[0:00] of the United States of America, and to
[0:02] the republic for which it stands, one
[0:05] nation under God, indivisible, with
[0:07] liberty and justice for all.
[0:14] » Roll call, Kevin.
[0:16] >> Here.
[0:18] >> Go ahead.
[0:19] >> I apologize for Kevin's tardiness.
[0:22] >> [snorts]
[0:22] >> Mark Hepner?
[0:24] >> Present.
[0:25] >> Kevin Heckley?
[0:26] >> Present.
[0:27] >> Joe Kelsey?
[0:31] » Right here.
[0:33] >> Roll call complete.
[0:35] >> Okay, Chief. You have anything for us tonight?
[0:38] >> Um
[0:39] the only thing I have is the situation
[0:41] with the stuff in the alley. Um
[0:46] That guy's had
[0:48] over 30 days since we've talked to We've
[0:50] talked to him twice, documented two
[0:52] reports.
[0:53] He keeps saying that he is going to move
[0:55] that stuff. He has not moved it.
[0:57] Uh
[0:59] officers there last week.
[1:01] He said that he was going to work on it
[1:02] this weekend.
[1:04] I drove by this morning.
[1:06] It doesn't look like anything's moved,
[1:07] so
[1:09] I think if it's
[1:10] >> [clears throat]
[1:11] >> if you guys agree, we'll give him
[1:14] 5 days. If he doesn't have it completed,
[1:16] then I think the city needs to
[1:19] um
[1:20] step in, either have
[1:23] your department go down and remove the
[1:24] stuff, or we hire a company and then
[1:26] send him the bill. So.
[1:28] >> Should we Do we need to involve code
[1:30] enforcement in this also?
[1:32] >> [snorts]
[1:32] >> He's Yeah, code enforcement's been over
[1:34] there, too. So.
[1:35] >> right.
[1:36] >> He's had He's had ample time to to
[1:37] remove the stuff. Like I said, we've uh
[1:41] you know, we talked to him over a month
[1:42] ago. We talked to him last week, so
[1:46] things aren't getting done. I feel like
[1:48] we need to take action to get this stuff
[1:50] completed.
[1:51] >> Okay.
[1:53] >> Sounds good to me.
[1:55] >> Do we need a formal letter or anything
[1:57] to him?
[1:58] >> I think he's moving.
[1:59] >> Yeah, we'll just wait until that happens
[2:01] and I think we do have to put something
[2:03] out there saying
[2:06] I don't know cuz we already gave him the time frame, so.
[2:10] >> He's had He's had over a month.
[2:11] >> Over a month.
[2:12] >> Did you give him Did you give him a
[2:13] number how many days or when he had it
[2:15] done by?
[2:17] >> Not yet. I mean, I will give him 5 days.
[2:18] >> to give You're going to give him the 5
[2:19] days then?
[2:20] >> Yeah, we'll give him 5 days tonight and
[2:22] I'll stop there.
[2:23] >> So.
[2:25] >> Is that a He's on Maple Lane, right?
[2:26] >> No, I forget the It's right on the
[2:28] corner.
[2:29] >> You want to give it What's the day of
[2:30] next Monday?
[2:33] >> 13th.
[2:34] >> You want to give him till the
[2:35] till
[2:37] midnight on the
[2:39] 12th?
[2:40] >> Yeah, give him Yeah.
[2:43] » Say that right? Be midnight on the 12th
[2:45] and 13th we can remove it.
[2:47] >> Yeah.
[2:48] >> You guys want to make that clear though.
[2:49] You got a deadline. You got a deadline.
[2:50] >> Yeah.
[2:51] >> It's not 5 days that we were out there
[2:52] Saturday and Sunday.
[2:53] >> I'll follow I'll follow up with a letter
[2:54] and give it to him. That way it outlines
[2:56] [snorts] it, so.
[2:57] We'll have one on file, he'll have one
[2:58] on file.
[2:59] >> Okay.
[3:01] >> Very good.
[3:01] >> Yeah, I think the best way to go about
[3:03] it is to hire unless you guys can do it.
[3:06] I don't know what's out there. So, if
[3:08] you guys are capable of doing it
[3:09] >> It's wood and a little building little
[3:11] lean-to building.
