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Votes at a glance: April 28, 2025 South Bend Common Council
Summary
Summary of key motions and final outcomes from the April 28 Common Council meeting including ordinance adoptions, a resolution for annexation fiscal plan, and a housing tax-abatement resolution.
The South Bend Common Council took the following final actions on April 28, 2025 (roll-call tallies shown when recorded):
- Bill 23-25 (floodplain regulation update): Passed on third reading, roll call 9–0. - Bill 26-25 (firearm discharge ordinance, substitute): Passed on third reading, roll call 9–0. - Bill 27-25 (repeal of Section 13-81 — nuisance-noise duplication): Passed on third reading, roll call 9–0. - Bill 28-25 (Morris Performing Arts Center ticket-surcharge amendment): Passed on third reading, roll call 9–0. - Resolution 25-24 (Edison–Sundown annexation fiscal plan): Adopted, roll call 9–0. - Resolution 25-26 (Economic Revitalization Area and 9-year tax abatement for Allen Edwin Residential Builders LLC): Adopted, roll call 9–0.
Other items and status:
- Bill 14-25 (Edison–Sundown annexation): Committee of the Whole public hearing closed and the bill was forwarded with a favorable recommendation; third reading scheduled at a future meeting. - Bill 29-25 (zoning change for 1144 and 1148 Soren Street): Received first reading and was referred to the South Bend Plan Commission for public hearing May 19 and to Zoning & Annexation Committee for public hearing and third reading on May 28, 2025.
Votes marked "aye" in roll-call lists reflect council members recorded in the transcript. Where motions were made and seconds recorded without named movers, the minutes showed the motion and second but did not identify the speakers by name in the transcript.
