At its Tuesday meeting, the Gary Common Council sent four budget-related ordinances to its finance committee for public hearing before council members approve the final budget.

The council is expected to approve all budget ordinances by the end of October. The Gary council meets biweekly, and its final October meeting is Oct. 21.

Although the budget ordinances were on third reading, the seven present council members unanimously voted to send the items back to committee. Council members Mary Brown, D-3rd, and Darren Washington, D-at large, were both absent from Tuesday’s meeting.

Ordinances sent back to committee include those approving city employee salaries in general, police and fire departments; police and fire pensions; expenses for the general fund and parks, fire and police depart

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