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Votes at a glance: Gary Common Council actions on April 1, 2025
Summary
At its April 1 meeting the Gary Common Council approved several budget and fee ordinances, denied a short‑term rental special use permit, and referred a contested PUD back to committee. Major votes: CPO 2025‑12, 13, 15 and 16 passed; CPO 2025‑14 failed; CPO 2025‑17 was withdrawn and referred to committee.
The Gary Common Council completed several formal votes during its April 1 meeting. Below is a concise summary of each item that received a final outcome on third reading or a recorded council vote.
Votes at a glance
- CPO 2025‑12 — Ordinance amending authorization to roll over outstanding temporary interfund loans (Controller Salida Green). Motion and second were recorded; Council vote 9–0 to pass. Outcome: approved. Controller Green said outstanding loan repayments were being updated according to State Board of Accounts guidance.
- CPO 2025‑13 — Ordinance updating the city fee schedule, including clarified filming permit fees and a provision to charge up to $150 for police body‑camera records (per Indiana statute). Council amended by substitution and then approved the ordinance; roll call 9–0. Outcome: approved as amended.
- CPO 2025‑14 — Special‑use permit to allow a non‑owner‑occupied short‑term rental at 6110 Ash Avenue (petitioners Anthony and Melissa Payan). Attorney Molina summarized BZA action and the petitioners' record; two remonstrators testified at BZA. Council roll call: initial votes recorded as 1 yes, 7 no, 1 abstain; after a change by a member the final tally recorded in the minutes was 1 yes, 7 no, 1 abstention. Outcome: failed (special use permit denied by council).
- CPO 2025‑15 — Amend salaries and operating budgets for Parks Construction Fund and opioid settlement restricted fund, including creation of a behavioral health project manager position for the Gary Health Department. Controller Green reviewed budgets and projected revenues; Gary Health Department director Veronica Collins Ellis described the role. Roll call: 8 yes, 1 no. Outcome: approved.
- CPO 2025‑16 — Special‑use permit for a YMCA‑led recreational building and medical offices at 2762 W. 18th Ave. and 1502–1516 Marshall (YMCA project). BZA had unanimously recommended approval. Council vote 9–0. Outcome: approved.
- CPO 2025‑17 — Planned unit development (20th & Grant Commerce Center, Beckman School site). Council withdrew the motion to pass and then voted 9–0 to refer the petition back to the Planning & Development Committee for further work with staff; committee hearing scheduled April 8 at 5:30 p.m., public hearing April 15 at 6:00 p.m. Outcome: withdrawal of passage; referral to committee.
Each of the above items is recorded in the council minutes with roll‑call tallies and supporting staff overview presentations. The council also received reports about other pending rezoning applications, short‑term‑rental petitions and vacancies on boards and commissions; those items were set for committee review or future hearings and did not receive final votes on April 1.
