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Vigo Ledger — edition 2026-W37

The most recent meeting cycle: 2026-08-28 through 2026-09-10, across 12 meetings. The archive begins 2025-12-15. Earlier meetings appear as headlines below.

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 · verified

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

• Council adopts a 10% sewer rate increase and new stormwater fee, the first sewer hike since 2019
• Council authorizes up to $125 million in bonds to fund the sewer and stormwater upgrade plan

Mayor's overview of the rate increase and stormwater fee, 15:57

Where things stand

General Ordinance 10, 2026 — Groundwater Usage Restrictions

Terre Haute City Council passed the ordinance on Sept. 10, 2026 after staff said a records check found no sewer customer in the affected area relying solely on well water for household use. The ordinance bans new private wells and requires existing wells in state-identified contamination areas to close within 365 days.

• 2026-09-10 — Council passes groundwater-use restrictions after a records check finds no customers relying only on wells
• 2026-09-03 — Council holds off on a private-well ban near old contamination sites after members ask for more notice

Additional Appropriation 2026-42 — prosecutor forfeiture funds ($502,000)

Vigo County Council passed Additional Appropriation 2026-42 by a 7-0 roll call on Sept. 8, 2026, authorizing $502,000 in seized-asset forfeiture funds for police vehicles, services, and equipment.

• 2026-09-08 — Council approves $502,000 forfeiture appropriation for police vehicles and gear after a September deferral
• 2026-09-01 — Prosecutor's $502,000 forfeiture-funds appropriation is tabled again
• 2026-08-04 — Prosecutor asks to spend $502,000 in seized drug-case money on police vehicles and gear

Additional Appropriation 2026-47 — sheriff's office gasoline shortfall ($110,000)

The council approved the sheriff's office's $110,000 additional appropriation for a gasoline shortfall, passing it 7-0 by roll call on Sep. 8, 2026.

• 2026-09-08 — Council approves $110,000 to cover the sheriff's office gasoline shortfall
• 2026-09-01 — Sheriff's office asks for $110,000 more to cover a gasoline shortfall through the end of the year

Ordinance 96-2-1996 amendment — forfeiture & RICO reimbursement rules

Ordinance 2026-3 passed the Vigo County Council 7-0 by roll call on Sep. 8, 2026, after the council first voted to set aside the 1996 ordinance it replaces.

• 2026-09-08 — Council passes updated forfeiture and RICO reimbursement rules, first unwinding a 1996 ordinance
• 2026-09-01 — Prosecutor's office moves to update the county's decades-old forfeiture and RICO reimbursement ordinance

Resolution 2-2026 — Sugar Creek Township Rainy Day Fund property purchase

The township board passed Resolution 2-2026 on 2026-09-08, approving a $67,000 Rainy Day Fund transfer to complete a property purchase, after a state posting-notice defect voided an earlier vote on the same transfer. No further date is set.

• 2026-09-08 — Sugar Creek Township Board re-votes a $67,000 Rainy Day Fund property purchase after a posting error voided the first vote
• 2026-08-19 — Sugar Creek Township Board approves a $67,000 Rainy Day Fund transfer for a planned property purchase

Vigo County schools building & funding plan ("Option 6.2")

The council has not voted: on Sep. 1 it pulled the request and referred it to a three-member committee, set to meet Sept. 29. The casino foundation's $10 million pledge is contingent on council approval by Dec. 31, 2026. The plan asks the county for $15 million up front and $6 million a year toward $222 million total.

• 2026-09-08 — Council rejects a bid to pull the school-funding resolution back from committee for an October vote
• 2026-09-08 — Commissioner says the council broke its promise to meet on school funding within a week
• 2026-09-01 — Commissioners ask the council for $15 million up front and $6 million a year for 20 years toward a $222 million school plan

This edition

2026-09-08 — Vigo County Council

Council rejects a bid to pull the school-funding resolution back from committee for an October vote · deferral · flagged

The council voted by roll call to sustain President Ellis's ruling that the motion was out of order, so Resolution 2026-2 stays with the review committee rather than returning to the full council in October.

