[0:00] to order. And first thing on our agenda tonight is the pledge of allegiance. So

[0:04] all those that are able to stand, please stand.

[0:07] » I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the

[0:13] republic for it stands, one nation under God, indivisible with

[0:19] all. >> Thank you very much. Our first matter on

[0:23] the agenda this evening is any resident comments. Uh any residents that have

[0:28] something to bring before the council tonight,

[0:32] if you please limit your comments to five minutes or less, we would

[0:35] appreciate it. Are there any comments that any of the residents have to bring

[0:39] to before the town? Seeing none, next on our agenda is the

[0:44] approval of the minutes of the May 12th, 2025 meeting. Has everybody had a chance

[0:49] to review those minutes as they were provided to us?

[0:54] Okay. Are there any comments? Seeing none, I would entertain a motion

[0:59] to approve the minutes of the May 12th, 2025 meeting as presented.

[1:05] » It's been moved by Cole, seconded by Greg. All in favor indicate by saying I.

[1:12] » I oppose the same sign. Okay, before we get any further, I did forget one thing.

[1:18] This is the first meeting that we will by state statute be required to live

[1:22] stream and our live stream is not up this evening. So, we are going to record

[1:27] this and we will upload this meeting tonight uh after the meeting. From here

[1:32] forward, they will be livereamed on YouTube. That being said, uh my name is

[1:38] Walter Fryer. I'm on the town council. Uh to my left is Greg Jacobe,

[1:45] Zack Gordon, Craig Hughes, and uh yes, Cole Mar, excuse me. We have with us uh

[1:53] clerk treasurer John Dylan. We have David Foron with crossroads engineers

[2:00] who is the town engineer and we have our uh Mr. Rouso who is our town mar. So

[2:07] okay, thank you. Should have done that originally.

[2:10] It was there. I just couldn't get this whole time. So next on the agenda is the

[2:16] clerk treasur report. John, >> thank you. Uh Mr. Mr. President, you all

[2:22] have been provided with Mr. Higgins the claims that uh are up for vote. So, I'd

[2:28] ask you to take action on that to start with.

[2:31] » Okay. So, the approval of the claims and warrants.

[2:36] Bear with me one second.

[2:44] the claims and warrants for the town of Meridian Hills.

[2:59] I know that's report fund

[3:03] hills report fund. >> Am I getting close, Jim? Was it just a

[3:10] single sheet of paper? >> Yeah.

[3:13] » Thank uh yes I have it. Thank you. Sorry for

[3:17] the inconvenience. Uh to the represent the account voucher claims in the amount

[3:24] of $81,18612.

[3:30] I would entertain a motion to accept those.

[3:33] So it's been moved. Is there a second? Moved and seconded. All in favor

[3:38] indicate by saying I >> oppose the same sign.

[3:43] » Great. >> Mr. President, then you can move forward

[3:45] acceptance of the April, May, and June 2025 financial packets which was

[3:50] provided to you in exhibit AL. >> Right. And see,

[3:55] » we're just going to go ahead and vote on April and May.

[3:57] » April and May. >> Yes.

[3:59] » Okay. So, uh I would entertain a motion you see as exhibit A. I would entertain

[4:04] a motion to accept the town financial reports as presented in exhibit A.

[4:11] So move. It's been moved by Greg. Is there a second? Second. Second by Craig.

[4:16] Is there any further discussion? Seeing none, all in favor indicate by saying I.

[4:22] I oppose the same sign. Great. >> Next, Mr. President is approval of the

[4:27] April and May bank reconciliation statements reconciliation statements

[4:34] exhibit B. Seeing that uh thank you

[4:40] there uh in front of you are exhibit B the bank reconciliations for April and

[4:46] May. I would entertain a motion to approve those.

[4:50] » It's been so moved by Mr. Hughes. >> Second.

[4:55] Thanks. Sorry. Um, all in favor indicate by saying I

[5:00] » oppose the same sign. >> Perfect.

[5:03] » Mr. President, all we need now is an acceptance of the updated cash flow

[5:06] documents as of June 30th of 2025. >> And that amount is

[5:14] » just cash >> just a cash statement not to amount.

[5:19] » Okay. So there is a statement approving the funds that that we have as a town.

