[0:01] All right, we are good to go. Good
evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome
[0:05] to the council meeting. Uh if you'll
join me, we'll stand for the pledge of
[0:08] allegiance and a word of prayer.
Officially call this meeting to
[0:14] pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the
[0:19] republic for which it stands, one nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and
[0:26] justice for all. Father, we thank you
for this opportunity to meet in your
[0:30] presence. We ask your blessings over our
meeting that you give us wisdom and
[0:34] guidance. Help us to be good stewards of
the resources that have been entrusted
[0:38] to us that we might make sound
decisions, wise decisions that benefit
[0:43] the folks of the entire town. In Jesus
name we pray. Amen. You may be seated.
[0:48] Thank you.
We're a little short this evening. Our
[0:53] town clerk is in Indianapolis or that
area for training with the state board
[0:57] of accounts and Matt had a prior
commitment that he could not get out of.
[1:02] So, uh, with two of us here, we do have
quorum. So, we're okay to make
[1:07] decisions. So, uh, Chanty, first of all,
we have the minutes from our Tuesday,
[1:12] June 9th meeting. I looked through those
minutes. I did not see any changes or
[1:17] corrections. Uh, we had a lot in that
meeting that evening. Um, what is your
[1:22] desire?
>> Would you move that we approve?
[1:25] » I move we approve.
>> And I'll second. All in favor say I.
[1:29] » I. Those opposed, same sign.
[1:33] We'll just go ahead and sign this right
now.
[1:40] So that we make sure we have everything
done.
[1:50] Okay. We also have the minutes from our
June 17th uh executive session. Um
[1:59] and those minutes are very brief. Um
they were to discuss real properties.
[2:05] » Um any questions or comments on those?
Okay.
[2:08] » I approve.
>> I would move that we approve. I'll
[2:10] second that.
>> All in favor say I. I. Those opposed,
[2:14] same sign.
[2:26] And then we also have our minutes from
our July 7th executive session uh where
[2:33] we talked about a variety of issues but
uh staffing and a couple of real
[2:38] properties. Any questions or comments on
those?
[2:41] » I'll make a motion to approve
>> and I will second. Those in favor say I.
[2:46] » I. Those oppose same sign.
[2:55] Okay, good. Thank you. That's done.
All right, we have uh several guests
[3:03] with us this evening. Jeff Row from
Baker Tilly. Come on down.
[3:16] Good evening. Thanks for being here.
>> Uh Jeff Rob with Baker Tilly. Appreciate
[3:23] the invitation this evening. Um just
here to introduce myself and be
[3:28] available to answer any questions uh as
it relates to proposal that we've
[3:33] submitted to the town council for uh
well to assist the town with the utility
[3:39] water studies. um had the privilege of
working uh for the town in the past on
[3:46] similar engagements over the years. Um
>> I think the last one landed in 2021.
[3:53] » I think that's right.
>> Somewhere around there. Um so yeah our
[3:58] our team is uh really uh focused
exclusively on working with local
[4:03] government myself public utilities and
doing these types of analysis whether it
[4:08] be rate studies or helping to fund
capital projects through the issuance of
[4:14] bonds and other financial planning
services for municipalities. So um been
[4:19] doing that for about 28 years now. a
little while very familiar with this
[4:25] area. Our office is in Mishawaka, not
too far away. Um, so we're we're fairly
[4:31] local and um, yeah, appreciate the
opportunity to submit to you and we be
[4:36] happy to answer I'd be happy to answer
any questions you have.
[4:39] » I I don't know that I have any. I have
looked through the this would be my
[4:44] first time through a rate study like
this. So, um, I don't have any questions
[4:49] in particular. I know Myra um worked
well with you folks the last time and I
[4:55] do know that when I've been to the AN
meetings you come highly recommended and
[5:00] uh I've enjoyed meeting your folks
there. So yeah and I do know this is
[5:05] something we need to do as well. Um
>> yeah a little bit about the fee uh would
[5:11] be what we're proposing is time expense.
So it just be based on the amount of
[5:16] time it takes to put into it. We do have
a cap of 6,000 per utility.
[5:21] » Um, you know, whether we get there sort
of sometimes depends on number of
[5:25] meetings and sort of thing. But, uh, but
yeah, based on time and expense and
[5:30] obviously we always try to be um, you
know, as as efficient as we can, but
[5:36] want to be thorough obviously getting
what you what you're expecting.
[5:41] » And I'm assuming you folks will use the
master utility study that we had done as
[5:45] part of that.
