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Votes at a glance: council tables planning transfer, approves several appropriations and a salary change
Summary
At its April meeting the Vigo County Council tabled an area-planning reallocation, approved a salary-ordinance change for county group-home staffing, and passed multiple appropriation requests including health department and community-corrections equipment; roll-call tallies are listed.
The Vigo County Council took votes on multiple items at its April meeting. Key outcomes are summarized below.
Tabled: Area planning transfer - Motion: Table the resolution of reallocation for existing appropriation 2025-04 (area planning transfer) until next month. - Mover/second: Councilman Randy Gentry / Councilwoman Vicky Wager. - Vote: Passed 6–1 (Brandy Gentry, Nancy Alsop, Brenda Wilson, Steve Ellis, Vicky Wager and Brad Anderson voted aye; David Thompson voted nay).
Salary ordinance amendment — group homes for children - Motion: Amend salary ordinance 2025-12 to change certain group-home positions to hourly pay and adjust pay grades to permit 12-hour shifts. - Mover/second: Councilwoman Vicky Wager / Councilwoman Nancy Alsop. - Fiscal note presented by department director: estimated additional ongoing cost approximately $19,000 next year; no additional appropriation required for 2025. - Vote: Passed 6–1 (Brandy Gentry voted nay). Council discussion cited staffing shortages under a 48-hour continuous schedule as a driver of the change.
Appropriations and other items approved (roll-call tallies summarized): - Additional appropriation 2025-23 — Health Department: Passed 7–0 (mover: Councilwoman Vicky Wager; second: Councilwoman Brenda Wilson). - Additional appropriation 2025-24 — Prosecutor equitable-sharing budget: Passed 7–0. - Additional appropriation 2025-25 — Drug Free Community fund request: Passed 7–0. - Additional appropriation 2025-26 — Community Corrections X-ray and conveyor system: Passed 7–0 (final vendor selected at $19,657). - Additional appropriation 2025-27 — Highway diagnostic scanner: Passed 7–0. - Additional appropriation 2025-28 — Spring Hill change orders (edit-funded): Passed 7–0. The county engineer noted a large portion of the overage was escalation costs he attributed to Frontier Communications' delays; the council approved the change orders and the county intends to pursue recovery from Frontier where possible.
Procedure: Most appropriations were approved on motions made and seconded from the floor and passed by roll-call votes recorded in the meeting minutes. Several items were presented with brief staff reports and answered questions from council members before votes.
What this means: The salary-ordinance change is intended to allow 12-hour shifts to address recruitment and retention problems at county group homes; the appropriations authorize spending already scheduled or request-specific expenditures and were approved unanimously in each case where a roll-call was recorded.
