of the United States of America, and to
the republic for which it stands, one
nation under God, indivisible, with
liberty and justice for all.
» Roll call, Kevin.
>> Here.
>> Go ahead.
>> I apologize for Kevin's tardiness.
>> [snorts]
>> Mark Hepner?
>> Present.
>> Kevin Heckley?
>> Present.
>> Joe Kelsey?
» Right here.
>> Roll call complete.
>> Okay, Chief. You have anything for us tonight?
>> Um
the only thing I have is the situation
with the stuff in the alley. Um
That guy's had
over 30 days since we've talked to We've
talked to him twice, documented two
reports.
He keeps saying that he is going to move
that stuff. He has not moved it.
Uh
officers there last week.
He said that he was going to work on it
this weekend.
I drove by this morning.
It doesn't look like anything's moved,
so
I think if it's
>> [clears throat]
>> if you guys agree, we'll give him
5 days. If he doesn't have it completed,
then I think the city needs to
um
step in, either have
your department go down and remove the
stuff, or we hire a company and then
send him the bill. So.
>> Should we Do we need to involve code
enforcement in this also?
>> [snorts]
>> He's Yeah, code enforcement's been over
there, too. So.
>> right.
>> He's had He's had ample time to to
remove the stuff. Like I said, we've uh
you know, we talked to him over a month
ago. We talked to him last week, so
things aren't getting done. I feel like
we need to take action to get this stuff
completed.
>> Okay.
>> Sounds good to me.
>> Do we need a formal letter or anything
to him?
>> I think he's moving.
>> Yeah, we'll just wait until that happens
and I think we do have to put something
out there saying
I don't know cuz we already gave him the time frame, so.
>> He's had He's had over a month.
>> Over a month.
>> Did you give him Did you give him a
number how many days or when he had it
done by?
>> Not yet. I mean, I will give him 5 days.
>> to give You're going to give him the 5
days then?
>> Yeah, we'll give him 5 days tonight and
I'll stop there.
>> So.
>> Is that a He's on Maple Lane, right?
>> No, I forget the It's right on the
corner.
>> You want to give it What's the day of
next Monday?
>> 13th.
>> You want to give him till the
till
midnight on the
12th?
>> Yeah, give him Yeah.
» Say that right? Be midnight on the 12th
and 13th we can remove it.
>> Yeah.
>> You guys want to make that clear though.
You got a deadline. You got a deadline.
>> Yeah.
>> It's not 5 days that we were out there
Saturday and Sunday.
>> I'll follow I'll follow up with a letter
and give it to him. That way it outlines
[snorts] it, so.
We'll have one on file, he'll have one
on file.
>> Okay.
>> Very good.
>> Yeah, I think the best way to go about
it is to hire unless you guys can do it.
I don't know what's out there. So, if
you guys are capable of doing it
>> It's wood and a little building little
lean-to building.
>> If you guys are capable of doing it,
then you guys do it. If you guys If it's
too much for you guys
>> look at it tomorrow. Is the lean Is the
lean-to attached to his garage?
>> I don't know. I'm [clears throat] not
sure.
>> Okay.
>> So, and if it's too much for you guys,
then we'll just hire a company, we'll
pay it, and then we'll bill him.
>> We'll put a tax roll on it or whatever
if he doesn't pay it.
>> Yeah, well, yeah, we'll put a lien on
his house if he doesn't pay it.
» Chief, anything else?
>> Um
>> [clears throat]
>> one other thing, the
I'd like to thank you for approving
those cameras on the front of our
building.
Um
last week we had a vehicle drive by and
sideswipe one of our squad cars and
didn't stop.
Their [clears throat] mirror broke and
our mirror hit our mirror but it didn't
break.
Through the cameras we were able to
track down the subject and uh
that subject got a few tickets and a day
in court, so
the cameras worked.
>> Great.
>> Good.
>> Paid for themselves, all right.
>> That's all I have.
>> Anything else on the hiring process?
>> Uh it's posted.
>> It's posted?
>> Yep.
>> So
>> till the end of
>> July.
>> Mhm.
>> And we'll go from there.
>> And I want to brought this up before,
but during the interviews it'd be nice
to for you to be here to answer any
questions that they might have.
>> Sure.
>> You know, what's hours, how many hours a
week, what shift, all those things, so.