[5:25] Correct. >> Correct.

[5:27] » Entertain a motion to approve as presented.

[5:31] » So been moved. Seconded. >> Second.

[5:35] » Second. All in favor indicate by saying I.

[5:38] » I. Opposed. Great.

[5:42] » Mr. Higgins will walk us through the dates and process for the 2026 budget

[5:47] agend. So we have two meetings coming up for

[5:50] the budget. The first will be the introduction of the public hearing. That

[5:54] will be at your next regular meeting on September the 8th. Then we'll have a

[5:59] special meeting the second Monday in October

[6:04] uh for the adoption of the budget. So that that takes place prior to the

[6:08] November 1st deadline. Uh so similar to what we've done in prior years, regular

[6:14] meeting in September, special meeting in October.

[6:18] and I should have preliminary budget information circulated to you sometime

[6:23] uh in mid August. >> So we'll be introduced at the regular

[6:26] meeting in September and we'll have a special meeting the second Monday in

[6:31] October which I believe is October the 12th for the approval.

[6:35] » Correct. >> Okay, keep rolling. Jim, let's talk

[6:38] about Senate Row Act number one. >> So the session's been done now for three

[6:44] months and and those of us that that have been working in finance for a while

[6:50] are still trying to figure out all the nuances

[6:53] uh that are there. Here are the two things that I could tell you. Uh one,

[6:59] there is substantial property tax uh which means you will have a budget

[7:05] reduction over the next six years of revenue that will come from to the town

[7:10] for property taxes. That that is a given. How much we can't we can't

[7:17] this point in time, but I I would I would move towards maybe a 10%

[7:23] drop in property taxes over the next six years. The other thing that that will

[7:29] happen is in 2028, you will lose all of your local income

[7:37] tax as it now exists, which is about $20,000 on the general fund side. That

[7:43] is part of property tax relief. that's granted by the county and about $70,000

[7:50] in public safety lift which we use to fund uh salaries for police officers.

[7:58] The legislation allows for local income taxes to be adopted, but because of the

[8:04] size of the town, you can't take that opportunity on your own.

[8:10] So, you would have to petition the city county council to adopt an income tax on

[8:17] your behalf. Uh, and and those rules, I think, are still fluid because I would

[8:23] imagine in the next session, we're going to see changes. Uh, because the public

[8:27] safety lit that was eliminated is being replaced by a special public safety lit,

[8:34] but only for fire and EMS services. left police out of the equation. Uh

[8:39] which I'm not sure if that was an oversight or a slight. Uh but I've been

[8:44] told that that's going to be addressed in the upcoming legislative session. So

[8:49] again, we won't see those changes until 2028.

[8:53] Uh so it'll be the 2027 budget that will address that. So we've got a little bit

[8:58] of time before those take place. Uh but pay attention because it will be a wild

[9:05] ride. the next couple of years. >> So that's about 20% of our budget.

[9:09] » It could be as much as 20% but and it is it is substantial as it relates to

[9:16] funding public safety, right? I mean that loss of of $70,000 is

[9:22] the large part of what pays the officer salaries for the officers that you have.

[9:30] And again, you can petition you can petition the county for for that, but

[9:35] it's going to be then reliant upon the county to take that step.

[9:43] Okay, any questions?

[9:50] » I don't know that we do anything but >> I think you have to wait until 2027

[9:55] rules again if you have population than 3500,

[10:02] right? Or greater than 5,000. So greater than 5,000, you can make that

[10:07] determination on your own, but you can't. So the um

[10:13] the excluded cities, right, Southport, Lawrence, Beach Grove, uh Speedway, all

[10:19] can make that determination on their own >> based on their population,

[10:22] » based on their population. It's all the other communities that the county has

[10:26] got to be willing to take that first step. and then make that make that

[10:31] routine possible.

[10:35] » Any other questions? >> It's so early. Let's let's thought let's

[10:40] ride this out. See how the numbers shake out at the end. Then we'll know which

[10:44] way to go or not. >> Is there another session?

[10:50] » There is another session in 26. And so I I believe that in that short session,

[10:55] we'll see some of these things get addressed.