>> Yeah. So what we take a little bit about
[5:49] what we look at it's it's comprehensive.
So we you know do a look we do a look
[5:53] back in terms of how the utility has
performed financially. Um so we look at
[5:59] cash position making sure cash position
is adequate. I know you have outstanding
[6:04] debt. So there's always reserve cash
reserve requirements that you're
[6:08] required to maintain. So we look at
that, make recommendations around cash
[6:13] management and then obviously we look at
uh you know your current rate structure
[6:17] and whether it's sufficient to meet your
uh anticipated costs coming down down
[6:22] the road both by way of day-to-day
operating costs but also uh the master
[6:28] plan or capital plan that you have
looking at um you know your your your
[6:34] needs assessment as far as capital
projects and then we would make some
[6:38] recommendations in terms of um whether
financing might make sense, you know,
[6:44] issuance of debt to support those high
priority projects or how much can we
[6:50] afford to do on a pay pay go basis or a
combination of the two. So yeah,
[6:55] absolutely we'll take that into account
uh and help sort of navigate how we pay
[6:59] for those type projects.
>> How often should we or do we do a rate
[7:06] study like you're proposing? Yeah. Uh we
recommend I mean we have a lot of
[7:12] communities we work with take a look
every year. Um but you know we would say
[7:16] on a minimum every three years.
>> Okay.
[7:19] » To look at rates um especially with the
environment we've seen since 2020.
[7:24] » Yeah.
>> Uh with the inflationary environment
[7:27] that we've seen and increases in cost um
and not to mention SCA1 and the things
[7:35] you know in terms of how that's
impacting communities. doesn't impact
[7:38] utilities necessarily directly but
utilities can be in some cases part of
[7:43] that solution.
>> Sure.
[7:44] » Um so yeah every three years we I would
say at a minimum if not more frequent
[7:49] than that
>> and we have we are well past the
[7:52] threeear for us. Yeah.
>> And I do know too we've been um thankful
[7:57] that we've been able to hold our rates
um at a very market competitive rate.
[8:03] However, there's a catch 22 to that
because those rates are what generate
[8:07] the money to do improvements and repairs
and all of those things. So, um you have
[8:13] to balance the two with how do you keep
your rates affordable for your residents
[8:17] and yet build enough capital to pay for
those repairs and enhancements you'd
[8:23] like to make. some
>> competing forces. U and usually what
[8:26] we'll do is well not usually what we
will perform if you contract part of the
[8:31] study we look at other utilities of
similar size kind of how you compare um
[8:38] not as a reason to adjust rates but just
sort of like baseline on how you compare
[8:43] to others.
>> Um and it won't surprise me wouldn't
[8:46] surprise me if you're on the lower end.
Um but you know like you said over time
[8:51] we see kind of le
August projects come on and communities
[8:57] have to face those
capitals.
[9:01] We'll see adjustments and rates and
eventually catch up with kind of where
[9:04] the other communities are.
>> Okay. Chanty, any questions?
[9:09] » Not at this time.
>> Okay. Well, I would move that we approve
[9:14] this master services agreement and the
statement of work with Baker Tilly to do
[9:18] our rate study.
>> Okay. Got a motion. I'll second that.
[9:24] All in favor say I.
>> I.
[9:26] » Those opposed, same sign. And I will say
I as well. I will sign this. What I'll
[9:32] do is sign this and give it to Myra and
then she can follow up.
[9:35] » That's perfect. Yep, that'll be perfect.
And we'll uh we'll go ahead and get kind
[9:40] of a starting kickoff call started
schedule with Myra talk through our
[9:45] approach, talk about deliverables.
>> Perfect.
[9:51] certain deadlines typically takes us
about 30 days to get through the through
[9:58] the study. So just kind of give you a
sense of time.
[10:01] » That's probably what we're looking at
unless you need it sooner than that. We
[10:04] can try to accelerate it if possible.
>> Excellent. Thank you so much. Appreciate
[10:08] you being here.
>> Thank you. Appreciate it.
[10:10] » Absolutely.
>> All right. Uh next guests, forgive me,
[10:17] Jesse and Matt, come on down.
[10:27] And if you would state your names
because we're on camera. Yeah.
[10:30] » Jess,
>> thank you.
[10:34] » So, we're here about Pearson.
>> Okay.
[10:38] » It didn't run this year.
We would like to take it over and get it
[10:42] going again. Wonderful.
>> Because the community needs it.
[10:45] » Absolutely. you know, kids need
somewhere to go
[10:49] so they're not in trouble. Um, we
contacted Chris.
