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

What happened

Councilman David Thompson moved to dissolve the council's three-member school-funding review committee and put Resolution 2026-2 — the roughly $222 million school-building request struck from this month's agenda (School funding request, Sept. 1) — back before the full council for a first reading at October's Sunshine meeting and a vote at the October regular meeting. Council President Steve Ellis ruled the motion out of order, saying an item sent to committee stays there until the committee reports back; Thompson appealed the ruling, and after extended argument over exactly what was being voted on, the council took a roll-call vote that sustained Ellis's ruling, keeping the resolution with the committee. That committee is the same one Ellis formed on Sept. 1 to review the funding request; earlier in this meeting, another council member replaced Nancy Alsop on it.

The outcome

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.

Sources

• School funding request, Sept. 1
• Thompson's motion to dissolve the committee, 23:51
• Chair rules the motion out of order, 24:40
• Thompson appeals the ruling, 25:03
• Roll-call vote sustains the ruling, 1:33:02
• Committee membership changes, 35:15
• Committee formed, Sept. 1

Also known as: Resolution 2026-2 · Option 6.2 · school funding review committee · West Vigo consolidation vote