• Council rejects a bid to pull the school-funding resolution back from committee for an October vote
• Commissioner says the council broke its promise to meet on school funding within a week

23:51

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 · deferral · verified

Pulled from tonight's agenda and referred to a new three-member committee; no vote taken

• Council pulls the county's school-funding vote from tonight's agenda, refers it to a new three-member committee
• Commissioners ask the council for $15 million up front and $6 million a year for 20 years toward a $222 million school plan

13:21

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

Council president orders an outside audit and revenue forecast after the county's bond rating is downgraded · friction · verified

Executed by the council president using existing council rules; no council vote taken

• Council president orders an outside audit and revenue forecast after the county's bond rating is downgraded

11:47

2026-09-10 — Terre Haute City Council

Council passes groundwater-use restrictions after a records check finds no customers relying only on wells · rules · verified

Passed on a voice vote.

• Council passes groundwater-use restrictions after a records check finds no customers relying only on wells

31:21

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 · rules · verified

No vote was taken; the council moved to the next agenda item without action

• Council holds off on a private-well ban near old contamination sites after members ask for more notice

City Attorney Michael Wright explains the ordinance and IDEM's preference, 35:09

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

Courthouse's secure elevator funding is pulled from the agenda for a second month · deferral · verified

Removed from the agenda for a second time at the commissioners' request; no funding decision made

• Courthouse's secure elevator funding is pulled from the agenda for a second month

2:55:50

2026-09-08 — Vigo County Council

Auditor's complaint and a heated appeal revive the push to fire the county council's attorney · friction · flagged

No vote was taken; President Ellis ruled the motion out of order and took the question under advisement, saying he would look into it before the next meeting.

• Auditor's complaint and a heated appeal revive the push to fire the county council's attorney

12:09

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

A council member moves to fire the county council's attorney; vote to come next meeting · friction · verified

Motion and second made to remove the attorney; a vote is expected at the next meeting

• A council member moves to fire the county council's attorney; vote to come next meeting

4:10:35

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

Vigo County holds its first public hearing on a $124.2 million 2027 budget · money · verified

Public hearing held; adoption vote scheduled for October 13

• Vigo County holds its first public hearing on a $124.2 million 2027 budget

2:42:23

2026-09-08 — Vigo County Council

Council approves $502,000 forfeiture appropriation for police vehicles and gear after a September deferral · money · verified

Passed 7-0 by roll call.

• Council approves $502,000 forfeiture appropriation for police vehicles and gear after a September deferral

$502,000 forfeiture appropriation first explained, Aug. 4

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

Prosecutor's $502,000 forfeiture-funds appropriation is tabled again · deferral · verified

Tabled again at the prosecutor's office's request; no vote taken

• Prosecutor's $502,000 forfeiture-funds appropriation is tabled again

2:56:20

2026-09-08 — Vigo County Council

Council approves $110,000 to cover the sheriff's office gasoline shortfall · money · verified

Passed 7-0 by roll call.

• Council approves $110,000 to cover the sheriff's office gasoline shortfall

$110,000 fuel shortfall appropriation requested, Sept. 1

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 · money · verified

Presented for a first reading; no vote taken at this meeting

• Sheriff's office asks for $110,000 more to cover a gasoline shortfall through the end of the year

2:58:05

2026-09-08 — Vigo County Council

Council passes updated forfeiture and RICO reimbursement rules, first unwinding a 1996 ordinance · rules · flagged

Passed 7-0 by roll call, after the council first voted 7-0 to set aside the 1996 ordinance it replaces.

• Council passes updated forfeiture and RICO reimbursement rules, first unwinding a 1996 ordinance

1:14:13

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

Prosecutor's office moves to update the county's decades-old forfeiture and RICO reimbursement ordinance · rules · verified

Introduced on first reading, with minor revisions expected before next week's meeting

• Prosecutor's office moves to update the county's decades-old forfeiture and RICO reimbursement ordinance

2:53:28

2026-09-08 — Vigo County Commissioners

Commissioners accept the Shrine Farm subdivision's roads, a week after pulling the item over paperwork · property · flagged

Accepted on a voice vote

• Commissioners accept the Shrine Farm subdivision's roads, a week after pulling the item over paperwork

Petitioner returns with certified-mail receipts, 11:39

2026-09-01 — Vigo County Commissioners

Shrine Farm roads acceptance stays off the agenda over a missed mail deadline · deferral · flagged

Not placed on today's agenda; no vote was taken.