[3:12] >> If you guys are capable of doing it,
[3:13] then you guys do it. If you guys If it's
[3:15] too much for you guys
[3:16] >> look at it tomorrow. Is the lean Is the
[3:19] lean-to attached to his garage?
[3:21] >> I don't know. I'm [clears throat] not
[3:22] sure.
[3:24] >> Okay.
[3:25] >> So, and if it's too much for you guys,
[3:27] then we'll just hire a company, we'll
[3:29] pay it, and then we'll bill him.
[3:31] >> We'll put a tax roll on it or whatever
[3:32] if he doesn't pay it.
[3:34] >> Yeah, well, yeah, we'll put a lien on
[3:35] his house if he doesn't pay it.
[3:39] » Chief, anything else?
[3:40] >> Um
[3:41] >> [clears throat]
[3:41] >> one other thing, the
[3:43] I'd like to thank you for approving
[3:44] those cameras on the front of our
[3:45] building.
[3:47] Um
[3:49] last week we had a vehicle drive by and
[3:50] sideswipe one of our squad cars and
[3:52] didn't stop.
[3:54] Their [clears throat] mirror broke and
[3:56] our mirror hit our mirror but it didn't
[3:57] break.
[4:00] Through the cameras we were able to
[4:02] track down the subject and uh
[4:05] that subject got a few tickets and a day
[4:07] in court, so
[4:09] the cameras worked.
[4:10] >> Great.
[4:11] >> Good.
[4:12] >> Paid for themselves, all right.
[4:14] >> That's all I have.
[4:15] >> Anything else on the hiring process?
[4:16] >> Uh it's posted.
[4:18] >> It's posted?
[4:18] >> Yep.
[4:19] >> So
[4:19] >> till the end of
[4:20] >> July.
[4:20] >> Mhm.
[4:22] >> And we'll go from there.
[4:24] >> And I want to brought this up before,
[4:26] but during the interviews it'd be nice
[4:28] to for you to be here to answer any
[4:31] questions that they might have.
[4:32] >> Sure.
[4:33] >> You know, what's hours, how many hours a
[4:35] week, what shift, all those things, so.
[4:39] >> Yep.
[4:39] >> Okay.
[4:40] Ryan, you have anything for us?
[4:42] >> Yes, I do.
[4:44] Um
[4:45] you guys seen the emails go out a couple
[4:47] weeks ago, I think.
[4:48] >> Yes.
[4:49] >> Um for the chip and seal.
[4:51] Um just the formal letter from the
[4:53] county here. I know Joe, I talked to Joe
[4:56] and he you guys both were I didn't hear
[4:57] back from you, I don't think, but
[4:59] >> Yeah, we were on vacation.
[5:00] >> Um the county's going to chip and seal
[5:02] Stinger Street from Becker all the way
[5:04] to the concrete for $4,800. They'll chip
[5:07] and seal it. Um
[5:10] he drove down it, said most of the spots
[5:12] that we already patched it in and he
[5:13] goes it it should be fine.
[5:15] >> Yep.
[5:15] >> He goes he'll come out the day before
[5:17] doing it or something a few days before,
[5:18] so if we needed to go patch it again,
[5:20] stick the floor back down, so hopefully
[5:22] he said that should make that road last
[5:24] a little bit longer being there's
[5:26] nothing there, you know, on that road,
[5:28] so.
[5:28] >> How much was it again, Ryan?
[5:29] >> $4,800.
[5:31] I'll just give this to you.
[5:33] They're going to bill us direct, so
[5:36] >> [snorts]
[5:36] >> through our We have an interlocal
[5:37] agreement with them, so.
[5:40] And
[5:41] >> we need to make motion.
[5:43] >> Probably need to make a formal motion to
[5:44] that, yeah.
[5:46] >> Okay.
[5:47] Yeah, I'll make a motion that we go with
[5:49] uh uh
[5:50] our county [snorts] chip and seal
[5:52] for what is 4,000
[5:54] >> 800
[5:56] >> I'll second.
[5:57] >> All in favor say I.
[6:01] Approved.
[6:02] >> All right, then I also have a service
[6:06] agreement here from Silver Silver Smith
[6:08] who who who does our GIS.
