[0:00] world stand

[0:05] to the flag of the United States of

[0:08] America and to the republic for which it

[0:10] stands. One nation under God,

[0:13] indivisible with liberty and justice for

[0:16] all.

[0:21] My apology I gathered a discussion there

[0:23] and let couple minutes go by.

[0:26] First item on agenda approval of the

[0:28] April one council minutes. Everyone had

[0:31] a chance to review those minutes. Any

[0:32] questions, comments?

[0:36] Entertain a motion to approve. Move to

[0:38] approve the 4126 council. Motion by Mr.

[0:43] Second. Second by Mr. Chad. All in

[0:45] favor? I opposed. Motion carries 4.

[0:48] Thank you. Uh Mr. Morgan, any public

[0:50] comments?

[0:51] >> I've had no request to speak tonight.

[0:53] However, I do have a uh request for a

[0:56] change in the agenda.

[0:58] >> It uh is a minor change under section C

[1:02] or item C, the documents where we have

[1:05] the five items that HR will be talking

[1:08] about. We'd like to remove sick leave

[1:10] usage policy for tonight and take it up

[1:13] on another night. That will require

[1:15] that.

[1:18] I'll move to amend the agenda to remove

[1:21] the sick leave usage policy from item

[1:26] 5C.

[1:28] Motion members second. Second by Mr. D.

[1:30] All in favor I.

[1:32] >> All opposed. Motion carry 4. Thank you.

[1:34] Uh first up on the agenda if

[1:38] wishes to be heard from the library.

[1:40] Miss Dos.

[1:45] Good evening

[1:47] and uh thank you so much each of you for

[1:49] meeting with us ahead of time. So I'm

[1:51] not going to take too much of your time

[1:52] and go over every detail because we've

[1:54] had good conversations about this

[1:56] already. But we wanted to come tonight

[1:59] to request beginning with the process

[2:01] for a replacement bond for the library.

[2:04] Uh we have a variety of things we need

[2:07] to improve. We have a 124 year old

[2:11] library so it's got some aging on it.

[2:14] Um, and if you go into the next one,

[2:17] we're working to preserve that. Since

[2:19] I've been here seven months ago, we've

[2:21] been working really hard to conserve

[2:23] money and we have stay we have stayed by

[2:25] cancelling contracts. We've gotten it

[2:27] down just as tight as we can. We're

[2:30] fundraising as well. So, our new

[2:32] foundation has raised over $40,000 in

[2:35] the last seven months, which is, you

[2:37] know, drop in the bucket in some ways,

[2:38] but a big deal to us. So, we're trying

[2:41] really hard to do it on our end as well.

[2:43] and partner with this process. Um, we

[2:46] also wanted to include in our

[2:48] conversation tonight just how busy the

[2:51] library has been in the last seven

[2:53] months. Our door count's been up. Our

[2:55] programming attendance has been way up,

[2:58] especially teens. We're having a lot of

[2:59] teens coming into the library. Story

[3:01] time is always full, but we're really

[3:04] proud to say that this is a busy and

[3:06] active library doing good work for the

[3:08] community.

