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

## Item roll

This was the council's Sunshine meeting: items are heard and discussed, and votes come at the following regular meeting unless noted. No agenda document was available; the roll below was reconstructed from the recording. Anchors point to the meeting video.

| # | Item | Disposition | Anchor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pledge of Allegiance and roll call | No vote (procedural) | [9:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9WTgXtkSw&t=570) |
| 2 | Motion to let the commissioners present without a time limit | Motion and second made; the chair instead ruled on his own that the commissioners could give their full presentation, and no vote was taken | [10:29](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9WTgXtkSw&t=629) |
| 3 | Council president's announcements: request for a county audit and a revenue forecast (report due Nov. 3), creation of a school funding review committee (Ellis, Gentry, Alsop) under council Rule 5A, and referral of the commissioners' school-funding request to that committee under Rule 7 | Announced by the chair; no vote. One council member stated opposition to the chair's unilateral actions for the record | [11:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9WTgXtkSw&t=706) |
| 4 | Comments from elected officials: a council member's prepared statement on the venue dispute and a stated lack of confidence in the council president and the council attorney; discussion of whether an executive session was allowed; council members' questions to the commissioners on county finances | Heard; no vote. The council attorney advised against an executive session | [17:52](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9WTgXtkSw&t=1072) |
| 5 | Jason Simler of Baker Tilly on the S&P downgrade of the county's bond rating to A-plus | Heard; no vote | [42:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9WTgXtkSw&t=2555) |
| 6 | County commissioners' presentation on funding the Vigo County School Corporation's Option 6.2 facilities plan (commissioners, oversight board chair Mark Elliott, school board member Rick Burger, Tim Berry of Crowe, the superintendent), with council questions | Heard; no vote. Referred to the school funding review committee, which the commissioners offered to meet within a week | [53:55](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9WTgXtkSw&t=3235) |
| 7 | Reports from committees; budget committee update | No report | [2:41:26](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9WTgXtkSw&t=9686) |
| 8 | Public hearing on the 2027 county budget: the auditor read the notice to taxpayers and the budget request for each unit into the record | Public hearing held; no vote. Budget committee to meet Sept. 14 and 16 at 10 a.m. | [2:42:21](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9WTgXtkSw&t=9741) |
| 9 | Ordinance 2026-3, amending Ordinance 96-2-1996 on reimbursement of expenses in forfeiture and RICO actions | Introduced and heard; no vote. A council member said the ordinance should be ready to go next week | [2:53:34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9WTgXtkSw&t=10414) |
| 10 | Additional appropriation 2026-37, commissioners, courthouse elevator | Removed from tonight's agenda at the commissioners' request; still awaiting another estimate | [2:55:58](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9WTgXtkSw&t=10558) |
| 11 | Additional appropriation 2026-42, prosecutor, seized assets / drug task force (more than $500,000 from a forfeiture action, to pass through to law enforcement) | Tabled at the prosecutor's request | [2:56:09](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9WTgXtkSw&t=10569) |
| 12 | Additional appropriation 2026-47, sheriff, $110,000 for gasoline to cover a fuel shortfall through the end of 2026 | Heard; no vote | [2:57:55](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9WTgXtkSw&t=10675) |
| 13 | Public comment (three-minute limit, with a timer) | Heard; no vote. About 25 speakers, most on the school-funding request | [2:58:44](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9WTgXtkSw&t=10724) |
| 14 | Motion by a council member to fire the council attorney | Motion and second made; the council was told it could not vote tonight and the motion could be brought at the next meeting | [4:10:50](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9WTgXtkSw&t=15050) |
| 15 | Council members' closing comments, including the school funding review committee's end date, stated as December 31 | Heard; no vote | [4:25:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9WTgXtkSw&t=15900) |
| 16 | Appointments | None | [4:27:37](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9WTgXtkSw&t=16057) |
| 17 | Adjournment | Adjourned on a voice vote | [4:28:06](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9WTgXtkSw&t=16086) |

## Source
- Video: [Vigo County Council (Sunshine), 2026-09-01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9WTgXtkSw) — duration 16102s (4:28:22). The recording's first nine and a half minutes are silent; the pledge begins at 9:30.
- Agenda: not available
- Minutes: not available