>> Yep.
>> Okay.
Ryan, you have anything for us?
>> Yes, I do.
Um
you guys seen the emails go out a couple
weeks ago, I think.
>> Yes.
>> Um for the chip and seal.
Um just the formal letter from the
county here. I know Joe, I talked to Joe
and he you guys both were I didn't hear
back from you, I don't think, but
>> Yeah, we were on vacation.
>> Um the county's going to chip and seal
Stinger Street from Becker all the way
to the concrete for $4,800. They'll chip
and seal it. Um
he drove down it, said most of the spots
that we already patched it in and he
goes it it should be fine.
>> Yep.
>> He goes he'll come out the day before
doing it or something a few days before,
so if we needed to go patch it again,
stick the floor back down, so hopefully
he said that should make that road last
a little bit longer being there's
nothing there, you know, on that road,
so.
>> How much was it again, Ryan?
>> $4,800.
I'll just give this to you.
They're going to bill us direct, so
>> [snorts]
>> through our We have an interlocal
agreement with them, so.
And
>> we need to make motion.
>> Probably need to make a formal motion to
that, yeah.
>> Okay.
Yeah, I'll make a motion that we go with
uh uh
our county [snorts] chip and seal
for what is 4,000
>> 800
>> I'll second.
>> All in favor say I.
Approved.
>> All right, then I also have a service
agreement here from Silver Silver Smith
who who who does our GIS.
The I don't know why I have a new
service agreement. I'm a little
can't figure it out. Our tablets stopped
working
um
about 2 weeks ago it all of a sudden
said it had moisture and it was wet and
it wouldn't charge.
Um the IT guys looked at it, Parker
looked at it and everything seemed fine.
It's never gotten wet cuz it was
actually sitting in the building when it
started doing it. Uh so not sure,
contacted Silver Smith, they gave a
couple options to do to redo the things
and it's still saying the exact same
thing.
They so they sent me a price to replace
this with an This is several This is
quite an old unit now.
Uh the replace the new one is $450.
The problem came in is I can't sign a
contract or anything without your guys'
approval or the mayor's approval. So
they're holding that um till we sign
this.
Um
I don't believe there was anything
different from what we already under. We
pay them annually a cost fee already. So
nothing's changed. It's just you guys
can read that if you want.
I assume we need to get
board approval to be able to sign sign
>> Just one?
yeah. We only have one, yeah.
This will be This tablet actually is the
only thing we can use to actually
pinpoint the locations. I tried with my
iPad, they won't let me do they won't
let me use the iPad on it.
>> an Android.
>> Yeah, it has an Android phone. So yeah,
um
so I wasn't able to do anything I
haven't been able to do anything for
about 3 weeks with this thing now.
» Okay, I'll make a motion to forward to
purchase an Android tablet with
protective case for $450.
>> I will second that.
All in favor say aye.
>> Aye.
>> You guys are okay with me signing that
or do you guys want to sign it?
>> We can sign it.
>> Okay, cool.
We're acting like we're here.
>> [laughter]
» You got the date on here. Today's date
is 6th.
>> That's fine.
>> Yeah, on July 6th.
>> Yeah, that's fine.
Set that off to here.
>> Is that exactly $450?
>> Yeah.
» I'll see she you a copy of that.
>> All right, I can go to copy it in here
before we leave.
>> All right, then
I mean Kevin, I we can get the hydrant
flushing on the signs out front.
We're going to start doing some of those
we missed off last year. So,
I mean, my goal is to train the other
two this [snorts] week to do that so
they can while I'm gone they can get all
of them then. So, yeah. So, that should get that
moving forward and then
>> There's one other thing here.
>> Oh, the other thing I was going to
question was the
uh the car show
um
if we can put something on the bill so
the residents know when that's coming.
Uh cuz we'll need to put something out
for Main Street individually, but
the rest of the city
will know. But, we put I don't know if
we put anything on the bill or not.
>> Yeah, we can put something on the bill.
Should be We can put something just in
the text box.
>> Yeah.
>> Cuz
>> I don't know if people look at it, but
some people probably do. I mean, I'm
sure people do, but
>> Yeah.
we'll put something in there. You
just have to let Leah know.
