Bloomington Common Council Special Session - September 25, 2025
Bloomington Common Council Special Session - September 25, 2025
This was a brief special session of the Bloomington Common Council called to introduce three appropriation ordinances for first reading. The meeting was followed by a Committee of the Whole session scheduled for 6:45 PM. All three ordinances were approved for first reading and referred to the Committee of the Whole. Note: The transcript indicates the meeting was called to order on September 24, 2025, but the provided date is 2025-09-25.
Discussion Items
- The council introduced three appropriation ordinances for first reading:
- Appropriation Ordinance 2025-11: Establishes the 2026 civil city budget for the City of Bloomington.
- Appropriation Ordinance 2025-12: Sets appropriations and tax rates for Bloomington Transportation Corporation for 2026.
- Appropriation Ordinance 2025-13: Adopts a budget for operation, maintenance, debt service, and capital improvements for water and wastewater utility departments for 2026.
- The council agreed to the order of business: first readings in the special session, followed by the Committee of the Whole where the ordinances would be discussed in reverse order (starting with 2025-13, then 2025-12, then 2025-11).
Key Outcomes
- All three ordinances were moved and seconded for first reading and approved by voice vote (all in favor, no opposition).
- Each ordinance was referred to the Committee of the Whole meeting that began at 6:45 PM the same evening.
- The council adjourned the special session until 6:45 PM to reconvene as the Committee of the Whole.
Meeting Transcript
Seeing as we have a quorum, I'm gonna go ahead and call to order the special session of the Bloomington Common Council on uh September 24th, 2025. Uh will the clerk please call the roll. Councilmember Rawlow. I am here. Pete Montsmith. Here Stasberg here. Daily? Yes. Zulik. Here. Rosenbarger. Here. 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'll 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 uh council conversation and presentations around those three uh uh appropriation ordinances and per city code council guidelines. Um the chair of the committee of the whole will be council member zulik. Um and at the uh uh at that committee of the whole, we will not go in the same order that we introduce them for first readings, just as an FYI for the public out there. Um we will start with um appropriation ordinance 2025 13 uh 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 2025-11 be introduced and read by the clerk by title and synopsis only. Second. Thank you. It's been moved and seconded to introduce appropriation ordinance 2025-11. Uh, 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 2025-11 and ordinance for appropriations and tax rates establishing 2026 civil city budget for the city of Bloomington. Thank you very much. Um and appropriation ordinance 2025-11. I'd like to refer that to the committee of the whole this evening, which will start at 6 45. I move that appropriation ordinance 2025-12 be introduced and read by the clerk by title and synopsis only. It's been moved and seconded to introduce appropriation ordinance 2025-12. All those in in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed. Thank you. Will the clerk please read? Appropriation ordinance 2025-12. An 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.
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