[6:10] The I don't know why I have a new
[6:12] service agreement. I'm a little
[6:15] can't figure it out. Our tablets stopped
[6:17] working
[6:18] um
[6:19] about 2 weeks ago it all of a sudden
[6:21] said it had moisture and it was wet and
[6:23] it wouldn't charge.
[6:25] Um the IT guys looked at it, Parker
[6:27] looked at it and everything seemed fine.
[6:29] It's never gotten wet cuz it was
[6:30] actually sitting in the building when it
[6:32] started doing it. Uh so not sure,
[6:34] contacted Silver Smith, they gave a
[6:36] couple options to do to redo the things
[6:37] and it's still saying the exact same
[6:39] thing.
[6:40] They so they sent me a price to replace
[6:43] this with an This is several This is
[6:45] quite an old unit now.
[6:47] Uh the replace the new one is $450.
[6:50] The problem came in is I can't sign a
[6:53] contract or anything without your guys'
[6:54] approval or the mayor's approval. So
[6:57] they're holding that um till we sign
[7:00] this.
[7:00] Um
[7:01] I don't believe there was anything
[7:02] different from what we already under. We
[7:04] pay them annually a cost fee already. So
[7:07] nothing's changed. It's just you guys
[7:09] can read that if you want.
[7:10] I assume we need to get
[7:12] board approval to be able to sign sign
[7:15] >> Just one?
[7:15] yeah. We only have one, yeah.
[7:18] This will be This tablet actually is the
[7:19] only thing we can use to actually
[7:22] pinpoint the locations. I tried with my
[7:24] iPad, they won't let me do they won't
[7:26] let me use the iPad on it.
[7:27] >> an Android.
[7:28] >> Yeah, it has an Android phone. So yeah,
[7:30] um
[7:31] so I wasn't able to do anything I
[7:33] haven't been able to do anything for
[7:35] about 3 weeks with this thing now.
[7:39] » Okay, I'll make a motion to forward to
[7:40] purchase an Android tablet with
[7:42] protective case for $450.
[7:45] >> I will second that.
[7:47] All in favor say aye.
[7:48] >> Aye.
[7:49] >> You guys are okay with me signing that
[7:50] or do you guys want to sign it?
[7:52] >> We can sign it.
[7:52] >> Okay, cool.
[7:58] We're acting like we're here.
[7:59] >> [laughter]
[8:08] » You got the date on here. Today's date
[8:09] is 6th.
[8:10] >> That's fine.
[8:11] >> Yeah, on July 6th.
[8:12] >> Yeah, that's fine.
[8:14] Set that off to here.
[8:15] >> Is that exactly $450?
[8:17] >> Yeah.
[8:21] » I'll see she you a copy of that.
[8:22] >> All right, I can go to copy it in here
[8:24] before we leave.
[8:27] >> All right, then
[8:29] I mean Kevin, I we can get the hydrant
[8:31] flushing on the signs out front.
[8:34] We're going to start doing some of those
[8:36] we missed off last year. So,
[8:38] I mean, my goal is to train the other
[8:41] two this [snorts] week to do that so
[8:42] they can while I'm gone they can get all
[8:44] of them then. So, yeah. So, that should get that
[8:48] moving forward and then
[8:51] >> There's one other thing here.
[8:51] >> Oh, the other thing I was going to
[8:52] question was the
[8:54] uh the car show
[8:56] um
[8:58] if we can put something on the bill so
[8:59] the residents know when that's coming.
[9:03] Uh cuz we'll need to put something out
[9:05] for Main Street individually, but
[9:07] the rest of the city
[9:09] will know. But, we put I don't know if
[9:11] we put anything on the bill or not.
[9:12] >> Yeah, we can put something on the bill.
[9:15] Should be We can put something just in
[9:16] the text box.
[9:17] >> Yeah.
[9:18] >> Cuz
[9:18] >> I don't know if people look at it, but
[9:19] some people probably do. I mean, I'm
[9:21] sure people do, but
[9:22] >> Yeah.
[9:23] we'll put something in there. You
[9:24] just have to let Leah know.