[10:54] » Yeah. I Well, I talked to Matt actually
and he gave me Chris's number.
[10:58] » Yeah.
>> Um, I called Chris. Chris and I had
[11:01] great conversations for about two weeks.
Um, we were going to set up a meeting.
[11:07] Um, and then he was going to show us
around the facilities. He said he still
[11:10] had keys. We're going to discuss the
maintenance, what we responsible for.
[11:15] I'm going to come down to we discussed
the funds. I said we'd like to have
[11:19] whatever he has left. Um and he said he
was if we didn't want it, they were
[11:25] going to donate it to Wick High School.
Um once they absorbed the uh nonprofit
[11:30] and got all that, got rid of all that.
Um and after that, he was supposed he
[11:35] was supposed to meet us one night and
show us around. Um he contacted me. He
[11:39] had something come up with the high
school basketball team and coaches. Um,
[11:43] I've texted him four or five times since
then. I've called three or four times
[11:47] and he has pretty much gone no contact.
>> Okay.
[11:51] Thank you for being here tonight. I am
so pleased that we have somebody who
[11:55] stepped up and wants to do our Pearson
use league. That's incredible. I can
[12:00] tell you I just had a call from Matt
right before this meeting started. I
[12:04] asked Matt to reach out to Chris St. and
the reason is Matt's kind of been the
[12:08] one coordinating the information flow.
Uh Matt called me just before this
[12:13] meeting started and said, "If you will
leave your phone numbers for Matt
[12:17] tonight, he has gotten Chris to commit
to meet and get everything transferred
[12:22] over to you folks."
>> And so Matt will coordinate that for
[12:26] you. But I'm thrilled that you're
willing to take it over for us and get
[12:30] something started back here at Pearston.
We have a wonderful facility up there
[12:34] and it needs to be used. It needs to be
used for our kids.
[12:36] » Yes. So, make sure you leave me your
phone numbers, both of you. And Matt
[12:41] said he would get that coordinated for
you.
[12:44] » Excellent.
>> Thanks, guys.
[12:47] » Yes. Thank you so much.
[13:20] and we will support you however we can.
>> I appreciate that.
[13:24] » Absolutely. Thanks for being here.
Thanks for coming. Thanks for stepping
[13:27] up.
>> Excellent. Mr. Doug Gregory,
[13:33] come on down.
[13:39] » Thank you, sir.
[13:45] » Thank you for the opportunity to be here
this evening to talk to you. Um, we have
[13:50] three committee proposals. I'm Doug Rick
from Bridge Heritage Association, PH. We
[13:55] have three committee proposals that we
would like the town to consider. Um,
[13:59] I've given you the the specific
proposals and some remarks remarks will
[14:03] be a little abbreviated. Um in including
your package I put in a memorandum
[14:09] understanding draft and also
statement
[14:15] funds that we have at Casio County
Community Foundation which we fund
[14:20] things for well right now for the
physical assets that the town has
[14:25] accepted the responsibility to maintain.
So we set this up in 25 and the county
[14:32] has agreed to maintain our physical
assets in return. We will provide funds
[14:38] through the KCCF permanent endowment
that towns forever as long as it's
[14:44] needed. This partnership is working
exactly the way we thought it would. Um
[14:49] the only thing we didn't do is reduce it
to writing and um we won't be here 20
[14:54] years from now and the still will be
here. Hopefully
[15:00] will still be standing there. So we just
like to to have that reduced to
[15:07] included the draft in here
ownership authorship don't care
[15:19] if you want to also include the non
permanent fund
[15:26] that's fine too. the town has access to
that specific thing that have to do with
[15:31] the history of the town. So if you would
like to include that in a
[15:38] do that any comments about that?
>> I I think as we move forward whether we
[15:44] do it now or later we probably should go
ahead and have a memorandum
[15:48] understanding for the non-permanent fund
as well.
[15:51] » Do you want me to submit another draft
or is this or have you seen this? Yeah,
[15:57] you had shared this with me before.
Yeah. Um Tammy, what are your thoughts?
[16:02] » I mean, I did take a look at this draft
that you were asking and I think this is
[16:07] fine. You know, I wouldn't see a problem
with maybe just adding a paragraph to
[16:12] this memorandise
[16:20] that way. But otherwise, I didn't have
any concerns about this.
[16:23] » Good.
>> Okay. Well, thank you.
