Terre Haute City Council on Thursday approved three formal measures: a resolution authorizing submission of the 2025 consolidated plan for HUD funding (CDBG/HOME), a resolution authorizing a temporary revolving loan of up to $2.5 million from the Terre Haute Redevelopment Commission, and a resolution pruning selected parcels from two tax-increment-financing (TIF) districts. The council also voted to table General Ordinance 16-2024 until Jan. 9, 2025, and accepted withdrawals of two staffing-related ordinances/appropriations.

Why it matters: The consolidated plan sets the city’s priorities for federal housing and community-development dollars and makes the City of Terre Haute eligible for HOME and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding. The temporary loan option is intended to avoid bank interest costs on a tax-anticipation warrant (TAW) by giving the city short-term access to redeveloper-held funds, and the TIF “pruning” is intended to improve district financial performance by removing parcels that currently create negative increments.

Resolution 1-20-25: Consolidated Plan (CDBG/HOME)
Phil Kessner, Department of Redevelopment, told the council the resolution would authorize the mayor to submit the HUD application for CDBG and HOME funding and that the final allocations would be set once the federal budget is finalized. Kessner said available HOME funds would support between three and seven housing rehabilitation or development projects, and that projects previously funded with HOME included rehabilitation of the Pathways warming center property.

Motion/outcome: The motion to pass Resolution 1-20-25 carried by voice vote; individual roll-call tallies were not recorded in the public transcript.

Resolution 2-20-25: Temporary revolving loan from the Redevelopment Commission (up to $2,500,000 for Feb–Aug 2025)
Eddie Felling, legal counsel for the Redevelopment Commission, explained that the measure authorizes a six-month loan to cover short-term cash-flow timing gaps that occur because of the calendar timing of tax disbursements. Felling said the loan is available February through August 2025 and would only be used if needed; he contrasted that approach with a bank tax-anticipation warrant (TAW), which would incur interest whether used or not.

Motion/outcome: The council passed Resolution 2-20-25 by voice vote. (Transcript records a motion and second; no individual yes/no tally was recorded.)

Resolution 3-20-25: Amendment / pruning of TIF parcels
Jordan Marbel, director of the Department of Redevelopment, described the item as a “pruning” that would remove selected government- and nonprofit-owned parcels from the Central Business District and State Road 46 TIF areas because those parcels are not generating positive tax increment. Marbel said removing those parcels will return them to the general tax rolls and improve the financial health of the remaining TIF district.

Motion/outcome: The council passed Resolution 3-20-25 by voice vote. (No roll-call tally recorded in the public transcript.)

Other formal actions recorded
- General Ordinance 16-2024 (amending city code chapter 4 article 24, referencing drug and tobacco paraphernalia/accessories establishments) was moved, seconded and TABLED until Jan. 9, 2025.
- Appropriation 1-20-25 (parks staffing-related appropriation) was withdrawn by motion.
- Special Ordinance 1-20-25 (park department salaries amendment) was withdrawn by motion.

What the record shows and does not show
The public record in the transcript shows voice votes and motion/second language for the actions above and contains discussion summaries and public comment for the consolidated plan and redevelopment items. The transcript does not include individual roll-call vote tallies for the passed resolutions; the article does not assert any numerical roll-call counts beyond what the transcript records.

Next steps: The consolidated-plan submission will proceed to HUD as authorized; the temporary loan requires reciprocal action by the Redevelopment Commission and repayment within the stated term if drawn. The TIF map amendments will proceed through the statutory process described in the meeting materials.