City Council Meeting for October 22nd has been Rescheduled


CATEGORY: City Council, News

Please take notice that the Hammond City Council has canceled the regularly scheduled council meeting to be held on October 22, 2018. The next scheduled Hammond City Council meeting is scheduled for October 15, 2018 in the Hammond City Council Chambers, 5925 Calumet Avenue, Hammond, Indiana, 46320. If you have any questions please call our office at 219-853-6404.

Mayor Thomas M. McDermott Jr.

Mayor McDermott Signs Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Ordinance


CATEGORY: City Council, News

Hammond Mayor Thomas M. McDermott, Jr. announces his signing of Ordinance 9377 amending section 34.231 of the Hammond Municipal Code pertaining to the addition of sexual orientation and gender identity to the powers and duties of the Hammond Human Relations Commission. This amendment was sponsored by Councilwoman at Large, Janet Venecz. Under section 34.321 (A) The Commission is to: (1) …

Mayor Thomas M. McDermott Jr.

Hammond City Council Considers Updates to HHRC Mission to Include LGBTQIA


CATEGORY: City Council, Mayor's Office, News

Hammond Mayor Thomas M. McDermott, Jr. has announced that the Hammond City Council will consider an ordinance amending section 34.231 of the Hammond Municipal Code pertaining to the addition of sexual orientation and gender identity to the powers and duties of the Hammond Human Relations Commission. This amendment, sponsored by Councilwoman at Large Janet Venecz, will be on the agenda …

Mayor Thomas M. McDermott Jr.

Citywide Sidewalk Repairs


CATEGORY: City Council, Engineering, Mayor's Office, News

Hammond Mayor Thomas M. McDermott and the City Council agree upon citywide sidewalk repairs of $600,000. The six district councilmen will provide a combined total $450,000 of their gaming monies to the sidewalk repair program with Mayor McDermott contributing $150,000. Approximately 1 to 1.5 miles of sidewalks are repaired each year throughout the six districts typically at a cost of a …

City Council to hold Public Hearing Regarding 2017 City Budgets


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Please take notice that the Hammond Common Council, City of Hammond, Indiana, will hold a Public Hearing on Thursday, October 13, 2016 at 4:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers, Second Floor, Hammond City Hall, 5925 Calumet Avenue, Room 209, Hammond, Indiana. The purpose of this public hearing is to discuss the following: “2017 CITY BUDGET” “2017 SANITARY DISTRICT BUDGET” “2017 …

City Council to Discuss Appropriation of Funds to Hammond Public Library


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Please take notice there will be a meeting of the Council As A Whole on Tuesday, October 11, 2016, at 5:15 P.M., in the Council’s Caucus Room, Room 205, Second Floor, Hammond City Hall, 5925 Calumet Avenue, Hammond, Indiana, at the request of Councilwoman Janet Venecz, President of the Hammond Common Council. Among other matters pending before the Council, the …

Hammond Common Council Budget Hearings on October 8th


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Please take notice that the Hammond Common Council will hold 2017 Budget Hearings on Saturday, October 8, 2016 at 9:00am, in the Council Chambers, 2nd floor, Hammond City Hall, 5925 Calumet Avenue, Room 209, Hammond, Indiana. Doors will open at 8:30am, and a sign-in sheet will be available in the Council Chambers for Department Heads to sign in. Hearings will …

Hammond Common Council Meeting Cancelled in Observance of Columbus Day


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Please take notice that the Hammond City Council has cancelled the October 10th 2016, meeting in observance of Columbus Day. The next scheduled Hammond City Council Meeting will be held on, Tuesday, October 11th, 2016, at 6:00 P.M., in the Hammond City Council Chambers, 5925 Calumet Avenue, Hammond, Indiana, 46320. If you have any questions, please call our office at …