[10:59] But but addressed pro or con, good or bad, is a whole

[11:04] other >> there there are people that didn't like

[11:06] what happened and there are people think it didn't go far enough. So I think

[11:10] there's it will be a contentious short session.

[11:14] » You're correct and that the next financial session is 27, but there's so

[11:19] much uh people raising issues that they're going to

[11:25] address on 26. >> Okay. But short session is hard to get

[11:29] anywhere. >> The thing that will make income tax

[11:32] really interesting is that vote that has to take place in 2027

[11:38] is going into an election year. So you're going to have people voting for

[11:42] income tax increases in October, September and October of

[11:47] 2027 prior to the election in November. uh which is the first kind of local

[11:54] government what what did you do to us here because you're you're forcing us to

[11:58] to make this decision going into a primary to a general election. So yeah,

[12:06] again a wild record is going to be anticipated

[12:09] » which we will all be up for that >> and then the exact same year our our

[12:16] term ends and those that are choosing to continue on and run for the next we will

[12:22] be in that our terms are all the same time

[12:28] they're all the

[12:36] Okay, >> thanks Jim. Any other questions for Jim?

[12:41] » Okay, see that John insurance renew? >> Yes, we renewed our insurance July 1st.

[12:46] Our broker is on vacation, so he will be here for a full presentation at the

[12:51] September 8th meeting. Having said that, last year our premium for July 1st

[13:00] 24 to July 1st of 25 was $9,86. We renewed this year July 1st 2025 which

[13:09] grows till July 1st of 2026 at 10,261. Pressure was on the excess cover above

[13:18] package which we go up to $6 million on excess liability and DNO. I've also and

[13:25] to members of the board, Mr. present. Uh, I've asked them to cover what Walter

[13:33] and I refer to as our monument signs, which are located around

[13:39] the town. Those were excluded under our present policy. I want them

[13:44] covered in the event that an automobile hits one of them. I think Walder, we

[13:50] think it's what, 20 grand to replace it. last one was $19,800

[13:55] and we did the one on 71st Street uh where Illinois dead ends to 71st and

[14:01] meridian Hills Boulevard. So if a truck hits it and runs or if a truck hits it

[14:06] and doesn't have coverage uh for $350, we can get all our min signs covered uh

[14:14] in case something happens. So, I thought it was worth getting it done.

[14:18] And we'll have those signs scheduled. So, they're right on the policy that

[14:23] says 80th and ready. It says 64th in Spring Mill. It says, you know, 64th in

[14:28] Mar. So, >> it seems like

[14:35] that one's in a pretty precarious spot. I mean, it's probably going to get

[14:38] demolished every 10 years. >> The one at 80

[14:43] hit, but the one or 71st Street.

[14:50] » Thanks, Sean. You good with that, Mr. President?

[14:53] » Great. >> Uh, any other questions for our clerk

[14:57] treasur, Mr. Dylan? >> Okay, seeing none, our town marshals

[15:03] report. Mike, >> even Mr. President, just a couple things

[15:07] uh for you. Uh, sorry for my tactical gear. within a week long training that

[15:13] started today. So, we're all uh doing school uh tactical work and things like

[15:19] that. Um I just wanted to u and uh oh just comment on uh Mr. Dylan and Mr.

[15:27] Higgins uh developments. I suspect uh that cut in law enforcement uh salaries

[15:34] for 2028. There'll be a lot of small towns that will really be affected by

[15:37] that. So, the legislature will certainly a lot of the small towns. I hear some of

[15:42] that already and some of the law enforcement circles that there's a lot

[15:45] of concern. So, we'll see. >> I I don't think the small town knows how

[15:48] bad it's going to be when they do. >> Yeah.

[15:51] » Yeah. You know, we'll have we'll have some options that we've discussed here

[15:54] before. Um, as I've mentioned to this council in previous, there could be a

[15:59] possibility that you contract for services at a lesser rate with either

[16:03] the city or the Marian County Sheriff or something like that. So, when that time

[16:07] comes, we'll we'll see. that I think that there'll be a loud voice as as Mr.

