# 10/13/26 - Hammond City Council Meeting

The Hammond City Council meeting on October 13, 2026, considered the 2027 city and sanitary district budgets and several funding allocations. The council approved claims totaling $66,454,347.24 by a 9–0 vote. The mayor described the proposed city budget as slightly more than $1 million above the prior year, with recycling costs up 5%, and proposed roughly 3% employee raises. The budget ordinances were referred for further council review on October 26; they were not adopted at this meeting. Salary ordinances for city employees and police and firefighters also advanced to further consideration after 9–0 votes on initial readings.

The finance committee reported five funding allocations approved October 5. Identified items included $18,300 to VS Engineering for a 173rd Street pedestrian-crossing study; a median tree-planting project on Hohman Avenue, Phase 2, to Slusher’s Green Thumb (the transcript gives the amount unclearly as about $18,400); and $85,732.80 for east-stair repairs at the Civic Center to Berglund Construction. The transcript also mentions an additional $94,000 allocation but does not clearly identify its project or vendor; details of the fifth allocation are not captured. Public comment included a request for state-level changes to utility regulation and concerns about demolition, redevelopment, and environmental impacts, but no related council action was recorded.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure
**Topics:** Physical Infrastructure
**Published:** October 13, 2026

### Sources
- [10/13/26 - Hammond City Council Meeting](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccAYUwhVGuw) - City of Hammond, Indiana