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.