• Shrine Farm roads acceptance stays off the agenda over a missed mail deadline

Surveyor's report on the pulled item, 4:39

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 · money · flagged

Approved on a voice vote

• Vigo County commissioners approve $4,258,122.91 in claims for August 21-27, most of it public-safety-related

Claims docket presented, 1:58

2026-09-10 — Terre Haute City Council

Council prepays $604,377 in 2027 fire-truck and ambulance lease payments using casino fund money · money · verified

Passed on a voice vote.

• Council prepays $604,377 in 2027 fire-truck and ambulance lease payments using casino fund money

Comptroller explains casino-fund prepayment, 40:07

2026-09-10 — Terre Haute City Council

City budget public hearing draws no comment; council sets Oct. 8 vote · money · verified

No public comment was made; the hearing was closed and no vote was taken on either appropriation tonight.

• City budget public hearing draws no comment; council sets Oct. 8 vote

0:26

2026-09-08 — Vigo County Commissioners

Commissioners present Susie's Place with the county council's $15,000 check · money · flagged

No commissioners' vote; a previously arranged $15,000 check was formally presented.

• Commissioners present Susie's Place with the county council's $15,000 check

Commissioners resume for the presentation, 17:07

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 · property · verified

Passed on a voice vote

• Council approves a Farrington's Grove-area rezoning for an art studio and by-appointment tattoo parlor, over a neighbor's objection

The planned apartment, art studio and appointment-only tattoo parlor, 57:19

2026-09-03 — Terre Haute City Council

Council downzones 908 South 7th Street to single-family only, at the owning family's request · property · verified

Passed on a voice vote

• Council downzones 908 South 7th Street to single-family only, at the owning family's request

Item read, Area Planning's recommendation, 12:05

2026-09-03 — Terre Haute City Council

Council rezones three parcels for an 80-unit affordable senior housing project pending state funding · property · verified

Passed on a voice vote

• Council rezones three parcels for an 80-unit affordable senior housing project pending state funding

Rezoning three parcels for 80-unit Margaret Senior housing, 1:24:53

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 · rules · flagged

Approved Resolution 2026-04, amending the vote center plan, on a voice vote; the chair said the motion passed unanimously

• Election board pulls Meadows Shopping Center as an early vote center, opens an Election Day-only replacement at Woodrow Wilson

1:21

2026-09-08 — Seelyville Town Council

Seelyville's proposed 2027 budget clears the first of two required votes · money · flagged

First reading approved by roll call; no complete per-member tally was stated.

• Seelyville's proposed 2027 budget clears the first of two required votes

9:36

2026-09-08 — Seelyville Town Council

Seelyville's Glen Tank water tower needs major repairs, and only one contractor has bid on the job · money · flagged

No spending decision was made; the town is waiting on its insurer's response.

• Seelyville's Glen Tank water tower needs major repairs, and only one contractor has bid on the job

4:32

2026-09-08 — Seelyville Town Council

Developers ask Seelyville to let them split a Second Street lot into up to four rental buildings · property · flagged

No vote was taken on the subdivision or the land-vacation request; the council did not set a date to take either back up.