[3:10] Um,

[3:13] if you go to the next slide, we did a

[3:16] strategic planning survey. We're in the

[3:18] middle of that process right now. And I

[3:20] won't go through those, but I left you

[3:22] have them in front of you as well. But

[3:24] we got 309

[3:26] uh responses, which is pretty good for

[3:29] our survey back. And 97% of those people

[3:32] say that they believe a public library

[3:34] is an important part of their community,

[3:36] which is not a surprise to us, but we

[3:39] just want to say that out loud that that

[3:41] matches with uh surveys done nationwide

[3:44] as well. People believe public libraries

[3:46] are important to their communities. So,

[3:48] you can read some of those comments. I'm

[3:50] going to go to the next one. So, we have

[3:53] a prioritized list of things we'd like

[3:56] to accomplish with this bond. Um, we

[3:58] have things like HVAC controls, a

[4:00] hydraulic a hydraulic pump replacement,

[4:03] some VAV work. Um, we have accessibility

[4:06] issues, lighting, drainage. We have

[4:09] water coming in front of the Carnegie

[4:11] building. We're trying to solve that

[4:13] problem. So, we have just a variety of

[4:15] things. We're trying to get the building

[4:17] to a low maintenance point because we

[4:20] know, just like you guys, we're going to

[4:21] be struggling in the next years because

[4:23] our revenue is down and different

[4:25] legislation has affected us. So, we're

[4:27] trying to get the building to a place

[4:28] where we're not going to have surprise

[4:30] maintenance projects. So, that's our big ask. Um,

[4:36] can you go to the next one? I'm going

[4:37] fast because I know you guys have all

[4:38] heard this. Um,

[4:42] one of the hard things for us in the

[4:44] funding that's coming our way is that

[4:47] our revenues are going to be cut. They

[4:49] are being cut. We've lost 133,000 from

[4:51] our revenue this year and we know that's

[4:53] going to continue the next couple of

[4:55] years and depending what they do with

[4:57] the local income tax. We could be seeing

[4:59] an even greater loss in three years. So

[5:03] we hope none of that happens. We're but

[5:05] we're holding steady. We have a project

[5:08] from the past 2017 when we put on solar

[5:10] panels on the roof. Those are still

[5:13] there. They're still functioning. They

[5:14] do provide between six and $8,000 a

[5:18] month of electricity for us. So that's

[5:20] significant and we need them to keep

[5:22] functioning and we're not changing our

[5:24] mind on that. But that loan is currently

[5:27] being paid out of our operating fund and

[5:29] we're asking to go ahead and put that

[5:31] with our request for the debt fund. So

[5:36] 3.4 plus that five would be about 3.9

[5:39] million. and Baker Tilly is here tonight

[5:41] and they're going to talk the numbers

[5:42] with you and show you how that will

[5:44] impact our community or not. Um, but

[5:47] that's going to help us a lot by freeing

[5:49] up the operating fund so I can continue

[5:52] to pay my staff. That's my I have 15

[5:55] people right now which is absolutely

[5:57] minimal. We at the last three weeks we

[6:00] probably had four times where we're like

[6:02] are we going to close tonight because

[6:04] somebody's sick and we just are that

[6:06] tight on staffing. I cannot reduce that

[6:08] expense anymore. So, this will help me

[6:11] in the next couple of years kind of get

[6:13] through this time of low low revenue.

[6:16] We're pleased tonight to have my

[6:19] assistant director Britney Huar is set to be the director

[6:25] um after I am done here. So, she's here

[6:27] with me and we have three board of our

[6:30] board trustees, Sheree and Carrie and

[6:35] Tracy are here with us tonight to uh

[6:38] support us and then Baker Tilly has some

[6:42] um words for you as well with their

[6:43] spreadsheet. Do you have any questions

[6:44] on the library part of it?

[6:47] We already talked. So, and thank you so

[6:50] much by the way for being a panel that

[6:52] responds and comes and walks around the

[6:54] library with me. That's uh that's pretty

[6:56] awesome. Thank you.

[6:58] >> Yeah. A couple of questions if I may.

[7:00] Yeah.

[7:00] >> Uh first of all, I appreciate it. You uh

[7:03] you offered to give all of us tours and

[7:05] I I I took the tour. I appreciate it.

[7:08] Very helpful. Uh you mentioned increase

[7:10] in teen use. That's that's interesting.

[7:12] Teams generally have some ability to

[7:14] influence their own action. So what are

[7:15] you doing to attract an increase in teen

[7:18] use? I think that's

[7:20] >> that's good.

[7:20] >> It is fantastic. It is a staff person.

[7:23] So, our team librarian goes to the high

[7:26] school and does uh inservices there and

[7:29] does a book club and those kids that are

[7:31] in that book club are coming to the

[7:33] library then when they're out of school.

[7:36] We also have like this weekend we have

[7:38] homeschool events. So, we have a

[7:39] homeschool prom happening this Saturday

[7:42] and I think we have 21 people signed up

[7:45] for it. So we have teens from various

[7:48] places from the school from the local

[7:49] home schools both coming into the

[7:52] library and our I would say the main

[7:54] reason is our teen librarian.

[7:56] >> Great. Good. You mentioned revenue and

[7:58] loss. What what's the primary revenue

[8:00] loss that you've experienced to date?

[8:02] >> Well, I don't know that I can parse it

[8:05] to all the causes, but the loss of

[8:08] property tax revenue is one. And then I

[8:12] think that worked together with the fire

[8:14] district and those kinds of things. But

[8:16] in the end, I don't think it was as much

[8:18] of a loss as we thought since we do have

[8:21] such a vibrant growing area. Um, but

[8:24] 133,000 was what the state board of

[8:27] counts um predicted we would lose this

[8:30] year and that was pretty close.

