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Angela Koehler Lindsey

Ward 5 Council Member2024-01-08 – 2027-12-01 (month-level end: December 2027; seated at the first meeting of the new term on January 8, 2024 per WNIN; four-year term elected November 2023; start is the current-term seating, earlier service not sourced)

No biography on file yet.

At a glance

News mentions
0

Term ending Dec 1, 2027.

Voice

Meetings spoken in
5
Total speaking time
1:30
Avg per meeting
0:18
Segments
31

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Top issues during term (20)

medium↓May 2026[56]

Summer 2026 Special Events and Street Closures

Minimal city cost for barricades and traffic control at approved events.

high→Jun 2026[51]

Data Center Development Pauses

A possible travel budget for a site visit may require a funding request to the county commissioners.

medium↓Feb 2026[49]

Event and festival street closures

No direct city cost, but the trial event affects downtown parking and street access on Monday evenings.

high↑Jun 2026[44]

Flock Surveillance Cameras and Budget Funding

The 2027 budget proposal reportedly includes about $265,000 for surveillance contracts, up from $142,500 this year — the money speakers want redirected.

high→Aug 2026[43]

Data center regulation

Unknown for now — the whole point of the committee is to study tax, utility-rate, and cleanup-cost impacts before anything is approved.

high→May 2026[42]

2026 Mill and Overlay-Phase III Street Paving

The repaving contract will cost roughly $201,000 to $255,000 depending on which bid is accepted.

critical↓May 2026[39]

2027 city budget

About $7 million in combined reductions across county funds for 2027.

high↑Jan 2026[38]

AHTF Home Repair Program expansion

About $329,000 remains available for grants and loans, with each repair capped at a $25,000 grant.

high↑Feb 2026[32]

Unsafe building enforcement across Evansville

Civil penalties of $500–$1,000 loom for owners who don't fix utility issues by March 19.

high↓Apr 2026[32]

Fire Station 1 roof renovation

Renovations across eight stations will likely total several hundred thousand dollars, with bids from roughly $600K to $700K per contractor.

high→Jan 2026[31]

Potential donation and sales of land bank properties

The parcels would go for about $500 each, with new housing adding assessed value and neighborhood investment.

high↑Aug 2026[30]

Data center development concerns

A hyperscale data center could roughly double the county's ~2 million tons of annual greenhouse gas emissions and pressure CenterPoint energy rates and water rates.

medium↑May 2026[29]

Mesker Park Zoo Maintenance and Infrastructure

Costs unknown until quotes come back.

critical↑Jan 2026[28]

Youth Gun Violence and Community Support

Null

medium↑Jan 2026[28]

METS Terminal Renovation Parking Change

Adds $13,175 to the renovation contract, bringing it to $731,966.15.

high→May 2026[27]

2026 Mill and Overlay-Phase IV street repaving

Costs will be set once bids are received.

high→Jul 2026[27]

Officer termination appeal (Officer Anthony Stephenson)

high↑Jul 2026[27]

Mark Norman Ditch Obstruction Cleanup Deadline

Cleanup costs fall on property owners; county contractor work would be billed to violators if they fail to act.

high↓Jan 2026[27]

Tree and sidewalk conflicts

Rerouting the sidewalk or using alternative materials costs more up front than removal, but the board argued losing canopy carries its own community cost.

high↑Sep 2026[25]

Resilience Hub Study

Funding for the study is only encumbered through December 31, creating a hard deadline.

Decisions during term (926)

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

Voting record (51)

47 yes4 no

Oldest to newest — hover a bar for the item.

Voted yesOct 26, 2026

Adoption of Ordinance F-2026-15 (Levee Authority Budget)

Voted yesOct 26, 2026

Adoption of Ordinance R-2026-02 (2713 Jeanette Ave)

Voted yesOct 26, 2026

Adoption of Ordinance R-2026-19 (3524 Kratzville Rd)

Voted yesOct 26, 2026

Adoption of Ordinance R-2026-21 (1500 N Heidelbach Ave)

Voted yesOct 26, 2026

Adoption of Resolution C-2026-35 (Joint River Patrol Agreement)

Voted yesOct 5, 2026

Ordinance G-2026-18 — Data Center Research and Permit Deferral

Voted yesOct 5, 2026

Ordinance G-2026-19 — 2027 Appointive Salaries

Voted noOct 5, 2026

Ordinance F-2026-14 (Amended) — 2027 City Budget

Continued concerns about general fund deficits, declining casino revenues, cost of new positions and ambulance service sustainability

Voted yesSep 28, 2026

Adopt Ordinance G-2026-16 — alley vacation at 214/222 Main St

Voted yesSep 28, 2026

Adopt Ordinance G-2026-17 — Crawford Door PILOT affordable housing

Voted yesSep 28, 2026

Adopt Ordinance F-2026-13 (Amended) — appropriations transfers

Voted yesSep 28, 2026

Adopt Ordinance R-2026-16 — rezone 2003 E Franklin St

Voted noSep 28, 2026

Adopt Ordinance R-2026-17 — rezone 824 E Blackford Ave (R2 to R3)

Voted yesSep 28, 2026

Adopt Ordinance R-2026-18 — rezone 2453/2455/2457 W Franklin St

Voted noSep 28, 2026

Adopt Resolution C-2026-34 — resilience hub study stipends

Uncomfortable establishing stipends; would prefer trying volunteers first.

