[0:10] council
[0:19] meeting on October 13th. Like to start
us off with a quick prayer. Father God,
[0:23] we thank you for beautiful day. Thank
you, Lord, for our community. We pray
[0:26] for vision and direction in this meeting
and pray you'd help us be successful in
[0:30] Jesus name. Amen.
>> Amen.
[0:32] » Okay. And let's stand and do the pledge
of allegiance.
[0:39] Pledge to the flag of the United States
of America and to the republic for which
[0:44] it stands. One nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice
[0:50] for all.
[0:54] » Okay.
Few changes
[0:58] to our agenda. Um
like to move Randy McCoy up to new
[1:05] business or before new business
actually. So he's here to give us a cat
[1:08] cat update.
So uh like to move him up uh here. Um
[1:16] and um
we're also going to get a housing grant
[1:21] update on new business.
And then Hannah from Barnes & Thornberg
[1:25] is here. She's going to update our geo
bond. So um
[1:31] » let's start with the public hearing.
>> Yeah. Okay. I mean public hearing first.
[1:35] Oh yeah, there it is. Public hearing.
Additional comments. So and then also
[1:37] this is actually the public hearing for
our budget.
[1:40] » Additional appropriations.
>> I'm sorry. Okay. Um public hearing for
[1:45] additional appropriations. So um is
there any comments now? Hannah, is this
[1:51] something that you're going to talk
>> for the bonds?
[1:52] » This is for the bond. Okay. Okay. Do you
want to go ahead and do you want to go
[1:55] ahead and uh that would be great. Thank
you.
[1:58] Good evening, Hannah Clintenning, Barnes
& Thornberg. I'm here in place of my
[2:01] colleague Kim Blanchett. Uh we've been
serving as bond council to the city for
[2:05] the proposed geo bonds. Um so this is
the second stage of the required
[2:10] approvals um legally speaking. So the
first one was done back in um I think
[2:16] August we were last here and that was
just the introduction of the bond
[2:19] ordinance. Now, we're asking that we
open a public hearing tonight and hold
[2:23] this and allow the public to come up and
have questions, comments, what have you.
[2:27] Um, both to educate the council and the
public on what's being proposed here.
[2:32] Following the close of the public
hearing later in the meeting, we would
[2:34] then ask you to consider two separate
items. One would be the bond ordinance,
[2:38] which authorizes all of the maximum
terms. So, that would be a $400,000
[2:43] amount as the highest possible amount
that could be issued. um a maximum of 6%
[2:49] for the interest rate and then I think
it's a four-year term. So the final
[2:53] maturity would be no later than 2029. So
again, these are all just maximums. It's
[2:58] very likely that the city would issue
less than that depending on when they're
[3:03] issued, pricing, that kind of thing. Um
but it's designed to have a lot of
[3:06] flexibility for the proposed project
which covers I think a lot of different
[3:10] things. It's um fire department
improvements. Is that right? um parks, a
[3:15] school, the former elementary school.
>> Elementary school. Yeah.
[3:18] » Um so yeah, and then the other
resolution would be the additional
[3:21] appropriation, which is just because
this was not originally provided for in
[3:25] the budget for the year. So I'm happy to
answer any other questions, but that's
[3:29] just kind of the big picture of what
we've got on the table today.
[3:33] » We actually voted on this last month,
>> but we didn't sign the bond order.
[3:38] » We didn't stand the bid or so that's why
we had to bring it back up again this
[3:42] month.
Um
[3:44] but um any questions or anything we want
to talk about?
[3:53] Okay. Do a motion then to approve again?
I guess do we need a motion? We already
[3:58] approved it once I guess. Did we
Margaret? Do we need
[4:00] » Yeah, we can consider it the second
reading. Did
[4:02] » you say the interest rate max was 6%.
>> 6%.
[4:08] » These days we've been seeing closer.
>> Okay.
[4:14] Do do we need to vote on this again?
>> Um,
[4:18] yeah. Let's
>> Okay.
[4:20] » For the second reading tonight.
>> Okay. All right. So, John, did you going
[4:23] to
>> Well, we got to close the public hearing
[4:25] and then get into vote on
>> All right. Okay. Um, I guess uh do we
[4:28] have a motion to close the public
hearing?
[4:32] » I'll make a motion to close the public
hearing.
[4:34] » Cory motions. Okay.
>> Travis second. All in favor say I. I. I.
[4:39] Okay.
>> All right. Very good.
[4:43] Since we're on the bond subject, what do
we have a motion to approve our our geo
[4:48] bond?
[4:52] » I'll make a motion to approve the geo
bond.
[4:53] » Gary motions. Michael seconds. All in
favor say I.
[4:56] » I.
>> Opposed.
[4:58] » Okay. Right. Thank you.
>> And then I just want to make sure. So
[5:02] there's also the appropriation
resolution.
[5:04] » Yes.
>> Got the resolution.
[5:07] » Resolution number 202504.
This is for the additional 400,000 for
[5:12] the budget
>> that has to be approved separately than
[5:16] the bond.
>> Yes.
[5:17] » Okay.
>> Okay. All right. Okay. Okay. Do we have
[5:20] a motion to approve our resolution
um
[5:25] for
for 400,000 up for addition
[5:29] appropriations for our geo bond that we
just approved?
