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Hammond council approves public safety bond, alley vacation and development incentives; multiple measures pass unanimously
Summary
The Hammond Common Council unanimously passed a public safety bond, an alley vacation to clear a site for Fire Station No. 7, updates to travel rules, creation of food-and-beverage tax accounts, and a $25 million development agreement with USCO that includes a 10-year, 100% tax abatement. Resolutions on condemnation and transparency also passed.
Hammond’s Common Council on April 27 approved a slate of ordinances and resolutions to fund public safety equipment, prepare a site for a future fire station, update travel rules and advance economic development in the city.
The council passed Ordinance 26-10, a public safety bond authorization described by the mayor as a not-to-exceed $6,000,000 issue (the administration estimates closer to $5,200,000) to replace 12-year-old police and fire radios and to purchase a new fire engine. The mayor said the city expects a roughly 6% interest rate over a five-year term, with annual payments of about $1,200,000 beginning in 2027; repayments will come from water sales revenue as existing Station 2 debt falls off. The ordinance passed by roll call, 9–0.
Councilmembers also approved Ordinance 26-11 to vacate a 125-foot portion of an east–west alley south of 175th Street in the 7500 block of Linden Avenue to clear the site for a future Fire Station Number 7. The mayor said the site is in the design phase and construction will proceed once funding is identified; the ordinance passed 9–0 on final reading.
Ordinance 26-12, an update to…
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