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

Terre Haute City Council · 2026-09-23 · Outcome: No vote; discussion only

Source: Budget totals, 2:23 · Unverified

Also in this story: Councilperson Loudermilk objects to paying fire and police overtime from the downtown TIF — No vote; mayor to review a swap and report back · Overtime paid from the central business TIF, 32:14 · Unverified

Where things stand

Vigo County Jail — passed, last 2026-09-29
Vigo County Safe Streets for All traffic safety study — passed, last 2026-09-29
Ignition Arts (Larry Bird Museum graphics replacement) — passed, last 2026-09-23
General Ordinance 10, 2026 — Groundwater Usage Restrictions — passed, last 2026-09-10
Additional Appropriation 2026-42 — prosecutor forfeiture funds ($502,000) — passed, last 2026-09-08
Additional Appropriation 2026-47 — sheriff's office gasoline shortfall ($110,000) — 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 — Approved on a voice vote · Request to replace chiller parts, 7:41
Commissioners approve $31,590 to blow insulation into the jail's admin and lobby walls — Approved on a voice vote · Insulation request, 8:47
Commissioners approve the Sheriff's Office cloud-software agreement after a Sheriff's Office representative came to answer questions — Approved on a voice vote · Sheriff's Office presents the agreement, 4:40 · Unverified
Commissioners renew the county's $10,500 Dossett Consulting contract for tracking grant money — Approved on a voice vote · What the contract covers, 6:11 · Unverified
Commissioners close Bono Road for Pioneer Days, October 3 and 4 — Approved on a voice vote · Parks Department request, 12:10
County traffic-safety study is under way; engineer says public meetings come this winter — Informational; no vote taken · Commissioner raises Woodsmall crash, 16:19

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 — No contract awarded; bids go to the town's engineer, HWC Engineering, for review. · Bid-opening process explained, 3:13 · Unverified
West Terre Haute Town Council: West Terre Haute council tables a town donation-fund ordinance — Tabled on a voice vote; no return date set · 5:42 · 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 — No motion or vote is audible on the recording · 10:50 · Unverified
West Terre Haute Town Council: West Terre Haute debates handing condemned properties to redevelopment and recouping demolition costs; vote unclear — A motion to approve was made and seconded; the recording does not capture a clear vote result · 22:39 · Unverified
Capital Improvement Board: Counsel says the board should reopen the convention center operator contract to bids — No vote; board to take up a timeline in October or November · 1:07:20 · Unverified
Capital Improvement Board: Capital Improvement Board OKs up to $35,000 to fix defective Larry Bird Museum exhibit graphics — Passed on a voice vote; president authorized to sign a contract of up to $35,000 · 0:02:08 · Unverified
Capital Improvement Board: Draft call for a builder to renovate the Indiana Theater gets board feedback; no vote yet — No vote; draft to be revised and brought back at the October meeting · 0:39:39 · Unverified
Capital Improvement Board: Capital Improvement Board wants a formula and an application process before groups ask it for money — No vote; staff and counsel asked to work out how to calculate available money and a request process · 0:19:54 · Unverified
Capital Improvement Board: Board floats free two-hour parking in the convention center garage; options due in October — No action; three options requested for the October meeting · 0:54:22 · Unverified
West Terre Haute Town Council: West Terre Haute council approves state road-funding signing ordinance after narrowing it — Passed on a voice vote with two provisions changed; the town attorney still had to confirm INDOT would accept the changes · 0:47 · Unverified
West Terre Haute Town Council: West Terre Haute approves a stray-dog intake agreement with a humane shelter — Passed on a voice vote · 39:52 · Unverified
West Terre Haute Town Council: West Terre Haute declares an old Ford F-150 surplus and votes to scrap a diesel pump — Truck declared surplus and pump scrapped on voice votes; who owns the truck was still being checked · 45:46 · Unverified
Vigo County Parks Department: State to rebuild the slipping west-side road at Fowler Park at no cost to the parks department — No vote; staff update · State road repair, 7:21 · Unverified
Vigo County Parks Department: Pioneer Village roofs, grist mill wheel and barn need major repairs after Pioneer Days — No vote; staff update, no costs stated · Blacksmith shop roof, 16:19 · Unverified
Vigo County Parks Department: Parks staff push to pour all concrete at the new Fowler Park disc golf course by end of October — No vote; staff progress report · Concrete deadline, 9:27 · Unverified

