Bipartisan efforts around public safety and infrastructure helped get a unanimous vote from the council on a $1.2 billion city budget.

The funding is a key part of Mayor Joe Hogsett’s 2019 city budget and it could finance a variety of projects – streets, bridges, traffic signals, curbs and sidewalk improvements.

The City-County Council created a commission to study infrastructure. WFYI’s Drew Daudelin sat down with Councilor Jared Evans, the commission chair, to talk about their goals.

Democrat Zach Adamson, council vice president and vocal opponent to Stephen Clay, says he’s confident the vote will still happen on Monday.

Last week Clay fired the council clerk and the clerk’s assistant. The following day, he says, city documents were found destroyed in a paper shredder.

Some members of the council also question whether Stephen Clay has the authority to fire these staff members.

Members of the Indianapolis City-County Council voted Monday night to hold yet another vote on its president. Stephen Clay is under attack by fellow Democrats for allegedly making backroom deals to get elected.

Chief Bryan Roach told members of an Indianapolis City-County Council committee Wednesday that witnesses and victims feel unsafe.

The Indianapolis City-County Council elected Stephen Clay as its president on Monday night amid allegations he groped a teenaged member of his congregation 15 years ago. Clay has denied the allegations.

This means that while Miller can still attend full council meetings, he cannot participate in special meetings GOP members use to discuss strategy.