The Madison Historic District Board of Review took votes on a stack of applications at its October meeting, approving several certificates of appropriateness (COAs), tabling multiple items at applicants' requests and advancing a procedural resolution to a second reading.

Key outcomes:

- Minutes: The board approved the minutes of the prior meeting by roll call.

- 111 East Fourth Street (Custer/Cosby House): The board granted a certificate of appropriateness for the rehabilitation plan presented by Indiana Landmarks. The vote was recorded in the roll call as all members in attendance voting to approve.

- 808 East Second Street: The board approved an application to install a backyard pole to support a television antenna; the board moved directly to a vote after the applicant’s presentation.

- 123 Jefferson Street: Applicant requested a one‑month postponement and the board tabled the application to next month.

- 421 Mill Street; 608 West Third Street; 1229 Main Street: The board agreed to table these three applications in a single motion following applicant or staff requests.

- 515 East Street (new garage): After extended debate over siding materials, setbacks and precedent, the board granted a COA for a new 22-by-24-foot garage. The board split 4–3 on the material question, allowing vinyl siding as an exception for this minimally visible rear-alley garage.

- 510 West Main Street (garage): The board granted a COA for a 22-by-22-foot garage with brick facing toward the alley and composite siding on visible elevations.

- 221 East Main (upper-level windows): The board approved replacement windows for two upper-story windows on the condition that replacements be wood-exterior units with a one-and-one-quarter-inch muntin and a 2-over-2 divided-light configuration.

- 751 Jefferson Street: The board granted a COA for a 12-by-30-foot accessory building on a noncontributing primary structure, noting site constraints and design choices.

- 1007 & 1009 Park Avenue: The board granted COAs for two near-identical new houses on adjacent lots, with a condition permitting staff discretion to approve a more traditional balcony railing and to finalize siding choice (Hardie or LP-style allowed) without returning to the board.

- Procedural resolution: The board held a first reading of a resolution requiring sign-in for public comment on COA projects and a four-minute per-speaker time limit; the text was amended to explicitly allow the presiding officer or a majority of the board to waive the sign-in requirement or time limit, and the measure advanced to a second reading.

The full roll-call tallies and motions appear in the official minutes and are summarized in the board’s agenda packet.