[5:32] » Yeah, I'll make a motion to approve.
>> Okay. Travis motion.
[5:35] » I'll second.
>> John second. All in favor say I.
[5:38] » I. opposed.
Is that everything?
[5:42] » Okay. Well, thank you. I think
>> I'll get them sent in the morning.
[5:46] » Okay. We will sign them and send them.
So, um
[5:57] just squiggles.
Yeah.
[6:01] We'll get to it.
>> Uhhuh.
[6:11] That was short name.
[6:16] Yes.
[6:19] All right.
[6:23] Okay. Do we have a motion to approve the
agenda as shown?
[6:28] » With
>> with the changes I've I've suggested.
[6:30] » Amended.
>> As amended.
[6:32] » I'll make a motion to approve the agenda
as amended.
[6:35] » Okay. John motions.
>> I'll second.
[6:37] » Michael seconds. All in favor say I.
>> I.
[6:39] » I. I.
>> Opposed. Okay. Um,
[6:45] a motion to approve our minutes as
presented.
[6:49] » I'll make a motion we approve the
minutes from October 6.
[6:53] » Okay. And September 8th for September
8th. Apologies.
[6:57] » Okay. And yeah, we got two of them
there. Um. Okay. Travis motions.
[7:02] » Yep.
>> I'll second. Okay. Okay. Cory second.
[7:05] So, all in favor say I.
>> I
[7:07] » opposed. Okay. And uh Randy, would you
want to step up to the mic there and um
[7:13] » whatever.
>> Just you you want to just tell us about
[7:17] your cats and any any episodes or any
experiences you had with them or
[7:22] » There's a lot of them. Yeah, I tell you
that. Cuz every cat I caught was within
[7:27] five spots.
>> Really? Wow.
[7:30] » And that's just just right from
>> the speedway.
[7:34] » Yeah. to the apartments to even my shop
and I only known the cat.
[7:39] » Wow.
>> But um u they they went good. I mean I
[7:44] caught quite a few of them. Yeah.
>> 20 or 21. I can't remember exactly how
[7:48] many I caught.
>> Yeah. Well,
[7:50] » hook up. And
>> uh
[7:53] » um
>> and would have had more if people
[7:56] wouldn't have turned them loose.
>> I had a lot of cages that you could tell
[8:00] people would open them up and let the
cats out cuz it had hair in them. And
[8:03] yeah,
>> if it's got hair in them, there was
[8:05] something in them. So,
>> yeah. Wow.
[8:07] » But
>> um and there's more out there, but like
[8:11] I said, I just was right here in in just
a little circle right here and caught
[8:16] that many,
>> you know. So,
[8:18] » yeah, there's a lot out there. But yeah,
do you have any uh any bad ones that
[8:22] gave you a hard trouble, hard time?
>> Yes. Oh, yeah. Bunch of them.
[8:27] » Didn't like caught.
>> There was one that was a small one. I
[8:30] mean, look like it was just as cute and
cuddly until you went to do anything.
[8:35] Even get close to the cage, you'd stick
a pole through and try to get you. Even
[8:39] the ladies at the vet said, "Now you
could tell that's a feral cat."
[8:44] » Oh my.
>> And it was cute though. I I I thought,
[8:47] "Oh, that's a cute and picked it up and
it did. It stuck its claws out and got
[8:52] me on the arm."
>> Wow.
[8:53] » And I I knew right then and but
>> I did get a lot of the males. Yeah,
[8:58] » I did get four or five big males.
>> Yeah. So,
[9:01] » Well, good. Well,
>> uh that'll stop quite a few of them
[9:05] because they travel everywhere, you
know. So,
[9:09] » well, I wanted you to hear more for uh
for more than just the update. I I
[9:14] wanted to we wanted to say thank you.
You know, you have
[9:17] » No problem. Give me something to do.
>> You know, you did this for free and did
[9:22] it with your I mean, even took the cats
to the vet for free and we just we just
[9:26] want to say thank you. just gives me
something to do. Trouble
[9:29] » and thank you for um you know your the
kids program you put on for the and the
[9:34] Baldin Park and and all the tickets you
gave away and everything.
[9:38] » 68 tickets away this year.
>> Yeah, that's that is that's awesome.
[9:41] » Turn 68.
>> Gosh. Wow. Well, we just want to say
[9:44] thank you by giving you a Mont Player
sweatshirt. Says great place to call
[9:48] home and certainly your your presence
makes player a great place to call.
[9:51] » Oh, sure. Wear it.
>> Perfect weather for it.
[9:55] » Yeah. All right.
>> Well, thank you. And like I say, you
[9:59] need any more cop, just all you got to
do is holler.
[10:02] » Okay.
>> Give me something else to do.
[10:05] » Thank you.
>> Thank you very much.
[10:07] » You have a nice day. Fantastic.
[10:14] » Okay. Well, well, I I tell you I
appreciate him. I you know there was a
[10:19] time where I wasn't sure who was going
to catch or catch for us and uh Sh and
[10:24] he and he stepped right up and and was
awesome and I really appreciate it.
[10:28] » So we met our our max on that
>> 20 was our max. I think he did catch 21
[10:33] um and you know went over so we're but
but uh yeah so that was so we might want
[10:38] to do more.
