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Terre Haute City Council — 2026-04-09

Regular meeting, 6:00 PM, City Hall Courtroom. Item-by-item roll below, drawn from the posted agenda/rollcall record. This is the archive layer, not a transcript; a transcript exists in _private/Pipeline/ for the highlight stage.

Roll

  1. Moment of Silence and Pledge of Allegiance — led by Councilperson Kandace Hinton. Disposition: n/a (ceremonial). Source: Agenda

  2. Calling of the Roll Disposition: n/a (procedural). Source: Agenda

  3. Thirty (30) Minutes of Time for Public Comment on Items Not on the Agenda — five sub-items:

    • a. Douglas Hollingsworth commented on basketball goals in the right-of-way. Source: Agenda
    • b. Presentation by the Terre Haute Wabash Valley Alumnae Chapter. Source: Agenda
    • c. Presentation by the Redevelopment Commission. Source: Agenda
    • d. Councilperson Tammy Boland asked about salaries for Redevelopment employees. Source: Agenda
    • e. Councilperson Kandace Hinton asked about the CBD district debt service. Source: Agenda Disposition: no action stated for any sub-item.

  4. Correcting the Journal of the Preceding Meeting if Needed — NONE.

  5. Communication from the Mayor — two sub-items:

    • a. Mayor Brandon Sakbun commented on updates at City parks, discussed action on reimbursement from Vigo County for warming centers, discussed HEA 1017, and commented on the fried chicken served by the Saratoga. Source: Agenda
    • b. Councilperson Curtis DeBaun IV commented on the fried chicken. Source: Agenda Disposition: no action stated.

  6. Reports from City Officials — NONE.

  7. Reports from Board of Public Works and Safety — NONE.

  8. Reports from Standing Committees — NONE.

  9. Reports from Non-Standing Committees — NONE.

  10. Items Previously Tabled — NONE.

  11. Tax Abatements for Confirmation — NONE.

  12. Items on Second Reading

    • a. Appropriations — NONE.
    • b. General Ordinances — NONE.
    • c. Special Ordinances:
      1. Special Ordinance 3, 2026 — Rezoning of property located at 3317 North 12th Street. Sponsor: Chalos. Disposition: PASSED. Source: Agenda
    • d. Resolutions — NONE.

  13. Items on First Reading

    • a. Appropriations:
      1. Appropriation 5, 2026 — $1,000.00 from General Fund #0101-0000 to Civic Promotions #0101-0015-03-439186. Sponsor: Loudermilk. Disposition: PASSED. Source: Agenda
      2. Appropriation 6, 2026 — $2,500.00 from Other Governmental #0404-0096 to Services Contractual #0404-0096-03-432010. Sponsor: Loudermilk. Disposition: PASSED. Source: Agenda
    • b. General Ordinances — NONE.
    • c. Special Ordinances — NONE.
    • d. Resolutions:
      1. Resolution 8, 2026 — Perpetuation Fund #0236-0026. Sponsor: Loudermilk. Disposition: PASSED. Source: Agenda
      2. Resolution 9, 2026 — Proclaiming the last Sunday in April as Workers Memorial Day. Sponsors: Boland, Dinkel, Nation. Disposition: PASSED. Source: Agenda

Notes on the source agenda

The posted agenda text shows an apparent numbering mismatch: the motion lines preceding Appropriation 5 and Appropriation 6 reference "APPROPRIATION 8, 2026" and "APPROPRIATION 9, 2026" respectively, while the items that follow are numbered 5 and 6. This is reproduced from the agenda as published; not resolved here. Full video: YouTube.

Items total

14 distinct agenda items/sub-items are enumerated above (this excludes the nine sections marked NONE, which contain no items to count). This is the recall denominator for this meeting.

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