>> Yeah. I I saw her earlier today and I
told her I'd ask you too. So, make sure
she doesn't look surprised.
>> Just a few days before. Just let her
know. She has to add it in there before
she actually submits the stuff on there.
>> All right, yeah. Cuz I'll be reading it
again here shortly. So
Uh I think that's all I had.
» I would like to call I see the removal
of all the concrete.
>> Yes, looks like they today they were
they moved the hydrants installed two new hydrants in there.
>> Oh.
>> Um I have the stores not the stores are
out the shop.
>> For [snorts] those two.
>> Um they removed they moved seven or
sorry they moved 12 of the curb boxes
out of the sidewalk or out of the
driveways.
>> Okay.
>> So those are all done and then
they're tearing out the front
half block or block that front little
half block right there was coming out
today.
But everything they've had to put the
special fill in and redo the whole fill
and all of it. So
>> So what about access for fire place EMS?
>> I
Right now you can enter through the you
can enter through the back way I do
believe. They just now they just got
that short half block blocked off.
>> Off of Fort Braden Road?
>> Yeah. The rest of it's stoned so you can
drive you can drive through there yeah.
As I said I didn't go back in there
today I'm assuming they opened that up
so people can drive through there. So
They did it in phases that way not
everybody was locked out.
>> Speaking of stores adapters do you need
wrenches or do you have wrenches to take
those caps off?
>> Uh I think I have I think I have two.
>> don't have I'll get some for you.
>> I have two.
>> Okay. If you need more let me know.
>> But yeah I have two I think both two of
the trucks have them on it. So yeah.
» Anything else?
>> That's all I have.
>> Kevin?
>> I just have
uh
prior minutes.
from last meeting.
>> They look good to me.
>> I was not here so I don't know.
» You can still vote on them.
>> You can still move to approve them.
>> They look look right. Yeah.
>> Yeah, I read through them and they're
fine.
I'm good with
» I motion to accept the minutes as
presented.
>> I will second that.
>> All in favor say aye.
>> Aye.
» After that,
I have
two payrolls for you guys to sign on.
Uh and the last thing I have in there, I
don't know
you guys
probably want to know about it, too, is
the amendment for the
uh water tower for the satellites for
Metrolink.
Um
This amendment's in here
is the one that I drafted. I sent it to
him. He's uh taking a long time to get
back with us on this. I mean, I've been
talking with him for like a year and a half. And
um
kind of dragging his feet on it.
Uh last meeting Joe told me he's like,
"If we don't get something settled by
today, then we'll enact our clause in
the current contract right now.
We have to give them a year's notice
that we're
you know, getting out of the contract."
And so, I told him that if uh he didn't
get back with us today
that if we didn't have something signed
today, that we were going to enact that would be, you know, we're going to
enact that. So,
um
I didn't hear back from I I back from
him saying, you know, "Thanks for
bringing this back to my attention and
he'll follow up." And I he hear back
from him about that after that.
So,
um yeah, this is the current amendment
that I'm proposing. I think it's pretty
fair to everybody. I mean, it ups the
rent from $200
and just evens the the playing field a
little bit more. The original contract
was from 2010
and it favored Metal Link heavily. It's
$200. I mean, that's barely covered you
know, I don't know what even electric
looks like over there of their
equipment. So,
uh this kind of evens the playing field,
outlines a little bit more, limits them
to how much they can actually put up
there. Right now, there's no limit. So,
this actually limits how much they can
put up there. It raises the rent and it
gives us a 3% step up every year as
well.
And then also gives us a
um
this gives us and them a 6-month
termination period as well. Right now,
it's 1 year and 30 days. So, it's
very exciting to them. So, I mean, I
don't know if I don't know if you guys
would pass this or they would, but it's
worth you guys knowing as well.
So,
>> So, do we need to act on that tonight or
I was going to have counsel
>> Okay.
>> pass it, but I just thought you guys
would also like to know. I mean, it's on the water tower, so it's
probably something you guys should also
know about.
>> How many towers are up there right now?
>> Lots.
>> A bunch of them.
>> Do you think they're compensated for all
of them?
>> I think there's
>> Just the two on Just that 200 a month
all we get no matter what they put up
there. Yeah.
>> Yeah. Yeah, right now there's no limit.
I mean, they could surround the whole
thing up there and it would they'd still
pay $200.