>> What is our what's our budget remaining
[10:41] with like our
>> kind of animal fund that we had from the
[10:45] beginning
>> for the animal fund? We took about
[10:47] 20,000 from that. Um,
>> we could try to find
[10:53] » more for this year.
>> I mean,
[10:56] » we appropriated what, a,000?
>> $2,000.
[10:58] » Yeah, I think I think we two, I think.
Yeah, I think we did. Yeah, about $100 a
[11:02] cat. Yeah,
>> because I didn't know how much maybe we
[11:05] had left before the end of the year. If
there's
[11:08] » I'd have to look
>> if it's possible.
[11:11] » I mean, even if he catches five more
cats, that's still going to make a
[11:14] difference if there's
that money
[11:18] » available.
>> We'll find it. I can tell you that deal.
[11:21] » Yeah. Well, so do you want to do another
five or 10 or something?
[11:25] » Let's see what we got first. Okay.
>> Next meeting.
[11:28] » And uh Yeah. The next meeting have that.
>> Okay.
[11:31] » He sounds like he he's ready to go.
>> Yeah, I know. Oh, he's he's great guy. I
[11:36] really appreciate him. Um so, yeah. So,
yeah. Um okay. and
[11:44] see we got the
Okay, I guess next on our list is uh JP
[11:49] Doorway's quote. Um this goes back to a
um public safety seminar that um Smith
[11:58] Insurance organized for us and it
basically
[12:04] we sat through I think was it two hours
of basically uh shootings, public
[12:09] shootings of people come walking in
public buildings and just shooting up
[12:12] the place and and they recommended that
you have uh doors up and so they
[12:19] basically so we came up to
idea that we better put doors in our
[12:22] openings here so that we can open and
close them being closed during the day
[12:27] and open, you know, like during meetings
and um um JP doorways uh would do that.
[12:35] He would also put in uh take out that
window that's over here. Um, we take
[12:40] that out and drywall and then also put a
new window in for Michelle with a with a
[12:44] speaker in the a little slot so that um,
she can have a little more of a um,
[12:50] protection there as well. Um, he did
give us a a bid. He's a local person. He
[12:55] lives on Jefferson. His bid is 10,500
for two new doors, the framing and
[13:01] everything, drywall and everything goes
with that. Putting in the window and uh,
[13:05] or taking out the window and putting in
a new window there. Michelle's um
[13:12] what what do you guys think?
[13:16] Did we just put a window in there
though?
[13:20] » Oh over Michelle Oh, you meant out here.
>> Oh, I'm I'm not talking about the doors.
[13:26] I I'm
>> No, I mean the window. Didn't we just
[13:28] put in that window out there?
>> That one out there? We're talking about
[13:31] Oh, you're talking about this one.
>> Yeah, the inside. Okay, I got you.
[13:35] » Yeah. Yeah, that's Yeah, that's that was
put up for CO. It's just a um flimsy
[13:39] piece of plastic.
>> Yeah. Okay. I thought you were talking
[13:41] about that one out there. Like we just
put that in. Why are we tearing
[13:44] » We can think about it or but that's that
was suggested that we might want to just
[13:48] run our own protection.
>> Did you get any other quotes?
[13:50] » I we didn't. We asked. But uh
>> couldn't find anyone right away. But
[13:54] yeah,
>> you got to remember a lot of his cost
[13:56] those are specialty doors to close both
of these.
[14:00] » They're only four foot high, but
>> they're four foot wide.
[14:03] » Four foot wide.
>> Yeah.
[14:07] John wouldn't fit.
>> How tall is it?
[14:10] » It's Oh, I uh
>> I thought that's what it said for
[14:14] height.
>> It's probably 89 in.
[14:17] » Yeah.
>> Well, that is a good question. Let's
[14:19] see. Oh, yeah. Two 98 inch. 60. Wait,
they're 60 by 98.
[14:28] Um,
>> so yeah, there would be uh they'd be
[14:31] pretty big.
>> I think he's got his nine eight
[14:33] backwards.
>> Oh. Oh, you think so? Oh, okay. All
[14:37] right. Well, so anyways, they're they're
going to be they're going to be big
[14:40] enough. They should be
>> special order.
[14:44] » Um, so,
um,
[14:47] » so they'd be putting them on both sides.
>> Both sides and basically then allow um,
[14:52] yeah, allow us to shut the doors during
the day so that people just can't just
[14:55] walk right in and have immediate access
to everybody. And we would keep all our
[14:58] doors shut. Um,
and uh,
[15:04] so
we solicited for more quotes, but no one
[15:10] » I haven't found anyone really.
>> We could try to get a few more.
[15:15] » Yeah,
>> I'm fine with that.
[15:18] » Yeah, I
>> think that's pretty cheap.
[15:22] » I'll make a motion to approve the
$10,000 for the doors. Okay.
[15:25] » If it's got to do with our public
safety, I'm I'm all for that.
[15:28] » Okay. Okay. Uh Gary motions and Corey
seconds. All in favor say I.
[15:32] » I.
>> I.
[15:34] » Opposed.
[15:37] » Okay. All right. The long-term goal or
long-term
[15:41] » a minute.
