[0:00] to work. >> So go you can go ahead

[0:11] to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it

[0:17] stands. One nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

[0:27] [laughter]

[0:32] I'd like to welcome Steve to the council.

[0:36] » Thank you. >> Happy to be here.

[0:40] » This way. >> Just wait.

[0:44] » Yeah, it won't take long. >> Approve the minutes from August 4th,

[0:47] 2026 council meeting and for July 29th, 2026

[0:53] meeting. Do I have a motion? >> I'll make a motion. Do I have a second?

[0:58] » I'll second the motion. >> All in favor?

[1:01] » I >> opposed.

[1:07] Did you have anything from Jerry? >> No, I do not. Okay.

[1:14] Can um Smithfield is not here. AB,

[1:20] is that all you have? Um yes.

[1:26] I need >> I didn't get a chance to ask her via

[1:31] email. I saw um the

[1:39] they got some more parts and stuff. Maybe one of the water trucks, one of

[1:41] the town trucks, but it was So, did they divide that? Cuz there was like $586.

[1:48] Is that divided? >> Did you see it on there twice? It's

[1:51] divide. It was divided between water. So it's so it's over $1,000. Is that the

[1:57] way I read that? Or

[2:03] » was it far? >> Yeah.

[2:10] » Just a minute. She has a copy of it. Steve's looking at

[2:15] it. I have >> I just couldn't remember if they were

[2:18] divided equally or if that was >> it. Yeah, I think pretty sure that one's

[2:23] divided equally. >> $8838. $838.

[2:28] So, is it $1,600 was the bill? >> Is that almost

[2:35] » 26581 is the

[3:01] Yeah, there's two parties and they're divided equally. 83853

[3:08] invoice.

[3:18] Oh, I don't have them attached in here. I can grab it from my office if you

[3:21] want. >> I just couldn't remember if

[3:24] that was 858 divided equally or if it's double. So, it sounds like it's double.

[3:30] » That one. Yeah, that one was It's the 83853*

[3:35] 2. >> Okay.

[3:40] » Thank you guys. And you probably can't see everything on

[3:44] that because it only gives you like this much space, but all the full description

[3:49] is typed out in here. That's where like if you I could have sent it to you ahead

[3:54] of time and then you could see what's on there

[3:57] » because it will only let you see that little description.

[4:02] Um, >> will it come through the the ones we

[4:06] signed tonight or is that next meeting? It'll be on the next one because it's

[4:10] not been printed yet. It's not been approved. So,

[4:14] » can you email me that please? >> Yeah. Yep.

[4:16] » Thank you.

[4:21] » So, do I have a motion then to approve the APV register August 18, 2026?

[4:30] » I'll make the motion. >> Do I have a second?

[4:33] » I'll second. >> All in favor?

[4:37] Opposed?

[4:41] Um, only other thing I had was on budget.

[4:46] Um, me and Tr have everything pretty much pinned down on the budget. If you

[4:51] guys want a meeting to go over it with us, then we can do that. If not, we can

[4:56] just present it to you. >> I would like to have a meeting. So, she

[5:01] was wondering if you guys >> if you guys could do

[5:11] She said she could be here. The first meeting in September is the first.

[5:16] She could be here to do it before our meeting at 5. Does that work for

[5:21] everybody or work schedules that might not

[5:30] » be our next board meeting?

[5:36] » And then we have

[5:39] Well, you know,

[5:43] » okay. >> Okay.

[5:52] » That's all I have.

[5:57] Okay. The warning siren. It is. We need to

[6:05] do an ordinance for it. It's ordinance 20268

[6:12] 18. Establish the emergency warning siren donation fund.

[6:19] And this is just so that I have a fund where those donations are specifically

[6:23] going into and they're being held there for only that purpose. So, we just have

[6:29] to have that say I'm allowed to establish that fun.

[6:32] » It says here be it ordinance by the town of Wulit Town Council Wit, Indiana that

[6:40] a need now exists for the establishment of an emergency warning siren donation

[6:46] fund for the following purpose. to accept and spend funds to be used for

[6:52] the purchase of a new emergency warning duly adopted by the following votes of

[6:59] the members of said count town wit town council the 18th day of August 2026.

[7:06] Do I have a motion to accept the ordinance?

[7:10] Do I have a second? >> All in favor? I oppose.

[7:24] The library board reappoint.

[7:31] Um, the Wula Community Public Library would request that you reappoint Morgan

[7:38] Grant Board to the library board. This is her fourth term to serve. for the

[7:43] term is to be from September 21st, 2026 to September 21st of 3, 2030.

[7:53] Do I have a motion? I'll make a motion. >> Do I have a second?

[7:59] » All in favor? >> I opposed.

[8:23] Well, I see what you [laughter] didn't

[8:28] do.

[8:31] » I got a heart attack

[8:36] and $397. Okay. I had got some

[8:44] where my garden used to be and I watered that for several weeks. Uhhuh.

[8:50] There's no way that I use that much water.

[8:54] Okay. Well, I think it should be some of it should be off.

[9:01] The water we cannot adjust. We can adjust the sewer.

