Chris FitzGerald
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 12
- Total speaking time
- 27:49
- Avg per meeting
- 2:19
- Segments
- 378
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Top issues during term (20)
2026 street paving program progress
2027 city budget and 5% employee raises
Raises stack on last year's 10% — roughly 16% over two years of fixed salary cost, per Blair's estimate.
2027 sewer budget review schedule
Not yet determined — the board's budget figures await presentation.
Downtown fiber optic expansion
No direct cost to the city, though past restoration problems cost staff time to fix.
Slate Run Road geotechnical investigation
Part of an existing federal-aid reconstruction project; no new cost approved beyond the investigation itself.
Animal Sales Ordinance
License fees and civil penalties will go to the general fund.
Harvest Homecoming safety and street restrictions
Revenue split is 75% to Main Street, 25% to the redevelopment commission; the value of earlier Thursday hours is unknown.
Trail connection to animal care facility
Up to $25,000 in design costs.
Door-to-door solicitor permits for AT&T vendor
Silver Street park soccer field renovations
$250,000 in tourism bureau funds toward a ~$2 million project; no city funds obligated.
Alley vacation for Oxbo mixed-use development
Taxpayers probably won’t see a direct bill, but the city could take on maintenance, liability, or legal costs depending on how the alley is handled.
Passing of longtime planner John Rosenbarker
Other potential new district designations
National Register listing could bring tax benefits to homeowners; a local district would add review requirements for exterior work.
DePauw Avenue conservation district
Unenforced property deterioration affects neighboring property values in historic districts.
Pageant site Bank Street closure and access
No direct cost to the city; road and water line work is tied to the developer's project obligations through December 2028.
UV project fund shortfall and $141,824.91 transfer
The exact amount of Pay App #6 wasn't stated, but it's a payment on a sewer utility construction contract.
Playground and flood-zone park planning
Claims of $287,916.64 were approved to cover district operations.
Downtown event season
One Southern Indiana funding appropriation
Would commit EDIT, General, and Riverboat tax revenue to One Southern Indiana; the exact amount is not stated on the agenda.
Alley traffic safety near Reno Avenue
Minor cost for two warning signs; any stop sign or speed control would cost more later.
Decisions during term (219)
Recorded while FitzGerald was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Grant easement to Clark REMC for animal care facility
Approval of October 20, 2026 meeting minutes
Approval of October 13, 2026 meeting minutes
Approval of claims sheet
Adjournment
Approval of October 8, 2026 Regular Meeting Minutes
Resolution for transfer of funds to UV project and installation fund
Approval of claims, October 8–21, 2026
COA – Stobaugh, 1001 E. Spring Street
COA – Eisenmenger, 623 E. Spring Street
COA – Streckfus & Brown, 620 E. Main Street
Secondary plat approval — Docket C-0824, 17-lot subdivision phase
Approval of September 15 meeting minutes
Solicitor's permits — Justin Clowdus, High Impact Solutions (AT&T)
Trick-or-treat hours recommendation
Approval of claims, October 6–19, 2026
Approval of transfers, October 6–19, 2026
Approval of October 13, 2026 regular meeting minutes
Approval of August 26, 2026 Budget Work Session minutes
Approval of October 5, 2026 Public Hearing and Regular Meeting minutes
Voting record (19)
Oldest to newest — hover a bar for the item.
A-26-04 — General Fund and Other Budgets for 2027 (third reading)
Approval of August 3 Regular Meeting Minutes
Z-26-01 Oxbow Alley Vacation — Second Reading
Z-26-03 — Robert Wheat Public Way Vacation (DePaul Avenue alley)
Believes the vacation is a good idea and supports being a good neighbor to development
A-26-03 — Ordinance Designating Use of Unrestricted Opioid Settlement Funds
Z-26-02 — Temporary Moratorium on Data Center Construction
R-26-02 — Request to Clark-Floyd Counties Convention & Tourism Bureau
Second reading — A-26-03 opioid settlement funds
Second reading — Z-26-02 data center moratorium
Final passage of A-26-02 — opioid settlement funds for cooling station
Amendment to strike the tree-removal assistance program from G-26-04
Final passage of G-26-04 — hazardous tree ordinance
Bill A-26-02 — Appropriation of Unrestricted Opioid Settlement Funds (cooling stations)
Bill G-26-04 — Hazardous Tree Ordinance (objection process and assistance program)
Bill G-26-03 — Extension of multifamily/short-term rental moratorium (third reading)
approve the Public Hearing Minutes for March 2, 2026
approve the Regular Meeting Minutes for March 2, 2026
R-26-01 Dam Spending Disclosure Resolution
Reluctant support; a threatened lawsuit is the furthest he is willing to go.