[16:13] Dylan said, it'll be an interesting general assembly. Um, I wanted to make

[16:17] you aware that uh just to tell you the sort of things we run into sometimes in

[16:21] Ving Hills. Um, and this didn't happen in Ring Hills, but it gives you kind of

[16:26] the view of the quality of the people that work here. On Friday night, uh,

[16:29] Rick Batza was patrolling down the Wellington area. There's a run put out

[16:33] in Holiday Park on a man with a gun and potentially an attempt suicide and Rick

[16:39] was really close and as he should have responded into the park on that and

[16:44] confronted the uh person who was armed with the weapon and trying to kill

[16:49] himself. And Rick based upon his training and experience was able to talk

[16:53] that person uh to discerning the firearm uh at which time IPD arrived and they

[17:00] were able to get that person distress center. So probably save his life. Um he

[17:06] had he had called his son on the phone to tell him he was going to end his life

[17:11] and the son called 911. So you know could someone else have done that?

[17:16] Probably of the style and the train that he was able to approach the situation

[17:21] and deal with that. So pretty proud of Rick and I want you to know that. So

[17:25] that's all I have. Any questions? Any questions?

[17:29] Again, I'll go on record. You know how much I appreciate the work that you and

[17:34] your officers do. It's a it's a thankless job and you are definitely

[17:40] making the town a better place for all of us. Thanks. Thank you.

[17:45] » Okay. Next, uh under new business, our town engineer, David Gordon with

[17:51] Crossroads Engineering. David, take it away.

[17:54] » Thank you, Mr. President. Uh so, first on the agenda, we have two surfacing

[17:59] contracts, open community crossings. Uh the first one is completed. It's been

[18:05] done for about a week. Uh the second one actually started today. All the roads

[18:10] built today and start day tomorrow. We should have that one completed inside of

[18:15] this first week. So by Friday, we should be completely wrapped up. So that would

[18:19] round out the resurfacing for uh this current year. Um funding applications uh

[18:27] for any for uh the 2024 INIP application still no agreement 2025 which we

[18:35] submitted in February no agreement I reached out to the city last week they

[18:40] informed me that they are currently working on those agreements and they're

[18:44] actually going to combine both of those into one agreement um so those I would

[18:49] anticipate uh for coming shortly uh other communities were involved in uh

[18:54] the city has been reaching out to them to schedule meetings so I think that

[18:58] they are actually making some progress thus far. Uh 2025

[19:04] community crossings second call projects is still on hold by

[19:09] the state. Uh usually they have one at the beginning meeting and one video. Uh

[19:13] we were going to apply for the second one but it's on hold indefinitely until

[19:18] they figure out uh more details of house 1461.

[19:23] um existing infrastructure. Uh the 75th Street speed limit signs have

[19:30] construction. Uh they do have a bit of a backlog. Uh so I we recognize that that

[19:34] they are ordering material. Once that is arrives, they're going to be installing

[19:39] additional supplemental signage about the street. Uh I'm sure most of you have

[19:44] noticed and are probably very thrilled that Pen Williams Creek is completed. I

[19:49] believe the barricades are actually down. Um so there was was some from our

[19:54] resurfacing contract. They left a little bit of res residue material on the deck.

[19:59] They're going to be cleaning that out. They have not already done so. That's a

[20:03] punch list item that I'm holding them accountable to. Uh 75th Street sidewalks

[20:07] from Pen Washington Boulevard to survey has been completed. Um provided that to

[20:13] you, Walter, along with an exhibit for any property owners. Um and then I

[20:18] believe uh Deputy Sheriff Bata had requested

[20:23] inquired to the speed limit sign on test. So provided that cost to the

[20:28] council that's something that we still would like to pursue um just

[20:35] I can start moving forward acquiring that through building construction.

[20:40] um small ancillary stuff. We have CG water and gas installed 35 West 72nd

[20:47] Street uh for the Meridian Point development over in that area, Meridian

[20:53] Meridian Boulevard, Meridian Hills Boulevard, 72nd. Uh so I was out

[20:59] witnessed uh the uh roadway cut that was there. They're going to restore that. I

[21:04] do recommend that in the future when that development is done, we add that to

[21:08] a resurfacing list. Metro was also doing some work over there and then CG had a

[21:13] few dirt cuts so nothing that impacted the pavement but it was within the right

[21:19] way at those three mentioned locations. So that is all that I have on my report

[21:25] unless there are any questions. There is a very large repair going on

[21:31] right now at 73rd and Meridian Street. Not sure exactly what it is but it's

[21:37] been open now the for probably Meridian Street has been

[21:42] reduced to one lane for probably uh a week at this point. It's very deep.