[9:25] >> Yeah. I I saw her earlier today and I
[9:27] told her I'd ask you too. So, make sure
[9:29] she doesn't look surprised.
[9:30] >> Just a few days before. Just let her
[9:32] know. She has to add it in there before
[9:34] she actually submits the stuff on there.
[9:36] >> All right, yeah. Cuz I'll be reading it
[9:37] again here shortly. So
[9:40] Uh I think that's all I had.
[9:49] » I would like to call I see the removal
[9:51] of all the concrete.
[9:52] >> Yes, looks like they today they were
[9:55] they moved the hydrants installed two new hydrants in there.
[9:58] >> Oh.
[9:58] >> Um I have the stores not the stores are
[10:00] out the shop.
[10:01] >> For [snorts] those two.
[10:03] >> Um they removed they moved seven or
[10:05] sorry they moved 12 of the curb boxes
[10:07] out of the sidewalk or out of the
[10:08] driveways.
[10:09] >> Okay.
[10:10] >> So those are all done and then
[10:12] they're tearing out the front
[10:15] half block or block that front little
[10:16] half block right there was coming out
[10:18] today.
[10:19] But everything they've had to put the
[10:21] special fill in and redo the whole fill
[10:22] and all of it. So
[10:23] >> So what about access for fire place EMS?
[10:27] >> I
[10:28] Right now you can enter through the you
[10:30] can enter through the back way I do
[10:32] believe. They just now they just got
[10:33] that short half block blocked off.
[10:36] >> Off of Fort Braden Road?
[10:37] >> Yeah. The rest of it's stoned so you can
[10:39] drive you can drive through there yeah.
[10:42] As I said I didn't go back in there
[10:43] today I'm assuming they opened that up
[10:45] so people can drive through there. So
[10:48] They did it in phases that way not
[10:51] everybody was locked out.
[10:53] >> Speaking of stores adapters do you need
[10:56] wrenches or do you have wrenches to take
[10:58] those caps off?
[10:59] >> Uh I think I have I think I have two.
[11:01] >> don't have I'll get some for you.
[11:02] >> I have two.
[11:03] >> Okay. If you need more let me know.
[11:05] >> But yeah I have two I think both two of
[11:07] the trucks have them on it. So yeah.
[11:12] » Anything else?
[11:13] >> That's all I have.
[11:15] >> Kevin?
[11:17] >> I just have
[11:18] uh
[11:19] prior minutes.
[11:22] from last meeting.
[11:24] >> They look good to me.
[11:26] >> I was not here so I don't know.
[11:32] » You can still vote on them.
[11:34] >> You can still move to approve them.
[11:36] >> They look look right. Yeah.
[11:38] >> Yeah, I read through them and they're
[11:39] fine.
[11:40] I'm good with
[11:43] » I motion to accept the minutes as
[11:44] presented.
[11:45] >> I will second that.
[11:47] >> All in favor say aye.
[11:48] >> Aye.
[11:53] » After that,
[11:55] I have
[11:58] two payrolls for you guys to sign on.
[12:23] Uh and the last thing I have in there, I
[12:26] don't know
[12:28] you guys
[12:29] probably want to know about it, too, is
[12:30] the amendment for the
[12:33] uh water tower for the satellites for
[12:36] Metrolink.
[12:38] Um
[12:40] This amendment's in here
[12:42] is the one that I drafted. I sent it to
[12:45] him. He's uh taking a long time to get
[12:48] back with us on this. I mean, I've been
[12:49] talking with him for like a year and a half. And
[12:53] um
[12:54] kind of dragging his feet on it.
[12:56] Uh last meeting Joe told me he's like,
[12:59] "If we don't get something settled by
[13:01] today, then we'll enact our clause in
[13:04] the current contract right now.
[13:06] We have to give them a year's notice
[13:08] that we're
[13:09] you know, getting out of the contract."
[13:11] And so, I told him that if uh he didn't
[13:14] get back with us today
[13:16] that if we didn't have something signed
[13:17] today, that we were going to enact that would be, you know, we're going to
[13:20] enact that. So,
[13:22] um
[13:23] I didn't hear back from I I back from
[13:25] him saying, you know, "Thanks for
[13:26] bringing this back to my attention and
[13:28] he'll follow up." And I he hear back
[13:30] from him about that after that.
