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Gary council approves package of ARPA-funded ordinances for workforce, health, sewer, infrastructure and housing
Summary
The Gary Common Council on its final meeting of the year approved multiple ARPA appropriations and budget ordinances to fund workforce development, a revised health-department renovation allocation, sanitary sewer improvements, infrastructure (including sidewalks), and a housing initiative with down-payment assistance.
The Gary Common Council approved a package of American Rescue Plan Act-funded ordinances on its final 2024 meeting, advancing workforce-development funding, sanitation and infrastructure projects, a housing initiative and a revised appropriation for health-department renovations.
Council members adopted an amendment requiring the workforce program’s project manager and two case-manager positions to be filled by City of Gary residents; the change was adopted unanimously as part of CPO 2024‑81 and the companion appropriation (CPO 2024‑82) was approved after the total was set at $1,668,000. “We are a council that approves, but we also are invested in our constituents,” one councilmember said…
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