The Administration Finance Committee voted to send Proposal 2-73, a fiscal amendment, to the full council with a "do pass" recommendation after adopting an amendment that reallocates previously awarded HOME‑ARP funds and adjusts local capital priorities.

Controller Abby Hanson said the amendment leverages a HUD-approved reallocation of $5,900,000 in HOME‑ARP funds that had originally been designated for a permanent supportive housing project that will not proceed. The reallocation, approved by HUD on Sept. 15, allowed the city to redirect those dollars to Streets to Home Indy initiatives and other priorities without reducing earlier commitments.

Hanson described the local fiscal changes: $10,000,000 was set aside to begin design of projects so they will be ready when the city receives $100,000,000 in road funding in 2027. The amendment increases design funding by $2,000,000 to a total of $12,000,000; adds $2,000,000 for strip patching; and provides $1,000,000 for pedestrian and traffic safety initiatives. Combined with HUD funding, Streets to Home Indy funding totals approximately $10,200,000 (controller noted HUD funding itself is not part of the appropriation the council is considering and that DMD can program it without an additional appropriation). The amendment also allocates $750,000 to the Tenant Advocacy Project (TAP) run through the Office of Public Health and Safety (OPHS).

Councilors debated and asked for program details. Todd Wilson, director of the Department of Public Works, said the strip‑patching selections rely on a weighted formula using PCI (pavement condition index) data, traffic measurements, pothole reports and Citizen Action Center service requests, and estimated that $16,000,000 could yield about 200 lane miles of strip patching in 2026. On how projects were prioritized for 2027–29, Wilson said those segments are part of the DPW capital improvement program and include resurfacing, complete‑streets improvements and signal work.

Councilors asked about tenant‑assistance funding and philanthropic support for TAP. Abby Hanson said OPHS originally expected additional philanthropic support that did not materialize, which led to the $750,000 request to preserve the program's current scale. When asked to name philanthropic partners no longer supporting the work, Hanson said she could not name them on the record. Andrew Merkley, OPHS director, declined to publicly list partners but offered to provide a private list and meet with councilors.

Councilor Nielsen moved the amendment and, following a voice vote with no opposing voices recorded on the transcript, the committee approved the amendment and then approved sending Proposal 2‑73 as amended to the full council with a "do pass" recommendation.

Committee members asked staff to provide additional program metrics and a report on TAP performance; OPHS agreed to circulate its report to the committee.