>> What? Oh,
[15:45] » you guys have you guys passed it. I
don't know. I'm just still thinking
[15:48] about it. But
>> Okay. So,
[15:49] » well, you guys got you got a four. No,
you're good. No, you're good. I'm
[15:54] » abstaining.
>> Okay. All right. Well, did you do you
[15:56] want is there some comments you have or
do you
[15:58] » I I mean I mean I mean yeah I I was just
thinking like I know he's door door door
[16:04] specific so if anybody's going to do it
he's probably going to be
[16:08] » Yeah
>> the best to do the job probably because
[16:12] he's familiar with what we actually need
and stuff.
[16:15] » He did put in the front doors.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
[16:18] » He's one of the fire truck the fire
department as well. So, um,
[16:21] » so I mean I was thinking
>> Well, that's that's why I asked if you
[16:24] solicited for quotes and no one's given
you any.
[16:28] » It's only been a week since we got the
quote. So,
[16:30] » yeah.
>> You want you want to wait or we can see
[16:33] if Do you have some ideas or somebody
else you want to ask?
[16:35] » I I don't I mean, how how quick would it
be that he would have this completed?
[16:41] » Oh, it's going to be a while. The doors
may take him up to six weeks.
[16:45] » Is that what he said?
>> No, but that's my back door took six
[16:48] weeks. Okay.
>> Plus more. Okay. He He's pretty good
[16:52] though. Pretty quick. But uh he and he
does excellent work. I thought I've just
[16:56] found he did the front doors, he did
this door, he's done the fire
[17:00] department. Um I' I've I think his work
is excellent. Um and he's done for
[17:07] Margaret's house.
>> But um
[17:09] » Nope. No,
>> I will say he did my front door and I
[17:12] got four different quotes from four
different people and he was like $5,000
[17:16] less than everybody.
>> Yeah.
[17:18] » Just for my front door.
So, I mean, his prices are
[17:22] » I mean, he's doorway specific. So, I I
guess yeah, I I I would I'll say I'll
[17:29] vote yes on that then. John, if you like
to stay abstained.
[17:32] » I'm stay abstained. It's fine. Okay.
>> Okay. Okay. Well, motion carries.
[17:36] » Maybe I just want to talk a little more
about it. I don't know.
[17:40] » All right. Okay.
>> That's good.
[17:42] » Okay. All right. Okay. All right.
>> Get some drama on YouTube.
[17:48] getting ready to flip a table.
[17:53] » But thank you.
>> You're welcome.
[18:04] Keep this moving.
[18:09] All right. Okay. Next up, um, see budget
order. So, okay.
[18:16] We have our our 2026 budget as published
um
[18:25] that we
>> we covered.
[18:26] » Yeah, we covered last month.
>> All right. All right. So, basically this
[18:31] would be um
Do we need another vote on that then or
[18:36] is that
>> does I would ask if anybody had any
[18:41] questions or or
>> Okay.
[18:43] » All right. Do we have any questions or
um thoughts on our budget that we have?
[18:48] We have a motion then to approve as as
stated.
[18:53] » We we actually covered this in
September.
[18:58] Four of them.
[19:01] You can go over the totals if you want.
>> You want I'll let you go over those.
[19:09] The totals for general debt service,
local road and street, MBH,
[19:16] CCI, CCD
and redevelopment is $1,499,898
[19:24] 1 million41,499,898
[19:30] and your edit riverboat
LLCE
[19:35] public safety
American Rescue Plan Fund. and which is
[19:40] zero tiff and MVH restricted is 2.25
[19:47] million. So a total of 3,4
a million or 3 million5
[19:59] and the adopted tax rate would be 1
61
[20:05] or 1.6076. 6076
[20:09] » was put together by Jim Higgins and
Margaret. So, um
[20:16] » I'll make a motion to approve the
budget.
[20:18] » Okay. Motion.
>> I'll second.
[20:21] » Okay. Cory second. All in favor say I.
>> I
[20:26] have to abstain from that because Yeah,
but you still have to mark it up
[20:30] statement.
>> Yeah, absolutely.
[20:36] All right.
And um trick-or- treat hours uh um will
[20:44] be um October 31st from 5 to 8:00 p.m.
So uh kids wanting to participate in
[20:50] trick-or- treat um 5 to 8:00 p.m. Um
people participating, leave your porch
[20:55] lights on. And I I contacted Joe Orlando
who's going to run our um
[21:03] she's got a lot going on actually on on
October 25th, which is a Saturday. So
[21:08] there's the farmers market, the Gazebo
Park. Um there'll be prizes. Um also
[21:13] she's also putting on a um um
what was that called? A uh
[21:20] » no anything anything but a car show. So,
uh, basically anybody can bring anything
[21:27] and and um and show it there and
there'll be prizes for that set for uh
[21:34] prizes for most original and all kinds
of prizes. And then a immediately
[21:39] following that will be hometown
Halloween which will start at noon
[21:43] following the uh farmers market and
trick or trunk or trunk or treat will be
[21:48] from 1 to 3:00 p.m. Uh the dream food
truck will be there. There'll be prizes
[21:54] for the best decorated trunks and spaces
for those who participate in trunk or
[21:58] treat. And Showtime, Showtime Dance
Academy will have a flash mob. Uh free
[22:03] hot dogs will be available. Um so it's
going to be a quite an event. So uh
[22:09] everybody can be there Saturday, October
25th. Um starts at 9 with our um farmers
[22:16] market and then it'll run till about 3
in the afternoon with everything else.
