CIB budget OK’d on split city council vote, answers on land for convention center hoped for by May 8

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CIB budget OK’d on split city council vote, answers on land for convention center hoped for by May 8

Wednesday night, the Monroe Convention Center expansion project took another step forward, on what turned out to be a less-than-routine vote by the Bloomington city council. The vote to approve the Monroe County capital improvement board’s (CIB’s) 2024 budget  was split 6–2. Dissent came from Kate Rosenbarger and Matt Flaherty. Not attending was Andy Ruff. The CIB is the public body that was created by the Monroe County commissioners to provide …