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Evansville council adopts 2026 appropriations, approves elected-official pay; budget debate centers on proposed municipal ambulance service
Summary
At its Oct. 6 meeting, the Evansville Common Council adopted several 2026 budget and appropriation ordinances, approved an ordinance setting elected officials' pay and tabled a salary-administration ordinance. Public commenters and several council members debated a proposed municipally run ambulance service and its projected finances.
The Evansville Common Council on Oct. 6 approved multiple 2026 budget and appropriation measures and a salary ordinance for elected officials while tabling a separate salary-administration ordinance until Oct. 27.
The measures the council adopted included Ordinance F-20-25-11, fixing elected officials' salaries for 2026; Ordinance F-20-25-13 (as amended), an appropriation for city departments for the 2026 fiscal year; and Ordinance F-20-25-14, adopting the 2026 budget for the Port Authority of Evansville. The council tabled Ordinance G-20-25-20 (salary administration procedures) to the Oct. 27 meeting for additional updates.
Why it matters: several of the adopted appropriations and staffing decisions tie into an ongoing proposal to create a municipally run ambulance service. That proposal surfaced repeatedly during public comment and council discussion, making the ambulance plan a focal point of the budget conversation and a point of contention among council members and residents.
Public commenters questioned the ambulance plan's financial assumptions. Kyle Merce of 522 S. Bakke Road told the council he was…
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