital-improvement-board-midwest-elite-sports-foundation-ask.md) - 2026-08-25 · Sugar Creek Township Board · [Sugar Creek Township holds its budget hearing; general fund would rise 2.97%, heads to adoption Sept. 8](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-25-sugar-creek-township-board-2026-budget-hearing.md) - 2026-08-25 · Vigo County Commissioners · [Vigo County commissioners approve $870,767.38 in claims for August 14-20](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-25-vigo-county-commissioners-claims-docket-aug14-20.md) - 2026-08-25 · Vigo County Commissioners · [Resident flags an unfinished grade at the fairgrounds' new concrete; commissioners say they're aware](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-25-vigo-county-commissioners-fairgrounds-concrete-grade.md) - 2026-08-24 · Terre Haute Board of Public Works · [Fire department buys new ambulance chassis outright instead of financing it](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-24-terre-haute-board-of-public-works-fire-department-ambulance-chassis-purchase.md) - 2026-08-24 · Terre Haute Board of Public Works · [Board sets aside the YMCA expansion's last $83,000 as an owner contingency fund](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-24-terre-haute-board-of-public-works-ymca-gmp3-owner-contingency.md) - 2026-08-24 · Vigo County Budget Committee · [State guidance says the county's 0.2% correctional/rehab tax fund can't pay for non-facility staff](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-24-vigo-county-budget-committee-correctional-rehab-fund-restricted.md) - 2026-08-24 · Vigo County Budget Committee · [County budget committee floats a flat raise for every employee instead of stipends — no decision made](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-24-vigo-county-budget-committee-flat-raise-vs-stipends-deferred.md) - 2026-08-24 · Vigo County Budget Committee · [Budget committee recommends paying for a $250,000 court program from opioid settlement money, not general fund](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-24-vigo-county-budget-committee-judge-ready-opioid-funding.md) - 2026-08-24 · Vigo County Budget Committee · [Budget committee leaves radio-tower and EMA funding undecided; tower payments will need a special vote next year](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-24-vigo-county-budget-committee-lit-fund-tower-funding-deferred.md) - 2026-08-24 · Vigo County Budget Committee · [A committee member says the general-fund request for three mental health court positions will not be reopened](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-24-vigo-county-budget-committee-mental-health-court-positions-declined.md) - 2026-08-20 · Terre Haute Parks and Recreation Board · [Ray Park clubhouse rebuild could miss a second deadline, pushing the reopening toward November](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-20-terre-haute-parks-and-recreation-board-ray-park-clubhouse-delay.md) - 2026-08-19 · Sugar Creek Township Board · [Sugar Creek Township Board approves a $67,000 Rainy Day Fund transfer for a planned property purchase](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-19-sugar-creek-township-board-office-building-purchase.md) - 2026-08-19 · Terre Haute Human Relations Commission · [EEOC's new login.gov requirement is making it harder for the Human Relations Commission to help residents file federal job-discrimination complaints](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-19-terre-haute-human-relations-commission-eeoc-login-gov-barrier.md) - 2026-08-19 · Terre Haute Human Relations Commission · [City reports $74,261 in first-round Neighborhood Investment Fund awards for 7 projects](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-19-terre-haute-human-relations-commission-neighborhood-investment-fund-awards.md) - 2026-08-19 · Terre Haute Human Relations Commission · [Human Relations Commission approves $3,000 Pride Fest sponsorship after tabling it in July](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-19-terre-haute-human-relations-commission-pride-fest-sponsorship.md) - 2026-08-19 · Terre Haute Human Relations Commission · [City budgets at least $30,000 for warming-center support as a partner shelter exit could reduce capacity by about 20 beds](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-19-terre-haute-human-relations-commission-warming-center-budget-commitment.md) - 2026-08-18 · Vigo County Commissioners · [County renews $37,800-a-year HVAC maintenance contract for the county jail](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-18-vigo-county-commissioners-jail-hvac-maintenance-contract.md) - 2026-08-18 · Vigo County Commissioners · [Commissioners pull jail-overcrowding ordinance from the agenda, say a decision