[16:24] » Yeah. And I um just so you're aware, I
am constantly keeping my eyes and ears
[16:30] open for a space a space that we could
use for the Pearson Heritage
[16:35] Association. And uh nothing has
transpired yet, but we keep looking. So
[16:42] » we're constantly waiting for you to find
[16:47] » it's a nice problem to have that we
don't have space, but that's the
[16:51] problem. We don't have space.
Second approach was town representation
[16:56] on a board. Um like every healthy
organization
[17:01] has a plan for the future and since our
last graduating class from high schools
[17:06] 1971
our membership is declining and source
[17:10] of alumni to serve on the board.
Um and we would like to start thinking
[17:19] right now about breaking
community representation on board
[17:26] right now um within the next six months
if possible.
[17:31] Um this strengthens the the relationship
that we're developing and ensures all
[17:37] our resources are dedicated serving the
entire community which is part of our
[17:42] mission. We bring the community into our
mission and
[17:46] We think that that'll be helpful because
sooner or later somebody will have to
[17:52] run.
>> I think the township really is
[17:58] a town asset and so people that are
involved in that can help out
[18:04] tremendously.
So request that you work with us over
[18:10] the next six months and try to find two
people at least would be willing to
[18:14] serve on the work.
>> There's a couple of things we can do um
[18:18] to put out work for volunteers much like
we've done for other opportunities. Um
[18:23] Myra can send out a reach alert. Um we
can also put something in the monthly
[18:28] utility bills, but it really we'd like
to find a couple of people from the town
[18:33] um to serve. So we can start just
spreading the word and see if we can get
[18:37] a couple of people to volunteer to sit
on that
[18:39] » board.
[18:42] trying to spread that word. It's a
little tough.
[18:45] » Yeah.
>> Yeah.
[18:48] » Thank you.
[18:54] Third proposal's
[18:57] always been a crossroads.
Everybody knows about the crossroads and
[19:05] we've got some good signage on clearly.
I don't have anything on 13. One thing
[19:09] that we haven't done yet is
have the potential for a downtown mural
[19:15] and it's time to do that. Um, a lot of
our small towns around us, Midtown,
[19:21] all have murals all over the place and
those are more than just a piece of art.
[19:29] It's it's a place that people will come
and look at it as a destination piece
[19:34] that that can reflect the character and
the history of the town. Um, and and I
[19:40] think it'd be a welcome addition for
citizens and and a real asset for both
[19:44] businesses.
So, we would like for you to partner
[19:47] with us to find a location and um maybe
establish a joint planning committee
[19:53] with us to to identify um how we might
move forward that project. If you're
[20:00] interested, if you do want to move
forward, uh, PHA is willing to provide
[20:05] the historical research, help with theme
development, and encourage, uh,
[20:09] community participation and fundraising.
Um, our preliminary analysis suggests,
[20:16] uh, you know, like we would envision
cost between 12 and $15,000
[20:22] and maybe less than that. But I'm just
going for the upside. Um, if you do
[20:27] decide to move forward and begin with
it, PHA will match the first $1,000
[20:32] that's collected from local businesses
and people.
[20:36] » Any questions?
>> How have those murals been paid for in
[20:40] other communities? Grants. Okay.
[20:50] » But still, there's
ways to do that.
[20:56] We have access to seller who knows how
to do things. So we feel like we'll be
[21:02] able to find something. We would like to
get some community too.
[21:06] » Sure.
[21:10] » Oh yeah.
[21:17] » Yeah.
>> I I've been really impressed with the
[21:23] ones I've seen in other towns. I think
we probably have a couple of locations
[21:26] that would be good spots for one. Um
I I don't know why we couldn't put this
[21:33] out to the community also to see if
there are community community members
[21:37] that would want to donate as well as
some of our business community may want
[21:41] to donate. Um,
what I would recommend is move forward
[21:47] with selecting a location and come back
with a final actual proposal for not
[21:53] only what the mural would be uh but the
location and then an estimated cost and
[21:58] then we can um decide what action if any
the town needs to take.
[22:05] Um, if you're looking at if you're
looking at an individual business
[22:11] building,
I would assume that um they'll have a
[22:16] lot of input into what would be painted
on the side of their building. Um, so
[22:22] yeah, that would be my recommendation. I
personally am all for it. I think they
[22:27] make the town beautiful. Uh it's always
an interesting conversation piece and um
[22:32] draws people downtown especially in the
summer. So
[22:37] » we will then we'll begin
preliminary
[22:41] effort to identify what we need to
>> Yeah.
[22:48] Yeah. And then I mean put the word out
to the community. Anybody who'd be
[22:52] interested in being on that committee um
would be welcome. I'm assuming you're
[22:58] looking for all the input you can get.
