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Chris FitzGerald

District 4 Council Membermonth-level start: January 2024; month-level end: December 2027 per city council page 'Term 01/01/24 - 12/31/27'

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At a glance

News mentions
0

Term ending Dec 1, 2027.

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)(Public Safety)

medium↑Aug 2026[25]

Trail connection to animal care facility

Up to $25,000 in design costs.

medium→Aug 2026[25]

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.

medium↑Sep 2026[23]

Door-to-door solicitor permits for AT&T vendor

high↑Apr 2026[14]

Alley traffic safety near Reno Avenue

Minor cost for two warning signs; any stop sign or speed control would cost more later.

low↑Oct 2026[13]

LED street light glare on Center Street

The homeowner offered to cover the cost of the shield himself, so taxpayers may not pay anything.

high↑Nov 2026[10]

Police cars and fire equipment funding

Would spend city funds on police vehicles and fire equipment; the dollar amount is not stated on the agenda.

medium↑Oct 2026[10]

Homelessness and lack of permanent housing options

medium↑Oct 2026[10]

Fraudulent wire-transfer email targeting developer

Nearly $5,000 was nearly lost; actual planning fees for the project are about $1,800–$1,900.

low↑Oct 2026[10]

Halloween trick-or-treat hours

medium↓Feb 2026[6]

Police staffing shortfall

Officer salaries and benefits dominate the police budget, and each hire adds to that payroll.

low↓Sep 2026[6]

Microchip Scanning Stations

Each station costs about $75 to install, funded by citizens rather than the city.

medium↓Sep 2026[6]

Resident Complaint of Identity Theft and Police Report Dispute

medium↓Jan 2026[6]

New Albany Police Department report

medium↓May 2026[4]

Hazardous tree process and hardship assistance program

No funding appropriated yet — the assistance program effectively starts with a $0 budget until next year's budget.

high↓Jun 2026[4]

$15,000 food pantry appropriation for Hope Southern Indiana

An undesignated amount of unrestricted opioid settlement funds would be directed to the food pantry.

high↓Apr 2026[3]

Library food pantry closure gap

A potential ~$10,000 stopgap grant was discussed; it would cover only about 160 families.

low↓May 2026[2]

Driveway sight-line and safety mirror on Old Ford Road

City covers the cost of installing a mirror and post in the right-of-way.

medium↓May 2026[2]

Consistency of signage code enforcement

medium↓Jul 2026[2]

Hospital noise nuisance on Barton Drive

low↓Aug 2026[2]

726 Lincoln Street handicap parking request

Decisions during term (0)

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

No decisions found matching Public Safety.

Voting record (0)(Public Safety)

No votes found matching Public Safety.