is still weeks away](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-18-vigo-county-commissioners-jail-overcrowding-decision-deferred.md) - 2026-08-18 · Vigo County Commissioners · [Commissioners say next month's school-funding meeting may move to a bigger venue after the last meeting overflowed the room](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-18-vigo-county-commissioners-meeting-venue-school-funding.md) - 2026-08-18 · Vigo County Commissioners · [Commissioners approve ordinance creating a new fire tax district for Otter Creek Township](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-18-vigo-county-commissioners-otter-creek-fire-protection-district.md) - 2026-08-18 · Vigo County Commissioners · [County signs $469,000 contract to study traffic safety problems countywide](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-18-vigo-county-commissioners-safe-streets-for-all-contract.md) - 2026-08-18 · Vigo County Commissioners · [County commissions design for a bigger south highway garage after years of cramped, outdoor repairs](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-18-vigo-county-commissioners-south-garage-addition-design.md) - 2026-08-18 · Vigo County Commissioners · [Commissioners approve vacating the last block of Union Road near Lewis](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-18-vigo-county-commissioners-union-road-vacation.md) - 2026-08-13 · Vigo County Budget Committee · [County's 911 fund set to spend more than it takes in next year](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-13-vigo-county-budget-committee-911-fund-cash-drawdown.md) - 2026-08-13 · Vigo County Budget Committee · [Clerk's office scanning project budget jumps from $9,000 to $109,000](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-13-vigo-county-budget-committee-clerk-scanning-project-funding.md) - 2026-08-13 · Vigo County Budget Committee · [Funding for the Clinton Road widening project drops from $3 million to $500,000](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-13-vigo-county-budget-committee-clinton-road-funding-drop.md) - 2026-08-13 · Vigo County Budget Committee · [Two Juvenile Justice Center budget lines held pending a check with the auditor's office](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-13-vigo-county-budget-committee-juvenile-justice-center-items-deferred.md) - 2026-08-13 · Vigo County Budget Committee · [Budget committee approves $950,000 rainy-day-fund line for courthouse and generator work](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-13-vigo-county-budget-committee-rainy-day-courthouse-repairs.md) - 2026-08-13 · Vigo County Budget Committee · [Budget committee recesses without deciding on salaries, grade changes, or how to pay for a tower](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-13-vigo-county-budget-committee-recess-salaries-deferred.md) - 2026-08-13 · Vigo County Budget Committee · [Sheriff's office budget put off to a later meeting](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-13-vigo-county-budget-committee-sheriff-budget-deferred.md) - 2026-08-13 · Vigo County Budget Committee · [Budget committee holds off on the weights and measures budget over an unresolved raise question](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-13-vigo-county-budget-committee-weights-and-measures-raise-deferred.md) - 2026-08-12 · Vigo County Board of Zoning Appeals · [County zoning board lets Chamberlain Street pole barn remain after lot split](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-board-of-zoning-appeals-chamberlain-street-pole-barn-variance.md) - 2026-08-12 · Vigo County Board of Zoning Appeals · [Zoning board approves a garage variance next to a vacant lot, over one neighbor's written objection](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-board-of-zoning-appeals-garage-setback-variance.md) - 2026-08-12 · Vigo County Budget Committee · [County 911 dispatch system is dropping calls and needs replacement](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-911-vesta-phone-system-replacement.md) - 2026-08-12 · Vigo County Budget Committee · [Vigo County forwards a pay-grade increase and staff stipends for tax-office employees to the full council](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-auditor-office-pay-grade-and-stipend-forwarded.md) - 2026-08-12 · Vigo County Budget Committee · [Vigo County adds $520,000 to cover a run of building-maintenance emergencies](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-building-maintenance-emergency-funding.md) - 2026-08-12 · Vigo County Budget Committee · [Vigo County clerk wins $300,000 for records digitization and higher pay for election-day workers](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-clerk-digitization-and-election-worker-pay.md) - 