The Gary Common Council, at its Tuesday meeting, hosted a public hearing for five budget-related ordinances.

All ordinances were on final reading, but Parliamentarian Linda Barnes-Caldwell, D-5th, motioned for another reading at the finance committee’s upcoming 5:30 p.m. Oct. 15 meeting.

Council members unanimously voted to postpone the vote. Members Mary Brown, D-3rd, and Dwight Williams, D-6th, were both absent.

Although the budget vote had been postponed, council members were told the body still needed a public hearing on Tuesday because it was publicly advertised.

“All of these dates are published in Gateway, which is a public transparency portal,” President Lori Latham, D-1st, said. “Once we publish those dates in Gateway, we can’t reschedule them. … Even though we’re sending thes

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