[22:21] So be quite a day. So hope everybody can
make it.
[22:24] » I just want to add to that. So from 4:00
to 7:00, the fire department's doing
[22:27] their hall roast too after that. So kind
of like we did last year
[22:32] » after they get done with the
>> the uptown and they can come have
[22:36] dinner.
>> Good.
[22:37] » Here if they'd like.
>> Absolutely. Good. Good.
[22:40] » What time?
>> 4 to 7.
[22:44] » Be a big day. And a big thank you to Joe
Orlando for organizing all that. So
[22:49] » and trick-or- treats on the 31st. at
trick-or- treats 31st and from 5 to 8:00
[22:54] pm. Got it.
>> And anybody participating uh we'll leave
[22:57] a porch lights on.
>> And um
[23:02] and
Hands of Hope. Did you want to present?
[23:06] Okay. Okay.
[23:10] » My name is Linda Wilk and I'm director
of Hands of Hope, which is part of
[23:13] Radiant Health and Radiant Health. So to
give you a little bit of background um I
[23:18] have been with hands of hope or was
family service society incorporated
[23:22] since 1994. So when I first started the
agency family services had an office in
[23:27] Blackford County and so I was new. I had
established in Grant was asked to start
[23:33] in Wabash was also here in Blackford and
then our agency moved out of Blackford
[23:38] and so I moved myself out of Blackford
because Muny a better way at that time
[23:43] was serving Blackford County. Well, when
fast forward to Family Service society
[23:49] merging with Grant Blackford in 2023,
they then took over the office here and
[23:55] we called it now Radiant Health. And so,
as I started to do employee orientation
[23:59] and somebody would say, "Well, I'm in
the Blackford office." I'd say, "Well,
[24:03] then all my materials are irrelevant to
you. You need a better way." It didn't
[24:08] feel right to me. So, I approached a
better way, their executive director,
[24:11] and said, "I'd really like to start
serving Blackford County again." and she
[24:15] said, 'Th that's great. We don't have an
office here. We don't have the capacity
[24:19] really. And I said, 'Well, we do. And so
that's why I'm here tonight. I've met
[24:23] with the mayor. I've met with your
police chief. I'm trying to get to all
[24:27] the key places to let people know that
we are servicing Blackford County.
[24:32] Probably need to step back a little bit.
We are a victim service provider. So, we
[24:36] work with domestic violence, sexual
violence, stalking, and human
[24:40] trafficking. So, anyone whether they're
involved with law enforcement or they're
[24:44] not, if they have a need, please
encourage them and I'm going to leave
[24:47] you some materials to reach out to us.
Our services are all free. They're all
[24:52] confidential. I am right now in the
process of writing a grant that if I'm
[24:57] successful, come January, I will be able
to hire someone specific for Blackford
[25:02] County. So, my original plan was to
provide staff to come over and we still
[25:07] will do that, but I really feel like
having someone specific for Blackford
[25:12] County is going to be better for
everyone um cons involved. I also um
[25:17] just a little bit about what we do.
Again, we're 247. So, I've already, you
[25:22] know, again, talked to your police
chief. I've met a couple of the officers
[25:25] that came to one of the trainings that
that I provided. Was very impressed with
[25:28] the two young officers that came. very
interested in working with us and
[25:32] domestic violence and helping victims.
We um as I said are 247 which means that
[25:38] if law enforcement is on a scene working
with the victim and they say you know
[25:43] victim needs safe shelter, victim needs
a protective order, whatever it is the
[25:47] victim needs, then call us. You know,
I'm going to give you each one of you my
[25:51] card and our our 24-hour number. When
and I have staff 8 am to 9:00 p.m. The
[25:56] plan would be to have staff during the
day here in Blackford County. Then after
[26:01] hours, we each carry a cell phone. So if
it's again, if it's a something they
[26:06] need immediate assistance, they dial
one. Whoever's on call is going to then
[26:11] respond and come and like I tried to
make sure law enforcement knows that
[26:15] means we will be there to help you, you
know. So if you say the victim's living
[26:20] with their abuser, maybe their abuser's
family because we have that happen.