[8:32] >> Yeah. Thank you. Last question. What are

[8:33] your hours? We are open 9 to 7 Monday

[8:36] through Thursday and um 9 to5 on

[8:41] Saturday and Friday.

[8:43] >> So that's just one shift that works all

[8:45] day every day.

[8:46] >> Um no, it's mixed up. We have part-time

[8:48] and full-time people.

[8:49] >> Okay. Thank you. I have no further

[8:51] questions.

[8:53] >> Thank you.

[8:54] >> Okay.

[9:01] » My name is Megan Gibson. I'm with Baker

[9:03] Tilly and we serve as the library's

[9:04] municipal advisor. Um, so we just wanted

[9:07] to go through some of the financial

[9:08] information bond issue that Cheryl just

[9:12] described. So currently payable from the

[9:16] library set sort of fund. We have one

[9:18] bond outstanding. Um, it has annual

[9:20] payments of around 230,000

[9:23] and it's actually going to mature after

[9:26] this year.

[9:29] Um, so we anticipate the total

[9:33] authorization amount the library will

[9:35] ask for being around 2.9 million. And so

[9:39] that's about 476,000

[9:42] that's remaining on the solar loan that

[9:44] Cheryl described. So moving that into

[9:46] debt service and then a bond issue for

[9:48] about 2.4 million um on the solar loan.

[9:53] So if everything gets approved, we

[9:55] anticipate those payments, we've moved

[9:56] to the debt service fund beginning in

[9:59] 2027 and then there's about 11 years of

[10:02] repayment left on that one. Um on the

[10:05] bond issue, so on that 2.4 million par

[10:09] amount, we're showing up estimated

[10:11] interests there of 1.6 million. That's

[10:13] based on a 5 and a half% interest rate,

[10:16] which is higher than your rates

[10:18] currently are. So there's hopefully some

[10:19] cushion built into that. Um

[10:23] and then we anticipate those would be

[10:25] issued later this year with again

[10:27] payments beginning in 2027.

[10:30] Um with both the solar loan and then

[10:33] those annual payments on the bond issue,

[10:36] we are right now estimating there would

[10:38] be an increase above that 230,000 that

[10:41] the library's annual payments are

[10:43] currently at. We're currently estimating

[10:45] that increase at $33,433.

[10:48] Um again that is based on that 5 and a

[10:50] half% interest rate. So there is a

[10:52] chance it would not be that high. Um

[10:54] that roughly $33,000 though based on the

[10:57] library's 2026 assessed value that would

[11:00] be a tax rate impact of about 028. So a

[11:04] little over a quarter of a

[11:08] graph you can just see how limits are

[11:11] returning. And then you would have the

[11:12] solar loan payments there in green and

[11:15] the um estimated payment on the 2026

[11:20] months there in purple layer.

[11:22] And then on the last page um we included

[11:27] some tax impact information. I'm not

[11:29] going to read through all these numbers

[11:31] but so this impact is based on that

[11:34] 0.0028 0028

[11:36] um potential tax rate increase

[11:39] for the US census. The median home value

[11:41] in Dandel is 298,200.

[11:44] That would be an annual impact of $3.90.

[11:48] Um and the impact information on this

[11:51] slide does take into account um the

[11:54] deductions for pay 2027 that are in sea

[11:57] one that was passed last year. So the

[11:59] deductions um changed a little bit from

[12:01] prior years.

[12:03] So with that, are there any questions?

[12:08] » I just have one and probably just not up

[12:12] to speed on this. Was there something

[12:14] about a cooling off period with bonds

[12:16] that was passed last year and

[12:19] >> how does that work?

[12:20] >> Yes. So there was Sarah can Sarah's here

[12:22] with Miller. She's the attorney. So she

[12:24] can get into that in more detail, but

[12:26] the library doesn't fall into that. So,

[12:28] you had to meet certain criteria with

[12:30] the bonds uni for a certain amount of

[12:32] time. And um since we're looking at a

[12:35] 20-year repayment term and based on the

[12:37] repayment term for the 15 bonds, we'll

[12:39] be okay.

[12:39] >> Excellent.

[12:44] » Thank you.

[12:45] >> Over to Sarah. She's going to talk a

[12:47] little bit about the process from here.