2026-08-12 · Vigo County Budget Committee · [State funding cuts push more of Vigo County's community corrections costs onto local taxpayers](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-community-corrections-funding-shift.md) - 2026-08-12 · Vigo County Budget Committee · [Vigo County sends a deputy prosecutor pay raise — and its public-defender price tag — to the full council](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-deputy-prosecutor-pay-raise-referred-to-council.md) - 2026-08-12 · Vigo County Budget Committee · [Vigo County Highway Department needs more money set aside for workers' comp insurance](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-highway-department-workers-comp-increase.md) - 2026-08-12 · Vigo County Budget Committee · [Vigo County jail budget goes up for vehicles, repairs, and new body cameras](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-jail-budget-increase-body-cameras.md) - 2026-08-12 · Vigo County Budget Committee · [A drug-treatment court program may need $250,000 from Vigo County's general fund instead of opioid settlement money](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-judge-readys-program-funding-shift.md) - 2026-08-12 · Vigo County Budget Committee · [Vigo County still hasn't figured out which fund pays for its radio towers](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-lit-towers-funding-unresolved.md) - 2026-08-12 · Vigo County Budget Committee · [Vigo County budget committee catches a mistaken $182,716 line in the public defender's budget after already approving it](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-public-defender-budget-line-error.md) - 2026-08-12 · Vigo County Budget Committee · [Vigo County holds off approving the sheriff's budget to recheck the numbers](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-budget-committee-sheriff-budget-held-off.md) - 2026-08-12 · Vigo County Commissioners · [New high school site remains unpicked while officials discuss the State Road 46 corridor](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-commissioners-eastside-high-school-site.md) - 2026-08-12 · Vigo County Commissioners · [New state law is what lets the county help pay for school buildings](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-commissioners-new-state-law-school-funding.md) - 2026-08-12 · Vigo County Commissioners · [Resident presses commissioners: will my property taxes go up?](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-commissioners-property-tax-guarantee-question.md) - 2026-08-12 · Vigo County Commissioners · [Commissioners approve a school-funding commitment of $15 million up front and up to $6 million annually](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-commissioners-school-funding-commitment-vote.md) - 2026-08-12 · Vigo County Oversight Board · [Oversight board recommends $15 million up front and $6 million a year in county money for the school building plan](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-oversight-board-funding-recommendation-vote.md) - 2026-08-12 · Vigo County Oversight Board · [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](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-oversight-board-option-6-2-facilities-vote.md) - 2026-08-12 · Vigo County Oversight Board · [Teachers' union president tells the oversight board most teachers support the school plan but says teacher voice has been missing from the process](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-12-vigo-county-oversight-board-vcta-teacher-survey.md) - 2026-08-11 · Seelyville Town Council · [INDOT's Highway 40 storm-water project forces Seelyville to spend $166,000 relocating water and sewer lines](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-11-seelyville-town-council-highway-40-utility-relocation.md) - 2026-08-11 · Seelyville Town Council · [Seelyville weighs three annual HWC contracts worth almost $48,000 — no vote captured on the recording](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-11-seelyville-town-council-hwc-annual-service-agreements.md) - 2026-08-11 · Seelyville Town Council · [Seelyville Town Council approves formal request for its share of county income-tax funds](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-11-seelyville-town-council-lit-funds-resolution.md) - 2026-08-11 · Seelyville Town Council · [A Seelyville resident accuses the town marshal of a retaliatory stop; officials call the stop justified and refer him to their attorney](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-11-seelyville-town-council-marshal-traffic-stop-complaint.md) - 2026-08-11 · Vigo County Council · [Council approves $200,000 for Community Corrections after changing a rule that had blocked the