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Votes at a glance: Fort Wayne Common Council passes apparatus purchase, ROW vacations, hospital authority dissolution and multiple contracts
Summary
At its April 28 session the Fort Wayne Common Council voted to pass S260404 (purchase of a $2,516,800 ladder truck), G260402 and G260403 (right-of-way and alley vacations), R260410 (dissolution of hospital authority) and a slate of public-works and utilities contracts; most items passed unanimously or by large margins.
Key actions taken by the Fort Wayne Common Council on April 28:
- S260404 — Ordinance to purchase 1 Pierce Enforcer 100-foot Ascendant tower ladder truck for the Fort Wayne Fire Department. Cost: $2,516,800. Committee due-pass recommendation recorded 9'00; final passage recorded 8'00.
- G260402 — Ordinance vacating remaining right-of-way of Keller Road (west side of Fort Wayne-Allen County International Airport) to support site redevelopment. Committee and council votes recorded in favor (9'00 where recorded).
- G260403 — Ordinance vacating an alley south of 3rd Street and east of Harrison Street (supports depot relocation and public parking). Committee and council votes recorded in favor (9'00 where recorded).
- G260411 — Ordinance amending Chapter 153 (tax-abatement review): doubles fees, raises real-property investment threshold for full points to $5,000,000, raises maximum wage threshold to $65,000, and adds a resident-employee metric; final recorded passage 6 in favor, 1 against, 1 abstention.
- R260410 — Resolution dissolving the Fort Wayne Hospital Authority (body inactive since bonds were last issued in 1998; last met July 2023); vote recorded 9'00 in favor.
- Public Works, City Utilities and Finance committee items: the council introduced and/or passed multiple professional services agreements, resurfacing and restoration contracts, a Paymentus master services agreement (not to exceed $250,000), water-main replacement ($2.9M), and mowing/weed-control contracts (total $521,300.93 across three vendors); votes on passage were recorded in favor (typically 8'00 where recorded).
Clerk's records and a brief on-the-floor exchange noted and corrected vote tallies in committee for some items during the agenda adoption, and the clerk provided final tallies at passage. Where motion makers and seconders were recorded in committee, those motions were reflected in the committee recommendations that the full council later considered.
For more detail on any single item, see the council's minutes or contact the relevant city department (Community Development, Public Works, City Utilities or the Fire Department).
