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Council fails to advance two UDO amendment resolutions after tied roll calls
Summary
Council attempted a procedural suspension and moves to introduce two UDO amendment resolutions (2025-55 and 2025-06); the suspension failed 5-3 and both introduction motions failed after tied roll calls, so neither resolution was heard tonight.
The Bloomington Common Council declined to advance two resolutions seeking to initiate changes to the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) after a procedural motion and two introduction motions failed in roll-call votes.
The presiding officer explained the meeting had been converted from a deliberation session to a legislative session, which permits but does not require votes. She emphasized that tonight's actions, even if passed, would not immediately change the UDO because the process requires plan-commission review and later ordinance readings.
Council member Daley moved to suspend the rules and adopt a fixed structure for debate on each UDO item (15 minutes presentation; departmental and mayoral responses; 45 minutes of council questions; 60 minutes of public comment; and 30 minutes of council comment). The clerk called the roll; the suspension required a two-thirds majority and failed, which the presiding officer reported as a 5-3 vote.
Daley then moved to introduce Resolution 2025-55 by title and synopsis only so the council could begin the formal UDO request process. The clerk called the roll and the vote resulted in a tie; the presiding officer declared the motion failed and the resolution was not introduced.
A subsequent motion to introduce Resolution 2025-06 likewise produced a tied roll-call and failed; as a result, neither resolution was discussed substantively and no public-comment periods tied to those resolutions took place.
The presiding officer reiterated the multi-step process for UDO changes: council may request plan-commission action by resolution; plan commission holds public meetings and forwards a recommendation; council then considers an ordinance and may amend it at first or second reading. "No matter what vote happens tonight, if there's even a vote that happens, there will not actually be any changes in the UDO as a result of tonight's meeting," she said.
No further action on the UDO items was taken; if sponsors choose to reintroduce the resolutions, the process will return to plan commission and ordinance readings as required by law.