[9:06] » Okay. Well, I didn't use the sewer. just went down

[9:09] » right Bri. What was the difference between her

[9:13] oats with the ser?

[9:16] » I forgot to do this, but

[9:26] » you got to go.

[9:44] wastewater was 124 22.

[9:51] I'll let Carrie read this. She better than I do.

[10:00] » Sewer. >> The sewer. I need to know. We needed an

[10:04] amount. charge for this bill was 12422. Okay.

[10:10] She's looking real quick at her account right now

[10:14] » to see what the adjustment would be if a couple of minutes.

[10:24] » Yeah, her water charge was 15673 which we can't adjust any of that.

[10:32] is

[10:37] what's

[10:46] » the same.

[10:50] » Your last payment was $953.

[11:32] So the adjustment that should be able to do is 8624.

[11:38] based off how we normally address

[11:50] 80 $8623 is what we can take off your sewage.

[11:57] Like I said, the water we cannot adjust. That's not us. That's

[12:05] » state requirements. >> So, um,

[12:11] do I have a motion to adjust for water bill for 8624?

[12:17] » Do I have a second? >> I'll second.

[12:21] » All in favor? >> I

[12:24] » oppose.

[12:31] on that on that topic. This is the second feeding in a row we've dealt with

[12:35] this. >> Yes.

[12:36] » Is there I know you have to get people to pay attention, but if they're going

[12:41] to be doing major watering, they need to can they let us know so we can How does

[12:47] that is there? Is there a way to mitigate the

[12:52] problems that come up?

[12:57] » Like, hey, I'm going to be watering my grass for the next month. Um, you're

[13:00] allowed a sewage adjustment for a water leak or a pool adjustment once a year.

[13:05] That's it. >> Um, but they don't allow it. We don't

[13:08] allow it for like watered grass and stuff like that, flower charging, all

[13:12] that. Um, so then if somebody wants a sewage adjustment, they come to the

[13:16] council for that to get permission to grant me permission to do that.

[13:22] » Okay. So, this this is how it's supposed to happen. Thank you. That's what I

[13:25] mean. Um I think that we we really need to think about this um because you know

[13:32] we've loast water because they were so um

[13:38] financially distracted. So I think that we need to be as good stewards as the

[13:42] community look at making adjustments in the future

[13:47] » so that >> not

[13:51] tell

[13:58] » I think that we really need to seriously consider

[14:02] we're going to do in the future with this and I think that didn't you say

[14:06] there was an ordinance There's there's got to be Steve, were

[14:11] you here when >> I was here, too? I don't remember.

[14:15] » Yes. >> Um, it used to be where you could water

[14:20] your grass and stuff like that. You can get a well, but back in 2017

[14:25] that was taken away. But I don't I guess I don't know.

[14:30] » Or forgive me. I don't I'm not pointing at

[14:34] you when I say this. This is the second adjustment we've had for watering. It's

[14:38] either we state it townwide, let everybody know, if you're watering your

[14:43] grass, you're not going to get a sewage adjustment or we it's it's one way or

[14:48] the other, >> right?

[14:49] » Say if you need to water your grass, that's fine. But

[14:52] » I think that's something that we will need to wait and discuss and figure out

[14:56] at the first year since kind of started this year. Again, I guess I'm just

[15:02] thinking ahead that if it's if it's not in the town and

[15:05] » I Michael Michael just informed me that I didn't I was aware that that's how the

[15:11] wastewater and all that works. So, but we started precedence or precedent that

[15:20] » that way if everybody knows, hey, I've got a water facade,

[15:24] » be ready for it because you're >> right.

[15:26] » So, I believe what the issue was back then was people would come in with a

[15:31] high water bill and say, "Well, I water."

[15:33] » Yeah. Yeah. >> So, that's why that was done away with

[15:37] and then they would say, "I'm going to fill up a pool."

[15:42] » And then let Yeah.

[15:46] Yes. They had a pool and they could say, "Hey,

[15:49] » and now I have a formula that I use that Linda got from somewhere." So, and I can

[15:56] because I'll get people that are like, "Oh, cool." And they think I certain

[15:59] dollar amount. But if there's no if I get the difference between your average

[16:04] and what they actually used, and if there's nothing there, then I can't do

[16:07] anything for them. The student adjustments don't really

[16:12] depending like if somebody has a really big pool, it does, but

[16:24] » anything else? >> Two things. Now that Kenny showed up,

[16:31] what's the um story on the firewood? Have we

[16:35] in the alley? >> Fireworks?

[16:38] » No, the firewood >> lineus.

[16:42] » Is that technically a fire hazard or is that

[16:46] » I don't think that constitutes what the statue says. The town dumped that wood

[16:52] there from a tree that was cut down over a people's mill. Okay.

[17:00] Name the street according to

[17:08] » truck. No. Well, uh the street superintendent

[17:15] hauled it over there with Bobcat. Dumped it there in the alley that way. If you

[17:20] look at it, it's not stacked. It's not even against the building. It just

[17:24] dumped. >> Yeah.