[21:49] They're going down into it. I'm not sure exactly what they're doing, but I have

[21:53] the feeling it has to do with some of the drainage underneath Meridian Street,

[21:56] but I haven't pulled over and asked them, but they are there's a significant

[22:01] project with citizens going on there. I also noticed uh last week that the

[22:09] water service on Illinois Street immediately north of

[22:17] 75th in front of the Num's home. There's one of the dark brown ground round where

[22:24] they go down and turn the water off. It's leaking and uh

[22:29] constantly leaking at this point. So my guess is there's something broken down

[22:33] there as well. We I don't we might call them and ask CG.

[22:37] » Absolutely.

[22:40] which street it was actually on. We noticed

[22:44] Friday when we were measuring up for the construction work that was taking place

[22:48] today. So one of the resurfacing uh street segments we noticed a sinkhole

[22:53] road I was able to notify CG and I got out there within less than 24 hours and

[22:59] repaired that so as not to interfere with service. So what they found was

[23:04] there was a um in the storm water uh infrastructure there was a hole that was

[23:10] actually sucking in material. So they city authorized them to repair it. So

[23:14] that was all taken care of via the city um obviously fixed or prevented any any

[23:21] type of damage to the new road.

[23:28] » Absolutely. >> Any other questions for David?

[23:31] » Yeah. One is what was the cost to repair the radar signal industry

[23:38] » between material and installation? I think it was around $10,000.

[23:43] » Those were quotes that we got in 2024. So it's that is the cost.

[23:50] » I think we got we got a newly repaid street flat.

[23:56] People walk on that all the time. I think speeds are just going to go way

[24:02] up. I would think we should take get that sign

[24:07] reinstalled repaired just to try to slow the speeds down. We're have two problems

[24:12] outside going north.

[24:18] So think about that. So I will tell you

[24:24] so I will tell you that I did some research. I came across one of the

[24:29] flashing red stop signs that John, you and I talked about for 75th in Illinois

[24:33] and 75th in Ben. And unfortunately, my phone right now is being used to record

[24:39] us. But I have an email from this company down in Florida that for like

[24:44] $1,000 there that you can do the radar speed

[24:47] and you can then program what you want it to say in that uh slow down, tell you

[24:54] how fast you're going. You can Now, I think they're making great technological

[24:59] advances with these. So, uh after this meeting, we can open that email and I'll

[25:05] show you what we have and I'll share that with David.

[25:07] » So, that would be replace the radar speed.

[25:13] » No, that just I thought the incident of people running Pennsylvania and

[25:18] Illinois, but then the radar sign was like $3,400. A new one was like $3,400

[25:24] less than $10,000. >> Yeah. So

[25:28] I mean yeah 10,000 gives me pause you know everybody's you know 3400

[25:34] effective as a different conversation

[25:40] there's at the minimum there's a nice poll there that really has nothing on we

[25:43] should at least put like children that play like speed or something

[25:51] » yeah kept saying if we don't do that we should at least take the opportunity

[25:54] post So the question is what?

[25:58] » Well, we have money in the rainy day fund. We have money and certain things

[26:02] that again I'm a big fan of the rainy day fund, but I think we ought to use it

[26:06] when we have situations like this where we are trying to protect the pedestrians

[26:12] here and that's why we we have the money and so let's um

[26:17] » I think they are effective. >> I'm sorry.

[26:20] » I think that it was affected but it was right.