[12:50] >> All right. Thank you. Um I'm Sarah

[12:51] Carell with Ice Miller. We serve as bond

[12:53] counsel to the library. Um and Megan's

[12:56] exactly correct. So, the

[12:57] legislaturator's target really was

[12:58] short-term borrowings. Um, these were

[13:00] both long-term bonds, so no issues for

[13:02] the library with the new restrictions.

[13:05] Um, as you know, library boards in

[13:07] Indiana are appointed rather than

[13:08] elected. And because of that, um, we

[13:11] need to talk to our fiscal bodies before

[13:12] we can issue any bonds. Um, we're here

[13:15] this evening really not asking for

[13:16] anything, but just trying to give an

[13:17] introduction at a public meeting of the

[13:19] project and what the library is

[13:21] considering. um with the intent that we

[13:23] would come back for an appropriation

[13:24] hearing and hopefully the approval of a

[13:27] resolution approving the bonds in May.

[13:29] Um do want to want to clarify that this

[13:32] is not a debt of the town nor does it

[13:34] count against your general obligation

[13:35] bond limit. Um we just have to have the

[13:37] approval of the fiscal body because of

[13:39] the appointed status of the board. I'm

[13:41] happy to answer any procedural questions

[13:43] that you may have.

[13:47] » I have none. Okay.

[13:49] >> Thank you. Anything

[13:54] else regarding the library?

[13:58] » Thank you. Thank you to all. Thank you.

[14:01] Uh that proclamation, Mr. Morgan.

[14:08] Come before you tonight with a

[14:10] proclamation

[14:12] recognizing April 24th, 2026 as Arbor

[14:16] Day. Whereas trees are a vital part of

[14:19] our environment, providing clean air,

[14:20] reducing pollution, conserving water,

[14:22] improving property values, and enhancing

[14:25] the beauty of our town. And whereas

[14:27] trees contribute to the well-being of

[14:29] our citizens by offering shade, reducing

[14:32] energy costs, supporting wildlife, and

[14:34] fostering a sense of community pride.

[14:37] And whereas Arbor Day is an annual

[14:39] observance that celebrates the

[14:40] importance of trees and promotes tree

[14:42] planting and care as an essential

[14:44] investment in our future. And whereas

[14:47] the town of Danville is committed to

[14:48] maintaining a healthy and sustainable

[14:50] environment for current and future

[14:52] generations by encouraging tree

[14:54] planting, preservation, and education.

[14:57] And whereas Arbor Day provides an

[14:59] opportunity for individuals, businesses,

[15:02] and organizations to participate in tree

[15:04] planting activities, helping to enhance

[15:06] our community's green spaces.

[15:09] Now therefore, the down of Danville or

[15:12] the Danville Town Council hereby

[15:13] proclaims April 24th, 2026 as Arbor Day

[15:16] in the town of Danville. And be it

[15:18] further resolved that the town of

[15:20] Danville or the town council encourages

[15:22] all citizens to celebrate Arbor Day by

[15:24] planting trees, caring for existing

[15:26] trees and supporting efforts to maintain

[15:29] a healthy, vibrant, and green Danville

[15:32] and witness whereof we have a hero to

[15:34] set our hands and cause the seal of the

[15:36] town of Danville to be affixed this 15th

[15:39] day of April, 2026.

[15:42] >> Thank you, sir. Any questions, comments?

[15:45] Entertain a motion to be approved for Arbor Day.

[15:51] >> Motion by Mr. Chadam. Second by Mr.

[15:55] Herby

[15:58] both of you. All in favor?

[16:00] >> I motion carries 40. Thank you. Uh

[16:04] policy man.

[16:08] » Right. Good evening. I will just run

[16:10] down the list here. We'll start with the

[16:13] incident reporting policy. We will come

[16:15] back to sickly once we have a little bit

[16:17] of time to uh review it a little more.

[16:19] Um the incident reporting policy, this

[16:21] is already current practice. It's just

[16:23] writing out exactly what the steps are

[16:26] so that uh any employee can take a look

[16:28] at this and know what to do if an

[16:30] incident were to happen. Um the safety

[16:32] committee this year has been working to

[16:34] get everybody on the same page. So a lot

[16:36] of these policies are going to reflect

[16:38] that. Um we want consistency with

[16:40] reporting and documentation. Um, we want

[16:42] consistency with our OSHA log. So, this

[16:45] just outlines whose responsibilities are

[16:47] what from the supervisor to the employee

[16:49] to when documents are sent to myself.