• Developers ask Seelyville to let them split a Second Street lot into up to four rental buildings

13:02

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 · money · flagged

Passed on a voice vote

• Sugar Creek Township Board re-votes a $67,000 Rainy Day Fund property purchase after a posting error voided the first vote

0:25

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 · property · verified

Approved on a voice vote

• Zoning board grants a lot-size variance for two new single-family homes on North 14th and Liberty

6:13

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 · property · verified

Approved on a voice vote

• Zoning board approves setback variances for a new garage and a 1928 house on South 22nd Street

1:35

2026-09-02 — Area Plan Commission

Area Plan Commission sends a contested Farrington's Grove-area tattoo-studio rezoning to City Council · friction · flagged

Sent to Terre Haute City Council with a recommendation on a voice vote; the record of the motion does not specify favorable or unfavorable, and council still has to vote

• Area Plan Commission sends a contested Farrington's Grove-area tattoo-studio rezoning to City Council

Ed Trover's request, 26:50

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 · property · verified

Recommended to Terre Haute City Council on a voice vote; council still has to vote

• Area Plan Commission recommends approval of the 908 South 7th Street rezoning, a month after a meeting-time mix-up shut the family out

Owners describe the house, 6:42

2026-09-02 — Area Plan Commission

Area Plan Commission tables a battery-storage zoning ordinance to add flood-zone rules first · deferral · flagged

Tabled on a voice vote; no return date was set

• Area Plan Commission tables a battery-storage zoning ordinance to add flood-zone rules first

Staff's request to table, 1:24:52

2026-09-02 — Area Plan Commission

Area Plan Commission recommends rezoning for an 80-unit affordable senior apartment complex on Margaret Avenue · property · verified

Recommended to Terre Haute City Council on a voice vote; council still has to act, and the developer won't know if it has state funding until November

• Area Plan Commission recommends rezoning for an 80-unit affordable senior apartment complex on Margaret Avenue

Developer's introduction, 56:44

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 · friction · verified

The replat passed on a voice vote

• Area Plan Commission replats five North 22nd Street lots into three, over a resident's parking and sewer concerns

Four-plus out-of-compliance lots, redrawn, 1:09:38

2026-08-31 — Lost Creek Township Board

Lost Creek Township adopts a flat 2027 tax levy with no pay raises · money · flagged

Passed on a voice vote

• Lost Creek Township adopts a flat 2027 tax levy with no pay raises

0:00

Dates ahead

• 2026-09-29 — committee meeting date — Vigo County schools building & funding plan ("Option 6.2")
• 2026-10-13 — council adoption vote — Vigo County 2027 operating budget
• 2026-10-13 — county auditor's 18-month revenue forecast due — Vigo County bond rating downgrade and financial audit

