City Council, October 20, 2026
Denies Budget cut 13: Foster Park golf driving range $250K, 3-6
What happened
Fort Wayne Common Council's Finance Committee gave a 9-0 do-pass recommendation to the 2027 Civil City Budget ordinance A260930 as amended 23 times, with about $11.6 million in cuts.
- Jurisdiction
- Fort Wayne, IN
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- October 20, 2026
- Decisions
- 9 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Denied, 3-6
Free sample: decision 1 of 9
New Kirkwood Park concrete street repairs contract
Construction contract with Key Concrete Inc. for $1,941,345 to replace concrete street pavement, curbing and ADA ramps north of Vance Avenue and west of Hobson Road. Funded by LRS, with completion due November 19, 2027. Do-pass recommendation 9-0.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
Fort Wayne Common Council's Finance Committee gave a 9-0 do-pass recommendation to the 2027 Civil City Budget ordinance A260930 as amended 23 times, with about $11.6 million in cuts.
Key Decisions (9)
New Kirkwood Park concrete street repairs contract
St. Francis University sidewalk contract
Budget cut 1: North River development $4M
Budget cut 33: West Jefferson resurfacing $2M
Budget cut 2: Riverfront site development $200K
Budget cut 12: Oxford Streetscape Southeast $2M
Budget cut 13: Foster Park golf driving range $250K
Budget cut 32: Coldwater Road project $2M
2027 Civil City Budget ordinance as amended
Development Activity (2)
North River mixed-use development
Mixed-Use
Google data center (southeast Fort Wayne)
Other
Market Signals (3)
Infrastructure
The council rejected a 365-day large data center moratorium on…
Sentiment
Senate Enrolled Act 1 is expected to phase in a…
Commercial Demand
Downtown parking garages (Promenade, Lofts at Headwaters, Eddy) are underperforming…
Who Spoke (19)
On the record: the chair, 7 councilmembers, and 4 staff members.
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