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Franklin Council approves $750,000 for active adult center, moves to match $1.14M in Community Crossings grant
Summary
The council approved a $750,000 appropriation for supplies and equipment at the Franklin Active Adult Center and approved the city’s $1,141,269.33 matching share for a Community Crossings grant; council also introduced a $2,282,538.64 appropriation ordinance to fund the full Community Crossings award.
FRANKLIN, Ind. — At its May 5 meeting the Franklin City Council approved a $750,000 additional appropriation for supplies and equipment for the Franklin Active Adult Center and approved a budgetary resolution to provide the city's matching share of $1,141,269.33 for the Community Crossings matching grant (2025 part 1).
Parks Department Superintendent Chip Orner presented the active adult center request; Orner offered no additional material changes to the proposal at the meeting. The council then voted to approve Budgetary Ordinance 2025-7, the $750,000 appropriation.
Finance staff member Jan explained the matching-resolution request: the council approved the city’s portion that will match state funds for Community Crossings projects. With that approval, the council introduced Budgetary Ordinance 2025-09 to appropriate both state and local portions of the Community Crossings grant, totaling $2,282,538.64; that ordinance was introduced for later action.
Jan and Parks staff told the council the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) reported it had reached a 65% threshold for project funding and was adjusting expenditure rules; staff said the city is coordinating timing and matches to keep projects on schedule. Jan also noted the governor had begun an audit of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC), a development the city said it was monitoring in the context of grant administration.
The council opened and closed public hearings on the items with no public comment, then voted to approve the matching-resolution and the active-adult appropriation; the full appropriation for the Community Crossings grant was introduced and will return for a future vote.
Why it matters: The council’s approved match enables the city to proceed with Community Crossings road projects that require local matching funds; the active adult center appropriation funds supplies and equipment for a city facility to serve older residents.