Earlier

• 2026-08-26 — Capital Improvement Board — CIB pencils in $1 million for Indiana Theater repairs in 2027, banking on a state grant match
• 2026-08-26 — Capital Improvement Board — Larry Bird Museum replaces peeling graphics after warranty dispute with original vendor
• 2026-08-26 — Capital Improvement Board — Developer asks Capital Improvement Board for $2.5 million toward a 100-acre youth sports complex
• 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
• 2026-08-25 — Vigo County Commissioners — Vigo County commissioners approve $870,767.38 in claims for August 14-20
• 2026-08-25 — Vigo County Commissioners — Resident flags an unfinished grade at the fairgrounds' new concrete; commissioners say they're aware
• 2026-08-24 — Terre Haute Board of Public Works — Fire department buys new ambulance chassis outright instead of financing it
• 2026-08-24 — Terre Haute Board of Public Works — Board sets aside the YMCA expansion's last $83,000 as an owner contingency fund
• 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
• 2026-08-24 — Vigo County Budget Committee — County budget committee floats a flat raise for every employee instead of stipends — no decision made
• 2026-08-24 — Vigo County Budget Committee — Budget committee recommends paying for a $250,000 court program from opioid settlement money, not general fund
• 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
• 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
• 2026-08-20 — Terre Haute Parks and Recreation Board — Ray Park clubhouse rebuild could miss a second deadline, pushing the reopening toward November
• 2026-08-19 — Sugar Creek Township Board — Sugar Creek Township Board approves a $67,000 Rainy Day Fund transfer for a planned property purchase
• 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
• 2026-08-19 — Terre Haute Human Relations Commission — City reports $74,261 in first-round Neighborhood Investment Fund awards for 7 projects
• 2026-08-19 — Terre Haute Human Relations Commission — Human Relations Commission approves $3,000 Pride Fest sponsorship after tabling it in July
• 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
• 2026-08-18 — Vigo County Commissioners — County renews $37,800-a-year HVAC maintenance contract for the county jail
• 2026-08-18 — Vigo County Commissioners — Commissioners pull jail-overcrowding ordinance from the agenda, say a decision is still weeks away
• 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
• 2026-08-18 — Vigo County Commissioners — Commissioners approve ordinance creating a new fire tax district for Otter Creek Township
• 2026-08-18 — Vigo County Commissioners — County signs $469,000 contract to study traffic safety problems countywide
• 2026-08-18 — Vigo County Commissioners — County commissions design for a bigger south highway garage after years of cramped, outdoor repairs
• 2026-08-18 — Vigo County Commissioners — Commissioners approve vacating the last block of Union Road near Lewis
• 2026-08-13 — Vigo County Budget Committee — County's 911 fund set to spend more than it takes in next year
• 2026-08-13 — Vigo County Budget Committee — Clerk's office scanning project budget jumps from $9,000 to $109,000
• 2026-08-13 — Vigo County Budget Committee — Funding for the Clinton Road widening project drops from $3 million to $500,000
• 2026-08-13 — Vigo County Budget Committee — Two Juvenile Justice Center budget lines held pending a check with the auditor's office
• 2026-08-13 — Vigo County Budget Committee — Budget committee approves $950,000 rainy-day-fund line for courthouse and generator work
• 2026-08-13 — Vigo County Budget Committee — Budget committee recesses without deciding on salaries, grade changes, or how to pay for a tower
• 2026-08-13 — Vigo County Budget Committee — Sheriff's office budget put off to a later meeting
• 2026-08-13 — Vigo County Budget Committee — Budget committee holds off on the weights and measures budget over an unresolved raise question
• 2026-08-12 — Vigo County Board of Zoning Appeals — County zoning board lets Chamberlain Street pole barn remain after lot split
• 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
• 2026-08-12 — Vigo County Budget Committee — County 911 dispatch system is dropping calls and needs replacement
• 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
• 2026-08-12 — Vigo County Budget Committee — Vigo County adds $520,000 to cover a run of building-maintenance emergencies
• 2026-08-12 — Vigo County Budget Committee — Vigo County clerk wins $300,000 for records digitization and higher pay for election-day workers
• 2026-08-12 — Vigo County Budget Committee — State funding cuts push more of Vigo County's community corrections costs onto local taxpayers
• 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
• 2026-08-12 — Vigo County Budget Committee — Vigo County Highway Department needs more money set aside for workers' comp insurance
• 2026-08-12 — Vigo County Budget Committee — Vigo County jail budget goes up for vehicles, repairs, and new body cameras
• 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
• 2026-08-12 — Vigo County Budget Committee — Vigo County still hasn't figured out which fund pays for its radio towers
• 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
• 2026-08-12 — Vigo County Budget Committee — Vigo County holds off approving the sheriff's budget to recheck the numbers