Still open

Vigo County Jail — passed, last 2026-09-29, 6 events
Vigo County Safe Streets for All traffic safety study — passed, last 2026-09-29, 2 events
Ignition Arts (Larry Bird Museum graphics replacement) — 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
2026-09-15 · Vigo County Commissioners · Commissioners vacate a 12-foot alley in Burnett for property owner Austin Smith
2026-09-14 · Terre Haute Board of Public Works · City saves an estimated $400,000 by remounting a backup ambulance instead of buying new
2026-09-14 · Terre Haute Board of Public Works · Board tables a Deming Early Learning Center street-closure request over insurance
2026-09-14 · Terre Haute Board of Public Works · City requires a maintenance agreement before Folks Village renovation tears up sidewalks and parking lots
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
2026-09-14 · Terre Haute Board of Public Works · City approves a sewer agreement for new sewers near Innovation Road
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
2026-09-14 · Terre Haute Board of Public Works · Ray Park clubhouse rebuild pushed to November after hidden repairs
2026-09-10 · Terre Haute City Council · City budget public hearing draws no comment; council sets Oct. 8 vote
2026-09-10 · Terre Haute City Council · Council prepays $604,377 in 2027 fire-truck and ambulance lease payments using casino fund money
2026-09-10 · Terre Haute City Council · Council passes groundwater-use restrictions after a records check finds no customers relying only on wells
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
2026-09-08 · Seelyville Town Council · Seelyville's proposed 2027 budget clears the first of two required votes
2026-09-08 · Seelyville Town Council · Seelyville's Glen Tank water tower needs major repairs, and only one contractor has bid on the job
2026-09-08 · Seelyville Town Council · Developers ask Seelyville to let them split a Second Street lot into up to four rental buildings
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
2026-09-08 · Vigo County Commissioners · Commissioners accept the Shrine Farm subdivision's roads, a week after pulling the item over paperwork
2026-09-08 · Vigo County Commissioners · Commissioners present Susie's Place with the county council's $15,000 check
2026-09-08 · Vigo County Council · Council approves $502,000 forfeiture appropriation for police vehicles and gear after a September deferral
2026-09-08 · Vigo County Council · Council approves $110,000 to cover the sheriff's office gasoline shortfall
2026-09-08 · Vigo County Council · Auditor's complaint and a heated appeal revive the push to fire the county council's attorney
2026-09-08 · Vigo County Council · Council passes updated forfeiture and RICO reimbursement rules, first unwinding a 1996 ordinance
2026-09-08 · Vigo County Council · Council rejects a bid to pull the school-funding resolution back from committee for an October vote
2026-09-08 · Vigo County Council · Commissioner says the council broke its promise to meet on school funding within a week
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
2026-09-03 · Terre Haute City Council · Council downzones 908 South 7th Street to single-family only, at the owning family's request
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
2026-09-03 · Terre Haute City Council · Council rezones three parcels for an 80-unit affordable senior housing project pending state funding
2026-09-03 · Terre Haute City Council · Council authorizes up to $125 million in bonds to fund the sewer and stormwater upgrade plan
2026-09-03 · Terre Haute City Council · Council adopts a 10% sewer rate increase and new stormwater fee, the first sewer hike since 2019
2026-09-02 · Area Plan Commission · Area Plan Commission sends a contested Farrington's Grove-area tattoo-studio rezoning to City Council
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
2026-09-02 · Area Plan Commission · Area Plan Commission tables a battery-storage zoning ordinance to add flood-zone rules first
2026-09-02 · Area Plan Commission · Area Plan Commission recommends rezoning for an 80-unit affordable senior apartment complex on Margaret Avenue
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
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
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
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
2026-09-01 · Vigo County Commissioners · Shrine Farm roads acceptance stays off the agenda over a missed mail deadline
2026-09-01 · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · Vigo County holds its first public hearing on a $124.2 million 2027 budget
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
2026-09-01 · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · A council member moves to fire the county council's attorney; vote to come next meeting
2026-09-01 · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · Council president orders an outside audit and revenue forecast after the county's bond rating is downgraded
2026-09-01 · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · Courthouse's secure elevator funding is pulled from the agenda for a second month
2026-09-01 · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · Prosecutor's office moves to update the county's decades-old forfeiture and RICO reimbursement ordinance
2026-09-01 · Vigo County Council (Sunshine) · Prosecutor's $502,000 forfeiture-funds appropriation is tabled again
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
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
2026-08-31 · Lost Creek Township Board · Lost Creek Township adopts a flat 2027 tax levy with no pay raises
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