[26:24] Abuser's been arrested because law
enforcement has probable cause to make
[26:28] that arrest. Victim can't stay there
now. Well, then that becomes our
[26:32] responsibility to find them a safe place
to stay and work with them as long as
[26:36] they need services. So that could be
getting a protective order. It could be
[26:40] assisting them with safety measures like
security cameras, door jambs, window
[26:44] bars. It could be relocating them, you
know, to a safe shelter. It could be
[26:49] getting a protective order, going to
court with them, abusers evicted from
[26:53] that property, and then victim come back
and live there again. We're going to
[26:58] work with the victim to whatever their
needs are. We're not going to dictate
[27:01] what they're going to do. It's up to
them. But I need community to talk about
[27:08] us, to let people know we're a good
program. You know, we're here to help. I
[27:14] understand that Blackford County is a
small close-knit community. That can
[27:18] maybe be difficult sometimes for someone
to trust someone outside of the
[27:22] community. That's why I want to
integrate myself into the community. So,
[27:26] if there's other places I can speak,
I've spoken a couple churches. Um, I'd
[27:31] like to get to your rotaries, to, you
know, your service clubs, any
[27:35] organization, no matter how small, how
big, I want to go and educate them, talk
[27:40] to them. October is domestic violence
awareness month. That's another reason I
[27:44] wanted to come this month. I did bring a
few ribbons if anybody is interested in
[27:48] wearing a ribbon. And again, I have our
brochures and materials. And this
[27:52] Thursday is purple Thursday. So, if you
can wear purple and again, I'll give you
[27:58] my card if you can take a picture and
send it to me or put it directly on our
[28:02] Facebook page. Love to do that, too. So,
it's all about creating awareness. You
[28:06] know, domestic violence. As long as I've
been doing this work, it's still
[28:10] something that people don't like to talk
about. out. They don't like to
[28:13] recognize. They like to think it's just
physical. We want to talk to someone
[28:18] when it's beginning, when the emotional,
the verbal, the name calling, the put
[28:22] downs, when all of that is happening. We
want to get to them before law
[28:25] enforcement has to get involved. That's
the ideal. If law enforcement needs to
[28:29] get involved, we want to be that helping
hand for law enforcement, for the
[28:32] community. But again, you know, we want
to be here to assist. So, if you have
[28:37] any questions for me, I'm happy to
answer them. I'll just share funding
[28:41] wise, a lot of our funding is through
grants. We also do get local
[28:45] contributions, donations. That's another
thing as I, you know, start to work
[28:50] closer with Blackford County. We want to
come up with resources. You know, we
[28:54] know the food pantry, there's a constant
need. So, we want to be able to provide
[28:59] those things for clients, whether it's
hygiene products or, you know, other
[29:03] things that they can't get through food
stamps. Those are things that we can
[29:07] help to create more of a barrier buster
so that if they're staying because of
[29:12] financial reasons because a lot of times
that's why they stay, we can help them
[29:16] work through that. So don't, you know, I
always say call us, let us help, you
[29:21] know, figure out next steps. So, and we
have had a had a few calls. We're
[29:26] currently working with a couple people
from Blackford County. So, but can you
[29:31] know again it's all about getting the
word out, letting people know. We tried
[29:34] to do a big campaign. Yeah.
>> We had some money for billboards that we
[29:37] had recently um in materials. So, I just
um appreciate the opportunity to come
[29:43] here
>> and share a little bit about what we're
[29:46] doing and give you a little bit of our
materials and get if you have any
[29:50] questions for me. I know John knows me
fairly well.
[29:54] » Worked with him once or twice.
>> Yeah.
[29:57] » For campaign,
>> not for domestic violence.
[30:00] » Radio station through the radio station.
Just clarify.
[30:05] very clear.
>> I know. Yeah.
[30:11] » And the book I gave you is um something
we created a few years ago locally
[30:16] and it has all kinds of information
about domestic violence, sexual
[30:20] violence, stalking and substance abuse
and um also some healthy relationship
[30:27] information. And I know the mayor was
willing to set up our materials. I
[30:32] appreciate that out front. I know that
law enforcement has our materials. So
[30:37] again, it's just about as you think of
somewhere that I could leave materials
[30:41] or speak. Please, you have my card now.
>> You dropped anything else at the
[30:46] library?
>> I have not yet. No, I will definitely do
[30:49] that though. I know when I met with the
mayor, it was a busy weekend so Oh,
[30:54] yeah.
>> for you guys. But yeah, we'll definitely
[30:57] do that.
[31:05] Maybe the food pantry is Venus.
>> I will. Yeah. I need to get your email
[31:10] address and then I'll just maybe contact
communicate with you if that work.
[31:14] » Yeah.
>> Okay. Yeah.
[31:18] » All right. Anybody want a ribbon? Should
I leave the ribbons?
[31:22] » Sure. Yeah. Yeah. Let's see. We just
>> Oh, okay. All right. Thank you.
[31:27] » Thank you.
>> Okay. Yeah. Thank you, Linda. Very good.
[31:31] Very good. Okay. So, Thursday's
>> Thursday is purple Thursday.
[31:34] » Purple Thursday. Okay. All right.
>> Wear purple on Thursday.
[31:37] » Domestic awareness. Domestic abuse
>> awareness. Okay. All right.
[31:41] » And that's a national initiative. So,
you'll be just the whole nation
[31:45] hopefully will be in purple.
>> Okay. Good. Good.
[31:49] » Very good. Very good.
Okay. Well, thank you. And Jessica Tober
[31:54] from Purdue Extension uh Main Street
Project is here.
[31:59] » Yes. So, I'm Jessica Taber and I'm
>> Taber. I'm sorry.
[32:02] » That's okay. Tater is the funniest one
that I've had so far. But
[32:07] » Tater,
>> yeah, they they come up with some good
[32:09] ones. And
so, I'm Jessica and I'm from Purdue
[32:13] Extension and I am working with Mont
Pillar to bring Main Street locally and
[32:18] the mayor recently signed the letter of
intent which I sent to Okra. So, big
[32:23] step. I'm waiting to hear back from them
and they will send back a questionnaire
[32:28] which I will fill out with the help of
the mayor and then hopefully um contact
[32:32] some of you guys, get your input before
we send that back. Um I wanted to share
[32:36] with you the board that's going to be
representing you guys. The president is
[32:40] Justin Morris, the vice president is
Shaina McKinnon.
