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Hobart council accepts TIF report, adopts ordinances and schedules annexation hearing amid public concerns
Summary
At its March 18 meeting the Hobart council approved the 2025 TIF annual report, adopted two ordinances and two resolutions, and sent a voluntary annexation petition toward public hearing while residents raised concerns about a proposed data center on township land.
The Hobart City Council met on March 18, 2026, and voted to accept the 2025 TIF annual report, adopt ordinances to address unsafe buildings and budget appropriations, and approve resolutions authorizing the mayor to pursue Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding and to temporarily suspend a single‑family trash/collection fee. Council also acknowledged a voluntary annexation petition for roughly 6.66 acres near the I‑65 and 37th Avenue corridor and moved it toward public hearing.
Redevelopment staff summarized the TIF annual report and told the council the package was ready for submission to the state Division of Local Government Services. "Both boards did accept those, and so tonight would be your acceptance of that," said the staff member (speaker 9). Councilmember motioning and a second resulted in an oral vote to accept the report.
In formal actions, council adopted Ordinance 2026‑04, amending the municipal code governing inspection, repair and removal of unsafe buildings and creating a separate hearing authority for vacant structures; the ordinance passed on a recorded roll call with seven ayes. The council also completed readings and adopted Ordinance 2026‑05 (budget appropriations), and later moved to declare an emergency to allow expedited second reading as transcribed.
The council took several motions related to development compliance: a compliance review for Grand Trump Storage (name as transcribed) was accepted after staff reported the project generally met its Statement of Benefits, and an amended development agreement and compliance package for PlayStreetDefco LLC (as transcribed) was presented and approved to revise construction timelines after unforeseen delays.
On grant administration, the mayor read the opening statement for the CDBG public hearing and noted Hobart’s FY2026 allocation as $112,590 (amount as transcribed). Council voted to adopt the required affirmative action plan and Section 3 understanding and adopted Resolution 2026‑07, which authorizes the mayor to submit a CDBG project proposal.
Council also adopted Resolution 2026‑08, authorizing a temporary suspension of a single‑family residential garbage collection charge (described in the resolution as the 1% fee in the transcript). Council discussed administrative timing: county billing timing means credits could appear several weeks after county rollovers; staff said implementation would be coordinated with county timetables.
The meeting included the formal motion on the voluntary annexation petition for approximately 6.66 acres at the I‑65 / 37th Avenue corridor. Richard Anderson (speaker 6), who introduced the petition, described proposed M‑1 zoning and outside storage and suggested a public hearing date; the council moved and seconded to send the petition to public hearing. (Transcript contains two different dates for the hearing in different parts of the record: staff/advocate earlier referenced April 15 while a motion as spoken referenced April 5; the record shows the petition was sent to public hearing and staff will publish official notice with the specific date.)
What’s next: the clerk’s office will post required public‑hearing notices and staff will upload the TIF report to state systems as required. The council also directed staff follow‑up on the compliance and permit items discussed during the meeting.
