Council VP seeks to keep new justice center out of private-operator hands
Zach Adamson has proposed an ordinance that “requires the administration and operation of the county jail facilities be non-privatized.”
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Dated and drab, Broad Ripple Park ready for reboot
City park leaders are seeking public input as they kick-start a master-planning process for improvements to the 62-acre piece of land along the White River.
Council gives ‘final attempt at negotiation’ for Nora residents opposed to development
Council member Colleen Fanning said the action gives neighbors another chance to have their say in a redevelopment proposal that could affect what’s been deemed Haverstick Woods.
Council approves ordinance to crack down on high-crime hotels
Council member Jared Evans, who authored the proposal, said there are 15 hotels in the city with problematic ratios that are resulting in a drain on police and fire resources.
Council unanimously OKs Hogsett plan to spend $14.5M on pothole repairs
Mayor Joe Hogsett called for the use of the emergency funds after tens of thousands of complaints came in about the condition of city streets that had been littered with potholes after a rough winter with rapid changes in weather.
Indianapolis ponders commuter tax to fund road repairs
Indianapolis officials desperate for money to repair roads are considering whether they should try to collect income taxes from suburbanites who don't live in the city but who travel there for work.
Critics say downtown development group should go
The Hogsett administration and City-County Council are weighing whether to kill a little-known organization that has quietly worked for two decades on the key downtown redevelopments.
Indy Council panel OKs spending $14.5M to address emergency road repairs
The proposal, which will be voted on by the full council March 12, calls for using emergency funds to fix many of the city’s pothole-littered roads.
Council calls special meeting to address spending $14.5M for road repair
A proposal, which will be voted on in committee Thursday with the intention of sending it to the full council on March 12, calls for spending $13 million remaining in the city’s rainy day.
Council President Osili reinstates Dems as committee chairs
Vop Osili replaced the Republicans who had been appointed by Stephen Clay during his brief tenure as president.
Hogsett proposes draining rainy day fund to infuse $14M into road repair
Hogsett called the condition of local roads “deplorable” and vowed to “return our streets to safe, passable condition.” Since Jan. 1., the city has received more than 12,000 repair requests for potholes.
Charter yanked from struggling Indiana College Preparatory School
Roiled by unsustainable debts, a disintegrating school board and violations of state requirements, Indiana College Preparatory School in Indianapolis will close at the end of the school year.
MLK Park getting some love as 50th anniversary of Kennedy speech approaches
The site where Robert F. Kennedy announced the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. could soon receive a makeover, new programming and a federal historic designation.
Council Democrats dismiss lawsuit against former president Clay
The lawyer for the plaintiffs said the lawsuit was no longer necessary since new President Vop Osili has given the fired staff members at issue their jobs back.
UPDATED: Vop Osili elected council president after Clay resigns
Osili said his first task as president is to rebuild trust. He said the leadership controversy had “shaken the confidence of our constituents.”
Osili expected to step into Indy council presidency if Clay is removed Monday
If elected, Vop Osili said, his first order of business would be to “rebuild the public’s trust in the council” after a chaotic start to 2018. It started with the surprise ouster of the council’s longtime president Maggie Lewis in favor of fellow Democrat Stephen Clay.
Bloomington police face criticism for armored truck purchase
Opponents argue that the vehicle will militarize the college town’s police force.
Clay leaves proposal to oust him off council agenda
On Jan. 29, the majority of council members took procedural steps to put the question of Clay’s removal as president on the next council meeting’s agenda. That meeting is scheduled for Monday.
Attorneys for Democrats, Clay reach deal that puts city’s lawyer in hot seat
Eight council Democrats and a clerk that Clay fired sought from Judge Thomas Carroll a temporary restraining order, alleging that council president Stephen Clay’s move to fire two key staff members was illegal and in retaliation for moves that could put his presidency in jeopardy.
City ending contract for electric vehicle fleet
Mayor Joe Hogsett’s administration is winding down the contract to lease electric or hybrid vehicles for the city’s fleet—a program that at first was hailed by some as a breakthrough for the green economy and then ran into political trouble.