So,
[23:01] » yeah.
All right. I think the one thing we need
[23:05] to do is we need to officially approve
the memorandum of understanding.
[23:09] Correct.
>> Unless it's going to be modified.
[23:11] » Oh, it's going to be modified.
[23:15] » Okay. Yeah. Send us a modified one then.
And
[23:19] » yeah, and we can approve it next month
in that committee. All right. Thank you,
[23:22] Doug. Appreciate the information.
[23:28] All right.
Um,
[23:34] reports, streets, water, sewer updates.
Noah, come on down.
[23:46] Welcome to your first meeting.
>> Uh, the streets uh right now the lift
[23:51] station on our home. Um,
we got one pump back in, fixed the
[23:56] floats that were causing them to drain
out. Um, the second pump, we just
[24:01] received that back today.
So, we'll install that hopefully by this
[24:06] week. Um, we do have one more pump over
right now as far as
[24:14] the cost is
$4,500.
[24:18] And so, I would like to get that fixed.
>> Yes. and we um you let us know about
[24:25] that. Myra did let us know about that.
It's something we have to do. So,
[24:29] Chanty, I would move that we approve
that expenditure for $4,500 for that
[24:34] repair.
>> Got a motion and a second. All in favor
[24:37] say I. Those opposed. Thank you.
Approved.
[24:42] One other thing from those stations
the service that they offer is
[24:48] pressure washerite
[24:52] everything that's built up over the
years to my knowledge since I've been
[24:56] here done um even with her mom she
highly recommends it with all the debris
[25:04] in this last home um it was $1,200
roughly
[25:10] » three hours
both of those stations just as
[25:14] preventative to help remove the wipes
and just everything.
[25:18] » So, I ask
for
[25:22] » I think for me that's a no-brainer. It
needs to be done. It we've talked about
[25:26] it before. Um and it's $1,25.
That's pretty cheap insurance with as
[25:32] many repairs as we're having to make.
So, if we can do this and then what I
[25:36] would suggest is add it to your schedule
and let's make it at least twice a year
[25:42] um to keep things cleaned up so that
hopefully will help impact the number of
[25:46] repairs. So, Chanty, I would move that
we approve this quote from Weed for
[25:50] cleaning um the the two lift stations
and investigate the panel at the north
[25:56] lift station. $1,25.
>> I agree.
[26:00] » Okay. Second.
>> Okay. All in favor say I. I. Those
[26:05] opposed. Same sign approved.
[26:11] » Okay.
[26:20] » Excellent.
[26:27] » Excellent.
[26:31] days to pull out a little mulch, sell
all mulch in here. Friday morning, we'll
[26:38] be shutting down East Market to
Washington.
[26:46] So, if there's any cars there before
starting up and then we'll be set up for
[26:54] the car show.
[27:00] » Okay.
And to let you know, Baker's supposed to
[27:03] be bringing the trailer
for Friday night. Which side?
[27:09] » As far as I know, it's going to be
probably more towards
[27:14] the south side.
>> South
[27:17] everything will be on the side tracks. I
think it's going to be that area.
[27:24] That's the plan.
[27:28] » Okay. What other things have you been
working on?
[27:30] » Uh, we got the part. We got everything
done
[27:35] pulled out so they can install the
rentals.
[27:42] Our station on street is running full.
>> Wonderful. Um, other than
[27:54] » Well, I want to commend you on doing
exactly what I asked you to do when
[27:58] Casey left us, and that is for right now
just keep the town running. And you've
[28:03] been doing an exceptional job, and I
appreciate it. And, uh, we're in the
[28:06] process of deciding how we want to fill
that position and what we want to do.
[28:11] Um, and just keep up the good work. And
oh, by the way, one other thing.
[28:18] » Twigs and sticks pick up.
>> Yes.
[28:21] » Have you made any progress in getting
those things picked up?
[28:23] » We got a few done this week. We're
working on our tools down right now.
[28:29] So, we're getting that fixed.
>> Okay. Once that's smaller piles before
[28:34] that, but bigger piles once we back.
>> Okay.
[28:37] » We'll be in that hopefully before this.
>> Okay. Excellent. Thank you very much.
[28:42] Appreciate it.
[28:45] Mr. Phil, come on down.
>> Quick.
[28:53] » Just a real quick update. I don't have a
whole lot, but the reserves are
[28:59] certified to the academy now. So, we're
pretty happy they're out kill train now.