• 2026-08-12 — Vigo County Commissioners — New high school site remains unpicked while officials discuss the State Road 46 corridor
• 2026-08-12 — Vigo County Commissioners — New state law is what lets the county help pay for school buildings
• 2026-08-12 — Vigo County Commissioners — Resident presses commissioners: will my property taxes go up?
• 2026-08-12 — Vigo County Commissioners — Commissioners approve a school-funding commitment of $15 million up front and up to $6 million annually
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 2026-08-11 — Seelyville Town Council — INDOT's Highway 40 storm-water project forces Seelyville to spend $166,000 relocating water and sewer lines
• 2026-08-11 — Seelyville Town Council — Seelyville weighs three annual HWC contracts worth almost $48,000 — no vote captured on the recording
• 2026-08-11 — Seelyville Town Council — Seelyville Town Council approves formal request for its share of county income-tax funds
• 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
• 2026-08-11 — Vigo County Council — Council approves $200,000 for Community Corrections after changing a rule that had blocked the vote
• 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
• 2026-08-11 — Vigo County Council — County Recorder Diana Smith objects to a commissioner's proposal to change her office
• 2026-08-11 — Vigo County Council — Council takes up a Sheriff's Office ordinance after first announcing it withdrawn
• 2026-08-11 — Vigo County Council — Council approves funding for Susie's Place after a member objects to nonprofit spending
• 2026-08-10 — Terre Haute Board of Public Works — Board approves a stormwater maintenance agreement for Terra Vista Glen
• 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
• 2026-08-10 — West Terre Haute Town Council — West Terre Haute council weighs a $113,000 upfront payment after its insurer wouldn't renew
• 2026-08-10 — West Terre Haute Town Council — West Terre Haute residents with old water pipes will get mandatory inspection notices this year
• 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
• 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
• 2026-08-06 — Terre Haute City Council — Council approves $225,000 for a replacement fire department rescue truck
• 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
• 2026-08-06 — Terre Haute City Council — State gas tax extension leaves part of Terre Haute's road funding for this year unconfirmed
• 2026-08-06 — Terre Haute City Council — City picks a firm to update Terre Haute's 46-year-old historic buildings survey
• 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
• 2026-08-06 — Terre Haute City Council — Council approves rezoning of the former Mason Lodge at 2215 Garfield Avenue from residential to commercial
• 2026-08-06 — Terre Haute City Council — Council approves rezoning at 335 Kent Avenue to allow a duplex
• 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
• 2026-08-05 — Area Plan Commission — Area Plan Commission recommends rezoning the former Mason Lodge on Garfield Avenue for a software company's office
• 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
• 2026-08-05 — Area Plan Commission — Area Plan Commission takes no action on the 908 South 7th Street rezoning request
• 2026-08-05 — Area Plan Commission — Area Plan Commission approves a 5-acre commercial subdivision on Wabash Avenue near Union Hospital
• 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
• 2026-08-05 — Area Plan Commission — Area Plan Commission approves subdivision at the Mill on South Riverside Road after a recusal
• 2026-08-05 — Vigo County Board of Zoning Appeals — Zoning board approves deck and hot tub variance at 1721 North 31st Street
• 2026-08-04 — Vigo County Commissioners — County will fix a billing error that let about 84 properties skip a small conservancy tax since 2010
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 2026-08-04 — Vigo County Commissioners — Commissioners approve a legal engagement letter for a potential future county bond
• 2026-08-04 — Vigo County Council (Sunshine) — Council to consider a $4,500 clothing allowance for security officers, missed in last year's budget
• 2026-08-04 — Vigo County Council (Sunshine) — Council revisits restoring $200,000 to Community Corrections after it was pulled from the budget by mistake
• 2026-08-04 — Vigo County Council (Sunshine) — Courthouse's only secure inmate elevator failed inspection; $500,000 fix request pulled for more bids
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 2026-08-04 — Vigo County Council (Sunshine) — Commissioner proposes funding a 3% county raise by cutting public defenders' health insurance
• 2026-08-04 — Vigo County Council (Sunshine) — Prosecutor asks for $10,000 more to bring wanted suspects back to Vigo County
• 2026-08-04 — Vigo County Council (Sunshine) — Prosecutor asks to spend $502,000 in seized drug-case money on police vehicles and gear
• 2026-08-04 — Vigo County Council (Sunshine) — County's school oversight committee reports $87,146 balance, sets September date for a school funding proposal
• 2026-08-04 — Vigo County Council (Sunshine) — Council questions whether it can legally make the sheriff's office an 'ordinance bureau'
• 2026-08-04 — Vigo County Council (Sunshine) — County asked to give Susie's Place $15,000 as federal funding for child abuse interviews shrinks
• 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