vote](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-11-vigo-county-council-community-corrections-appropriation.md) - 2026-08-11 · Vigo County Council · [IT moves $40,000 out of the county's computer-replacement fund to cover a contract that includes new website ADA rules](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-11-vigo-county-council-it-website-ada-transfer.md) - 2026-08-11 · Vigo County Council · [County Recorder Diana Smith objects to a commissioner's proposal to change her office](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-11-vigo-county-council-recorder-statement.md) - 2026-08-11 · Vigo County Council · [Council takes up a Sheriff's Office ordinance after first announcing it withdrawn](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-11-vigo-county-council-sheriff-ordinance-bureau.md) - 2026-08-11 · Vigo County Council · [Council approves funding for Susie's Place after a member objects to nonprofit spending](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-11-vigo-county-council-susies-place-vote.md) - 2026-08-10 · Terre Haute Board of Public Works · [Board approves a stormwater maintenance agreement for Terra Vista Glen](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-10-terre-haute-board-of-public-works-terra-vista-glen-maintenance-agreement.md) - 2026-08-10 · West Terre Haute Town Council · [Baker Tilly advisor says West Terre Haute is about a month behind in its 2027 budget process](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-10-west-terre-haute-town-council-2027-budget-process-baker-tilly.md) - 2026-08-10 · West Terre Haute Town Council · [West Terre Haute council weighs a $113,000 upfront payment after its insurer wouldn't renew](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-10-west-terre-haute-town-council-insurance-renewal-front-loaded-payment.md) - 2026-08-10 · West Terre Haute Town Council · [West Terre Haute residents with old water pipes will get mandatory inspection notices this year](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-10-west-terre-haute-town-council-lead-service-line-inspections.md) - 2026-08-10 · West Terre Haute Town Council · [West Terre Haute may owe up to $30,000 for police vests if a matching grant doesn't grow](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-10-west-terre-haute-town-council-police-vests-grant-shortfall.md) - 2026-08-10 · West Terre Haute Town Council · [West Terre Haute tables a $2-an-hour raise for a waterworks employee until the budget is set](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-10-west-terre-haute-town-council-waterworks-pay-raise-tabled.md) - 2026-08-06 · Terre Haute City Council · [Council approves $225,000 for a replacement fire department rescue truck](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-06-terre-haute-city-council-appropriation-11-2026-fire-truck.md) - 2026-08-06 · Terre Haute City Council · [Council approves $45,000 to help keep Susie's Place child advocacy center open after federal funding cuts](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-06-terre-haute-city-council-appropriation-12-2026-susies-place.md) - 2026-08-06 · Terre Haute City Council · [State gas tax extension leaves part of Terre Haute's road funding for this year unconfirmed](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-06-terre-haute-city-council-gas-tax-road-funding-update.md) - 2026-08-06 · Terre Haute City Council · [City picks a firm to update Terre Haute's 46-year-old historic buildings survey](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-06-terre-haute-city-council-historic-resources-survey.md) - 2026-08-06 · Terre Haute City Council · [Council approves $100,000 toward a new street department plow truck, with a state grant covering part of the cost](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-06-terre-haute-city-council-resolution-11-2026-street-truck.md) - 2026-08-06 · Terre Haute City Council · [Council approves rezoning of the former Mason Lodge at 2215 Garfield Avenue from residential to commercial](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-06-terre-haute-city-council-so10-2026-garfield-ave-rezoning.md) - 2026-08-06 · Terre Haute City Council · [Council approves rezoning at 335 Kent Avenue to allow a duplex](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-06-terre-haute-city-council-so7-2026-kent-ave-rezoning.md) - 2026-08-06 · Terre Haute City Council · [Rezoning of a 140-year-old Terre Haute home is delayed to September after conflicting city and county meeting times](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-06-terre-haute-city-council-so9-2026-908-s-7th-st-deferral.md) - 2026-08-05 · Area Plan Commission · [Area Plan Commission recommends rezoning the former Mason Lodge on Garfield Avenue for a software company's