[29:03] It'll probably take at least a year
before they're solo patrol. But just
[29:07] think we'll have a uh update on the
ordinances.
[29:12] Uh the health department came out on
June 24th and condemned Mr. Stall's
[29:18] properties for various health
violations. The trash pile on First
[29:23] Street was cleaned up by the health
department and we also demolitioned the
[29:28] third street garage. So that's all done
by the county health department. So just
[29:33] quick update on that and pushing forward
on that but it takes a little bit of
[29:39] time. I was contacted last week um by
Mr. Stall in Canada Construction.
[29:47] They're in the process of purchasing all
Mr. S's properties.
[29:57] Nobody should be home properties at all
unless they're construction.
[30:01] Everything's boarded up. They're in the
process of cleaning everything up,
[30:04] getting it all taken care of right now.
I just want to give everybody a bit of a
[30:11] and then with everybody else in town, I
just want to say a huge, huge thank you
[30:16] to everybody. I know it's uncomfortable
when
[30:21] the three of us, one of us show up and
want to talk to you about things. Um,
[30:26] and I just want to say thank you for
having your attitude and your
[30:30] compliance. I mean, it's just through
the roof. Everybody just apply and
[30:35] various levels of it. not having a way
to flat out tell us no and I appreciate
[30:39] that I didn't want to be rude about it
when we first started that was my
[30:43] biggest thing so I'm super pleased with
the progress I make everybody else
[30:48] » excellent
>> and then my last thing is just reminder
[30:52] of Pearson days a ton of pedestrian
traffic please drive slowly pay
[30:57] attention have tons of patience and I'm
sure we'll see you guys
[31:03] » excellent thank you very
[31:11] Parks and Recreation Committee. Miss
Carla, come on down.
[31:17] » So, we had an amazing workday. Um, a lot
of people showed up. We had that entire
[31:24] park mulched in.
That's that's 20 plus people showing up
[31:29] to do amazing things for our community.
Huge thank you to Noah. We could not
[31:34] have done that had Noah and his team not
got all of that gravel removed. Um it
[31:38] took them what, two, three days? A lot
of time getting that gravel removed. Um
[31:43] we got mulch down. We have signs on
three signs on Seventh Street. One sign
[31:48] on 13, two on 7th and 350. Um there's
new no smoking beyond this point signs
[31:55] down there. There is the water fountains
working. Uh flowers were donated by
[32:00] Horizon. So they're planted down there.
We have more to plant. Um the disc golf
[32:06] course done by Katon completely
finished. It is ready to be played on.
[32:11] Um the sign out front uh we painted
today. Don't touch it. It's probably
[32:17] still wet. Um to-dos. So we have the
flag pole still due, but Chris is on
[32:23] that. He um is going to be out doing
stuff to school um this next week. So
[32:29] he's going to squeeze the flag pole in
there. Um,
[32:34] we have the sign to hang the rules sign
which we have. It is in our possession.
[32:40] Um, but I have to ask guys.
Um, there is that tree, couple trees
[32:49] that have all grown together
where the sign is in the park.
[32:53] » Okay.
>> Um, it's covering the sign as it is. Um,
[32:57] so can we take the trees out? I have
already have Noah said he'll take them
[33:03] down for us. And then Philips Tree
Service said they will completely grind
[33:06] that stump out for us right now. It
blocks the park. It blocks the sign. It
[33:10] is a huge ice.
Can I take that tree out?
[33:15] » I would have no problem with that. I
know exactly where you're talking about.
[33:18] Um it's just overgrown.
>> It's like overgrown. Like maybe at one
[33:22] point it should have been like shrubbery
and it's just it's huge and to cut it
[33:27] down just halfway will just look worse.
>> Yeah. So, um,
[33:30] » do we have a cost from Phillips for
grinding the stump up?
[33:34] » He is going to donate his time and do
it.
[33:37] » Great.
>> I I would be all in favor of it.
[33:40] » Yes.
>> All in favor? Let's make a motion to
[33:43] approve that. I'll make a motion to
approve.
[33:45] » I'll second.
>> Got a second. All in favor say I.
[33:48] » I.
>> I. Approve.
[33:50] » Um,
>> I like free.
[33:56] » I like free.
