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Mayor outlines trash task force, street-sweeping plan, sidewalk bids and local impact of Senate Bill 1
Summary
Mayor Sackville told the Terre Haute City Council the city has launched a trash task force, is creating a consolidated street-sweeping schedule, and saw infrastructure bids come in under estimates; he also briefed council on how recent amendments to Senate Bill 1 could affect local revenue and potentially require a 1.4% local-option income tax to replace lost business personal property tax.
Mayor Sackville updated the council with several operational and policy items during the meeting, including a new trash task force, a consolidated street-sweeping plan, results from recent infrastructure bids, and potential local effects of state legislation known as Senate Bill 1.
On trash, the mayor said the administration audited its 311 responses and created a trash task force integrating code enforcement, the street department, city maintenance and Republic Services to address large items and illegal dumping. He said crews pick up items as well as issue citations and that the task force averages six to eight trailer loads on a single Wednesday when working through a district.
On street sweeping, Sackville said the city is dividing Terre Haute into zones and will publish a standardized operating procedure and schedule so residents know when to move vehicles for sweeping; the plan will be posted on the city ataHub and coordinated with Republic Services to avoid conflicts with trash pickup.
The mayor said bids for the community crossing program came in about 10% under estimates and that the first half of this year—ity sidewalk work came in roughly $25,000 under the engineer—stimate; he said those savings may allow the administration to add an additional street project or cover change orders. The administration has provided maps of streets and sidewalks targeted for paving and repair and plans to publish estimated timelines.
On state tax legislation, Sackville summarized recent changes to Senate Bill 1 that would limit the marginal growth quotient and alter referendum timing and business personal property tax treatments. He said the city nd school corporation would be negatively impacted by some of the amendments and that, based on local modeling, an estimated 1.4% local-option income tax would be needed to offset the shortfall for local governments — which he translated to roughly $739 per year for a median household of $52,789 under the assumptions he described. He said April is the end of the legislative session and that more updates would follow as amendments move through the House.
Council members asked questions about where project maps and data would be published and whether street-sweeping layers on DataHub already reflect all funded work; the mayor said he would integrate HUD-funded redevelopment work onto the DataHub street map and circulate more detailed consultant calculations on SB1's projected impact.