[16:52] Um, if the click treasurer's office is

[16:53] involved and insurance is involved. So,

[16:55] this outlines all of that. It shows

[16:57] where to find all of the documents in

[16:59] Bamboo HR and uh when they need to be

[17:03] turned in by so that we don't find out

[17:05] about something weeks after it's

[17:07] happened. Um,

[17:10] yes. So, it explains what each form is

[17:12] as well. Um, for example, the medical

[17:15] authorization form, that's something

[17:17] that the employee completes. It gives

[17:19] them an explanation of why they're

[17:20] signing that form and why um it's

[17:23] necessary for iPad to have the access to

[17:26] their medical documents regarding that.

[17:30] So, that is our incident reporting

[17:31] policy.

[17:33] The next that we have is let's do the

[17:37] travel and expenses, please. Travel and

[17:40] expenses. This was in the 2009 handbook.

[17:43] Somehow it got left out of the 2024

[17:47] update, so we've put it back in. Um

[17:50] Carrie has set the amount to be raised

[17:52] from $35 to $50, but all of this wording

[17:56] is exactly the same as what was in the

[17:59] 2009 handbook. Otherwise,

[18:04] goes over vehicle lodging wheels. Again,

[18:06] this was exactly what was in the old

[18:08] handbook. Um, the next thing we have is

[18:11] going to be the fitness for duty policy.

[18:13] Um, again, this is going to align with

[18:15] the safety committee's goals of keeping

[18:17] everybody on the same page for helping

[18:19] to reduce the town's liability, making

[18:21] sure that if an employee is out from

[18:23] work for an extended period of time,

[18:25] that before they come back, we have

[18:27] verification that they're safe to do so.

[18:29] um and that if they're not if they need

[18:31] any kind of an accommodation or

[18:32] restriction that we can prepare for that

[18:34] ahead of time. So this explains the

[18:36] purpose of that. Um it explains how this

[18:39] coordinates with FMLA

[18:42] um as well as ADA and see

[18:47] um the 21 days that is going to align

[18:54] with some curb 77 timelines I believe is

[18:57] where that specific day amount comes

[19:00] from. just thought that worth mentioning

[19:02] because it seems like a long time

[19:05] period, but um I believe there's

[19:07] language in the per 77. I'm looking at

[19:09] Carrie because she also works with perk

[19:11] a lot. Um but there's language in there

[19:14] about when um police and fire need

[19:16] fitness for duty return to work

[19:19] obligations. So that's where that number

[19:20] comes from. Um and then it goes over

[19:24] removable accommodations. Again, if an

[19:25] employee needs to come back and they

[19:27] can't lift overhead or they can't push

[19:29] or they, you know, need team lift or

[19:31] whatever it might be. Um, let's see. The

[19:34] next thing we have,

[19:37] um, this is just an update to FMLA

[19:40] language. Um, it's not a full new

[19:42] policy. Um, this is already Department

[19:45] of Labor practice. We already do this.

[19:48] It's just writing it out so the

[19:49] employees don't feel caught off guard if

[19:52] I hit them up in an email and say, "Hey,

[19:55] you've been out. You gotten an ankle

[19:57] surgery. Let's get you on FMLA." Um

[19:59] because we are obligated as an employer

[20:02] to um sign employees up for FMLA if they

[20:05] meet the definition of a serious health

[20:07] condition or if there's a family member

[20:09] health condition, of course. So this

[20:11] just adds the wording that um as soon as

[20:13] we have sufficient information um or if

[20:17] I need to reach out and ask you know hey

[20:19] does you know do you meet these

[20:21] definition criteria um and how they'll

[20:23] receive the medical certification

[20:26] paperwork and then their job description

[20:28] as well so that they can take that to

[20:29] their doctor. Again, we want a doctor to

[20:32] be able to review their full job

[20:34] description and their essential

[20:35] functions and make sure that they are

[20:37] able to perform those functions or what

[20:39] types of restrictions are needed. So

[20:41] again, that's kind of in line with the

[20:43] fitness for duty and with the incident

[20:45] reporting. Um, the next thing we have in

[20:47] here is an update to bereavement lead.

[20:51] It's just a slight change in wording

[20:52] from consecutive days or shifts. just

[20:55] taking out the or shifts because we do

[20:57] have um some departments that are in um

[21:00] off day shifts like one every 24 hours

[21:04] every you know three days. So this

[21:06] removes the possible reading that

[21:08] someone could take five days off which

[21:11] for example for police or fire it could

[21:13] take them off for several weeks if their

[21:16] ships line up as such. Um the last thing

[21:20] that we have is an update to the dress

[21:22] code wording. Um, this is just giving a

[21:24] little bit of additional detail.