>> Great. Um, so the other thing that I
[34:02] gave you guys a little handout, um,
Josiah did that for us. He went through
[34:09] the park um, and he has experience in
this and went through the park and
[34:13] pointed out a lot of things that were,
um, not exactly unsafe, but needed to be
[34:18] safer, you know, and so I would like
permission to reach out to a couple
[34:23] organizations and ask for grants to help
fix some of the stuff in our park. Some
[34:28] of the things I would like to
specifically fix are um the
[34:32] amphitheater, the wood benches, and as
you can see on there, the broken fixed
[34:37] on the amphitheater. Um the edging in
the park around the beautiful playground
[34:42] that we just launched. Um
we don't have any ADA compliant play
[34:48] equipment in our park. I would like to
try to get a grant for something for
[34:53] disabled um children specifically. Um
there's nothing in our that is compliant
[34:58] for them.
[35:03] » I am always in favor of grant money um
money that we can get that's free to us
[35:09] and it just takes some leg work. So I
would move chanty that we approve um
[35:15] moving allowing the committee to move
forward with seeking grants to take care
[35:19] of these issues at the park.
>> I'll second that.
[35:23] » Got a motion and a second. All in favor
say I.
[35:26] » I. Those opposed, same sign. This is
excellent, by the way. Uh, thank you,
[35:32] Josiah. You did a great job. This is
excellent because it really identifies
[35:38] um not only what he identified as low
priority, high priority, and then just
[35:43] needs to be done priority. Um, but this
is excellent and many of these things
[35:48] are are visible, but some of them you
wouldn't know unless you went and
[35:52] looked. And so, thank you for making it
clear. So yeah, go for it.
[35:58] » The only other thing I have is that I
super app
[36:08] wants to has ideas for the park,
anything like that, come talk to me. I
[36:12] guarantee you somebody in the house has
a comfort. So, um, yeah, if you could
[36:18] just come on and talk to me, give me
some ideas, jump in, do the work, you
[36:22] know, and really, really appreciative of
Alita and of Georgia because they're my
[36:28] other members of this board and they
they're my backbone here. So, that's all
[36:33] I have.
>> Excellent. Thank you for the update.
[36:35] Appreciate it. Good work. Um, who's here
from the chamber? George, are you on the
[36:41] chamber? And Doc, would you folks um try
to coordinate a ribbon cutting ceremony
[36:47] for our pickle ball courts and
basketball court?
[36:51] » I think we're doing
>> We're going to do that, but I want to
[36:53] get
>> Okay, excellent. Um because that's
[36:56] something that needs to be done.
>> Yeah.
[36:59] » Yeah. Um and then also invite the
Kaziasco County Chamber to come. Uh, I
[37:05] took my grandkids up to the park to play
pickle ball and it's wonderful. Um, but
[37:11] the park is looking so much better and
thank you to everybody, everybody who
[37:15] helped and supported.
[37:19] » Excellent. Excellent. All right. Um,
clerk's report. Myra did leave me some
[37:26] information. We already had Jeff and
Jesse and Matt. Uh, Mr. Gregory. Um,
[37:34] we have Chanty a quote for a new pump at
the lift station at the Arnold location.
[37:40] The quote for the new pump uh was
$14,794.50.
[37:46] Noah got that quote for us. The issue is
both current pumps are out of service,
[37:53] right?
>> Obsolete.
[37:58] » Yeah, they're both working right now. Um
is it Kester?
[38:03] » Kester.
>> It has repaired the pump which has been
[38:05] installed. Um Weed's been pumping the
lift station while it was not working
[38:09] and also replace the F floats which we
had extra on hand. Nipkco was called as
[38:14] the pump was not receiving power. They
found the issue was in the substation.
[38:18] Everything seems to be working well now.
Um Noah will let us know if the new pump
[38:24] needs to be ordered. I just asked Noah
before the meeting what the lead time is
[38:28] for one of those new pumps and he said
probably 30 to 60 days. So the issue
[38:34] becomes if we have a pump go down and we
don't have one to replace it then we're
[38:40] down another pump. So the question
becomes where would Myra pull the 14
[38:45] almost $15,000 from and do we just go
ahead and order a new pump to have it
[38:51] here for when we need it? So, I think
for right now, uh, let's table this
[38:56] until Myra is back and I can confirm
where the money would come from. Um, but
[39:02] then let's bring it to the next meeting
and see if we should go ahead and get it
[39:05] ordered, get it in place. So, we'll
table this one for now, but thank you
[39:10] for getting the information and for
keeping those running as best you can.
[39:18] Um,
[39:23] uh, industrial filter manufacturer sent
us a quote for filter replacements as
[39:27] part of a regular maintenance of the
wastewater plant. The last time the
[39:31] filters were replaced was in April of
25. And that quote is for $1,524
[39:39] to replace those filters. And I would
recommend that we replace those far. Got
[39:45] a motion and a second. All in favor say
I.
