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Fishers council approves ordinances on impact fees, salaries, panhandling rule and health‑department fees
Summary
Council approved a package of code changes and administrative items, including an impact-fee alignment, updates to the 2026 salary ordinance, removal of a panhandling violation following a state statute ruling, and modest health‑department fee increases.
The Fishers City Council approved several administrative ordinances and resolutions that will affect city code, personnel classifications and departmental fees.
Lindseay Bennett, corporation counsel, presented second reading and opened a public hearing on an ordinance (051826F) to amend city code chapters so the city’s impact‑fee schedules align with HA 101 impact zone requirements; no members of the public spoke and the council approved the ordinance on second reading.
Ethan Lee, director of human resources, outlined changes to the 2026 salary ordinance that reclassify engineering inspector positions, add a traffic-signal technician Level 2 specialty pay, create a mental health support specialist in the health department, and move several positions to higher salary grades. Council suspended rules and approved the amendments on first reading.
Whitney Wampler, assistant city attorney, presented a first reading to amend section 71‑30 of the Fishers Code of Ordinances to remove subsection C — the local panhandling violation — explaining the change coincides with the repeal of Indiana Code 35‑45‑17 after courts found the statute unconstitutional as an impermissible restriction on the First Amendment; council suspended rules and approved the change on first reading.
Monica Hilts, director of the public health department, requested modest fee increases and resident/nonresident differentiation for cash‑pay services (for example, travel vaccines and sports physicals) so the clinic can recover staff time. Council approved the fee schedule adjustment on first reading after suspending the rules.
Reed Pittard, assistant director of economic development, presented the city’s annual compliance report for real and personal property tax abatements: of 23 projects, 20 are in substantial compliance; three projects have not met their headcount goals but exceed projected total-salary or investment thresholds and expect to make additional hires.
Each item passed at the meeting; several votes were recorded in the transcript as carrying with one council member opposed. Staff will return with confirmatory resolutions and implementation details where applicable.
