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Anita Joshi

District 6 West Councilor2024-01-01 – 2027-12-01 (month-level start: January 2024 per City of Carmel newsletter 11-10-2023 saying a new Mayor and several new faces on the City Council start on January 1, 2024; month-level end: December 2027 per city council page stating nine members elected to four-year terms with all council elections held 2023)

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At a glance

News mentions
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Term ending Dec 1, 2027.

Voice

Meetings spoken in
6
Total speaking time
20:28
Avg per meeting
3:25
Segments
224

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Filtered to Roads

Top issues during term (20)(Roads)

high↑Jun 2026[22]

Merchants Square Area Road and Utility Improvements Public-Private Agreement

Contract of $15.6 million including owner's contingency.

medium↓May 2026[17]

Range Line improvement project start

Construction contract expected to land between $1.25 million and $1.9 million depending on which bid the city accepts.

high↑Jun 2026[14]

Phase II road reconstruction program (BOT Agreement)

$15,515,000 for the Phase II road contract.

medium↑Jan 2026[11]

Main Street 15-Minute Parking Ordinance (D-2762-25)

high↓Jan 2026[11]

2026 Paving Program Bid Award (26-STR-02)

If awarded, this uses about $6.3 million of city funds on 2026 road resurfacing.

medium↑Feb 2026[11]

116th Street & Hoover Road Roundabout

Construction cost depends on the bids received.

high↓Jan 2026[11]

Road Maintenance Funding (D-2842-26)

Repaving funding roughly doubled from historical levels of $4.5-5 million per year, but critics say costs have doubled too.

medium↑Oct 2026[10]

136th Street and 141st Street trail connections

$41,843.16 final change order plus $55,700 in inspection services.

high↑Oct 2026[10]

Holiday parking and traffic around the Performing Arts center

About $66,000 in lost ticket revenue so far, plus a proposed roughly $405,000 to add a shuttle day and an engineering traffic study still to be funded.

medium↓Jun 2026[9]

Motor Vehicle Highway Fund Additional Appropriation

An additional appropriation from the Motor Vehicle Highway Fund, amount not stated on the agenda.

medium↓Jan 2026[6]

Range Line Road On-Street Parking Improvements

The amendment adds $157,416.90 in inspection costs.

high↓Sep 2026[5]

3rd Avenue Reconstruction Survey (Amendment #15)

$935,800 in additional engineering services, much of it contingent on federal grant funding.

high↓Sep 2026[5]

Towne Road traffic and congestion

low↓Jan 2026[5]

Right-of-way and excavation permit rules

high↓Sep 2026[5]

Bike/pedestrian improvements at two major roundabouts

About $921,060 total, funded through INDOT LPA coordination contracts.

high↓Sep 2026[5]

Senior Transportation and Hamilton County Express

New buses cost $165,000 each; buying used school buses could save the county serious money.

medium↓Jan 2026[3]

Public Way Vacations on S. Rangeline and Oswego Road

No cost to taxpayers is identified; vacated right-of-way typically transfers to adjoining owners, which may affect future development value.

medium↓Feb 2026[3]

Comprehensive Safety Action Plan — Safe Streets and Roads

Raised crosswalk costs will be set by bids; the safety plan cost will follow the RFP process.

medium↓Feb 2026[2]

Parking regulation on Autumn Drive

The city will maintain the street and may eventually reconfigure it with bump-outs if a planned greenway project moves forward.

medium↓Jun 2026[2]

College Avenue streetscape nearing completion

$66,768.68 change order.

Decisions during term (2)

Recorded while Joshi was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.