[39:48] » I. Those opposed, same signed. Got it.
[39:56] Okay. Um,
[40:03] that one we already talked about. Um,
is it Ebapar?
[40:10] Noah. Ebapar provided a quote for work
on the wastewater plant generator. says,
[40:14] "Please direct questions to Noah on
this." Um, it's a quote for $1,261.75,
[40:22] » I believe.
>> Yeah. And so what is that for?
[40:25] » Um, repairs
on the generator.
[40:29] » On the generator itself. Gotcha.
[40:35] » Oh, yeah. Okay. Here it is. Again, this
is maintenance work that needs to be
[40:40] done. I would recommend that we approve
this quote for $1,261
[40:46] or3.73.
Got a motion and a second. All in favor
[40:51] say I.
>> I. Those opposed, same sign.
[40:56] Got it. Approved.
Took care of that one.
[41:02] Care of that one. We tabled the big one
till we confirmed. And we took care of
[41:07] that one. Okay. All taken care of.
um received a
[41:19] the it says the BSM group has provided
the information included in the
[41:23] documents. It's just an email uh BSM
group um asking about permitting and
[41:31] uh
ordinances
[41:36] um
unsure of what they need. area plan
[41:39] thought they wanted locates, but that's
not the case. They said they need
[41:43] confirmation on the right ofway
permitting process.
[41:47] Um, I'm not sure what they need either
from this. Tammy, did you happen to see
[41:53] » I actually was hoping maybe Noah would
be able to comment on that. I did read
[41:57] what they sent and I mean it looks like
they're asking, you know, seeking a
[42:01] permit to um basically bore into the
rideway, you know, the town's rideway
[42:07] where would be under utilities likely
putting this is for cable I think and
[42:12] know I don't know if you know
>> okay but I think that's what they're
[42:16] asking to do and I do recall I'm not an
expert on this but I do recall in case
[42:21] of talking previously about issuing
permits for um access to the rideways by
[42:26] other utilities do you recall that
>> okay
[42:31] » okay
>> and it does look like it's Comcast
[42:35] » yeah so I think that's what they're
asking to I mean, I think that based on
[42:39] what they've submitted, you could
certainly approve this, but then maybe
[42:43] need to um work with Noah to maybe go
through some of the the procedures and
[42:48] paperwork that that you have at your
office to see what needs to be submitted
[42:51] back to them.
>> Okay. Um yeah, I'm in favor of approving
[42:55] it. Uh it's in the industrial park,
right?
[42:57] » Yeah. I would move that we approve their
request um
[43:02] based on the information they've
submitted.
[43:06] » I'll second. Okay, got a motion and a
second. All in favor say I.
[43:10] » I. Those opposed, same sign.
>> Okay. Um, just a reminder that the
[43:17] clerk's office is closed until Thursday.
The staff is attending the state board
[43:20] of accounts call to a meeting. Oh,
they're in Michigan City. I thought they
[43:24] were in Indie. Um, the due date for
bills will be extended and late fees
[43:28] will not be calculated until Friday the
17th. Um,
[43:33] next monthly council meeting will be
held on Tuesday, August 11th at uh 6:30
[43:39] p.m. Pearson Days will be held on July
17th and 18th. Tomato Festival will be
[43:44] held from 10 to 4 on August 22nd.
Okay. The last agenda item we have is
[43:52] the monthly accounts payable vouchers um
to approved. Uh did look through these.
[43:58] I didn't see anything out of the
ordinary. Did have one question. They
[44:01] were a little higher this month. And
Myra answered my question on the cost.
[44:06] The total for the month is $321,782.117.
[44:11] And the amount is larger just this month
due to the sewer board payment, sewer
[44:16] bond payment. And I that was
specifically what I asked about. So I
[44:22] would move that we approve the payables
as submitted.
[44:27] » I'll second.
>> Got a motion and a second. All in favor
[44:30] say I.
>> I.
[44:31] » I. Those opposed, same sign.
All right.
[44:37] All right. Now, we're ready for any
citizen comments, concerns, questions,
[44:42] anyone at all?
Thank you all for being here. This is
[44:47] wonderful. I appreciate it. Fellas,
thank you again for Pearston Use League
[44:51] interest. Matt will get you a meeting
coordinated. I would move that we
[44:54] officially adjourn this meeting of the
Pearson Town Council.
[44:58] Got a motion and a second. All in favor
say I.
[45:01] » I. Done. Thank you.