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Vigo County Council

The fiscal body for Vigo County government, separate from the Vigo County Commissioners and Terre Haute City Council.

Every indexed appearance (32)

  1. Sep 8, 2026— County Council3 items
    1. Sep 8Most recent step: TabledUnverified item. Flagged

      Council rejects a bid to pull the school-funding resolution back from committee for an October vote 0:23:51

    2. Sep 8Passed

      Council approves $502,000 forfeiture appropriation for police vehicles and gear after a September deferral 0:52:29

    3. Sep 8HeardUnverified item. Flagged

      Auditor's complaint and a heated appeal revive the push to fire the county council's attorney 0:12:09

  2. Sep 1, 2026— Vigo County Council (Sunshine)2 items
    1. Sep 1Pulled

      Council pulls the county's school-funding vote from tonight's agenda, refers it to a new three-member committee 0:13:21

    2. Sep 1Presented

      Commissioners ask the council for $15 million up front and $6 million a year for 20 years toward a $222 million school plan 0:53:55

  3. Aug 11, 2026— County Council4 items
    1. Aug 11Heard

      County Recorder Diana Smith objects to a commissioner's proposal to change her office 0:08:07

    2. Aug 11PassedUnverified item. Flagged

      Council approves funding for Susie's Place after a member objects to nonprofit spending 0:41:20

    3. Aug 11Passed

      Council approves $200,000 for Community Corrections after changing a rule that had blocked the vote 0:43:57

    4. Aug 11PassedUnverified item. Flagged

      Council takes up a Sheriff's Office ordinance after first announcing it withdrawn 0:16:40

  4. Aug 4, 2026— Vigo County Council (Sunshine)1 item
    1. Aug 4Presented

      County group homes ask for $158,980 in repairs, with a $150,000 Lilly Foundation grant possibly on the way 0:57:33

  5. Sep 8, 2026— County Council3 items
    1. Sep 8PassedUnverified item. Flagged

      Council passes updated forfeiture and RICO reimbursement rules, first unwinding a 1996 ordinance 1:19:52

    2. Sep 8Passed

      Council approves $110,000 to cover the sheriff's office gasoline shortfall 1:21:28

    3. Sep 8Heard

      Commissioner says the council broke its promise to meet on school funding within a week 0:09:48

  6. Sep 1, 2026— Vigo County Council (Sunshine)7 items
    1. Sep 1Heard

      Council president orders an outside audit and revenue forecast after the county's bond rating is downgraded 0:11:47

    2. Sep 1Heard

      Vigo County holds its first public hearing on a $124.2 million 2027 budget 2:42:23

    3. Sep 1Introduced

      Prosecutor's office moves to update the county's decades-old forfeiture and RICO reimbursement ordinance 2:53:28

    4. Sep 1Tabled

      Courthouse's secure elevator funding is pulled from the agenda for a second month 2:55:50

    5. Sep 1Tabled

      Prosecutor's $502,000 forfeiture-funds appropriation is tabled again 2:56:20

    6. Sep 1Introduced

      Sheriff's office asks for $110,000 more to cover a gasoline shortfall through the end of the year 2:58:05

    7. Sep 1Heard

      A council member moves to fire the county council's attorney; vote to come next meeting 4:10:35

  7. Aug 11, 2026— County Council1 item
    1. Aug 11Approved

      IT moves $40,000 out of the county's computer-replacement fund to cover a contract that includes new website ADA rules 0:16:22

  8. Aug 4, 2026— Vigo County Council (Sunshine)11 items
    1. Aug 4PresentedUnverified item. Flagged

      Commissioner proposes funding a 3% county raise by cutting public defenders' health insurance 0:01:05

    2. Aug 4Reported

      County's school oversight committee reports $87,146 balance, sets September date for a school funding proposal 0:05:40

    3. Aug 4PresentedUnverified item. Flagged

      IT staff seek $40,000 transfer for internet upgrades and a website overhaul, but council wants an itemized list first 0:07:03

    4. Aug 4Introduced

      Council questions whether it can legally make the sheriff's office an 'ordinance bureau' 0:10:09

    5. Aug 4PresentedUnverified item. Flagged

      Council to consider a $4,500 clothing allowance for security officers, missed in last year's budget 0:21:12

    6. Aug 4Presented

      County asked to give Susie's Place $15,000 as federal funding for child abuse interviews shrinks 0:23:33

    7. Aug 4Pulled

      Courthouse's only secure inmate elevator failed inspection; $500,000 fix request pulled for more bids 0:39:33

    8. Aug 4Presented

      Lost Creek fire district asks county for $50,000 after paying to fix a truck's pump mid-fire 0:39:58

    9. Aug 4PresentedUnverified item. Flagged

      Council revisits restoring $200,000 to Community Corrections after it was pulled from the budget by mistake 0:41:51

    10. Aug 4Presented

      Prosecutor asks for $10,000 more to bring wanted suspects back to Vigo County 0:50:07

    11. Aug 4Introduced

      Prosecutor asks to spend $502,000 in seized drug-case money on police vehicles and gear 0:52:29

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