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Bill would mean cash infusion for Coliseum, Grand Wayne NIKI KELLY | The Journal Gazette INDIANAPOLIS – The Memorial Coliseum and Grand Wayne Center would see an infusion of cash under a bill passed by the Senate Appropriations Committee Thursday. It would increase the maximum amount of state tax revenue that can be captured by the city’s Professional Sports and Convention Development Area by $2 million a year. By increasing the cap this allows Allen County to emerge from this pandemic stronger than before and allow the facility to continue to be an economic driver to Fort Wayne and the region, said C.J. Steigmeyer, vice president of finance and chief operating officer at the Coliseum. ....
Board would oversee Solid Waste Council advances new panel for audit, more transparency DAVE GONG | The Journal Gazette The first order of business for Fort Wayne s new Solid Waste Advisory Board will be an audit of the Solid Waste Department s finances. Creation of the board, proposed by Mayor Tom Henry s administration and brought to City Council by Councilwoman Sharon Tucker, D-6th, was approved Tuesday in a 7-1 preliminary vote. One council member, Councilman Tom Freistroffer, R-at large, was absent. The Solid Waste Advisory Board would replace an existing working group composed of several neighborhood leaders and City Councilmen Jason Arp, R-4th, and Tom Didier, R-3rd, Solid Waste manager Matt Gratz said. The group, which was formed to address complaints over residential collection service provided by Red River Waste Solutions, met several times in 2018 and 2019 but only once in 2020, Gratz said. ....
Wednesday, February 03, 2021 11:36 am No General Assembly action on local food and beverage taxes this session Fort Wayne, Allen County councils were to consider resolution in opposition Dave Gong and Niki Kelly | The Journal Gazette The Indiana General Assembly will not hear any bills seeking to increase local food and beverage taxes this legislative session. Sen. Travis Holdman, chairman of the state senate s Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee, said in a news release today that he and his fellow Republican committee members agree that now is not an appropriate time to consider these tax increases as the economy continues to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. ....