The Michigan City Common Council on July 1 approved an ordinance on second and third reading to add appropriations in the rainy-day fund for emergency and nonemergency repairs to City Hall, including an HVAC system replacement, sidewalk and parking-lot repairs and updated signage.

Sponsor Councilwoman Lee asked the council to advance the ordinance for second and third reading the same evening; the council suspended the rules and approved both readings after a public notice had been published June 18. Council members said they had been briefed by the mayor on the estimates; the mayor told the council the HVAC system replacement is a six-figure cost and the local signage and sidewalk work estimates were pending.

Council voted unanimously to adopt the ordinance on third reading (9–0). Council members asked the administration to provide detailed estimates when available and to follow up on timing and procurement for repairs.