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Votes at a glance: Hammond council approves minutes and scholarship ordinance, moves several ordinances to public hearing
Summary
On March 24 the Hammond Common Council approved minutes, approved claims, passed final adoption of ordinance 25-05 on scholarships (9-0), and moved several ordinances to reading/public hearing including 25-06 (bond authorization), 25-08 (EECBG fund creation) and 25-09 (bond/anticipation note ordinance).
At its March 24 meeting the Hammond Common Council recorded several formal actions:
Approval of minutes: The council approved minutes from the March 10, 2025 meeting; Councilman Salinas moved and Councilman Emerson seconded the motion to accept the minutes as presented. The motion carried on council vote (voice roll call recorded as "Aye").
Approval of claims: Councilwoman Linnez moved to approve claims dated March 5 through March 19, 2025, claim numbers 2371 through 2836 inclusive, in the amount of $12,136,851.97. The motion was seconded and carried by voice vote in council.
Final passage of ordinance 25-05 (scholarship program amendment): Council moved to final passage of ordinance 25-05, an amendment tied to the city's longstanding scholarship requirement associated with a corporate donation managed by the Legacy Foundation. Councilwoman Venez moved final passage; Councilwoman Alexander seconded. A roll-call vote was recorded as 9 in favor, 0 opposed; the ordinance carries.
Introductions moved to hearing/reading: The council moved first-and-second reading and scheduled public hearings on several introduced ordinances: ordinance 25-06 (authorizing up to $15 million in bond proceeds for a downtown commuter rail station and Hammond Sportsplex upgrades) was set for public hearing April 14; ordinance 25-08 (creating Fund 2491 for an expected EECBG award of $133,000) was given first and second reading on the floor without committee referral; ordinance 25-09 was moved to a council-as-a-whole committee and scheduled for a public hearing April 14 at 5:15 p.m.
Where recorded, vote counts or unanimous voice approvals are noted above. Several voice votes were used for introductions and procedural items; the only recorded roll-call tally in the transcript was the 9-0 final passage of ordinance 25-05.