So, this outlines it. This gives them, I
think, eight sector antennas and not
more than three
parabolic dishes. So, this limits them
at 11 cuz I think right now they might
have
11 or eight. It's It's up there, but
there's no limit. them. could put
another three up there without any
permission or anything. So,
this will limit them to that.
So, and this also includes um
for construction if
uh when when we change over to the water
tower that they're responsible for all
that as well, which the original
contract does not outline anything about
that. So, this does a lot for us. So,
um yeah.
Hopefully, he's on board with it, but
>> Well, thank you for handling that.
>> Yeah.
>> things you just
>> You don't think
>> think about.
>> Yeah, they Yeah. Well, it just went, you
know, under the radar so long,
especially when you don't have, you
know, when it goes 10 years and then it
renews for another 10 years after that.
It's kind of like
you don't really think about it and it
doesn't come up all that often. So,
yeah. That's all I have.
>> Okay.
Kevin, you have anything?
>> I don't.
» Skyler, do you have anything for us
tonight?
>> Nothing for me.
>> Do you have anything for us tonight?
>> Yeah. Let me make sure I get it all.
>> Okay.
>> Um
I was told by
other agencies to make sure that I
reported one last time to city council
and to the police department
the ongoing harassment at the house
that started when he started flashing my
minor child, him and groups of guys in
the alley, and now they've got cameras
pointing towards her room,
and it's not good enough that they have
now surrounded our house with
spotlights.
That's one picture out my front window
of the spotlights that they've now got
pointed towards my house.
When I talked to the other police
officers, they said their cameras and
their lights cannot come more than 5 ft
into my property line or past their
property. And since there's an alley in
between, none of them should be on my
property, except he's got them pointed
only at my property constantly.
The trespassing, I've already asked
officers to press trespassing from my
property. I've got multiple pictures
just from this weekend where he's trying
to drive his
motorized golf cart into my fence where
he's literally in my yard.
The spotlights, the cameras pointed, the
yelling at the cameras, even if I'm not
there, he's yelling at my cameras, he's
hurting my cameras that is insinuated at
me.
And the damage that they're still
throwing fireworks over onto my property
and now that they have burned my porch
and burned some of my house.
The insurance is now involved in a new
lawyers are getting involved to the
point that they are setting, what are
they called, Tanzanite something bombs.
The police were going by his house 90
seconds later after the bombs were set,
so I'm assuming they knew who was
setting the bombs.
And they just said I needed to report it
one more time
because then that goes towards the loss
of immunity for the city
and for the police.
» This is what? I'm sorry.
>> It goes towards the loss of immunity
that the police and the city hold that
I've been harassed for this many times
that I come to this many meetings and I
say it on camera
this many times and yet the harassment
is getting larger and larger to the
point that they're setting off bombs
that are illegal in Indiana to set off.
>> Did you call when that happened?
>> Absolutely not. I know what happens if I
call. I'm terrified of calling. That's
why
I went to the sheriff and the Indiana
State Police and the FBI and stuff, but
they said I have to report it again
before I can put it on the list of
things that have just gone by
unanswered.
>> Well, we we can't do anything if if you
don't call.
>> But I reported it at other city city
meetings that I've been
harassed constantly.
>> the fireworks and the stuff.
>> I let them know last meeting the
fireworks were being thrown over and
they were on my new seating arrangement
that I had out front, so I had to move
it into the back and so now they're
throwing them into the back.
>> Okay, I was here at the last meeting and
I don't remember that. I'm sorry.
>> It's on camera.
>> Okay, well I can look back at it. I
didn't if if you said that to me and I
missed it, I'm sorry, but
Now
>> Him threatening my cameras is the same
as him threatening me is what the
officer said.
>> What's that?
>> Him threatening my cameras is the same
thing as him threatening me is what the
officer said.
>> All right.
Okay.
>> And I know it was reported by other
people that there were two bombs set off
in town. Everybody heard them.
>> I'll have to go through our dispatch
logs. Okay.
Cuz I'm not I'm saying I'm not sure cuz
I wasn't here, so.
>> The police went by where they were set
off 90 seconds later.
» Okay.
I'll entertain a motion to adjourn.
>> All right, I'll second that.
>> Favor say aye.
>> Aye.