[21:26] Currently, it lists decorum. I wanted to

[21:30] spell that out a little bit more and

[21:32] just give a little bit of further

[21:34] clarification on that. Um,

[21:39] and the last thing that I've got, so um,

[21:41] anything that's approved, employees will

[21:43] be notified with new HR. This will be

[21:46] slightly updated, um, to include the

[21:49] attachments. won't just say attached but

[21:51] they'll have an overview of all the

[21:53] updates and then uh the handbook itself

[21:56] will be recent so I can send signature

[21:58] requests in bamboo and I can send that

[22:00] to everybody and start with department

[22:02] heads and say hey make sure that your

[22:04] people have a chance to go in and review

[22:05] these and make sure they understand

[22:07] these policies if they have questions to

[22:09] reach out to me but that's how everyone

[22:11] will be notified

[22:17] questions

[22:20] I mean the only thing that I would

[22:22] potentially ask more like traveling

[22:24] expense uh you know kind of earmark 50

[22:27] miles unless otherwise authorized by the

[22:30] town council I guess I would potentially

[22:33] suggest or maybe see if Mark could grant

[22:36] that approval as well and where I'm

[22:38] going with this is yes they come for us

[22:40] but our proximity to Indie for a lot of

[22:43] major conferences things like that it's

[22:45] unless you're going up north to Fort

[22:46] Wayne which obviously past miles down

[22:49] French Lake. Most of the other ones are

[22:51] probably going to be up around 50. And

[22:54] it just seems like the amount of

[22:57] especially if you're going up as a

[22:59] couple two or three from department,

[23:01] right? The uh bonding that can happen, I

[23:04] guess, after the actual conference and

[23:06] sessions, etc. The networking and

[23:08] discussions I think are invaluable. And

[23:12] so that'd be my only potential feedback

[23:15] or thought on that. I'm not sure if

[23:16] anybody's ever actually come before the

[23:18] council to ask for approval on that, but

[23:21] nothing I could think of.

[23:22] >> Mr. Ly,

[23:24] >> my board actually had uh the group

[23:26] volunteer. If they were local, they had

[23:28] to volunteer for the conference to be

[23:30] able to be have the opportunity so to

[23:33] make them kind of work for the money.

[23:37] That that's all I got. I mean, just our

[23:39] proximity to to Indie and and a lot of

[23:41] the conference venues. I guess clearly

[23:44] not going to meet that. But I think

[23:45] there's a lot of benefit to being able

[23:47] to stay down to two or three day

[23:50] outside of that grant.

[23:53] >> Are you suggesting a change?

[23:55] >> I would suggest if Mark is willing that

[23:58] we also put it in there that Mark has

[24:01] the authority to say grants approval on

[24:03] those exceptions.

[24:06] >> I mean

[24:08] I

[24:10] that aligns with a few of the changes. I

[24:12] know we made updates in the 2024 updates

[24:15] where um it was a little more

[24:17] flexibility so that Mark can take

[24:19] ownership of those things or car's

[24:21] office. So that does line up with a lot

[24:23] of the other changes that we made.

[24:26] >> Make a motion with that change.

[24:28] Um,

[24:32] I would move to approve all the uh

[24:35] policy manual updates with the amended

[24:38] travel expense policy to include town

[24:42] manager being able to approve those

[24:43] exceptions uh within 50 miles. Second

[24:48] motion by Mr. Tob, second by Mr. Irby.

[24:50] All in favor?

[24:51] >> I oppose. Motion carries 40. Thank you.

[24:54] Do I need to bring that

[24:56] updated policy back or does the

[24:58] amendment?

[24:59] >> You're good.

[24:59] >> Just good.

[25:00] >> Thank you.

[25:01] Uh, next up is resolution

[25:04] 72026. Ambulance police is welcome.

[25:08] >> Yes. This is um for a lease for an

[25:11] ambulance for the fire department that

[25:14] was originally started with center

[25:16] township trustee and with the formation

[25:19] of the territory that's now going to be

[25:22] part of the town's and I'm meeting to do

[25:25] a credit application and they need a

[25:27] resolution to go along with that

[25:33] question discussion on

[25:38] Have we resolved issues just on

[25:40] ownership and ensuring? I mean, I'm all

[25:42] in favor of moving forward, but we just

[25:45] they know there some questions on

[25:47] ownership and how it's going to be title

[25:49] and insurance, etc. Are those issues

[25:52] resolved or do we need to resolve them

[25:54] before approving this?

