[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.