[13:32] So,
[13:34] um yeah, this is the current amendment
[13:36] that I'm proposing. I think it's pretty
[13:38] fair to everybody. I mean, it ups the
[13:39] rent from $200
[13:41] and just evens the the playing field a
[13:43] little bit more. The original contract
[13:45] was from 2010
[13:47] and it favored Metal Link heavily. It's
[13:49] $200. I mean, that's barely covered you
[13:51] know, I don't know what even electric
[13:53] looks like over there of their
[13:54] equipment. So,
[13:56] uh this kind of evens the playing field,
[13:58] outlines a little bit more, limits them
[14:00] to how much they can actually put up
[14:01] there. Right now, there's no limit. So,
[14:03] this actually limits how much they can
[14:04] put up there. It raises the rent and it
[14:06] gives us a 3% step up every year as
[14:09] well.
[14:11] And then also gives us a
[14:13] um
[14:15] this gives us and them a 6-month
[14:17] termination period as well. Right now,
[14:19] it's 1 year and 30 days. So, it's
[14:22] very exciting to them. So, I mean, I
[14:24] don't know if I don't know if you guys
[14:25] would pass this or they would, but it's
[14:28] worth you guys knowing as well.
[14:31] So,
[14:33] >> So, do we need to act on that tonight or
[14:35] I was going to have counsel
[14:37] >> Okay.
[14:37] >> pass it, but I just thought you guys
[14:39] would also like to know. I mean, it's on the water tower, so it's
[14:42] probably something you guys should also
[14:43] know about.
[14:45] >> How many towers are up there right now?
[14:47] >> Lots.
[14:48] >> A bunch of them.
[14:49] >> Do you think they're compensated for all
[14:50] of them?
[14:51] >> I think there's
[14:52] >> Just the two on Just that 200 a month
[14:53] all we get no matter what they put up
[14:55] there. Yeah.
[14:56] >> Yeah. Yeah, right now there's no limit.
[14:58] I mean, they could surround the whole
[14:59] thing up there and it would they'd still
[15:01] pay $200.
[15:03] So, this outlines it. This gives them, I
[15:04] think, eight sector antennas and not
[15:07] more than three
[15:09] parabolic dishes. So, this limits them
[15:11] at 11 cuz I think right now they might
[15:15] have
[15:16] 11 or eight. It's It's up there, but
[15:19] there's no limit. them. could put
[15:20] another three up there without any
[15:22] permission or anything. So,
[15:24] this will limit them to that.
[15:28] So, and this also includes um
[15:32] for construction if
[15:33] uh when when we change over to the water
[15:35] tower that they're responsible for all
[15:37] that as well, which the original
[15:39] contract does not outline anything about
[15:41] that. So, this does a lot for us. So,
[15:45] um yeah.
[15:46] Hopefully, he's on board with it, but
[15:48] >> Well, thank you for handling that.
[15:49] >> Yeah.
[15:50] >> things you just
[15:51] >> You don't think
[15:52] >> think about.
[15:52] >> Yeah, they Yeah. Well, it just went, you
[15:54] know, under the radar so long,
[15:55] especially when you don't have, you
[15:56] know, when it goes 10 years and then it
[15:59] renews for another 10 years after that.
[16:00] It's kind of like
[16:02] you don't really think about it and it
[16:03] doesn't come up all that often. So,
[16:06] yeah. That's all I have.
[16:08] >> Okay.
[16:09] Kevin, you have anything?
[16:11] >> I don't.
[16:15] » Skyler, do you have anything for us
[16:17] tonight?
[16:17] >> Nothing for me.
[16:19] >> Do you have anything for us tonight?
[16:21] >> Yeah. Let me make sure I get it all.
[16:23] >> Okay.
[16:24] >> Um
[16:25] I was told by
[16:27] other agencies to make sure that I
[16:30] reported one last time to city council
[16:33] and to the police department
[16:36] the ongoing harassment at the house
[16:39] that started when he started flashing my
[16:40] minor child, him and groups of guys in
[16:43] the alley, and now they've got cameras
[16:45] pointing towards her room,
[16:46] and it's not good enough that they have
[16:48] now surrounded our house with
[16:49] spotlights.