[26:22] » Yeah. So so I think maybe we do is uh let's get this information after this

[26:29] meeting and um maybe take it up in the September

[26:34] meeting and have David look at it and give us an idea and then be ready to

[26:38] move forward. The other thought that I have in that is

[26:43] I would entertain a motion to approve spending up to

[26:49] $7,500 on a conglomerate of signs that we might

[26:55] have David suggest to us if in fact these numbers are there and that way we

[27:00] don't have to wait till September to have that work done if that would be the

[27:04] pleasure of the >> I like that because clashing stop signs

[27:10] people are pretty effective. >> I had an experience with that for the

[27:15] first time over the weekend. There's an intersection in my hometown Illinois

[27:18] that's always been two-way. Now it's four-way. Well, the two new ways, it's

[27:23] the flasher. I mean, it gets your attention, right? I mean, our theory has

[27:28] been is that it's not the people see the stop

[27:33] sign. It's that they're just completely disregarding it, you know. But If the

[27:39] price is coming down, is it worth doing something rather than doing nothing?

[27:43] Right? I mean, it's going to be a pretty rainy day when somebody gets hit there.

[27:47] You know, >> there have been accidents. So,

[27:51] » so I real quick thought on that flash concern

[27:56] about like when homeowners have an issue that are located right there. It didn't

[28:01] strike me as so bright. Maybe I didn't see it at night, but like it didn't seem

[28:05] like, you know, it's not like, you know, super distract

[28:20] most interested.

[28:25] » So do you think that $7500 would cover both the speed and that intersection?

[28:31] » So those are separate. >> I read it very quickly. I don't know

[28:35] what I'm trying to do is at a minimum let's get a speed back up to that and

[28:41] then if we can understand what those truthfully the red flashers I don't

[28:46] think need to be on the north and south on Pennsylvania as much as they need to

[28:51] be on the east and west on 70. So if I'm trying to air to the high side by saying

[28:57] 7500 not to exceed 7500 and then we can allow David to work his magic and how

[29:04] much we can get and get as much as we can and if we then identify we need more

[29:08] we can approve that in the September meeting.

[29:15] » We need someone to make that a motion. >> Correct.

[29:18] » All right. I move that we we set aside $8,000

[29:23] » up to >> up to $8,000 to install flashing

[29:29] stop signs on the east and west side of 75th Street.

[29:34] and Pennsylvania and that we researched and installed a new radar sign on

[29:42] Pennsylvania on the post that we already have and

[29:46] Illinois and 75th >> and Illinois.

[29:49] » Yeah, we have the same issue at Illinois with the school there. No, that's not

[29:54] the speed that the flash >> just the two. So, we would get a my we

[29:59] would get four of them, two at each one of those inter

[30:03] Okay. So those two intersections on the east side.

[30:15] » Okay. So it's been a motion made. Is there a second?

[30:18] » Second. >> Further discussion.

[30:22] Seeing none, all in favor indicate by saying I.

[30:25] » I. Post. Same sign. >> Okay. Great. My my second question was,

[30:29] did the city give ever give you a reason why they didn't build the sidewalk on

[30:33] the Pennsylvania Street Bridge coming up the hill?

[30:36] » Uh, they said it was in the plans at some point and then it wasn't. I just I

[30:41] saw my

[30:46] » Yeah, it was it was not in the plans. >> It was at one point

[30:52] I think request

[31:05] I mean at one point there was discussion you guys didn't want it there.

[31:08] » We negotiated and I was like the best public safety

[31:14] going in. >> Yeah. The final plan said to not have

[31:19] sidewalk in there. It was graded but there was no sidewalk.

[31:28] Okay.

[31:34] » Anything else? >> Mr. President, I think it

[31:39] would be great for the record if you could comment on all the new paving

[31:44] projects that town of Marine Hills have done and how they have dubtailed with

[31:48] the worship towns of city of Indianapolis

[31:51] plan as well. I I think it's pretty outstanding just as we were going off

[31:56] the top of our heads. 86th Street paid, Spring Mill pay, Meridian paid,

[32:03] Pennsylvania pay, college pay. Now we're getting the little side areas. So the

[32:09] infrastructure on the streets is very updated, in very good shape. And

[32:16] uh I just congratulate the board for getting that done.

[32:20] every other community in this state would like to have that situation. So, I

[32:25] just think that's fantastic that the infrastructure is being addressed. Thank

[32:29] you. >> Just a couple comments.