[25:56] >> I believe we're all looking towards our

[25:57] attorney.

[25:59] >> My understanding is, and I think Mr.

[26:01] development would agree that the um this

[26:05] document would be filled out on behalf

[26:06] of the territory and so the title would

[26:10] be taken into the territory. Um, didn't

[26:13] get confirmation on the insurance, but

[26:15] that was where it left things.

[26:22] Chief Dun, would you come up please?

[26:33] » Yes sir. Given my discussion with you,

[26:38] can can the territory take title to

[26:42] assets or can it not? My understanding

[26:44] is it cannot have fire trucks or

[26:47] ambulances. That is my understanding

[26:49] because we're not the government unit.

[26:51] That's the reason why when we do things

[26:53] like this, it has to be done through the

[26:55] town. Um I didn't go to law school. I'm

[26:57] just reading what I read online. Uh so

[27:01] we'll figure it out. It'll be here next

[27:02] month. We'll definitely figure out one

[27:04] way or the other. So, I know we bought

[27:06] the we bought Italian truck and it's

[27:09] titled in the town and I pay the

[27:11] insurance. So,

[27:15] if that helps. I thank you. I I guess my

[27:18] suggestion would be that we probably

[27:20] approve this, but subject to resolution

[27:22] of

[27:24] ownership title and who's going to

[27:26] ensure it going forward.

[27:27] >> Well, we're paying for it. So, that's I

[27:29] want to do on record and say that the

[27:30] town's not paying. Yeah, understood

[27:33] there. Yeah,

[27:37] » thank you. Thank you. Excellent. Any

[27:39] other questions?

[27:43] Motion

[27:46] move to approve resolution 7 2026.

[27:49] Second. Motion by Mr. Herby. Second by

[27:51] Mr. Chadam. Any further discussion? All

[27:54] in favor? I.

[27:56] >> All opposed. Motion carry 4 Z. Thank you

[27:58] very much.

[28:00] All right. down to staff and council

[28:02] comments. Mr. Morgan, anything?

[28:04] >> I've just got a couple things real

[28:05] quick. Um just a reminder that April

[28:09] 25th is community cleanup day and uh

[28:14] it'd be great if you've got time to come

[28:16] and I saw an article on the news this

[28:19] morning where they're turning clean up

[28:22] into a fitness like uh

[28:25] there's in Broadripple they they go out

[28:28] and they meet once a week or something

[28:30] like that with their little sticks and

[28:32] they walk and that's how they get their

[28:33] fitness in. So, I thought that was kind

[28:35] of interesting. Um,

[28:38] Will and I will be at an in municipal

[28:41] managers conference starting April 29th

[28:44] through May 1st.

[28:45] >> How many miles away is it?

[28:48] >> A lot.

[28:48] >> That's a lot. Yeah. Somewhere like the

[28:50] northern part of this northwestern part

[28:52] of the state.

[28:55] And then, um,

[28:58] all the departments, all the department

[29:00] heads, Madison, uh, are going through

[29:02] their, uh,

[29:04] web pages to start the process of a new

[29:09] um what am I trying to say Madison? A

[29:11] website or yeah a new website. So um so

[29:15] it's exciting. We get to rebuild

[29:17] something that was built I don't even

[29:20] know how long ago. So uh we all get a

[29:23] chance to kind of tweak it a little bit.

[29:25] So uh if you have anything you'd like me

[29:27] to put on the council page, let me know

[29:29] and we'll make those suggestions. That's

[29:31] all I have.

