The City of Fishers has a roughly $108 million budget in place to fund city operations for 2019, now that the City Council has unanimously voted in favor of the spending plan. Council members also approved a bond issue funding the first phase of the Nickel Plate Trail.
Supporters of the Save The Train movement were present at a Fishers City Council meeting where a bond issue was approved for the Nickel Plate Trail. (Photo provided)
There were people in the audience with Save The Train signs objecting to the funding of the trail, backing a plan to have a train and trail side-by-side, but that is not part of the plan approved by the council. One lady with a Save The Train sign asked the council if she could speak before the vote was taken on the Nickel Plate Trail, but Council President Todd Zimmerman denied the request. The Council held a public hearing on the budget at the September council session.
The $15 million bond issue approved by the council will fund the trail and several road projects around the city.