[17:25] » Softly like way to split it. Some of that's going to take a hell of a lot of

[17:30] work to even split, right? So, uh

[17:37] Jared talked to Memphis about it and he told me that

[17:43] the town called over there for him, I guess, to get it cleaned up. Jared told

[17:50] him that if he wanted to, the would haul it

[17:56] down to the the water plant is and it there and he could come and get it when

[18:02] he wanted to or they do something with it.

[18:07] » Okay. >> And I don't know how that that was the

[18:09] last on the subject. Okay. That was fully declared that somebody

[18:13] » So, a it's not a fire hazard according to what you see and b it's it's being

[18:19] coordinated to get moved. >> There's two or three pieces in there

[18:22] that I think is rotten. Yeah. if you wanted to push the issue, but um my

[18:28] understanding was that u he was going to Jared was going to have

[18:34] him

[18:37] » haul it down to the water. >> Okay. If he wanted to go get him and not

[18:44] I guess town would dispose it. >> Okay.

[18:47] » But >> so it sounds like something's in the

[18:49] works. >> Yeah. Jared left it with that's way told

[18:53] me there >> okay

[18:56] » after he had talked with so the the problem and and this is wood you

[19:03] know I made a comment that a lot of us in violation that it's wood against

[19:07] building other things like common sense things

[19:12] like fuel tanks and things aren't under that same statute but wood cannot be

[19:17] stacked against the building supposed to be up off the ground maybe six or eight

[19:22] inches and not touching the building because

[19:26] obviously if it get caught on fire it would set

[19:30] building right but that doesn't constitute anything but

[19:35] mess I drove by it three times and I have

[19:40] snow plow on the truck I put down a snow plow pl in the ditch but

[19:46] » please do not put it in the ditch >> everything else is in there buddy

[19:54] Yes, that's >> okay. That answers the question I have

[19:56] and thank you county. >> We have been awarded $750,000

[20:04] to have our ditch done. Um, we I talked to Brad Ward yesterday and he said

[20:12] within the next couple of weeks we would be getting emails on the next step

[20:19] » because they're matching.

[20:24] » The 750 is the bring it and then the county is paying the match portion.

[20:29] » Okay. >> We do not have to. So the ditch will be

[20:35] » get to be worked off.

[20:44] So hopefully that's soon. >> Okay, awesome.

[20:47] » At least get started on it. And um recycling.

[20:54] I talked to Don yesterday and there was to have more gravel

[21:00] brought in. The electric is there, but the light is not hooked up yet.

[21:06] She was talking to uh Mike Smolic because he is the one that is

[21:12] coordinating all this and she said that it should be done within two weeks

[21:19] and uh containers will be moved down there.

[21:22] » Looks really good. I was down there not too long ago.

[21:24] » So hopefully it stops the mess in the ditch.

[21:28] » Yeah, just in my yard. >> Sorry about that.

[21:33] Um, I don't know if it has to be brought up, but

[21:38] I was asked there's maybe going to be a blocking in the alley at the end of the

[21:41] month between Burke or between Anderson and Scott Street.

[21:47] They're going to bring that moving trailer in.

[21:50] » Okay, >> there they said it could be three days.

[21:53] So, the alleys may be blocked or there may be a moving trailer on this road.

[21:59] They just wanted to let the town know that there could be a blockage in the

[22:02] alley for three days.

[22:08] » That may cause a problem with Sutton's garage.

[22:13] » They've that's all been discussed with neighbors.

[22:17] » Okay. So, >> um, is there because I know like with

[22:21] the library we talked about closing the alley for 4 day or four hours for that

[22:26] party, but I don't think we need to close it,

[22:28] » right? >> But just she wanted to let everybody

[22:30] know that

[22:35] » I'm assuming a 53 foot moving trailer. >> The only thing that could cause trouble

[22:39] is if there would be a fire down the alley.

[22:41] » Yeah, but I'm assuming it wouldn't be there overnight. It would be it

[22:45] » during the day. >> Yeah, they orordinated with the church.

[22:48] They coordinate it, but they won't know where it gets parked until the moving

[22:51] people show up with the trailer. >> Okay.

[22:53] » Moving people get they'll pretty much say, "Hey, we're going to park the

[22:56] trailer." >> So, is that on the 27th?

[22:58] » 25th, 26th, 27th,

[23:07] » yes, but they want to let the town know that they'll be

[23:11] » Well, I guess there's the two gentlemen you need to talk to because one's fire

[23:14] and one's hand. >> Yeah. So,

[23:17] But that coordinated with the neighbors, all neighbors that know. So

[23:23] this is a semi trailer and they said a moving trailer.

[23:28] » Oh, moving trailer. >> They're having a company come in and

[23:31] move things. >> Yeah.

[23:33] » So, but it's she said 25, 25th, 26th, 27th,

[23:38] and it could be any portion of those three days. Could be half days,

[23:44] » but we'll work around it. So, >> is there anything else?

[23:49] » That's all I have. >> Steve, you got anything?

[23:52] Damn it. >> No,

[23:58] » then. [clears throat]

[24:05] Oh. That's

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