office](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-05-area-plan-commission-2215-garfield-avenue-recommendation.md) - 2026-08-05 · Area Plan Commission · [Area Plan Commission recommends splitting a Kent Avenue lot to add a duplex next to an existing sober-living home](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-05-area-plan-commission-335-kent-avenue-recommendation.md) - 2026-08-05 · Area Plan Commission · [Area Plan Commission takes no action on the 908 South 7th Street rezoning request](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-05-area-plan-commission-908-south-7th-street-no-recommendation.md) - 2026-08-05 · Area Plan Commission · [Area Plan Commission approves a 5-acre commercial subdivision on Wabash Avenue near Union Hospital](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-05-area-plan-commission-hmm-holdings-wabash-subdivision.md) - 2026-08-05 · Area Plan Commission · [Area Plan Commission approves splitting a 12.85-acre Fruitridge Avenue property, with a flood-map error to fix first](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-05-area-plan-commission-mcguire-phase-2-fruitridge-subdivision.md) - 2026-08-05 · Area Plan Commission · [Area Plan Commission approves subdivision at the Mill on South Riverside Road after a recusal](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-05-area-plan-commission-riverside-development-mill-subdivision.md) - 2026-08-05 · Vigo County Board of Zoning Appeals · [Zoning board approves deck and hot tub variance at 1721 North 31st Street](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-05-vigo-county-board-of-zoning-appeals-1721-n-31st-st-variance.md) - 2026-08-04 · Vigo County Commissioners · [County will fix a billing error that let about 84 properties skip a small conservancy tax since 2010](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-commissioners-conservancy-tax-correction.md) - 2026-08-04 · Vigo County Commissioners · [Commissioners confirm they'll ask the county council tonight to fund a full rebuild of the jail's secure elevator](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-commissioners-jail-elevator-rebuild-funding.md) - 2026-08-04 · Vigo County Commissioners · [A project code-named 'Project Holly' is seeking a partial property-tax break for an $8–10 million Terre Haute investment](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-commissioners-project-holly-tax-abatement.md) - 2026-08-04 · Vigo County Commissioners · [No regular Tuesday commissioners meeting next week — special Wednesday 5pm session will hear the East Side school recommendation instead](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-commissioners-special-wednesday-meeting-east-side-school.md) - 2026-08-04 · Vigo County Commissioners · [Commissioners approve a legal engagement letter for a potential future county bond](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-commissioners-taft-bond-engagement-letter.md) - 2026-08-04 · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · [Council to consider a $4,500 clothing allowance for security officers, missed in last year's budget](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-council-sunshine-building-security-clothing-allowance.md) - 2026-08-04 · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · [Council revisits restoring $200,000 to Community Corrections after it was pulled from the budget by mistake](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-council-sunshine-community-corrections-200k-restored.md) - 2026-08-04 · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · [Courthouse's only secure inmate elevator failed inspection; $500,000 fix request pulled for more bids](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-council-sunshine-courthouse-elevator-deferred.md) - 2026-08-04 · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · [County group homes ask for $158,980 in repairs, with a $150,000 Lilly Foundation grant possibly on the way](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-council-sunshine-homes-for-children-repairs.md) - 2026-08-04 · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · [IT staff seek $40,000 transfer for internet upgrades and a website overhaul, but council wants an itemized list first](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-council-sunshine-it-website-fund-transfer.md) - 2026-08-04 · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · [Lost Creek fire district asks county for $50,000 after paying to fix a truck's pump mid-fire](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-council-sunshine-lost-creek-fire-pump-appropriation.md) - 2026-08-04 · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · [Commissioner proposes funding a 3% county raise by cutting public defenders' health