[16:52] That's one picture out my front window
[16:55] of the spotlights that they've now got
[16:57] pointed towards my house.
[16:59] When I talked to the other police
[17:00] officers, they said their cameras and
[17:02] their lights cannot come more than 5 ft
[17:04] into my property line or past their
[17:06] property. And since there's an alley in
[17:08] between, none of them should be on my
[17:11] property, except he's got them pointed
[17:12] only at my property constantly.
[17:15] The trespassing, I've already asked
[17:17] officers to press trespassing from my
[17:19] property. I've got multiple pictures
[17:20] just from this weekend where he's trying
[17:23] to drive his
[17:25] motorized golf cart into my fence where
[17:27] he's literally in my yard.
[17:30] The spotlights, the cameras pointed, the
[17:33] yelling at the cameras, even if I'm not
[17:35] there, he's yelling at my cameras, he's
[17:37] hurting my cameras that is insinuated at
[17:39] me.
[17:40] And the damage that they're still
[17:41] throwing fireworks over onto my property
[17:43] and now that they have burned my porch
[17:45] and burned some of my house.
[17:47] The insurance is now involved in a new
[17:50] lawyers are getting involved to the
[17:52] point that they are setting, what are
[17:53] they called, Tanzanite something bombs.
[17:56] The police were going by his house 90
[17:59] seconds later after the bombs were set,
[18:01] so I'm assuming they knew who was
[18:02] setting the bombs.
[18:04] And they just said I needed to report it
[18:06] one more time
[18:08] because then that goes towards the loss
[18:09] of immunity for the city
[18:11] and for the police.
[18:16] » This is what? I'm sorry.
[18:17] >> It goes towards the loss of immunity
[18:19] that the police and the city hold that
[18:21] I've been harassed for this many times
[18:23] that I come to this many meetings and I
[18:25] say it on camera
[18:26] this many times and yet the harassment
[18:28] is getting larger and larger to the
[18:30] point that they're setting off bombs
[18:31] that are illegal in Indiana to set off.
[18:35] >> Did you call when that happened?
[18:36] >> Absolutely not. I know what happens if I
[18:38] call. I'm terrified of calling. That's
[18:41] why
[18:42] I went to the sheriff and the Indiana
[18:44] State Police and the FBI and stuff, but
[18:46] they said I have to report it again
[18:48] before I can put it on the list of
[18:50] things that have just gone by
[18:51] unanswered.
[18:53] >> Well, we we can't do anything if if you
[18:54] don't call.
[18:55] >> But I reported it at other city city
[18:58] meetings that I've been
[19:00] harassed constantly.
[19:01] >> the fireworks and the stuff.
[19:03] >> I let them know last meeting the
[19:05] fireworks were being thrown over and
[19:06] they were on my new seating arrangement
[19:08] that I had out front, so I had to move
[19:10] it into the back and so now they're
[19:11] throwing them into the back.
[19:12] >> Okay, I was here at the last meeting and
[19:14] I don't remember that. I'm sorry.
[19:15] >> It's on camera.
[19:17] >> Okay, well I can look back at it. I
[19:18] didn't if if you said that to me and I
[19:20] missed it, I'm sorry, but
[19:23] Now
[19:23] >> Him threatening my cameras is the same
[19:24] as him threatening me is what the
[19:26] officer said.
[19:27] >> What's that?
[19:27] >> Him threatening my cameras is the same
[19:29] thing as him threatening me is what the
[19:30] officer said.
[19:32] >> All right.
[19:34] Okay.
[19:34] >> And I know it was reported by other
[19:36] people that there were two bombs set off
[19:38] in town. Everybody heard them.
[19:41] >> I'll have to go through our dispatch
[19:42] logs. Okay.
[19:44] Cuz I'm not I'm saying I'm not sure cuz
[19:46] I wasn't here, so.
[19:47] >> The police went by where they were set
[19:49] off 90 seconds later.
[19:53] » Okay.
[19:54] I'll entertain a motion to adjourn.
[19:57] >> All right, I'll second that.
[19:58] >> Favor say aye.
[19:59] >> Aye.