[32:45] » Um the secretary is Jill Jill Orlando.
She's very involved in your community.
[32:50] The treasurer is Casey Rinker. And we
have Officer Jarvis on the board as
[32:55] well, which is a nice little touch
there. Um, it would be great if somebody
[32:59] from the city council would like to
join. Um, you guys want to call me, we
[33:04] can talk about that and see what that
will look like for you guys. Um, one of
[33:09] the big projects that we're currently
working on is to help revamp one of your
[33:13] corner parks. And then, um, we're still
in talks with working with the Eli
[33:18] pharmacy, current owner, to get that
storefront back up and running. So, some
[33:23] exciting things for Main Street. Um, and
then just to give you guys a heads up,
[33:28] once the board meets, we will be coming
to you guys to see about getting a
[33:33] donation or a contribution to kind of
kickstart things. So, just wanted to
[33:39] throw that out there. Um, thank you for
your time and let me know if you have
[33:43] any questions.
>> Well, long term, where where do you see
[33:45] this project going?
>> Where do I see this project going? Um,
[33:50] my job with Purdue ends in April, which
is right when you guys are going to find
[33:54] out where your next steps are, but I'm
not. Just because my job ends doesn't
[33:59] mean I'm going to leave because this is
my first big community project. I'm
[34:03] getting a little emotional. So, this
will be my baby. Um, I'm really excited
[34:07] about it. I feel like we have a good
strong board. Um, Justin Morris is is
[34:13] ready to go. He's stoked about what went
on in Hartford City for his barber shop.
[34:17] she's ready to bring that over here. Um
Shaya's excited about it. Jill and
[34:21] Casey, you know, they have more energy
than
[34:24] » yeah,
>> a preschooler, so you guys know them. Um
[34:28] at in April, like I said, is when you'll
find out if you guys got accepted to
[34:32] move on to the next step. At that time,
I will already have you guys set up to
[34:38] almost be approved
in October for your next step. Um I'll
[34:43] have the building inventory pretty much
done. Um, I will make sure we have more
[34:48] volunteers. Um, the more we talk about
this, just like with Hands of Hope, the
[34:53] more you talk about it, the more people
are aware. Um, and the more people I
[34:57] talk about this too, they're really
excited about
[35:01] highlighting the history in your guys'
area. So, that's where I see the
[35:06] program.
>> Okay. All right. Any questions or any
[35:09] thoughts? Okay. All right.
>> Anybody want to join?
[35:12] » Yeah. Okay. Okay. All right. Thank you.
>> All right. Thanks, guys.
[35:18] » And we I think I emailed this. Why I did
email this to you guys. Uh we have
[35:22] couple grants we got. I I I'll share
just the first one here. Um uh through
[35:28] Dave Keyser, we got a $70,000 housing
preservation grant um to make uh support
[35:35] critical upgrades to existing housing.
Um it is specifically for use to assist
[35:42] with low and very lowincome residents uh
with essential home repairs. Um, nice
[35:49] thing about this is is that uh actually
it doesn't Dave and his crew are
[35:54] administering it so we don't have to do
any work here at the city but uh because
[35:59] there's going to be application process
and a grading but anybody who um
[36:06] you know if you know somebody who needs
who's living in a house that you know
[36:10] needs a new furnace needs something some
major roof repairs or something like uh
[36:16] this grants available for them and this
would be somebody obviously for somebody
[36:20] who's
>> this is low income
[36:22] » very low income. Yeah. This is the the
people that the most needy. So there's
[36:26] an application they do have to fill out.
Um but uh it's you know nice thing is
[36:32] it's not going to be any extra work for
us. So not and and great for the city
[36:37] too for that that we're getting this. So
that we're very excited about. So it's a
[36:41] double win in many ways. Um,
so, um,
[36:47] yeah, that was that's a that was a great
bonus. So, uh, should help some of our
[36:52] our, uh, local people with making some
housing improvements that I'm sure
[36:58] that's needed. So, there'll be more
details of that following. Um, we
[37:02] haven't got the applications or anything
yet. I think I probably start at first
[37:06] of the year. Um,
[37:11] traffic ordinance. We talked about this
last month. I think it was last month.
[37:15] Yeah.
Starting our ordinance. We were reducing
[37:20] our speed from starting at Chestnut
um to 25
[37:26] and going up to Monroe Street and from
Monroe Street north on on Main Street,
[37:32] we would be 20 miles an hour. Um
and uh there was some debate over what
[37:39] road we can we can control. 6:30 north
is
[37:45] the county's
call for what the speed I have requested
[37:49] that they they lower the speed because
it as of right now the speed limit is
[37:53] going to go from 55 to 25 and that's not
safe. Um I have been to two um county
[38:01] commissioner meetings and and asked them
a couple times and said they were going
[38:05] to look into it. Um that's as far as
we've gotten. So, I'm I this is this is
[38:11] an issue, though. I am hoping if you
know any of the county commissioners,
[38:14] I'd say please talk to them about this.
Um but but I guess first off, I we know
[38:21] we've talked about this. Uh is there any
more discussion?