[29:34] Good. Mr. Young,

[29:41] um, one quick question for Barry, but

[29:45] the people that I'm putting in the fiber

[29:48] um, congesting all of our traffic, are

[29:51] they permitted to do that? Do they have

[29:53] to come to us and ask to block our

[29:55] roads? Should they come to us and block

[29:57] our roads? So to answer that question as

[30:00] best I can, they they have a right to be

[30:03] in the rideway by state session. If they

[30:06] do a full road closure there, they come

[30:08] being left to know and come in before

[30:09] the council and the public's not. If

[30:12] it's a moving um

[30:15] like stop, then they're just going to

[30:17] have flags to try to control the traffic

[30:19] best they can. 36 we don't own, so we

[30:23] don't have jurisdiction over that. I

[30:25] know

[30:26] just tonight I had to go through on

[30:29] Columbia Street and they were it was

[30:31] 6:30 and it's baseball and I'm like oh

[30:33] no this is not going to be good. So I

[30:35] will contact them and say you know we

[30:37] don't we don't have set hours in our

[30:39] ordinance and we really need to have

[30:40] them in the ordinance to be able to

[30:42] enforce it. Uh this is kind of new to us

[30:44] at this, you know, at this level. Um so

[30:48] we're learning along the way. we've held

[30:50] their feet to the fire on se we've had

[30:51] several meetings talk about how we can

[30:53] do better. Um I will reach out to them

[30:56] and say hey let's get this in a time

[30:57] where they kind of try to do it outside

[31:00] our busy hours. Yeah. And then I noticed

[31:02] it was during busy hours. It's in during

[31:04] the middle of the day weren't busy.

[31:07] There was nothing.

[31:08] >> They they choose I and I don't know what

[31:10] their operations are. So I don't

[31:11] understand. But I did call and tell them

[31:14] after what happened on 36 and say,

[31:16] "Look, if you can start at 9:00 in the

[31:18] morning and work till 4, we will avoid a

[31:21] lot of problems." And they'll say they

[31:22] said they were doing that.

[31:24] >> So we have two more coming through. So

[31:26] we're going to get a little bit more

[31:26] experience on it. And that that's the

[31:28] other thing that I want to make sure

[31:30] Mary didn't quite touch on that it's

[31:32] more than one company that's doing this.

[31:34] We're we're getting inundated with fiber

[31:37] companies right now. Everybody wants a

[31:38] piece of the pie.

[31:39] >> Yeah. There's a race right now and

[31:41] that's fiber to the home and it's

[31:43] Spectrum Joint AT&T and Comcast. They're

[31:47] all at different levels, but two of

[31:49] those companies are trying to hit 4,000

[31:51] homes. That's about every utility bill

[31:53] we have.

[31:57] It just seems like a hugely expensive

[31:59] undertaking for multiple companies to be

[32:01] doing it all at the same time. I I don't

[32:03] see how economically it makes sense, but

[32:05] not my money. But

[32:07] >> Mr. Do anything apologize for missing

[32:10] last meeting, but again appreciate y'all

[32:12] keeping the town running.

[32:15] >> Mr. um just want to thank everybody for

[32:18] what they do.

[32:20] Also wanted to thank Chief Hilton. He

[32:24] had awards night for his officers the

[32:26] other night. We had some great awards

[32:29] given out. Just some very deserving

[32:31] officers. So you see those guys

[32:33] questioning about it. James Kina, I want

[32:37] to point out he's only been here how

[32:38] long, Chief?

[32:40] >> Three or four years?

[32:43] Officer of the year. And that is

[32:45] appointed by his peers. So that that

[32:48] takes a lot to get there in the short

[32:50] time he's been here. Great officer. So

[32:53] just want to thank the chief for doing

[32:54] that for him and thank everybody else

[32:56] for what they do.

[32:58] >> Thank you. All I have is just a add on

[33:01] to my comment uh at the last meeting.

[33:04] Thanks to Mr. Morgan for his continued

[33:05] pursuit of progress with INDOT. And

[33:08] since uh Senator Clark is here, I want

[33:10] to say thanks to he and uh

[33:12] Representative Ster Wall and Thompson

[33:14] for their support they've already

[33:15] provided on that endeavor and their

[33:18] commitment to continue to support us uh

[33:20] in in getting what we need from from

[33:22] INDOT. So, thank you. Uh that's it for

[33:26] the claim docket.

[33:30] Move to approve the claim docket in the

[33:32] amount of $669,6554.

[33:37] Motion by Mr. Irby. Second. Second. Mr.

[33:39] Chadam. All in favor? I. All

[33:41] >> oppose. Motion carries 40. Payroll

[33:43] docket. Move to approve payroll docket.

[33:45] >> Motion by Mr. Irby. Second. Second. Mr.

[33:47] Dob. All in favor?

[33:49] >> I. All opposed. Motion carries 4. Motion

[33:52] to adjurnn.

[33:53] >> Motion to motion by Mr. Chadam. Second.

[33:56] Mr. Dob. All in favor? I. All.

[33:59] Motion carries 4. Meeting is a journ.

[34:02] Thank you.

4/15/26 Town Council Meeting

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