insurance](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-council-sunshine-pay-raise-public-defender-cuts.md) - 2026-08-04 · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · [Prosecutor asks for $10,000 more to bring wanted suspects back to Vigo County](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-council-sunshine-prosecutor-fugitive-return-appropriation.md) - 2026-08-04 · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · [Prosecutor asks to spend $502,000 in seized drug-case money on police vehicles and gear](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-council-sunshine-prosecutor-seized-assets-appropriation.md) - 2026-08-04 · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · [County's school oversight committee reports $87,146 balance, sets September date for a school funding proposal](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-council-sunshine-school-oversight-committee-report.md) - 2026-08-04 · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · [Council questions whether it can legally make the sheriff's office an 'ordinance bureau'](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-council-sunshine-sheriff-ordinance-bureau.md) - 2026-08-04 · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · [County asked to give Susie's Place $15,000 as federal funding for child abuse interviews shrinks](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-04-vigo-county-council-sunshine-susies-place-funding.md) - 2026-08-03 · Vigo County Drainage Board · [Drainage board holds off repairing a growing sinkhole on the R.K. Miller property until it dries out](Ledger/Highlights/2026-08-03-vigo-county-drainage-board-rk-miller-sinkhole.md) - 2026-07-20 · Vigo County Oversight Board · [Oversight board pays a $2,269.50 legal bill and reports an $87,135 balance](Ledger/Highlights/2026-07-20-vigo-county-oversight-board-attorney-fees-treasurer-report.md) - 2026-07-20 · Vigo County Oversight Board · [Terre Haute Casino Foundation pledges $10 million upfront and up to $4.3 million a year for a new high school](Ledger/Highlights/2026-07-20-vigo-county-oversight-board-casino-foundation-funding-commitment.md) - 2026-07-20 · Vigo County Oversight Board · [West Vigo teachers push back on a plan detail that would move sixth graders into an "elementary" building](Ledger/Highlights/2026-07-20-vigo-county-oversight-board-sixth-grade-consolidation-concern.md) - 2026-07-09 · Terre Haute City Council · [Council approves rezoning so Fastenal can expand into the building next door on Poplar Street](Ledger/Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-1009-poplar-fastenal-rezoning.md) - 2026-07-09 · Terre Haute City Council · [A rezoning request for 335 Kent Avenue got pushed to August because no one showed up to present it](Ledger/Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-335-kent-avenue-rezoning-deferred.md) - 2026-07-09 · Terre Haute City Council · [Terre Haute has stopped issuing cat-colony permits — residents say enforcement hasn't stopped](Ledger/Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-cat-colony-ordinance-friction.md) - 2026-07-09 · Terre Haute City Council · [Council lets CHI Overhead Doors keep its tax break despite falling short on new jobs](Ledger/Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-chi-overhead-doors-abatement.md) - 2026-07-09 · Terre Haute City Council · [EDC says it's dropping automatic 10-year tax abatements — and a $30-50 million project is headed to council soon](Ledger/Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-edc-project-holly.md) - 2026-07-09 · Terre Haute City Council · [Council fixes a paperwork mix-up and keeps Govina Inc.'s tax abatement active](Ledger/Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-govina-cf1-correction.md) - 2026-07-09 · Terre Haute City Council · [Council approves $750,000 to rebuild Ray Park's tennis courts this year instead of next](Ledger/Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-ray-park-tennis-appropriation.md) - 2026-07-09 · Terre Haute City Council · [A union rep says the YMCA expansion's contractor isn't following Terre Haute's responsible-bid rules](Ledger/Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-responsible-bid-ordinance-ymca.md) - 2026-07-09 · Terre Haute City Council · [Sewer bills are on track to rise 10% in 2030, plus a new $3-a-month stormwater fee](Ledger/Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-sewer-stormwater-rate-plan.md) - 2026-07-09 · Terre Haute City Council · [Council adopts a new city wheel tax — but says it replaces, not adds to, what you already pay](Ledger/Highlights/2026-07-09-terre-haute-city-council-wheel-tax-adopted.md) - 2026-06-25 · Vigo County Oversight Board · [Oversight board approves two Barnes & Thornburg legal invoices totaling $4,563](Ledger/Highlights/2026-06-25-vigo-county-oversight-board-legal-invoices-treasurer-report.md) - 2026-06-25 · Vigo County Oversight Board · [A revised West Vigo school plan could save $30 million to $40 million, but no decision has been made](Ledger/Highlights/2026-06-25-vigo-county-oversight-board-west-vigo-plan-revision-presented.md) - 2026-06-11 · Terre Haute City Council · [Terre Haute police detail their 30 license-plate cameras — and say ICE data-sharing is off, for now](Ledger/Highlights/2026-06-11-terre-haute-city-council-flock-camera-privacy-policy.md) - 2026-06-11 · Terre Haute City Council · [New Terre Haute wheel tax ordinance held over to July 9 without a vote](Ledger/Highlights/2026-06-11-terre-haute-city-council-wheel-tax-tabled.md) - 2026-06-04 · Terre Haute City Council · [City may drop the 'Make My Move' relocation incentive as the state scales back funding](Ledger/Highlights/2026-06-04-terre-haute-city-council-appropriation-9-2026-make-my-move.md) - 2026-06-04 · Terre Haute City Council · [A trustee asked council to approve 100 homeless shelter beds at the fairgrounds with no city money — and got no response on the record](Ledger/Highlights/2026-06-04-terre-haute-city-council-homeless-shelter-fairgrounds-proposal.md) - 2026-06-04 · Terre Haute City Council · [Council approves rezoning for three small 'efficiency' homes on North 13th Street, across from ISU student housing](Ledger/Highlights/2026-06-04-terre-haute-city-council-special-ordinance-4-2026-13th-street-rezoning.md) - 2026-05-14 · Terre Haute City Council · [Council questions why a tax-abated apartment building has only two employees](Ledger/Highlights/2026-05-14-terre-haute-city-council-miller-parrott-employee-count.md) - 2026-05-14 · Terre Haute City Council · [Councilman Nation: property tax breaks are helping build affordable and senior housing](Ledger/Highlights/2026-05-14-terre-haute-city-council-warren-village-ii-affordable-housing.md) - 2026-05-07 · Terre Haute City Council · [City to tear down about ten more houses in May, plus a condemned building near the mall](Ledger/Highlights/2026-05-07-terre-haute-city-council-blight-demolitions.md) - 2026-05-07 · Terre Haute City Council · [Terre Haute plans to loosen ADU and setback rules, then hire an outside firm to rewrite the entire zoning code](Ledger/Highlights/2026-05-07-terre-haute-city-council-chapter-10-zoning-rewrite.md) - 2026-04-09 · Terre Haute City Council · [Resident says the city isn't enforcing its street-basketball-hoop ban near where kids were hit by a car](Ledger/Highlights/2026-04-09-terre-haute-city-council-basketball-street-code-enforcement.md) - 2026-04-09 · Terre Haute City Council · [Mayor warns a 2028 state tax change could double-tax residents — city is exploring a workaround](Ledger/Highlights/2026-04-09-terre-haute-city-council-income-tax-must-proposal.md) - 2026-04-09 · Terre Haute City Council · [Council rezones two North 12th Street lots from residential to business use](Ledger/Highlights/2026-04-09-terre-haute-city-council-north-12th-street-rezoning.md) - 2026-04-09 · Terre Haute City Council · [Redevelopment Commission's 2025 report: downtown hotel TIF area spent $46,494 more than it collected](Ledger/Highlights/2026-04-09-terre-haute-city-council-tif-report-cbd-shortfall.md) - 2026-04-09 · Terre Haute City Council · [City spends about $47,500 to keep the homeless warming center open 37 nights this winter](Ledger/Highlights/2026-04-09-terre-haute-city-council-warming-center-appropriation.md) - 2026-04-09 · Vigo County Oversight Board · [Oversight board pushes school-funding recommendation from April to July](Ledger/Highlights/2026-04-09-vigo-county-oversight-board-recommendation-timeline-delay.md) - 2026-04-02 · Terre Haute City Council · [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](Ledger/Highlights/2026-04-02-terre-haute-city-council-8th-street-park-resolution.md) - 2026-04-02 · Terre Haute City Council · [Council can't yet vote on the 3317 North 12th Street rezoning — the area plan commission hasn't met](Ledger/Highlights/2026-04-02-terre-haute-city-council-north-12th-street-rezoning-held.md) - 2026-04-02 · Terre Haute City Council · [Council appropriates $20,000 for the Ray Park and Riley Trail projects using returned grant money](Ledger/Highlights/2026-04-02-terre-haute-city-council-riley-trail-appropriation.md) - 2026-03-26 · Vigo County Oversight Board · [Vigo County Schools cuts its 2026 combined property tax rate to 90.53 cents, down from 97.61 cents](Ledger/Highlights/2026-03-26-vigo-county-oversight-board-2026-tax-rate-cut.md) - 2026-03-26 · Vigo County Oversight Board · [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](Ledger/Highlights/2026-03-26-vigo-county-oversight-board-construction-start-timing.md) - 2026-03-12 · Terre Haute City Council · [Resident's