Resident's push for a 13th Street corridor committee stalls — council says it has to start with the mayor's office
Who it touches: Residents of the 13th Street corridor and Black residents Malone says are disproportionately represented in the county jail, who he says need community investment and support rather than being written off.
Resident Dwayne Malone asked the council to create an ad hoc committee focused on investment in the 13th Street corridor, telling the council that Black residents make up about 8% of Vigo County's population but 30–40% of the county jail's population on a given day.
Council leadership said the council has not had time to take the request up because, under the city's budget process, an initiative like this has to start as a funding proposal from the mayor's office before the council can act on it.
Sources
- Malone requests an ad hoc committee0:03:09 (3 minutes 9 seconds)
- Council: nothing formally before us yet0:03:59 (3 minutes 59 seconds)
- Council can appropriate but not direct spending0:04:29 (4 minutes 29 seconds)
- Jail population racial disparity cited0:06:01 (6 minutes 1 second)
Outcome
No committee created; council says any funded initiative like this must start as a mayor's-office budget proposal
No committee was created at this meeting. Council members said they can appropriate funds once a proposal reaches them, but cannot direct how city money is spent — that authority belongs to the mayor's office.
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