Rich Taylor
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- Meetings spoken in
- 13
- Total speaking time
- 1:24:14
- Avg per meeting
- 6:29
- Segments
- 1192
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Top issues during term (20)(Roads)
Merchants Square Area Road and Utility Improvements Public-Private Agreement
Contract of $15.6 million including owner's contingency.
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.
Phase II road reconstruction program (BOT Agreement)
$15,515,000 for the Phase II road contract.
Main Street 15-Minute Parking Ordinance (D-2762-25)
2026 Paving Program Bid Award (26-STR-02)
If awarded, this uses about $6.3 million of city funds on 2026 road resurfacing.
116th Street & Hoover Road Roundabout
Construction cost depends on the bids received.
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.
136th Street and 141st Street trail connections
$41,843.16 final change order plus $55,700 in inspection services.
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.
Motor Vehicle Highway Fund Additional Appropriation
An additional appropriation from the Motor Vehicle Highway Fund, amount not stated on the agenda.
Range Line Road On-Street Parking Improvements
The amendment adds $157,416.90 in inspection costs.
3rd Avenue Reconstruction Survey (Amendment #15)
$935,800 in additional engineering services, much of it contingent on federal grant funding.
Towne Road traffic and congestion
Right-of-way and excavation permit rules
Bike/pedestrian improvements at two major roundabouts
About $921,060 total, funded through INDOT LPA coordination contracts.
Senior Transportation and Hamilton County Express
New buses cost $165,000 each; buying used school buses could save the county serious money.
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.
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.
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.
College Avenue streetscape nearing completion
$66,768.68 change order.
Decisions during term (2)
Recorded while Taylor was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Voting record (0)(Roads)
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