The Logansport Common Council on Oct. 6 approved a series of first-reading ordinances and resolutions that appropriate general-obligation (G.O.) bond proceeds for parks, paving and equipment and that transfer ceded funds to cover remediation and Memorial Center work.

Council members said the measures mostly implement prior approvals and address a State Board of Accounts recommendation that individual appropriations be recorded for bond proceeds. "We had approved funding for the G.O. bond, but there was no budget set up for this year," Council member Chris Howard said, noting the current action is bookkeeping to align prior approvals with the city’s budget process.

The ordinances (2025-25 through 2025-33) cover purchases and installations that include a 1-ton dump truck for the parks department, paving matches for the Community Crossings grant, a Spencer Park pole barn and playground equipment, and multiple parking-lot and driveway paving projects related to Spencer Park. Several of the ordinances passed on their first reading; council members said a public hearing and a second reading are scheduled before final adoption on some items.

Separately, the council passed Resolution 2025-155 to appropriate ceded funds (not to exceed $140,000) for continued remediation and cleanup at the Trail Board property, and Resolution 2025-156 to appropriate ceded funds for improvements at the Logansport Cass County Memorial Center. Council members explained these actions restore funds previously moved between accounts (including ARPA and other internal transfers) and cover projects that had already been approved through bond or other prior action.

Council members emphasized that some items were previously purchased or contracted and that the current session is intended to place each item into a separate appropriation ordinance, consistent with the audit advice they received. "We're kind of backtracking here just to do the bookkeeping for what we've already approved as far as what these expenditures were," Howard said.

The council also approved Resolution 2025-152 to apply for the urban green infrastructure resilience cohort for 2026 and Resolution 2025-153 to transfer appropriations for the pool department, both of which passed during the meeting.

No specific contracts for construction beyond earlier approvals were executed during the Oct. 6 meeting; council members flagged follow-up steps including the scheduled public hearings and second readings for the G.O. bond ordinances and the finance committee’s forthcoming budget review.