• 2026-07-20 — Vigo County Oversight Board — Oversight board pays a $2,269.50 legal bill and reports an $87,135 balance
• 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
• 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
• 2026-07-09 — Terre Haute City Council — Council approves rezoning so Fastenal can expand into the building next door on Poplar Street
• 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
• 2026-07-09 — Terre Haute City Council — Terre Haute has stopped issuing cat-colony permits — residents say enforcement hasn't stopped
• 2026-07-09 — Terre Haute City Council — Council lets CHI Overhead Doors keep its tax break despite falling short on new jobs
• 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
• 2026-07-09 — Terre Haute City Council — Council fixes a paperwork mix-up and keeps Govina Inc.'s tax abatement active
• 2026-07-09 — Terre Haute City Council — Council approves $750,000 to rebuild Ray Park's tennis courts this year instead of next
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 2026-06-25 — Vigo County Oversight Board — Oversight board approves two Barnes & Thornburg legal invoices totaling $4,563
• 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
• 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
• 2026-06-11 — Terre Haute City Council — New Terre Haute wheel tax ordinance held over to July 9 without a vote
• 2026-06-04 — Terre Haute City Council — City may drop the 'Make My Move' relocation incentive as the state scales back funding
• 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
• 2026-06-04 — Terre Haute City Council — Council approves rezoning for three small 'efficiency' homes on North 13th Street, across from ISU student housing
• 2026-05-14 — Terre Haute City Council — Council questions why a tax-abated apartment building has only two employees
• 2026-05-14 — Terre Haute City Council — Councilman Nation: property tax breaks are helping build affordable and senior housing
• 2026-05-07 — Terre Haute City Council — City to tear down about ten more houses in May, plus a condemned building near the mall
• 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
• 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
• 2026-04-09 — Terre Haute City Council — Mayor warns a 2028 state tax change could double-tax residents — city is exploring a workaround
• 2026-04-09 — Terre Haute City Council — Council rezones two North 12th Street lots from residential to business use
• 2026-04-09 — Terre Haute City Council — Redevelopment Commission's 2025 report: downtown hotel TIF area spent $46,494 more than it collected
• 2026-04-09 — Terre Haute City Council — City spends about $47,500 to keep the homeless warming center open 37 nights this winter
• 2026-04-09 — Vigo County Oversight Board — Oversight board pushes school-funding recommendation from April to July
• 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
• 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
• 2026-04-02 — Terre Haute City Council — Council appropriates $20,000 for the Ray Park and Riley Trail projects using returned grant money
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 2026-03-12 — Terre Haute City Council — Council locks in — and slightly expands — the days fireworks are legal in Terre Haute
• 2026-03-12 — Vigo County Oversight Board — Public comments show competing views of Vigo County's school consolidation plan
• 2026-03-05 — Terre Haute City Council — Two fire code ordinances held back over state-law conflicts
• 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
• 2026-03-05 — Terre Haute City Council — 13th Street Corridor advocates tell council they've been shut out of housing funding for two decades
• 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
• 2026-03-05 — Terre Haute City Council — Council rezones 2722 South Fruitridge Avenue for a wealth-management office, with a safeguard back to residential
• 2026-03-05 — Terre Haute City Council — State law forces Terre Haute to update its zoning code by the end of 2026
• 2026-02-26 — Vigo County Oversight Board — Board member questions an illustration that uses Vigo County Schools' full existing bonding capacity
• 2026-02-26 — Vigo County Oversight Board — A resident tells the Vigo County School Oversight Board it lacks Black representation
• 2026-02-23 — Vigo County Oversight Board — Resident questions how the county calculated a $102 million savings figure
• 2026-02-12 — Vigo County Oversight Board — Oversight Board hires Barnes & Thornburg as counsel for its school-plan review
• 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
• 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
• 2026-01-29 — Vigo County Oversight Board — State lawmakers cap Vigo County Schools' property-tax growth at 4.4% for a third year running
• 2026-01-29 — Vigo County Oversight Board — SEA 1 creates a new credit for qualifying homestead property owners, reducing local tax collections
• 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
• 2026-01-12 — Vigo County Oversight Board — District says it can bond for one new high school without raising taxes, but not two
• 2026-01-12 — Vigo County Oversight Board — Plan would raze West Vigo Middle School as Terre Haute North and South become middle schools
• 2026-01-05 — Vigo County Oversight Board — Oversight Board adopts a public-comment policy for its school-plan meetings