[38:26] » So, the road from Chestnut to 6:30, that
whole road is controlled by the county.
[38:32] » It's it's um is that right, Chris?
Um 6:30 to Chestnut, that's all county.
[38:40] » So depends who you talk to. Um
>> yeah,
[38:44] » if you look at if you look at uh well,
let me back up, but talking with John
[38:48] Floomer, who is the county highway
supervisor,
[38:52] » um that they show that that entire
stretch of road there between those two
[38:56] points as on the county's inventory.
However, looking at um the uh the Beacon
[39:02] Schneider map kind of shows the city
limits. When the city annexed down to
[39:08] 630 north on the west side of the road,
they have the city limits, they have the
[39:14] roadway split up. The southbound lane
going out of town is in the city. The
[39:19] eastbound lane coming in it shows is the
counties. So,
[39:25] I'm going to go with half of the road is
ours and half the road is theirs.
[39:29] » You can kind of see it up here on this
map a little.
[39:31] » Unfortunately, the part we would like to
control is in the county.
[39:34] » Yeah, the green is city.
>> This is the green is city. And I know
[39:40] that not going to see this on Facebook,
but this is 6:30 east, 6:30 north. This
[39:45] is all city right here. This is county.
Uh this is where Main Street coming
[39:50] coming in. Main Street. So, basically,
um, we would like the county to produce
[39:57] a speed starting right here, but because
it's it's 55 until you get to this spot
[40:03] in Chestnut.
Um,
[40:07] that's too fast. That's that's you're
really into the city at that point. Um,
[40:12] so anyways, that's uh
so hopefully this the county will work
[40:18] with us on that. Um
but in Main Street we just like I said
[40:23] we reduce the speed a little bit because
that's a heavy residential area and then
[40:27] of course this is you got a lot of
people jaywalking across you know
[40:32] downtown and you don't want people going
really fast. You want people lower lower
[40:36] their speeds there. So, um
[40:42] that's
>> Well, even the recommendation from 6:30
[40:46] to a chestnut was 45 miles.
>> Yes. Yes, it was. Yeah, that the Purdue
[40:51] or um the Purdue study that recommends
us them reducing the speed and the the
[40:56] commissioners do have that report.
>> Um so,
[41:03] » what do we got to do to annex the other
side of the road?
[41:08] We could if we want to get in a fight.
>> I mean
[41:11] » like why wouldn't they just say
>> we could do that?
[41:15] » Why wouldn't it just I mean it's not
like they're plowing into Malt Pillar on
[41:18] that road, are they?
>> No, they're
[41:21] » Well, it it sounds like they they
already most people already reduced
[41:25] their speed. It sounds the the the um
actually it's only 40 miles an hour on
[41:30] the other side. So it's 55 going
>> um in but 40 40 miles an hour going out.
[41:36] And so up until um 6:30 I think. Um so I
you know honestly just to be consistent
[41:43] they should bring the other side 40 as
well.
[41:46] » Um
>> are they afraid they're going to have to
[41:49] pay for the sign?
>> I don't think that's an issue over I I
[41:54] don't I don't know the I
>> I'm don't know. I don't I don't know.
[42:00] But I I'm hoping they'll eventually
they'll come to ter. I mean that that
[42:03] just makes sense if we're but I guess we
haven't approved this yet. So is there
[42:07] any thoughts or comments on changing to
25 at Chestnut?
[42:12] » I think it's a good idea.
>> Yeah. Um so okay, do you want to make a
[42:16] motion?
>> I'll make a motion.
[42:18] » John motion
>> for ordinance 25 or 2025- or no 2025-09.
[42:24] » Okay. All right. All right. And Travis,
did you second? Okay. Travis seconds.
[42:28] All in favor say I.
>> I opposed.
[42:31] » Okay. Very good. All right. Very good.
Yes.
[42:37] » And I have one last thing if the mayor
doesn't mind.
[42:41] Um I received a contract today for B
Barnes and Thornberg which is for Kim
[42:48] Glenshhat to be the bond council.
And I would like to propose that the
[42:53] mayor have authorization to sign
anything that goes with the GEO bond or
[42:58] general obligations bond. Guess
that streamlines it.
[43:05] » I mean, I think it's going to be around
30,000.
[43:10] The last do bond was like 2829 and Jim
Hickens was like 10.
[43:16] And this this states that they will only
charge for the work they do.
[43:23] So,
[43:27] any objection?
[43:30] What was that for again?
>> There's so sign the the geo bond stuff.
[43:36] » We we've approved the group ordinance.
We've approved the additional
[43:40] appropriation. There may be more things
for the mayor to sign like when they
[43:45] sell the bonds.
So, I'm just asking for your permission
[43:50] to let him sign.
[43:55] » Gary motion.
>> It won't exceed anything we've talked
[43:57] about.
>> I'll second. seconds. All in favor say
[44:00] I.
>> I opposed.
[44:03] » Okay. Okay. Well, that's that is the end
of our agenda. Um any anything else
[44:10] wants to talk about ordinance?
>> Okay. Um Okay. Take a motion to approve
[44:15] or pro motion to
>> make a motion we adjourn.
[44:18] » Okay. Okay. Motions. Have a second. 40
seconds. All in favor say I. I. Thank
[44:25] you.
Okay.