push for a 13th Street corridor committee stalls — council says it has to start with the mayor's office](Ledger/Highlights/2026-03-12-terre-haute-city-council-13th-street-corridor-committee.md) - 2026-03-12 · Terre Haute City Council · [Council locks in — and slightly expands — the days fireworks are legal in Terre Haute](Ledger/Highlights/2026-03-12-terre-haute-city-council-fireworks-ordinance.md) - 2026-03-12 · Vigo County Oversight Board · [Public comments show competing views of Vigo County's school consolidation plan](Ledger/Highlights/2026-03-12-vigo-county-oversight-board-public-comment-school-consolidation.md) - 2026-03-05 · Terre Haute City Council · [Two fire code ordinances held back over state-law conflicts](Ledger/Highlights/2026-03-05-terre-haute-city-council-go2-go4-fire-ordinances-tabled.md) - 2026-03-05 · Terre Haute City Council · [74 former ISU lots north of campus go up for sale with a $6,500-per-lot infrastructure incentive](Ledger/Highlights/2026-03-05-terre-haute-city-council-isu-parcels-redevelopment.md) - 2026-03-05 · Terre Haute City Council · [13th Street Corridor advocates tell council they've been shut out of housing funding for two decades](Ledger/Highlights/2026-03-05-terre-haute-city-council-malone-jonah-13th-street-corridor-funding.md) - 2026-03-05 · Terre Haute City Council · [City and county put $2 million into a revolving housing loan fund; separate program offers up to 5% down-payment help](Ledger/Highlights/2026-03-05-terre-haute-city-council-revolving-loan-fund-hoosier-homes-plus.md) - 2026-03-05 · Terre Haute City Council · [Council rezones 2722 South Fruitridge Avenue for a wealth-management office, with a safeguard back to residential](Ledger/Highlights/2026-03-05-terre-haute-city-council-special-ordinance-1-fruitridge-rezoning.md) - 2026-03-05 · Terre Haute City Council · [State law forces Terre Haute to update its zoning code by the end of 2026](Ledger/Highlights/2026-03-05-terre-haute-city-council-zoning-code-update-hb1001.md) - 2026-02-26 · Vigo County Oversight Board · [Board member questions an illustration that uses Vigo County Schools' full existing bonding capacity](Ledger/Highlights/2026-02-26-vigo-county-oversight-board-bonding-capacity-no-tax-increase.md) - 2026-02-26 · Vigo County Oversight Board · [A resident tells the Vigo County School Oversight Board it lacks Black representation](Ledger/Highlights/2026-02-26-vigo-county-oversight-board-committee-representation-equity-concern.md) - 2026-02-23 · Vigo County Oversight Board · [Resident questions how the county calculated a $102 million savings figure](Ledger/Highlights/2026-02-23-vigo-county-oversight-board-savings-figure-public-question.md) - 2026-02-12 · Vigo County Oversight Board · [Oversight Board hires Barnes & Thornburg as counsel for its school-plan review](Ledger/Highlights/2026-02-12-vigo-county-oversight-board-barnes-thornburg-engagement-approved.md) - 2026-02-02 · Vigo County Oversight Board · [School board adopts "Option Six," closing eight Vigo County buildings to avoid an estimated $191 million in costs](Ledger/Highlights/2026-02-02-vigo-county-oversight-board-option-six-adopted.md) - 2026-01-29 · Vigo County Oversight Board · [Vigo County Schools has lost $80 million to $100 million in property tax revenue since 2015 to the state's tax caps](Ledger/Highlights/2026-01-29-vigo-county-oversight-board-circuit-breaker-property-tax-loss.md) - 2026-01-29 · Vigo County Oversight Board · [State lawmakers cap Vigo County Schools' property-tax growth at 4.4% for a third year running](Ledger/Highlights/2026-01-29-vigo-county-oversight-board-operations-levy-growth-cap-2026.md) - 2026-01-29 · Vigo County Oversight Board · [SEA 1 creates a new credit for qualifying homestead property owners, reducing local tax collections](Ledger/Highlights/2026-01-29-vigo-county-oversight-board-sea1-homestead-credit.md) - 2026-01-29 · Vigo County Oversight Board · [State budget ends a $155-per-student textbook grant; district cites grant loss and enrollment decline in a $1.5 million annual shortfall](Ledger/Highlights/2026-01-29-vigo-county-oversight-board-textbook-grant-removed.md) - 2026-01-12 · Vigo County Oversight Board · [District says it can bond for one new high school without raising taxes, but not two](Ledger/Highlights/2026-01-12-vigo-county-oversight-board-county-bonding-partnership-request.md) - 2026-01-12 · Vigo County Oversight Board · [Plan would raze West Vigo Middle School as Terre Haute North and South become middle schools](Ledger/Highlights/2026-01-12-vigo-county-oversight-board-option-six-school-building-fates.md) - 2026-01-05 · Vigo County Oversight Board · [Oversight Board adopts a public-comment policy for its school-plan meetings](Ledger/Highlights/2026-01-05-vigo-county-oversight-board-public-comment-policy.md)