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Council adopts consent budget items, approves rezoning at 3220 Eigelhart Ave. and two resolutions
Summary
At its Sept. 22 meeting the Evansville Common Council approved a consent package of budget and salary ordinances, adopted a rezoning ordinance for 3220 Eigelhart Avenue, and passed two ceremonial resolutions — one honoring Reverend George Philip Hoyt and one designating Evansville a Bee City USA affiliate. All recorded votes were unanimous, 8-0.
The Evansville Common Council met Sept. 22 and approved a consent agenda of budget and salary ordinances, adopted a rezoning ordinance for a property at 3220 Eigelhart Avenue, and passed two resolutions honoring the late Reverend George Philip Hoyt and designating Evansville as a Bee City USA affiliate.
Council adopted multiple items on the consent agenda, including Ordinance G 2025-20 (salary fixes for appointed officers), Ordinance F 2025-11 (salaries of elected officials for 2026), Ordinance F 2025-12 (appropriations for the Evansville Vanderburgh Levee Authority District for fiscal year beginning Jan. 1, 2026), Ordinance F 2025-13 (appropriations for city departments for fiscal year beginning Jan. 1, 2026), and Ordinance F 2025-14 (2026 budget for the Port Authority of Evansville). The consent agenda was adopted on a single motion with no recorded opposition.
On a separately considered item, the council adopted Ordinance R 2025-24 to rezone property commonly known as 3220 Eigelhart Avenue. The Area Planning Commission (APC) presented the item and reported that APC docket REZ-2025-032, proposed ordinance R-2025-24, had a recommendation for approval with seven affirmative votes. APC staff said the building on the lot dates to about 1920 and formerly housed a grocery (identified in historical records as Eigelhart Food Market, operating to about 1980). The current owner applied to downzone the parcel from C-2 commercial back to R-2 residential to establish single-family use and to allow a proposed home-occupation yoga therapy office; the applicant noted a subsequent special-use permit would be required from the Board of Zoning Appeals for the home-occupation. The rezoning passed on roll call, 8 ayes, 0 nays.
The council also adopted Resolution C 2025-24, honoring the life and service of the late Reverend George Philip Hoyt, and Resolution C 2025-25, designating the city as a Bee City USA affiliate. Both resolutions were adopted by roll call vote, 8 ayes, 0 nays.
Votes at a glance (recorded roll calls in meeting): - Consent agenda (Ordinances G 2025-20; F 2025-11; F 2025-12; F 2025-13; F 2025-14): adopted (vote not individually recorded in transcript beyond “all in favor”). - Ordinance R 2025-24 (rezoning, 3220 Eigelhart Avenue): adopted — Mosby (aye), Hieronymus (aye), Carruthers (aye), Kayler Lindsey (aye), Breitmeier/Brakemeier (aye), Allen (aye), Johnson (aye), Green (aye); outcome: adopted, 8-0. APC recommended approval (7 affirmative votes). - Resolution C 2025-24 (honoring George Philip Hoyt): adopted by roll call, 8-0. - Resolution C 2025-25 (designating Bee City USA affiliate): adopted by roll call, 8-0.
No other formal votes or ordinance adoptions were recorded during the meeting. Several agenda items and reports were acknowledged by motion and voice vote.
The council's next regular meeting is scheduled for Oct. 6, 2025, at 5:30 p.m.
Ending note: The meeting included public comment and presentations on parks and community initiatives; separate coverage of substantive items (Bee City USA designation, the Blue Ribbon Committee housing/approval process recommendations, and neighborhood park requests) appears in distinct reports.
