Arvis Dawson

Elkhart Common Council President Arvis Dawson says he isn't worried that a data center moratorium will cause the city to lose out on economic development, since the city has things that data center developers want.

The budget adopted by the city council Thursday totals just under $119 million. The city says that’s a reduction of about $6.7 million from this year’s spending plan.

Democratic Mayor Dick Moore led the city through the Great Recession of 2008, when a crippled RV industry drove the city's unemployment rate to nearly 18%, making national news.