Voted yesSep 14, 2026

Ordinance F-2026-11 adopted — $300,000 riverfront repainting

Voted yesSep 14, 2026

Resolution C-2026-32 adopted — Uniseal tax phase-in memorandum of agreement

Voted yesAug 24, 2026

Adoption of Ordinance F-2026-10 (Amended) — appropriations transfers

Voted yesAug 24, 2026

Adoption of Ordinance R-2026-03 — Jeanette Ave rezoning

Voted yesAug 24, 2026

Adoption of Ordinance R-2026-15 — Bellemeade Ave rezoning

Voted yesAug 10, 2026

Adopt Amended Ordinance F-2026-09 (transfers of appropriations)

Voted yesJul 27, 2026

Ordinance G-2026-13 — Alley Vacation near 213 W Division St

Voted yesJul 27, 2026

Ordinance G-2026-14 — Floodplain Administrator Amendment

Voted noJul 27, 2026

Ordinance R-2026-09 (Amended) — Rezone 6600 Old Boonville Highway

Ward representative wanted the property to remain R-1, citing overburdened road and water infrastructure.

Voted yesJul 27, 2026

Ordinance R-2026-12 (Amended) — Rezone 1307 & 1311 Henning Ave to AG

Voted yesJul 27, 2026

Ordinance R-2026-14 — Rezone 2828 Mount Vernon Ave to M-2

Voted yesJul 27, 2026

Resolution C-2026-29 — IAFF Local 357 Agreement Ratification

Voted yesJul 27, 2026

Resolution C-2026-30 — Escalade Sports Tax Phase-In, 817 Maxwell Ave

Voted yesJul 27, 2026

Resolution C-2026-31 — Qualis Engineered Plastics Tax Phase-In, 1700 Lynch Rd

Voted yesJul 13, 2026

Ordinance F-2026-08 (Amended) — budget transfers and appropriations

Voted yesJul 13, 2026

Resolution C-2026-25 (Amended) — Escalade Sports tax phase-in

Voted yesJul 13, 2026

Resolution C-2026-26 — Qualis Engineered Plastics tax phase-in

Voted yesJul 13, 2026

Resolution C-2026-27 (Amended) — America's 250th anniversary

Voted yesJul 13, 2026

Resolution C-2026-28 — city brand standards, seal and flag

Voted yesJun 22, 2026

Ordinance G-2026-12 — Karges Lofts TIF bonds

Voted yesJun 22, 2026

Ordinance R-2026-10 — 501, 503 and 511 E. Walnut rezoning

Voted yesJun 22, 2026

Ordinance R-2026-11 (Amended) — 4919 Old Boonville Highway rezoning

Voted yesJun 22, 2026

Ordinance R-2026-13 — 1514 S. Morton Ave. rezoning

Voted yesJun 8, 2026

Adoption of Ordinance F-2026-07 (2026 Community Development Plan / CDBG, ESG, HOME funds)

Voted yesJun 8, 2026

Adoption of Resolution C-2026-16 Amended (2026 Police Pursuit Vehicles lease purchase)

Voted yesJun 8, 2026

Adoption of Resolution C-2026-22 (Juneteenth recognition)

Voted yesJun 8, 2026

Adoption of Resolution C-2026-23 (Uniseal Inc. tax phase-in confirmatory resolution)

Voted yesJun 8, 2026

Adoption of Resolution C-2026-24 Amended (Karges Lofts Economic Development Area)

Voted yesMar 9, 2026

Ordinance G-2026-05 — Animal Control amendments (second reading, adoption)

Voted yesMar 9, 2026

Resolution C-2026-11 — EVPL bond issuance approval

Voted yesJan 12, 2026

Election of Council President for 2026

Voted yesJan 12, 2026

Election of Council Vice President for 2026

Voted yesJan 12, 2026

Ordinance G-2025-28 — Greenway Advisory Board terms

Voted yesJan 12, 2026

Ordinance G-2026-04 — TIF bond refinancing consent

Voted yesJan 12, 2026

Resolution C-2026-01 — sidewalk café fee waiver