The Town
COUNCIL PRESENT: Jeff
Carroll, Jerry Clevenger, Joy Lohse, Rolly
Ortega, Retha Hicks
ABSENT: Dave Delp
OTHERS PRESENT:
Town
Minutes:
Jerry Clevenger made a motion to approve the
minutes of the
May
19 & 20 – Sailboat Regatta
May 21,
May 30 – Water
Quality Meeting at
June 2 – IHSAA
Golf Sectional at
June 2 & 3 – 8th
Annual Art Fair in the Village at
June 3,
June 23 –
June 24 to July 21
– MasterWorks Festival
June 30 – Firecracker
5K Race at
June 30 –
June 30, dusk –Fireworks
over
Floor Topics:
Bikefest: The bikefest over the
weekend was very well attended. The
participation for the bike tours was doubled from last year. There were approximately 300 mountain bikers
and 140 road racers. The police did an
excellent job. There was one accident
that resulted in an overnight stay at the hospital, but no bones were broken.
Guest: Craig Allebach introduced Wesley Craig
who will be a “People to People” ambassador this summer. Wesley needed to attend a council meeting as
one of the requirements of the program.
Wesley also was involved with planting of the flowers at the foot bridge
last summer as a Boy Scout project.
Bid Opening for Insurance
Contract (
The Town received two quotes for insurance. Retha opened them. One was from Wilson Insurance, who currently
provides insurance for the town, for $25,001.
The other quote was from Hall and Marose for $33,357. The quotes were taken under advisement. Retha and Jerry Clevenger will meet and look
at the bids in detail to see if they are comparable.
Bid Opening for Garbage
Contract (
The Town received two quotes for trash and recycling services. One was from Allied Waste Services who
currently serves the town. Their quote
was for $11.89 per unit each month the first year, $12.48 per unit each month
the second year, and $13.10 per unit each month the third year of the
contract. The other quote was from
Ordinance 2007-5-1
Establishing Revolving Loan Fund:
Housing Opportunities of Warsaw administers a grant for the Town to
rehabilitate houses. Homeowners are
required to repay a portion of the money spent to improve their homes. The money that is repaid is then put in a
revolving fund to be used to make other home improvements. This grant started in 2005. Housing Opportunities of Warsaw would now
like to start using the funds that have been repaid. Rolly Ortega made a motion to consider this
ordinance for passage on the first reading.
Jeff Carroll seconded the motion.
The motion passed. Rolly Ortega
made a motion to pass Ordinance 2007-5-1 establishing the fund. Jeff Carroll seconded the motion. The motion passed.
Subrecipient Agreement
with Housing Opportunities of
This is an agreement between the Town and Housing Opportunities of Warsaw
for HOW to administer a grant for the Town to rehabilitate houses. They have been doing an excellent job
administering grants for the Town. Jerry
Clevenger made a motion to approve the agreement. Jeff Carroll seconded the motion. The motion passed.
Approval of Letter of
Easement:
An issue came up recently when Brad Whaley, a resident of Stone Camp
Trail was selling his house. He needed a
letter from the Town stating that there was no objection from the Town in
regards to the property owner accessing
Approval of INDOT Contract
for 250 East Reconstruction:
This contract is between INDOT and the Town that supports an agreement
made in November, 2006 between Bonar Group, Inc. and the Town regarding the
construction of 250 East. Jeff Carroll
made a motion to accept the contract with INDOT. Rolly Ortega seconded the motion. The motion passed. This project is scheduled to be bid out on
May 16th.
Police Department
Resignation:
Assistant Police Chief Chad Stevens resigned on May 5th. Joy Lohse read the letter of
resignation. Rolly Ortega made a motion
to accept the resignation. Jerry
Clevenger seconded the motion. The
motion passed.
Resolution and Police Department
Hire:
Police Chief Paul Schmitt is recommending that Mike Foster be hired to
replace Chad Stevens. Mike has been a
reserve office since 2004. He has worked
extremely hard as a reserve officer and is currently a dispatcher. Paul also requested that part of the
probationary status be waived and that Mike receive 90% of his wages for six
months. Jeff Carroll made a motion to
approve the resolution to hire Mike Foster as a Winona Lake Police Officer
effective May 20th. Rolly
Ortega seconded the motion. The motion
passed. Retha Hicks swore Mike Foster
in.
Report from Town Engineer:
Larry Long reported that soil borings have been completed on
Craig Allebach stated that Brent
Wilcoxson has approached the Town regarding the donation of some land around
the “
Report from Town Attorney:
Jim Walmer had nothing to report.
Reports from
Indiana-American Water Company: Craig met with Chris Harrison today from Indiana-American
Water Company. The company would like to
extend the water main on
Photos: Craig requested that as many council
members as possible meet this Thursday for a picture to be taken with the K21
Foundation and the Kosciusko Community Foundation. The K21 Foundation donated $50,000 for the
Greenway project and also $2,000 for chairs at the
Police Department: Paul Schmitt reported that the new K-9
police car is now in service.
There has been a problem with several
of the cars running bad. Paul is not
sure if it is something with the cars or it is the fuel. He is suspicious there has been something
wrong with the fuel. Fuel samples have
been taken to a lab and test results should be ready this week. A considerable amount of money has been spent
repairing the vehicles and he would like to determine the cause of the problem
and the responsible party.
Commencement: Grace Graduation went very well over the
weekend in the new
The meeting was adjourned.
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JOY
LOHSE RETHA
S. HICKS
VICE-PRESIDENT CLERK-TREASURER