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Votes at a glance: council actions on police review, sewer ordinance (tabled), BOT process and fire merit commission; RP&L approves bills and ECA adjustment
Summary
This roundup lists formal votes recorded at the Sept. 2 Richmond Common Council and RP&L meetings, including adoption of a resolution requesting Merit Commission review of officers on the Brady/Giglio list, tabling of a sewer-rate ordinance, approval of a public-private (BOT) ordinance procedure and RP&L approvals for bills and a small ECA decrease.
This “Votes at a glance” roundup lists formal actions recorded during the Sept. 2 Richmond Common Council meeting and the Richmond Power & Light (RP&L) board session that followed.
Council actions (Richmond Common Council): - Resolution 6‑20‑25 (Brady/Giglio review): Motion to approve the resolution requesting the Police Merit Commission review circumstances surrounding officers placed on the Brady/Giglio list. Outcome: approved. Recorded roll call: 7 yes, 0 no, 2 abstain. Yes votes recorded for Doug Goss, Lucinda Wright, Bill Engel, Gary Turner, Jane Bumbalow, Justin Burkhart and Larry Parker; two abstentions were recorded (one named on the record as Jerry Purcell; the other abstention was recorded but not explicitly tied to a name in the transcript).
- Ordinance 35‑20‑25 (sewer-rate amendment—second reading/public hearing): Public hearing held; multiple residents testified about chronic flooding and concerns about equity and responsiveness. Motion: table the ordinance for additional review and outreach. Outcome: tabled (motion carried). No rate change adopted that night.
- Ordinance 36‑20‑25 (authorizing BOT/public‑private process): This ordinance (authorizing the use of Indiana Code 5‑23 BOT/public‑private procurement) progressed through second-reading procedures at the meeting. Council moved to engross and then called the question; roll call recorded unanimous support during the proceedings. Outcome recorded in the meeting minutes as advancing the BOT process and approving the procedural ordinance on second reading (further legislative steps may be required per statutory process).
- Ordinance 37‑20‑25 (fire merit commission): Council amended the ordinance to add language applying the fire merit commission to ranks up to and including battalion chief, moved to engross, called the question and recorded a roll-call vote. Outcome: the amended ordinance passed on second reading (recorded as adopted in meeting minutes); all council members present voted in favor.
Richmond Power & Light (RP&L) board actions (same date): - Bills approval: Finance committee moved to approve bills in the amount of $8,374,721.81; board approved the bills. Outcome: approved.
- ECA (energy cost adjustment) fourth-quarter change: RP&L staff proposed a small average ECA decrease across rate classifications (the residential ECA decreased from 1.1375¢/kWh to 1.0174¢/kWh). The board approved the ECA adjustment. Outcome: approved.
Other notable items (informational): - EMPA battery storage project: EMPA (the municipal power association) will install a 6‑megawatt lithium iron phosphate battery storage system near Solar Park No. 6; contract with Canadian Solar is in place, containers were shipped and commissioning is scheduled for December 2025. This was presented as an informational update and did not require a council vote.
Notes: This roundup reflects actions and roll-call results as recorded in the Sept. 2 meeting transcript and minutes. Where roll calls listed named yes votes, those names are recorded above; a small number of abstentions were recorded without explicit name-linkage in the roll-call wording and are noted as such.
