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After neighbors raise concerns Gary council removes fixed site, trims health renovation funding to $800,000
Summary
Council members pressed administration to engage neighborhood residents before locking a location for a health-department renovation; the council removed the specific address from the ordinance, cut the appropriation to $800,000, added language to ratify location later, and passed the amended ordinance.
Council members pressed administration officials to hold neighborhood outreach before approving a specific site for a planned renovation to house the Gary Health Department, and on year‑end votes the council removed the address from the ordinance and reduced the appropriation to $800,000.
Controller Salida Green and the administration had proposed changing the renovation site and renaming the project to relocate the Gary Health Department to the Gary Neighborhood Service (GNS) building at 300 West 21st Avenue.…
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