INDIANAPOLIS – The Indianapolis City-County Council passed Mayor Joe Hogsett’s 2020 budget Monday night, but not without some discussion on a big topic on some councilors’ minds.
The $1.2 budget passed with a vote of 22-2. Michael McQuillen, R-District 4, and Brian Mowery, R-District 25, voted against it. Democrat Christine Scales was absent from the meeting due to an illness.
A year ago, the 2019 budget passed unanimously among both Republican and Democratic councilors, a fact the mayor’s office frequently touts.