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Council adopts several ordinances and resolutions; approves contracts and event waivers
Summary
At the Jan. 27 regular session the council adopted the Mary Levine annexation and the Tower Drive rezoning, ratified an auditing contract, approved open-container waivers for downtown events, and authorized purchase of bulletproof vests; several items related to the Lombardo rezoning and the Hewitt subdivision were tabled for follow-up.
During the regular-session portion of the Jan. 27 meeting the Hammond City Council completed votes on several items that had previously been introduced and considered in the public hearing.
Final adoptions and approvals - Annexation (Mary Levine): Council gave final adoption to the annexation of the Magazine Street parcels into the city limits and zoning the property RS-3 following the public hearing (motion and roll-call recorded in the minutes). - Tower Drive rezoning (Vince Labique): Final adoption approved rezoning 206 Tower Drive from I-L to C-H as recommended by planning.
Tablings and postponements - Joel/Joe Lombardo rezoning and right-of-way revocation (800 S Oak Street): Administration asked the council to table both the rezoning and the related ROW revocation pending drainage-district review; the council voted to table. - Chad Stevens major subdivision (610 Hewitt Road): The applicant asked to defer and the council tabled the item pending verification of notices and drainage-district coordination.
Resolutions and procurement - The council ratified the recommendation from procurement to award independent auditing services in response to RFP 26-13 to the selected proposer (minutes state the lowest responsive firm was recommended after evaluation of qualifications and cost). - Event open-container waivers were approved for the Hammond Punch Tula Sunrise Rotary Club chili cook-off and the Hammond BBQ Challenge (single-day waivers for downtown events). - The council authorized the purchase of 21 bulletproof vests for Hammond Police Department officers using federal grant funds and a departmental contribution for the difference.
Vote patterns: The minutes record roll-call votes and some abstentions on event waivers and procurement items. Several introduced ordinances were carried to final votes; others were tabled as noted.
