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Votes at a glance: council tables fire-ambulance appropriation; several ordinances advance to second reading
Summary
At the Elkhart City Council meeting the council tabled an unadvertised appropriation for fire apparatus, adopted a supplement to the code on first reading, and advanced three utility bond ordinances to second reading.
The Elkhart City Council took several short, formal actions during the meeting: it tabled an additional appropriation for a fire apparatus lease purchase, passed the code supplement ordinance to second reading with no objection, and moved three utility revenue bond ordinances to second reading.
Appropriation 25-O-24: Councilmember Crabtree moved and Councilmember Fish seconded an ordinance to appropriate $364,860.10 from the cumulative fire equipment and police fund to pay the balance due on the lease-purchase agreement for Rescue 1 apparatus for the Elkhart City Fire Department. City staff raised a point of order: the appropriation had not been advertised as an additional appropriation after its late addition to the agenda. The council voted to table the item and directed staff to advertise and return it to the council on August 18.
Code supplement 25-O-25: Proposed Ordinance 25-O-25, enacting and adopting the 25th supplement to the City of Elkhart Code of Ordinances, had no objections and will proceed to second reading.
Sewage works and waterworks bond ordinances: Proposed Ordinance 25-O-26 (sewage works revenue bonds) and Proposed Ordinance 25-O-27 (waterworks revenue bonds) were read by title and, with no objections, were advanced to second reading for further consideration.
Procedural note: the appropriation ordinance was not acted on substantively because state/local notice rules were not observed; the council’s table action preserves the item for later consideration after proper advertisement.
