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Council approves budget amendments to fund downtown âPortland Looâ and mobile-home relief
Summary
Ordinance F-2026-03 (amended) passed 8–0; the comptroller moved $15,000 from ARPA interest to a Mobile Home Relief Fund and allocated $33,000 from a casino payment toward a downtown restroom and related maintenance (about $28,000/year). The Downtown Evansville Improvement District will manage daily cleaning.
The Evansville Common Council unanimously adopted the amended budget ordinance F-2026-03 on April 27, which includes two targeted amendments presented by the comptroller.
Robert Guncher of the Comptroller's Office told council the first amendment moves $15,000 from ARPA interest to the Department of Metropolitan Development (DMD) to create a Mobile Home Relief Fund for residents on Oak Hill Road and Trejo Park. "The first one is moving 15,000 from the ARPA interest to DMD so that they can use that…
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