- Seen as we have a quorum. I'm gonna go ahead and call to order the special session of the Bloomington
- Common Council on September 24th 2025. Will the clerk please call the roll? I am here Piedmont Smith
- here Stasburg here daily. Yes Zulek here Rosenberger Sorry here
- Thank you. So this evening we will have a Pretty short special session followed by a committee of the
- whole And so in terms of our agenda summation, we will have three pieces of legislation for first readings
- So they can get read into the record and then we can have a conversation about them at the committee
- of the whole We have appropriation ordinance 2025 11, which is establishing the 2026 civil city budget
- for the city of Bloomington
- And then we will have appropriation ordinance 2025-12 for appropriations and tax rates for Bloomington
- Transportation Corporation for 2026. And then appropriation ordinance 2025-13 to adopt a budget for
- operation maintenance debt services and capital improvements for water and wastewater utility departments for 2026.
- After that we will adjourn the special session and come back together as the committee of the whole
- to have the public hearing and Council conversation and presentations around those three Appropriation
- ordinances and per City code council guidelines the chair of the committee of the whole be councilmember
- Zulek and at the
- At that committee of the whole, we will not go in the same order that we introduced them for first readings
- just as an FYI for the public out there. We will start with appropriation ordinance 2025-13 regarding
- the water and wastewater utility and then do 2025-12 regarding Bloomington transportation and then end
- with 2025-11, the civil city budget. So that is our order of business this evening. So if I could get
- a motion for those first readings.
- I move that appropriation ordinance 2025 dash 11 be introduced and read by the clerk by title and synopsis
- only Thank you, it's been moved and seconded to introduce appropriation ordinance 2025 11 since we don't
- have any members on zoom this evening We can do that by voice vote. So all those in favor, please say
- aye aye opposed Thank you. Will the clerk please read?
- Appropriation ordinance 2025 dash 11 and ordinance for appropriations and tax rates establishing 2026
- civil city budget for the city of Bloomington Thank you very much and Appropriation ordinance 2025 11.
- I'd like to refer that to the committee of the whole this evening, which will start at 645 Ordinance
- 2025 dash 12 be introduced and read by the clerk by title and synopsis only I
- And seconded to introduce appropriation ordinance 2025 12 all those in favor, please say aye aye Opposed.
- Thank you. Will the clerk please read Appropriation ordinance 2025-12 In ordinance for appropriations
- and tax rates for Bloomington Transportation Corporation 2026
- And if you will please hold for just one moment, I seem to have lost track of the synopsis. And still don't.
- No, my apologies. There's no synopsis. Okay Thank you Thank you very much. I would also like to refer
- appropriation ordinance 2025 12 to the committee of the whole this evening. I Move that appropriation
- ordinance 2025-13 be introduced and read by the clerk by title and synopsis only All those in favor,
- please say aye aye opposed Thank you. Will the clerk please read?
- Appropriation ordinance 2025-13 an ordinance adopting a budget for the operation maintenance debt service
- and capital improvements For the water and wastewater utility departments of the city of Bloomington,
- Indiana for the year 2026 the synopsis is as follows this ordinance approved by the utility service
- board in August of 2025 sets the water and wastewater budgets for 2026 Thank you, I would also like
- to refer that one to the committee of the whole meeting this evening
- and we Due to pack guidance we needed to Have a specific start time for the committee of the whole and
- so we did notice that start time as 645 Which means that we actually got through this part of the meeting
- maybe quicker than we did last year so Just for clarity for the public we will adjourn now until 645 and then
- We will start the committee of the whole meeting at that time, conversing about these three ordinances
- in the opposite order that we just read them in, starting at 13 and then 12 and then 11. So we are adjourned
- until 6.45. Thank you.