[32:31] » Well, great job at Crossroads who keeps an inventory of our roads, those that

[32:37] are most in need. And I think the community crossings that we've been uh

[32:42] now involved with for either eight or nine years, we have upgraded the um

[32:49] infrastructure because that money is not always

[32:52] promised to be there and keeping on top of that I think has been a thing that

[32:57] this council has been very involved with and done a great job.

[33:01] » And there has been discussions why didn't we use some of those funds for

[33:04] additional sidewalks? But you can't mix and match the federal funds. You got to

[33:09] use them for the street paving, not for so

[33:14] wasn't really it wasn't a a choice that you could be making.

[33:19] » Also, I think people uh don't understand how expensive sidewalk construction is,

[33:24] » right? >> And even if it's possible that

[33:27] » Yeah, you say it's extremely expensive endeavor as we now all know. So

[33:33] » anyhow, congratulations to the board. I That's great.

[33:37] » Just thank one more thing. >> Sure. On the sidewalk the survey is

[33:40] complete. >> Yes.

[33:45] » Where would it be? So is there a way to I know it's not a design but on there

[33:52] on we think it's going to be this location. So some of us go meet

[33:56] homeowners and say here's the survey. It's going to be right.

[34:00] » Yeah. We've got >> I just got it last week.

[34:04] » I'll share. And the first person that I work with is

[34:09] that corner property owner and uh I will endeavor to meet with her as quickly as

[34:15] possible and let her know that her setback is not going to change based

[34:19] upon the additional right away. We still measure from the edge of pavement for

[34:24] that.

[34:29] Any other questions for our town engineer?

[34:35] Thanks, David. >> Thank you.

[34:37] » U reviews, I assume that means people

[34:41] looking for uh work on their homes and things at their residential standard.

[34:46] The only thing I can tell you, I had a meeting this morning with the Savers who

[34:51] are looking to add on to their uh residence, which sits on the southwest

[34:59] corner of Pennsylvania. and uh

[35:04] Williams Creek Boulevard, I think it is. And and uh they want to put a an

[35:10] addition onto their house that will that will uh extend in I believe into

[35:17] the front yard right away or set back and uh we had a discussion.

[35:23] It's very early on but they called I had that meeting with them this morning. So

[35:29] that's it from Is there any other new business that anybody wants to bring

[35:33] before them? >> Yes, those forms uh and that ordinance

[35:40] that law is now effective July 1st. Legislature just introduced it kind of

[35:46] similar to the streaming bill. Um, if you are a elected official and receiving

[35:53] compensation, and I think you all are over the level that you're in the books

[35:58] to receive, you have to file that form as a position of candidacy. You don't

[36:06] have to open a an account in a bank to raise money, but you have to have that

[36:10] form on file with the state of Indiana. And it was due July 1st. I'm assuming

[36:16] that everybody's just now finding out about this, but you got to go ahead and

[36:20] fill it out, send it in, name your campaign. You can be the treasurer and

[36:25] the chairman of your own campaign and make it easy. Um, and just email it in

[36:30] and that way you're not on a list of not have I just thought I'd throw it to you

[36:35] in case you didn't know that. Yes. >> Do you have this holds over if we've

[36:38] done this previously or this has to be done every year? Is that

[36:41] » I would do it again because of the fact that this The legislation is different

[36:46] effective July 1st. I don't have I don't know the answer to that, but I would I

[36:51] would >> I just

[36:53] » it take you all five minutes. >> John, is this in blue here? Is that the

[36:57] email address? >> It is.

[36:59] I would also tell you that uh from past experience

[37:04] if they're asking for a party we have all run in the past as

[37:09] independents because at some point in the past we had Republican Democratic

[37:15] and when someone then left their position it was up to that political

[37:19] party to replace them which was uh an extended period of time that was not

[37:25] necessarily uh a great thing for the town. And so I

[37:32] would encourage everybody if they can and are willing to make sure that if

[37:36] there's a spot on here I haven't reviewed it yet for independent that

[37:40] allows us to then uh deal within those that are within the

[37:46] town. So we don't have either a Republican or Democratic party naming

[37:50] who our next people are that we're going to have on the town.

[37:56] Okay, that's it. I would entertain a motion to adjourn

[38:02] and move second. All in favor indicate by saying I

[38:06] » opposed. >> Thanks.

Town Council Meeting - July 14, 2025

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