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Gary Finance Committee reviews 2026 salary and operating ordinances for multiple funds
Summary
City finance committee heard presentations and questions on a slate of 2026 appropriations and salary ordinances affecting general, parks, police, fire, transit and airport funds; no formal votes were recorded in the transcript.
The Gary City finance committee on the evening agenda reviewed several 2026 ordinances proposing salaries and operating appropriations across multiple tax-based funds, including general, parks, police, fire, public transit and airport funds.
Committee chair Linda Barnes Caldwell, who said she was stepping in for Councilwoman Mary Brown, listed the ordinances at the start of the meeting: CPO 2025-48 (salary ordinance for 2026), CPO 2025-49 (operating appropriations for general parks, police and fire), CPO 2025-50 (Gary Public Transportation 2026 budget), CPO 2025-51 (special redevelopment fund budget), CPO 2025-52 (nonresidential wastewater treatment fees), and CPO 2025-56 (Gary/Chicago Airport 2026 budget). The ordinances were described as sponsored by Mayor Eddie D. Milton and…
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